Saiju Kurup

Saiju Kurup
Saiju Kurup
Born	12 March 1979; Panavally, Cherthala, Alappuzha, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2005 – present
Spouse(s)	Anupama Nambiar (m. 2005)
Children	Mayookha
Parent(s)	N. Govinda Kurup; Sobhana Kurup;

Saiju Kurup (born 12 March 1979) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and occasionally in Tamil cinema. He debuted in the critically acclaimed movie Mayookham (2005) by Hariharan. As of June 2021, he has starred in over 100 films as the main lead, villain and supporting role. His role as Arackal Abu in the 2015 comedy movie Aadu developed into a cult following along with the movie.[1]

Personal life

Saiju Kurup along with actor Mammootty and cinematographer Ramachandra Babu

Kurup married Anupama on 12 February 2005. The couple have a daughter and a son.[2]

Filmography

Malayalam

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes	Ref.
2005	Mayookham	Unni	Hariharan	Debut Film	[3]
2006	Lion	Prasad	Joshiy
	Ashwaroodan	Divakaran	Jayaraj
	Baba Kalyani	Tahir Mohammad	Shaji Kailas
2007	Chocolate	Manuel Abraham	Shafi
	Hallo	Praveen	Rafi Mecartin
	Indrajith	Zaheer Mustafa	K. K. Haridas
	Sketch	Shivahari Iyer	Prasad Yadav
2008	Mulla	Bharathan	Lal Jose
	Parunthu	Vineet	M. Padmakumar
	Jubilee	Jubilee/Joji	G. George
	Anthiponvettam	Nitin	A. V. Narayanan
	Novel	Lekshmanan	East Coast Vijayan
2009	Pramukhan	Ramesh Nambiar	Salim Baba
	College Kumaran	Raghu	Thulasidas
	Paribhavam		K A Devaraj
	Brahmasthram	Indrajeeth	R. Surya Kiran
2010	Koottukar	Antony Alex IPS	J. Sasikumar
2011	Makaramanju	Raja Raja Varma	Lenin Rajendran
	Scene No: 001	Chandramohan	Snehajith
	Doubles	Sameer	Sohan Seenu Lal
	Makeup Man	Sorrya's fiancé	Shafi
2012	Poppins	Job	V K Prakash
	Trivandrum Lodge	Shibu Vellayani
	Karmayogi	Kandhaa
2013	Vedivazhipadu	Sanjay	Shambu Purushothaman		[4]
	Bicycle Thieves	Rameshan	Jis Joy
	Tourist Home		Shebi
	Left Right Left	Mathew	Arun Kumar Aravind
	Thank You	Arun	V K Prakash
	Hotel California	Tarun Singh Deol/Rafeeq Ahammed	Aji John
	Kutteem Kolum	Sreehari	Guinness Pakru
	Red Wine	Navas Paramban	Salam Bappu
	My Fan Ramu	Ramu	Nikhil K. Menon
2014	The Dolphins	Kandi	Diphan
	Njaan	V P Kunjikannan	Ranjith
	Munnariyippu	Rajeev Thomas	Venu
	Medulla Oblongata	Appachan	Suresh Nair
	Konthayum Poonoolum	Johny	Jijo Antony
	1983	Pappan	Abrid Shine
2015	Rockstar	Unnamed Registrar	V K Prakash
	Chirakodinja Kinavukal	Commissioner K P Benny	Santhosh Viswanath
	Rajamma @ Yahoo	Yohanan	Reghu Rama Varma
	Salt Mango Tree	Praveen Nambiar	Rajesh Nair
	Nirnayakam	Ravi Shankar	V K Prakash
	Kohinoor	Mohan Raghav (Cameo)	Vinay Govind
	KL 10 Patthu	Ajmal	Muhsin Parari
