Narain (actor)

Narain
Born	7 October 1979[1] Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Residence	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Alma mater	Adayar Film Institute
Years active	2002 - present
Spouse(s)	Manju Haridas (2007-present)
Children	Tanmayaa Narain
Parent(s)	Ramakrishnan Nair Shantha Kumari

Narain (born 7 October 1979),is an Indian film actor, who has starred in Malayalam and Tamil films.

He made his debut in Adoor Gopalakrishnan's Nizhalkuthu (2002). His performances in 4 the People (2004), Achuvinte Amma (2005), and Classmates (2006) cemented his status as an actor in Malayalam cinema. Narain's Tamil debut was in Mysskin's Chithiram Pesuthadi (2006). He was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for his performance in Anjathe (2008).

Personal life

Narain was born in Kolkata, West Bengal.His father is T.M.Ramakrishnan and his mother is Shantha Kumari. He completed his schooling from The Model School, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. After two and half years of dating, he married a TV host and program producer Manju Haridas on 26 August 2007 in Kozhikode.The couple is blessed with a daughter Tanmayaa Narain.

Career

After completing a course in cinematography at the Adyar Film Institute, Narain came into the film industry as an assistant to Rajeev Menon. He worked with him for many advertisements and also a film - Morning Raga. His first film was Nizhalkuthu by the veteran director Adoor Gopalakrishnan. His first commercial film 4 The People, brought him recognition and fame as an actor. In this sensational blockbuster, Narain's performance as the firebrand IPS officer Rajan Mathew was well noticed. 4 The People was dubbed in Tamil and Telugu. He portrayed a struggling lawyer, Emmanuel John, in Achuvinte Amma and also realistically played a doctor, Jeevan, in Sheelabathi. He also played notable role in Annorikal. Classmates brought him close to peoples heart. His debut Tamil movie was Chithiram Pesuthadi, which was declared a blockbuster. Through Panthaya Kozhi, produced by director Lal, he has been re-launched as an independent action hero in the Malayalam film industry. In 2008, he did another youth-oriented Malayalam movie MinnaminnikoottamThis film did quite well in box office. He has acted in more than 20 Malayalam movies already.^[2]

His film Pallikoodam was highly performance oriented, playing the character of a collector Vetrivel. The film was directed by Thangar Bachchan. His performance in the film Anjaathe, directed by Mysskin, was critically acclaimed.

In 2009, Narain did a key role in Bhagyadevatha directed by Sathyan Anthikkad who had also gave him a success in Achuvinte Amma. The family oriented film starred Jayaram and Kanika- and Narain proved to be a star for this film. This was a box office success.

Narain played the lead role in P. T. Kunju Muhammed's Veeraputhran (2011). Almost all reviewers were unanimous in praising Narain's performance as Mohammed Abdul Rahiman Sahib.

In 2012 Tamil Film Mugamoodi - 'A super hero movie travels on a terrain that's new to Tamil cinema', directed by Myshkin, he portrayed as Villain. He acted with Mohan Lal in director B. Unnikrishnan's movie 'Grand master' and with Prithviraj in Lal Jose's movie 'Ayalum njanum thammil' in 2012. Both films did well in the box office.

In 2013 Narain played supporting role in a multi star movie kammath and kammath directed by Thomson K. Thomas which was a huge crowd puller at the initial time. Mega star Mammootty and Dileep were in the lead roles. He acted a key role in a musical drama film 'Three dots' directed by Sugeeth, Kunchako Boban and Biju Menon were in the lead roles.

The actor has secured some interesting projects in Malayalam, including EMSum Penkuttiyum,^[3] Jewel Thief^[4] and Mumbai Dosth.^[5][6] He will be playing the lead role for the remake of the famous Kamal Hassan movie Kaakki Sattai.^[7]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2002	Nizhalkuthu	Muthu	Malayalam
2004	4 the People	Rajan Mathew	Malayalam
2005	Annorikal	Benny	Malayalam
2005	Achuvinte Amma	Adv. Emmanuel John	Malayalam
2005	By The People	Rajan Mathew	Malayalam
2005	Sheelabathi	Dr. Jeevan	Malayalam
2006	Classmates	Murali	Malayalam
2006	Chithiram Pesuthadi	Thiru	Tamil
2006	Nenjirukkum Varai	Ganesan	Tamil
2007	Panthaya Kozhi	Nandagopal	Malayalam
2007	Pallikoodam	Vetrivel	Tamil
2008	Ore Kadal	Jayakumar	Malayalam
2008	Anjathe	Sathyavan	Tamil	Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil
2008	Minnaminnikoottam	Abhilash	Malayalam
2009	Bhagyadevatha	Sajan Joseph	Malayalam
2009	Robinhood	Alexander Felix	Malayalam
2011	Thambikottai	Azhagiri Sundaram	Tamil
2011	Ko	Himself	Tamil	Special appearance
2011	Veeraputhran	Mohammed Abdul Rahiman	Malayalam
2012	Grandmaster	Kishore	Malayalam
2012	Mugamoodi	Anguchamy / Dragon	Tamil	Nominated, SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Villain
2012	Ayalum Njanum Thammil	Dr.Vivek	Malayalam
2012	The Hit List	Dr. Louis	Malayalam
2013	Kammath & Kammath	Suresh IRS	Malayalam
2013	3 Dots	Dr. Isaac	Malayalam
2013	Aaru Sundarimaarude Katha	Sreekumar	Malayalam
2013	Red Rain	Scientist	Malayalam
2013	EMSum Penkuttiyum	Rafeeq Rawthar	Malayalam
2014	Njangalude Veettile Athidhikal	Raj	Malayalam
2015	Kaththukkutti	Arivazhagan	Tamil
2016	Hallelooya		Malayalam	March 26 Release
2016	Rum		Tamil	Filming
2016	Angane Thanne Nethave Anchettennam Pinnale		Malayalam	Filming
2016	Kavi udheshichathu?	Vattathil bosco	Malayalam	Filming
2016	Adam		Malayalam	Pre-production
2016	Untitled movie		Malayalam	Announced

References

1. http://www.nilacharal.com/enter/celeb/narain.asp
2. http://malayalasangeetham.info/displayProfile.php?category=actors&artist=Narain
3. "Busy days ahead for Narain". Times of India. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
4. "Narein back as a cop". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
5. "Narain in 'Mumbai Dhosth'". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
6. "M T - Hariharan's 'Ezhamathe varavu'". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
7. "Narein back as a cop". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 9 May 2012.

External links

• Narain at the Internet Movie Database