Prithviraj -Top 10 Movies
Prithviraj Sukumaran top 10 movies and their descriptions are depicted here. Prithviraj is well known for Malayalam , Tamil , Hindi and Telugu film industry as actor,producer,playback singer. Recently he has done two Bollywood movies named Aiyya and Aurangzab and signed for another Hindi movie with superstar Shahrukh Khan , directed by Farah khan.Please go through it.
Prithviraj Sukumaran (Nickname Prithvi) was born on 16 October 1982 to Malayalam actors Sukumaran and Malika Sukumaran . His elder brother, Indrajith Sukumaran and sister-in-law Poornima Indrajith are also actors. He is an open minded and straight forward person. In 2011, he married to Supriya Menon, a BBC India reporter. He did his schooling from Sainik School, Thiruvananthapuram and also pursued Bachelor's degree in Engineering/IT from the University of Tasmania, Australia.1) Anandabhadram
The movie Anandabhadram was a Malayalam romantic fantasy movie released in 2005, directed by Santosh Sivan. It was written by Sunil Parameswar and produced by Maniyanpilla Raju,Ajaya Chandran Nair,Reghu Chandran Nair (Sri Bhadra Pictures) and Rajendran Sivasankaran (S.M. Raju) (executive). Kavya Madhavan, Manoj K Jayan, Riya Sen, Kalabhavan Mani, Biju Menon, Revathi and Cochin Haneefa were the other stars. It was debut film for Santhosh Sivan as director and Riya Sen as actress. The story depicts about ghosts, spirits, and black magic. The film was inspired by the paintings of Raja Ravi Varma, Theyyam, and Kathakali dance movements, and Kalaripayattu martial art forms. The film won Kerala state award for Best Cinematgraphy (Santosh Sivan), Best Music Direction (MG Radhakrishnan), Best Editing (Sreekar Prasad), Best Art Direction (Sunil Babu) and Best Makeup (Pattanam Rasheed). Pinakkamano became the top hit among Malayalam film songs in 2005. It was also dubbed in English, Tamil and Telugu (Sivapuram). All the leading stars done a tremendous acting in Anandabhadram.
2) Classmates
Classmates is a Malayalam movie released in 2006 , directed by Lal Jose. It was produced by Prakash Damodaran and P. K. Muralidharan. It was written by James Albert. Kavya Madhavan, Indrajith, Narain, Radhika and Jayasurya were the other leading stars. It was one of the most grossing film in box office and broke many box office records. It run 150 days in Thiruvananthapuram. It also remaked in Tamil and Telugu. It won Kerala state award for Best popular film , Best story(James Albert) and Best playback singer (Vineeth Sreenivasan). The film was inspired from the novel "A Wedding in December". The film tells about some incidents happened in their college life and the reunion after ten years. Actress Radhika (Raziya)made a good performance in the film and highly appreciated by the film critics. After this nostalgic hit film, Prithviraj got many campus based films as in lead roles.
3) Vaasthavam
Vaasthavam was a 2006 malayalam film directed by M. Padmakumar. It was written by Babu Janardhanan and produced by Shrichakra Films Private Ltd. The story got inspired from Thakazhi's novel 'Enippadikal'. Samvrutha Sunil, Kavya Madhavan, Murali, Jagathi Sreekumar and Sindhu Menon were the other supporting stars. The movie got positive reviews from film critics and a grand success in box office. It won Kerala state film award for best actor(Prithviraj Sukumaran). Balachandran Adiga was the name of prithviraj in the film. It is one of his career best performances as Balachandran Adiga . The story really revolves around a youth and his successful career in politics.
4) Thirakkatha
The movie Thirakkatha was a Malayalam romantic drama movie released in 2008, directed by Ranjith. It was produced by Ranjith and Maha Subair and written by Ranjith. Priyamani, Anoop Menon and Samvrutha Sunil were other stars in the movie. Ranjith got inspired from the real lives of some actresses especially, Srividya who had a relationship with Kamal Haasan. The film won National award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam (Ranjith and Maha Subair), Kerala State award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role(Anoop Menon) and film fare Awards South for best actress(Priyamani). The film is a tribute to those stars mainly actress who get ignored at their older age by the mass, media and industry. The movie received positive reviews from film critics and grand success in the box office. Priyamani, Anoop Menon and Prithviraj done one of their best performances in the movie.