	Aadu Oru Bheegara Jeeviyanu	Arakkal Abu	Midhun Manuel Thomas		[5]
	Mathruvandanam	Eli	N.K. Devarajan
	Lukka Chuppi	Father Xavier	Bash Mohammed
2016	Kavi Uddheshichathu..?	DYSP Noble Jacob	Liju Thomas
	Kolumittayi	Satheeshan Puzhakkara	Arun Viswam
	IDI	Mr. X	Sajid Yahiya		[6]
	Sivapuram		Unni Pranav
	Ann Maria Kalippilaanu	Dr Roy	Midhun Manuel Thomas
	Happy Wedding	Dhanendran	Omar Lulu
	Valleem Thetti Pulleem Thetti	Bajaranghan	Rishi Sivakumar		[7]
	Action Hero Biju	C.I Manoj Mathew	Abrid Shine
	Maalgudi Days	Manu Varma	Vivek, Vinod
	Aakashvani	Jamal	Khais Millen		[8]
	Sahapadi 1975	Oola	John Ditto PR
2017	Vimaanam	Ananthan	Pradeep M. Nair
	Aadu 2	Arakkal Abu	Midhun Manuel Thomas		[9]
	Tharangam	Siju	Dominic Arun
	Mannamkattayum Kariyilayum		Arun Sagara
	Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela	Dr. Saiju	Althaf Salim
	Pokkiri Simon	Beemapally Noushad	Jijo Antony
	Kadam Kadha	Srikanth	Senthil Rajan
	Careful		V. K. Prakash
	Adventures of Omanakuttan	PP	Rohith V. S.
	Alamara	Prakasan	Midhun Manuel Thomas
	1971: Beyond Borders	Nathan	Major Ravi		[10]
2018	Dakini	Vikraman	Rahul Riji Nair
	Iblis	Sukumaran	Rohith V. S.
	Padayottam	Sreekuttan	Rafeek Ibrahim
	Kalyanam	Kishore	Rajesh Nair
	Theevandi	Vijith	Fellini
	Naam	Masthan Sebastian	Joshy Thomas Pallickal
	B.Tech	Prasanthan	Mridul Nair
	Captain	Gupta IPS	Prajesh Sen
	Kala Viplavam Pranayam	Rameshan	Jithin Jithu
2019	Thrissurpooram	Doctor	Rajesh Mohan	Cameo Appearance
	Driving License	Johny Peringodan	Lal Jr
	Prathi Poovankozhi	Sreenath	Rosshan Andrrews
	Android Kunjappan ver 5.25	Prasannan	Ratheesh Balakrishna Podhuval		[11]
	Vaarthakal Ithuvare	Haneef	Manoj Nair
	Jack & Daniel	Dysp Philip	S L Puram Jayasurya
	Pranayaa Meenukalude Kadal	SI Eldho	Kamal
	Kalki	Sooraj	Praveen Prabharam
	Janamaithri	Samyukthan	John Manthrikal		[12]
	Sathyam Paranja Vishwasikuvo	Kuriyan	Prejith
	Kodathi Samaksham Balan Vakeel	Vidhyadharan	B. Unnikrishnan
2020	C U Soon	Dr. Prashanth	Mahesh Narayanan	Released on Amazon Prime
2020	Forensic	Xavier John Kattookkaran	Akhil Paul-Anas Khan		[13]
2021	Nizhal	Ajith	Appu N. Bhattathiri		[14]
	Guardian	Dr Arun Jacob	Satheesh Paul	OTT Release
	Mohan Kumar Fans	Shobi	Jis Joy
	Aarkkariyam	Vyshak	Sanu John Varghese		[15]
	Pidikittapulli	Disney	Jishnu Sreekandan	Directly Released on Jio Cinemas
TBA	Prakashan Parakkatte		Shahad	Completed
	Lalitham Sundaram		Madhu Warrier	Completed	[16]
	Meppadiyan		Vishnu Mohan	Completed
	12th Man		Jeethu Joesph		[17]
	Upachaarapoorvam Gunda Jayan	Gunda Jayan	Arun Vaiga		[18]
	Bermuda		T K Rajeev Kumar
	Pallotti		Jithinraj		[19]
	Rajni		Vinil Varghese
	Kurup		Srinath Rajendran
	Antakshari		Vipindas		[20]
	Theerpu		Ratheesh Ambat

