Salim Kumar
Salim Kumar at the Sathyan memorial awards, 2001
Born	October 10, 1969 (1969-10-10) (age 40) North Paravoor, Chittatukara, Kerala, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1997 - present
Spouse(s)	Sunitha

Salim Kumar is a Malayalam film actor and mimicry artist. He mainly handles comedic roles and has been typecast with it, but he has acted in serious roles in films such as Achanuranghatha Veedu, Gramophone, and Perumazhakkalam.^[1][2] He won the Kerala State Film Award for the Second Best Actor in 2005 for his role as Samuel in Lal Jose's Achanurangatha Veedu.^[3]

Contents 1 Early life 2 Film career 3 Awards 4 Personal life 5 Filmography 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Early life

He attended the Govt LP School, N Paravoor and later enrolled into the Govt. Boys High School, North Paravoor. Later he graduated with a BA from Maharajas College, Ernakulam. He won the University title in Mimicry three times. He chose Cochin Kalabhavan, and later moved on to Cochin Sagar to further cultivate his skills in mimicry. He was also a performer in Comicola, a hit comedy program on Asianet.

[edit] Film career

Salim Kumar's first film was Ishtamaanu Nooru Vattam, a family entertainer directed by Sidhik Shameer. Further he got numerous opportunities. After establishing himself as an essential part of Malayalam comedy film, he earned the reputation of a character actor by becoming hero in Achanurangatha Veedu, directed by Lal Jose. For his performance in this film, he won the Kerala State Film Award for the second best actor in 2007. He has also handled serious roles in films such as Gramophone and Perumazhakkalam. He has also done a very commendable performance in Kerala Cafe( Segment: The Bridge).

For about four years, he was associated with professional drama in Arathi Theatres, Cochin.

[edit] Awards

Kerala State Film Awards:

• Second Best Actor - 2005 - Achanurangatha Veedu

[edit] Personal life

Salim Kumar is married to Sunitha and the couple have two sons, Chandu and Aromal. He has written his memoirs in a book named Ishwara Vazhakkillello.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Filmography

• Gulumal-The Escape (2009)
• Ee Pattanathil Bhootham (2009)
• 2 Harihar Nagar (2009)
• Love In Singapore (2009)
• Lollypop (2008)
• Crazy Gopalan (2008)
• Annan Thambi (2008)
• Twenty:20 (2008) .... Induchoodan IPS
• Flash (2007)
• Katha Parayumbol (2007)
• Chocolate (2007) .... Pappan
• Arabikatha (2007) .... Kareem
• Hello (2007) .... Chidambaram
• July 4 (2007) .... Sakthivel
• Goal (2007)
• Abraham and Lincoln (2007)
• Ekantham (2007)
• The Speed Track (2007) .... Lali
• Mayavi (2007) .... Kannan Srank
• Inspector Garud (2007) .... Chakkachamparambil Lonappan
• Changathipoocha (2007) .... Purushothaman
• Oruvan (2006)
• Karutha Pakshikal (2006)
• Vasthavam (2006)
• Bhargavacharitham Moonnam Khandam (2006) .... Ali
• Aanachandam (2006)
• Chess (2006) .... Unni Krishnan
• Prajapathi (2006) .... Film Actor
• Pulijanmam (2006)
• Thuruppu Gulan (2006)
• Kilukkam Kilukilukkam (2006) .... Appachan
• Achanurangatha Veedu (2006)
• Sarkar Dada (2005)
• Rajamanikyam (2005) .... Dasappan
• Lokanathan I.A.S (2005) .... Rajappan
• Naran (2005)
• Chanthupottu (2005) .... 'Paradooshanam' Vareethu
• Pandippada (2005) .... Umagandhan
• Rappakal (2005) .... Govindan
• Krithyam (2005) .... Badsha
• Thaskara Veeran (2005) .... Suguthan
• Thommanum Makkalum (2005) .... Rajakannu
• Immini Nalloraal (2005) .... Kittunni
• Iruvattam Manavatti (2005) .... Ochira Velu
• Udayananu Tharam (2005) .... Rafeeq
• Deepangal Sakshi (2005) .... Advocate
• Junior Senior (2005) .... Sathyan
• Perumazhakkalam (2004) .... Aamu Elappa
• Kadhavaseshan (2004)
• Greetings (2004) .... Vaidyanathan
• Youth Festival (2004)
• Aparichithan (2004) .... Tribal Helper
• Chathikkatha Chanthu (2004) .... Vikram
• Vismayathumbathu (2004) .... Guhan
• Vellinakshatram (2004)
• Kerala House Udan Vilpanakku (2004) .... Tester Kannappan
• Kusruthi (2004) .... Chandy
• Thalamelam (2004) .... Sattappan
• Pattanathil Sundaran (2003) .... Bhuvanachandran
• Pulival Kalyanam (2003) .... Manavalan
• Valathottu Thirinjal Nalamathe Veedu (2003) .... Suryaprakashan
• Hariharan Pillai Happy Aanu (2003) .... Sundaran
• Pattalam (2003) .... Gabbar Kesavan
• C.I.D. Moosa (2003) .... The Insane Man
• Vellithira (2003) .... Surendran
• Gramaphone (2003) .... 'Tabla' Bhaskaran
• Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum (2003) .... Moonga Varkey
• Kilichundan Mampazham (2003) .... Usman
• Thilakkam (2003) .... Omanakuttan
• Vasanthamallika (2003) .... Komalan
• Kalyanaraman (2002) .... Pyari
• Meesha Madhavan (2002) .... Advocate Mukundanunny
• Bamboo Boys (2002)
• Kasillatheyum Jeevikkam (2002)
• Kunjikkoonan (2002) .... Chandran
• Mazhathullikkilukkam (2002) .... Mayandi
• Pakalpooram (2002) .... Manickan
• Pranyamanithooval (2002) .... Sundaran
• Savithriyute Aranjanam (2002) .... Olympion Bhootham Appachan
• Thandavam (2002) .... Basheer
• Valkannadi (2002) .... Vikraman
• One Man Show (2001) .... Bhaskaran
• Nariman (2001)
• Bharthavudyogam (2001) .... Pushpan
• Sundrapurushan (2001) .... Balan
• Ee Parakkum Thalika (2001) .... Koshy
• Soothradharan (2001) .... Leela Krishnan
• Thenkasipattanam (2000)
• Satyameva Jayate (2000)
• Udayapuram Sulthan (1999) .... Salim
• Grama Panchayath (1998) .... Bhaskaran
• Mangalya Pallakku (1998) .... Phalgunan
• Mayajalam (1998) .... Ezhupunna Mathai
• Mattupetti Machaan (1998) .... Broker
• Meenakshi Kalyanam (1998) .... Adv. Sivan Mullassery
• Newspaper Boy (1997) .... Venkiti
• Suvarna Simhaasanam (1997) .... Gopalan

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• IMDb - Profile