5) Ravanan
Ravanan is a Tamil thriller movie directed by Mani Ratnam released in 2010. It was produced by Mani Ratnam and Sharada Trilok and written by Mani Ratnam and Suhasini. It was also made in Hindi at the same time as Ravan, acted by Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Vikram. The film was dubbed in Telugu also. These three of them were released simultaneously. Tamil version was grand success and better than other versions. The film was inspired from epic Ramayana. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Vikram, Prabhu and Priyamani were the other leading stars in Ravanan along with Prithviraj. Prithviraj acted the role of a police officer, who was the husband of Aishwarya Rai's character. The film consists of many action sequences and stunts performed by Prithviraj and Vikram. Prithviraj was ideal and good opposite for Vikram. The lead performances and the technical work got positive reviews from film critics.
6) Indian Rupee
Indian Rupee is a Malayalam satirical movie released in 2011, written and directed by Renjith Balakrishnan. It was produced by Prithviraj, Shaji Nadeshan and Santhosh Sivan. It won National Film award for Best feature film in Malayalam and Kerala state award for Best film. The movie was a grand success in the Box office. Prithviraj character in this film is as a real estate broker named Jayaprakash(JP). Thilakan , Tini Tom, Jagathy Sreekumar and Rima Kallingal are the other supporting actors.
The story tells about real estate business and counterfeit money. Prithviraj acted very realistically and done a fabulous performance in the movie. Indian Rupee was one of the finest films of the year 2011.
7) Urumi
Urumi is a Malayalam movie based on historic events released in 2011, directed by Santhosh Sivan. It was produced by Prithviraj, Santosh Sivan and Shaji Natesan and written by Shankar Ramakrishnan. It was debut for Prithviraj as a producer. It is the second most big budget film in Malayalam industry after Pazhassi Raja. Urumi was dubbed in Tamil and Telugu. The film won Kerala state award for best background music(Deepak Dev) and best sound recordist(M.R Rajakrishnan). The movie was a success in the box office. Kelu was the name of the character played by Prithviraj. Not only Mollywood stars but also the stars from Tollywood and Bollywood were casted in the film. Prabhu Deva, Jagathy Sreekumar, Arya, Genelia D'Souza, Nithya Menon, Thabu and Vidya Balan were played the character roles in the film. The film was selected for Indian Panorama section of International Film Festival of India. Tremendous performance by the leading stars and great technical work attracted many film critics.
8) Ayalum Njanum Thammil
The movie Ayalum Njanum Thammil was a Malayalam movie released in 2012, directed by Lal Jose. It was written by Bobby Sanjay and produced by Prem Prakash and distributed by Century Films. Pratap Pothen, Narain, Samvrutha Sunil, Rima Kallingal and Remya Nambeesan are in the lead roles. The movie was inspired from Red Beard by Akira Kurosawa. It was one of the Prithviraj's biggest success in the box office. It won Kerala State film Awards for Best Popular Film, Best Director (Lal Jose), Best Actor (Prithviraj) and Best Comedian (Salim Kumar). The film depicts about the relationship between honest and committed senior doctor and irresponsible junior doctor. Prithviraj as Dr. Ravi Tharakan , junior doctor and Prathap Pothen as Dr. Samual , senior doctor. Both of them are the added bonus in the movie.
9) Mumbai Police
The movie Mumbai police was a Malayalam movie released in 2013, directed by Roshan Andrews. It was written by Bobby-Sanjay and produced by Nisad Haneefa. Jayasurya, Rahman,Kunjan and Aparna Nair were the other leading stars. The film was financially success in the box office. Central Board of Film Certification awarded U certificate to the movie. Scripting , presentation and climax of the movie attracted many film critics. Most of the situations in the movie is unpredictable. Antony Moses, Ernakulam Assistant Commissioner of Police was the name of the character played by Prithviraj. Prithviraj was confident enough to act as a gay in the movie and did his part fantastically. Mumbai Police was one of the best thriller movie released in Malayalam film industry in a long time.
10) Celluloid
The movie Celluloid was a Malayalam movie released in 2013,directed and written by Kamal. It was produced by Kamal and Ubaid. The film is based on the life of Father of the Malayalam film industry J.C. Daniel. The film was based on two famous novels Life of J. C. Daniel by Chelangatt Gopalakrishnan and Nashta Naayika by Vinu Abraham. The film won National award for best feature film in Malayalam and Kerala state film award for Best Film,Best Actor (Prithviraj Sukumaran),Best Music Director (M. Jayachandran), Best Female Singer (Sithara), Best Art Director (Suresh Kollam), Best Costume Designer(S. B. Satheesh) and Special Jury Mention (G. Sreeram, Vaikom Vijayalakshmi). The film was a blockbuster in box office and dubbed to Tamil as JC Daniel. Prithviraj is good and consistent as Daniel and did a wonderful transformation from youth to ageing.
