Entertainment News Desk – Prithviraj Sukumaran has been an all-round actor of South Cinema. Prithviraj Sukumaran is not only a director, but he is also an actor, producer and singer. The actor has also worked in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu films. Prithviraj Sukumaran, born on 16 October 1982, is going to celebrate his 42nd birthday today. The actor has worked in more than 100 films in just 21 years.
Belongs to a film family
Prithviraj is the son of actors Sukumaran and Mallika. He has grown up in a film environment since the beginning. His brother Indrajit is also a well-known actor. Prithviraj started his career from his college days. He gave a screen-test to director Fazil in 2001. Fazil’s film could not be made, but he suggested Prithviraj’s name to director Ranjit and thus he got his first film ‘Nandanam’, which proved to be a hit.
‘Classmates’ made superstar
Prithviraj Sukumaran’s 2006 film ‘Classmates’ proved to be the turning point in his career. The film was the highest-grossing Malayalam film of that year. At the age of 24, Prithviraj was awarded the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for ‘Vastavam’. Along with this, he is the youngest actor to receive this award. He has also been awarded the National Film Award for ‘Indian Rupee’ in 2011. The actor made his Bollywood debut with the film ‘Aiya’ with Rani Mukherjee.
fell in love with a journalist
Prithviraj Sukumaran is married to journalist Supriya Menon. In an interview, the actor had told that for the first time Supriya had called him to feature in South Indian films. Both had similar views on books and films and they became friends. Our friendship turned into love and we got married on 25 April 2011. Let us tell you that both of them also have a daughter Alankrita.