Tamil

Year	Title	Role
2010	Siddhu +2
2012	Marupadiyum Oru Kadhal	Jeeva
2013	Aadhi Bhagavan	ACP Ranadev Patel
2015	Thani Oruvan	Charles Chelladurai

As Dubbing Artist

Year	Film	Dubbed for	Character
2014	@Andheri	Atul Kulkarni	Rajan Pillai
2014	Mr. Fraud	Dev Gill	Nikhil Adharva

Short Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2015	Night Muller	The Husband	Malayalam Comedy Short Film	[21]
2016	Purakathumbol	Prabhakaran M. L. A.	Malayalam Short Film
2017	Invisible Actor	The Film Star	Malayalam Short Film	[22]
2018	Sunnath Kalyanam	Abu	Malayalam Short Film	[23]
2020	Kaazhchakkappuram	Circle Inspector	Kerala Police Awareness Movie	[24]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Language	Channel	Ref.
2016	6 Piece Pizza		Malayalam	Asianet
2016	Annie's Kitchen	Guest	Malayalam	Amrita TV	[25]
2021	Swantham Sujatha	Himself	Malayalam	Surya TV	[26]

References

"Arackkal Abu is back". www.deccanchronicle.com. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
"Here is why Saiju Kurup and family are excited about their chic, new flat". OnManorama. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
"In love with acting". 13 September 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
"Indrajith, Murali Gopy to team up again". The Times of India. 3 March 2013. Archived from the original on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
ആലുങ്ങല്‍, സജ്‌ന. "'പിങ്കിയെ കൊല്ലാന്‍ കത്തി മൂര്‍ച്ച കൂട്ടിയ അറക്കല്‍ അബുവിന് ആടെന്നാല്‍ ജീവനാണ്'". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
"After playing cop, Saiju Kurup turns burglar". The Times Of India. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
"Saiju Kurup will be sporting a Veerappan-style moustache in his next". Deccan Chronicle. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
"Saiju turns villain!". The Times Of India. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
"Arackkal Abu is back". 23 November 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
"Saiju Kurup is an army tank driver in 1971: Beyond Borders". The Times Of India. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
"About the Movie Android Kunjappan Version 5.25". Digit Binge. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
"Saiju Kurup- Sabumon movie titled Janamaithri". The Times Of India. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
"Mamta shares screenspace with Saiju Kurup 15 years after 'Mayookham'". English Mathrubhumi News. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
"Appu N Bhattathiri on making the cut as director with 'Nizhal'". The Hindu. 9 April 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
"Aarkkariyam: Kamal Haasan launches the teaser of this Parvathy film". The Indian Express. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
"First look of Manju Warrier-Biju Menon's 'Lalitham Sundaram' out". The New Indian Express. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
"Mohanlal wraps up shoot for '12th Man'". The New Indian Express. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
"Saiju Kurup announces his 100th movie". English Mathrubhumi News. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
"Pallotty 90's Kids is a Sajid Yahiya production". New Indian Express. 9 March 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
"Priyanka Nair pairs up with Saiju Kurup in investigative thriller Anthakshari". The Times Of India. 26 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
"About the Short Film Night Muller". Spotlight Fillum. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
"Acting class like no other". Deccan Chronicle. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
"Mamukkoya-starrer 'Sunnath Kalyanam' to cast a spell on viewers". Onmaorama. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
"Saiju Kurup plays a CI in Kerala Police awareness video". The Times Of India. 18 July 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
"Saiju Kurup to visit 'Annie's Kitchen'". The Times Of India. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
"Actor Saiju Kurup excited to play a cameo in 'Swantham Sujatha', says 'My wish came true'". The Times Of India. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.

External links

Saiju Kurup at IMDb
Saiju Kurup on Facebook

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[1] "Arackkal Abu is back". www.deccanchronicle.com. Retrieved 3 July 2021.

[2] "Here is why Saiju Kurup and family are excited about their chic, new flat". OnManorama. Retrieved 15 September 2020.

[3] "In love with acting". 13 September 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.

[4] "Indrajith, Murali Gopy to team up again". The Times of India. 3 March 2013. Archived from the original on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2015.

[5] ആലുങ്ങല്‍, സജ്‌ന. "'പിങ്കിയെ കൊല്ലാന്‍ കത്തി മൂര്‍ച്ച കൂട്ടിയ അറക്കല്‍ അബുവിന് ആടെന്നാല്‍ ജീവനാണ്'". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 3 October 2018.

[6] "After playing cop, Saiju Kurup turns burglar". The Times Of India. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2021.

[7] "Saiju Kurup will be sporting a Veerappan-style moustache in his next". Deccan Chronicle. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2021.

[8] "Saiju turns villain!". The Times Of India. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2021.

[9] "Arackkal Abu is back". 23 November 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2018.

[10] "Saiju Kurup is an army tank driver in 1971: Beyond Borders". The Times Of India. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2021.

[11] "About the Movie Android Kunjappan Version 5.25". Digit Binge. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2021.

[12] "Saiju Kurup- Sabumon movie titled Janamaithri". The Times Of India. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2021.

[13] "Mamta shares screenspace with Saiju Kurup 15 years after 'Mayookham'". English Mathrubhumi News. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2021.

[14] "Appu N Bhattathiri on making the cut as director with 'Nizhal'". The Hindu. 9 April 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.

[15] "Aarkkariyam: Kamal Haasan launches the teaser of this Parvathy film". The Indian Express. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.

[16] "First look of Manju Warrier-Biju Menon's 'Lalitham Sundaram' out". The New Indian Express. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.

[17] "Mohanlal wraps up shoot for '12th Man'". The New Indian Express. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.

[18] "Saiju Kurup announces his 100th movie". English Mathrubhumi News. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.

[19] "Pallotty 90's Kids is a Sajid Yahiya production". New Indian Express. 9 March 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.

[20] "Priyanka Nair pairs up with Saiju Kurup in investigative thriller Anthakshari". The Times Of India. 26 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2021.

[21] "About the Short Film Night Muller". Spotlight Fillum. Retrieved 17 October 2021.

[22] "Acting class like no other". Deccan Chronicle. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2021.

[23] "Mamukkoya-starrer 'Sunnath Kalyanam' to cast a spell on viewers". Onmaorama. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2021.

[24] "Saiju Kurup plays a CI in Kerala Police awareness video". The Times Of India. 18 July 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2021.

[25] "Saiju Kurup to visit 'Annie's Kitchen'". The Times Of India. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2021.

[26] "Actor Saiju Kurup excited to play a cameo in 'Swantham Sujatha', says 'My wish came true'". The Times Of India. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.