Nivin Pauly
Indian actor, producer (born 1984) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nivin Pauly(born October 11, 1984) is an Indian actor and producer who works predominantly in Malayalam films. He is the recipient of several awards, including two Kerala State Film Awards, three Filmfare South Awards, two Kerala Film Critics Association Awards, and six SIIMA Awards. He auditioned for and was cast in one of the main roles in Vineeth Sreenivasan's directorial debut, Malarvaadi Arts Club, in 2009 and got his breakthrough in the romantic film Thattathin Marayathu (2012).[1] He auditioned for and was cast in one of the main roles in Vineeth Sreenivasan's directorial debut Malarvaadi Arts Club in 2009 and got his breakthrough in the romantic film Thattathin Marayathu (2012).
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 Nivin in 2019 | |
| Born | (1984-10-11) 11 October 1984 (age 39) Aluva, Kerala, India |
| Alma mater | Federal Institute of Science and Technology |
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| Years active | 2010–present |
| Organization | Pauly Jr. Pictures |
| Spouse |
Rinna Joy (m. 2010) |
| Children | 2 |
He came to be known for playing the boy next door archetype following roles in the bilingual black-comedy thriller Neram (2013), the sports-drama 1983 (2014), the romantic-comedy Ohm Shanthi Oshaana (2014), the romantic-drama Bangalore Days (2014), the comedy road-thriller Oru Vadakkan Selfie (2015), and the coming-of-age romantic drama Premam (2015), is among the top 10 highest-grossing Malayalam films. He then went on to star in the police drama Action Hero Biju (2016), the family drama Jacobinte Swargarajyam (2016), the political satire Sakhavu (2017), family comedy Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela (2017) and the epic film Kayamkulam Kochunni (2018) which emerged as one of the highest-grossing Malayalam film.[2]
Nivin made his debut as a producer with Action Hero Biju under his production company Pauly Jr. Pictures and has produced the films Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela[3] and Kanakam Kaamini Kalaham (2021), the first Malayalam movie to premiere on Disney+ Hotstar.
He won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut for Neram (2013).[4] In 2015, he won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for his performances in Bangalore Days and 1983.[5][6] He won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Malayalam for Action Hero Biju (2016)[7] In 2020, he won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor -Special Mention for Moothon.
Since 2022, he has starred in the films Mahaveeryar, Padavettu, Saturday Night, Thuramukham and Ramachandra Boss & Co.