Prithviraj Sukumaran is an Indian film actor. He made his debut in 2002 with the critically acclaimed Malayalam film Nandanam.Prithviraj Sukumaran was born in Trivandrum, Kerala, to popular Malayalam film actors Sukumaran and Mallika.His elder brother Indrajith Sukumaran and sister-in-law Poornima are also film actors..He Tied the Knot with Mumbai Based Journalist Supriya Menon
Prithviraj Sukumaran’s initial schooling was at St.Mary’s School Poojappura, which was near to his Chengallur home. Here he acted in various dramas and skits for the annual day celebrations. In one of the annuals, seeing his performance Sukumaran, his father had reportedly commented to his mother that he was meant for acting. Later he did his schooling from the Sainik School, (Kazhakoottam, Thiruvananthapuram) and Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram. Prithviraj, along with his brother Indrajith, used to take part in debates and elocutions in the school.Prithviraj Sukumaran had also won the title of “Mr LA Fest”, in 1999 at LA Fest, an annual inter school Arts Festival hosted by Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram. Prithviraj Sukumaran represented Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan at the competition. He remains the only person to win the personality contest “LA-Persona” twice in the history of the competition (in 1998 & 1999) which started in 1996.
He was still pursuing his Bachelor’s in Information Technology at the University of Tasmania, Australia, when he was selected by Renjith to play the lead role in his directorial debut film Nandanam.It was Fazil, a leading Malayalam film director, who introduced him to Renjith.Following a decent performance in Nandanam he was flooded with offers from the industry that he decided to take a break from studies and concentrate on acting. Prithviraj Sukumaran began his career in Malayalam cinema in 2002. He was soon invited to act in Tamil films. He eventually became highly successful in both Malayalam and Tamil within very short span of time. Based on his career graph, national Newspaper The Hindu commented in 2007 that Prithviraj Sukumaran would remain one of the young stars in the reckoning irrespective of the box office prospects of his films. “
Prithviraj debuted as a singer in Puthiya Mukham by singing the title song of the film, "Kaane Kaane". He later went on to sing in many of his films. By successfully attempting different genres, he proved his versatility as a singer too.
“In the cinema industry I wasn’t all that close to other actors. I had excellent relationships only with the directors of my films. They are like my gurus. Actually, this is the case with many actors too. They are usually closer to their directors than with other stars.”
“Finally, I am doing something I like. I like the rush of adrenaline, the kick that acting gives me. I want to be an actor till I die.”
“I’m a director’s actor. If I am good in a film, the credit goes to the director.
- Prithviraj Sukumaran
