Shine Tom Chacko (born 15 September 1983) is an Indian actor also known as "THIRIVU" and former assistant director who works in Malayalam cinema.[2] After working as an assistant to director Kamal for about 9 years, he forayed into acting through the film. Gaddama. [3][4]He played supporting roles in several films including Ee Adutha Kaalathu, Chapters, Annayum Rasoolum and Masala Republic and played his first lead role in Binu S Kalady's fantasy-comedy film Ithihasa (2014) which dealt with body-swapping.[5]

Shine Tom Chacko
Born	(1983-09-15) 15 September 1983 (age 39) Thrissur, Kerala, India
Alma mater	St. Thomas College, Thrissur
Occupation	Actor Assistant Director
Years active	2002–present
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Spouse	Thabeetha
Children	1[1]

Film career

Shine started his career as an assistant director to Kamal in the early 2000's. He has completed his B.Com degree from St. Thomas College, Thrissur. He worked nearly 10 years with Kamal and during this time, Shine had showed his face in one of the scenes as a man sitting in a bus in the 2002 film Nammal directed by Kamal.[6] Shine made his acting debut in 2011 with Kamal's Gaddama. He portrayed the role of an immigrant, who is tortured and treated like a slave in a desert of Saudi Arabia. He played a notable role in Sunil Ibrahim's Chapters (2012). However the movie was a failure at box office. After playing some usual sidekick and other minor roles in movies such as Annayum Rasoolum (2013) and Ee Adutha Kaalathu (2012); Shine got his breakthrough with the 2014 fantasy comedy Ithihasa directed by Binu Sadanandan. Shine played the lead role in the film which deals with body swapping and it turned out to be of the highest grossing Malayalam movies in 2014.[7] He was praised for his strong negative shade role in Kammatipaadam (2016). The same year he played a notable role in Annmariya Kalippilaanu. Shine played the lead roles as Antony in Dum and Kinder in Popcorn, both released in 2016. However, both movies were not successful at the box office.[8]

In 2017, Shine played some notable roles in movies such as Godha, Tiyaan, Varnyathil Aashanka, Parava and Mayanadhi.[9] Shine played the lead role in Who (2018) which is the first Malayalam movie dealing with time travel.[10] Same year, he played a lead role in Ottakkoru Kamukan, which received mixed reviews from critics.

Shine's villainous performance in Ishq (2019) was critically acclaimed despite the movie receiving negative reviews from most critics.[11][12] He portrayed Alwin, a moral police who intervenes in the privacy of a couple. The Hindu described Alwin as one of the most despicable villainous roles in Malayalam cinema of the decade.[13] He played a lead role in the fantasy comedy Mask, which also deals with body swapping. Shine's performance in Khalid Rahman's black comedy Unda (2019) was appraised. Some critics listed Unda as one of the best Malayalam movies of the decade.[14]

In 2020, Shine had notable roles in Bhoomiyile Manohara Swakaryam and Maniyarayile Ashokan. The same year he played the lead role in Khalid Rahman's thriller Love, which received mixed reviews. The movie had a late release in India on 29 January 2021.[15] In 2021, he played as police officer in Operation Java and Wolf. Both movies were critically acclaimed.[16] He also had a notable role in Anugraheethan Antony. Shine has also a notable role in the latest OTT release Kuruthi starring Prithviraj Sukumaran, Roshan Mathew and more.[17] He further received critical acclaim and likes of the audience for his performance in Kurup 2021.

In 2022, he appeared in critically acclaimed Veyil, Bheeshma Parvam and Pada.

Shine made his Tamil debut with Beast, an action drama starring Vijay and Pooja Hegde in the lead roles.[18]

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

• All films are in Malayalam language unless otherwise noted.

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2002	Nammal	Bus passenger	First appearance
2011	Gaddama	Basheer	Film debut
	Salt N' Pepper	Dubbing director
2012	Ee Adutha Kaalathu	Serial killer
	Chapters	Vinod aka Choonda
2013	Annayum Rasoolum	Abu
	5 Sundarikal	Servant	In the segment 'Gauri'
	Arikil Oraal	Alfred	Cameo appearance
	Kaanchi	Vijayan
2014	Pakida	Sunny
	Hang Over	Noor
	Konthayum Poonoolum	Martin
	Masala Republic	Sivan Kutty
	Ithihasa	Alvy Benedict
2015	Viswasam Athalle Ellam	Jomon
	Ottaal	Boss
	Saigal Paadukayaanu	Chandra Babu
2016	Style	Alvy Benedict	Cameo appearance
	Kammatipaadam	Johny
	Mohavalayam
	Ann Maria Kalippilaanu	Suku
	Dooram	Sam
	Dum	Anthony	[19]
	Popcorn	Kinder	[20][21]
	Koppayile Kodumkaatu	Appu
2017	Godha	Kidilam Feroz
	Prethamundu Sookshikuka	'Ethics' Babu
	Tiyaan	Jameel
	Varnyathil Aashanka	Pratheesh
	Mannankattayum Kariyilayum	Kishore
	Avarude Raavukal	Shine	Cameo
	Parava	Rauf
	Mayanadhi	Shine	Cameo
2018	Sakhavinte Priyasakhi	TBA
	Kayamkulam Kochunni	Kochu Pillai
	Who	John
	Ottakoru Kaamukan	Vinu
2019	Oru Kaatil Oru Paaykappal	Ajith
	Oru Nakshatramulla Akasham	TBA
	Ishq	Alwin
	Mask	Alby John
	Unda	Jojo Samson
	My Santa	Police officer	cameo
	Kettyolaanu Ente Malakha	Shine	Cameo
2020	Bhoomiyile Manohara Swakaryam	Alex John
	Maniyarayile Ashokan	Shaiju
	Love	Anoop
2021	Operation Java	CI Jacob Mani
	Anugraheethan Antony	Sanjay Madhav
	Wolf	SI Jayan	50th film
	Kuruthi	Kareem	Amazon Prime Video film[22]
	Bhramam	Shooter	Amazon Prime Video film, Cameo
	Kurup	Bhasi Pillai
2022	Veyil	Jomy Mathew
	Bheeshma Parvam	Peter
	Pada	Sadik Hasanar	[23]
	Beast	Terrorist	Tamil debut[24]
	Panthrandu	Pathro
	Kochaal	Pinker Babu
	Adithattu	Ambross
	Thallumaala	S.I. Reji
	Kudukku	Evan
	Kumari	Dhruvan
	Aaram Thirukalpana	TBA	Post Production[25]
	Padavettu	TBA
	Djinn	TBA	Post-production
	Velleppam	Sakhavu	Filming
	Roy	CI Ajit Easwar	Post-production
	Adi	TBA	Filming
	Vichithram	TBA

Awards and nominations

Controversy

On 31 January 2015, Shine Tom Chacko and four women were arrested in Kochi for allegedly possessing narcotics.[27] A case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act was registered against him. He was later granted bail by the High Court of Kerala.[28][29]

References

External links

• Shine Tom Chacko at IMDb

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