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Sudev Nair is an Indian actor and model working in Malayalam films best known for his performance[1] in the 2014 film My Life Partner, for which he was awarded the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor in 2014.[2] He also starred in the 2019 Hindi film India's Most Wanted in the title role opposite Arjun Kapoor.

Sudev Nair
Born	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actor Filmmaker Model
Years active	2014–present
Parents	V. Vijayakumar Subhada Vijayakumar
Awards	Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor (2014)

His other works include the Hindi film Gulaab Gang (2014) and the Malayalam film[3] Anarkali (2015). He also played a notable role in the film Karinkunnam 6'S. He also played the title character in the film Ezra. He is also well known for writing, directing and starring in India's first Mockumentary web series Not Fit (The Viral Fever and Dice Media) which won many international awards and was also featured at the MAMI in 2016.

Early life

Sudev, whose family hails from Palakkad, Kerala, was born and brought up in Mumbai, Maharashtra, with his early schooling completed at Sulochanadevi Singhania High School, Thane. He completed his 11th and 12th at V.G Vaze College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Mulund. He graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur in 2007. Sudev also holds a post graduation in Acting from Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.

Trained in break dancing[4] and parkour, Sudev has also learnt Kathakali from Kerala Kalamandalam on a scholarship from SPIC MACAY during his course at the Pune Film Institute. He is also trained in combat arts such as Boxing, Karate, Judo and Kalari Payattu. He is a Bronze Medal holder in High Jump at the Under 16 National Games in the year 2001.

Despite being placed in the routine campus placements after Engineering, his passion for cinema[5] drove him towards his Post graduation at the Pune Film Institute. The inception of his film-making career began with various short films in various genres, which participated in competitions and festivals at National and International levels. His short ad for Mountain Dew soft drink was shortlisted to the finals at the MOFILM Barcelona Ad Film Fest[6] in 2010.

Career

His acting career began with the Hindi film Gulaab Gang (2014), directed by Soumik Sen. Set with a plot on the struggle of Indian Women, Gulaab Gang had an ensemble star cast including Madhuri Dixit and Juhi Chawla. The movie was praised by critics garnering positive response[7] for the acting performances. Sudev then went on to star in debutant M. B. Padmakumar's My Life Partner, which dealt with the emotional relationship between two men. The movie became a controversy and faced issues with its release.[8] Sudev played the role of Kiran, for which he went on to win the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor 2014.

Sudev also appeared in Anarkali (2015).[9]

Awards and recognition

• Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor - My Life Partner

• Malanadu TV Best Actor in a Negative Role for Bheeshma Parvam

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role	Language	Ref.
2014	Million Dollar Arm	News Anchor	English
	Gulaab Gang	Arjun Shankar	Hindi	[10]
	My Life Partner	Kiran	Malayalam	[11]
2015	Anarkali	Naseeb Imam	Malayalam	[8]
2016	Karinkunnam 6'S	Ekru	Malayalam	[12]
	Campus Diary	Nikhil	Malayalam	[12]
2017	Ezra	Abraham Ezra	Malayalam
2018	Angarajyathe Jimmanmar	William	Malayalam
	Abrahaminte Santhathikal	Bro. Simon	Malayalam	[13]
	Kayamkulam Kochunni	Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma	Malayalam
2019	Mikhael	Francis Davi	Malayalam
	Athiran	Jeevan Thomas	Malayalam
	India's Most Wanted	Yusuf	Hindi
	Thakkol	Silvester	Malayalam
	Mamangam	Rarichan	Malayalam
	Thrissur Pooram	Sudheep Rangan	Malayalam
2021	One	MP Dinesh Rajan	Malayalam
2022	Old Monk	Shashank Radhakrishna	Kannada	[14]
	Bheeshma Parvam	Rajan Madhavan Nair	Malayalam
	CBI 5	S.I Iqbal	Malayalam
	Twenty One Hours		Kannada	[15]
	Thuramukham	Pacheek	Malayalam
	Pathonpatham Noottandu	Padaveedan Nambi	Malayalam	[16]
	Heaven_(2022_film)	DySP Bijoy Kuruvilla	Malayalam
Kotthu	C.I.Indrajith	Malayalam
Monster	Anil Chandra	Malayalam
Khedda	TBA	Malayalam
Vazhakku	TBA	Malayalam	[17]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Language	Notes
2017	Training Montage	Gym Trainee	YouTube	Hindi
2018	People We See in Every Gym	Supplement Salesman	Filtercopy
	Call	Call Taxi Driver	YouTube	Malayalam	Short film
	Sleeplessly Yours	Jessy
	Men At My Door	Jerry			Short Film
2019-2020	Life As An Introvert	Introvert	Instagram	English	Own Production
2020–Present	Dr.Saajan Sumesh	Dr.Saajan Sumesh
	Imaginary Girlfriend	himself
	Cats are Aliens
	Not Fit	Neerav Kapoor	Dice Media	Hindi
	First day of the gym be like	Gym Trainer	Filter Copy

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