Roshan Mathew

In this Indian name, the name Mathew is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Roshan.

Roshan Mathew (born 22 March 1992) is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam, Hindi and Tamil films.^[1] He began his career with numerous theatre productions based in Chennai and Mumbai. These include The Glass Menagerie directed by Rajit Kapoor and 07/07/07 directed by Faezeh Jalali.

Roshan Mathew
Born	(1992-03-22) 22 March 1992 (age 33) Changanassery, Kerala, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2015–present

Roshan had his first major role in the 2016 film Puthiya Niyamam and his career progressed with supporting roles in Aanandam (2016), Koode (2018), and Moothon (2019). For the latter two, he won two SIIMA Awards. He gained wider attention for his leading roles in the dramas Kappela (2020) and C U Soon (2021). Roshan has also appeared in the Hindi films Choked (2020) and Darlings (2022).

Early life

Roshan hails from Changanassery, Kottayam in the Indian state of Kerala. His father Mathew Joseph is a bank manager in Canara Bank and his mother Regina Augustine is a retired PWD engineer. He studied in Kendriya Vidyalaya, Kottayam.^[2] After enrolling in School of Engineering, CUSAT in Kochi he dropped out after one year to study B.Sc Physics in Madras Christian College in Chennai.^[3] During his second year in college he developed an interest in acting, and after graduation joined the Drama School Mumbai.^[2][4]

Career

Theatre

Roshan had been active on stage since school, but his first opportunity to work in professional theatre came when the Chennai-based theatre company Stagefright Productions came to Madras Christian College to audition actors for their production of Dirty Dancing in August 2010. Roshan bagged the role of Neal Kellerman, and the production went on stage at The Museum Theatre, Chennai in February 2011. He almost instantly fell in love with theatre, and went on to work with all the prominent Chennai-based companies in plays such as Kamala, Leap, The Uprising, Tughlaq, and Murder Me Always. He was also part of The Little Theatre’s Christmas Pantomime in 2013. In Madras Christian College, Roshan along with his friends started a theatre group called Theatre No. 60 which staged many plays in different colleges in the state. Their production of Alfred Hitchcock/Patrick Hamilton’s Rope was widely appreciated, and their revival of Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit won Roshan the award for Best Director at a national level student theatre festival in 2013. After moving to Bombay in 2014, Roshan was part of The Drama School Mumbai’s adaptation of Eugene Shwartz's The Dragon in 2016. After school, he went to join Faezeh Jalali's widely acclaimed production 07/07/07. He then appeared in Given directed by Padma Damodaran and written by Shivam Sharma, and Rajit Kapoor's adaptation of The Glass Menagerie. He has also directed an original play in Kochi called A Very Normal Family with a new team of artists based in the city.^[5][6]

Film

Roshan made his screen acting debut in a web series Tanlines. He made his film debut in 2016 in Puthiya Niyamam directed by A. K. Sajan, followed by a small role in Adi Kapyare Kootamani. It was Ganesh Raj's Aanandam (2016) that put Roshan on the map. The coming-of-age movie opened to packed houses and was one of the biggest successes of the year in Malayalam. In 2018, he essayed a role in Koode directed by Anjali Menon.^[7] His other notable performances came in "Thottappan" (2019) alongside Vinayakan, in Viswasapoorvam Mansoor (2017), and Orayiram Kinakkalal (2018). In 2019, he shot to fame by playing Ameer opposite Nivin Pauly in Geetu Mohandas's film Moothon.^[8] His upcoming films are "Varthamanam", directed by Sidhartha Siva along with Parvathy, his debut Tamil film Cobra directed by R Ajay Gnanamuthu alongside Vikram. His recently released film is Netflix's Choked directed by Anurag Kashyap alongside Saiyami Kher, Kappela: where he played the lead role alongside Anna Ben^[9] and Sreenath Bhasi which gained positive reviews and also C U Soon alongside Fahadh Faasil. His performance in the latest Malayalam movie Kuruthi alongside Prithviraj Sukumaran also garnered much attention.^[10]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Films

• All films are in Malayalam unless otherwise noted.

List of Roshan Mathew film credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Adi Kapyare Kootamani	Prem Raj
2016	Puthiya Niyamam	Aryan
	Aanandam	Gautham Roy / Rockstar Gautham
2017	Viswasapoorvam Mansoor	Mansoor
	Kadam Kadha	Maneesh
	Matchbox	Ernesto Narendran / Ambu
	Orayiram Kinakkalal	Jaison
2018	Koode	Krish
2019	Thottappan	Ismail
	Moothon	Ameer	[11]
2020	Kappela	Vishnu
	Choked	Sushant Pillai	Hindi film[12]
	C U Soon	Jimmy Kurian
2021	Varthamanam	Amal
	Aanum Pennum	Cherukkan	Segment: Rani
	Kuruthi	Ibrahim
2022	Night Drive	Georgy Jacob
	Darlings	Zulfi	Hindi film, released on Netflix[13]
	Cobra	Rajiv Rishi	Tamil film
	Oru Thekkan Thallu Case	Podiyan Pilla	[14]
	Kotthu	Sumesh
	Chathuram	Balthazar	[15]
	Gold	Manu	[16]
2023	Pookkaalam	Johnymon	[17]
	Neelavelicham	Sasi Kumar	[18]
	Dhoomam	Siddharth	[19]
	Maharani	Vijeesh	[20]
	Paradise	Kesav	Sri Lankan-Indian film[21][22]
2024	Ulajh	Sebin Josephkutty	Hindi film [23][24]
TBA	Ithiri Neram †	TBA	Post production[25]
TBA	Chera †	TBA	Filming[26]
TBA	Chatha Pacha: The Ring of Rowdies †	TBA	[27]

Voice actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2023	Valatty	Tomy (voice)	[28]

Dubbing

Year	Film	Dubbed for	Character	Language	Notes
2024	Ullozhukku	Arjun Radhakrishnan	Rajeev	Malayalam	Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist[29]

Television

Key

†	Denotes series that have not yet been released

List of Roshan Mathew series credits

Year	Title	Role	Language	Platform	Notes
2015	Tanlines	Dan	English	Sony LIV	12 episodes
2023	Master Peace	Adam	Malayalam	Disney+ Hotstar	Cameo in 5th episode[30]
2024	Poacher	Alan	Malayalam	Prime Video	[31]

Awards and nominations

List of awards and nominations received by Roshan Mathew

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2019	CPC Cine Awards	Best Actor in a Character Role	Moothon	Won	[citation needed]
2020	Filmfare OTT Awards	Best Supporting Actor in a Web Original Film	Choked	Nominated	[32]
2018	SIIMA Awards	Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Malayalam)	Koode	Won	[33]
2019		Best Performance by an Actor in a Negative Role (Malayalam)	Thottappan	Nominated	[34]
		Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Malayalam)	Moothon	Won	[35]
2020		Best Performance by an Actor in a Negative Role (Malayalam)	Kappela	Nominated	[36]
		Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Malayalam)	C U Soon	Nominated	[37]
2024	54th Kerala State Film Awards	Best Dubbing Artist	Ullozhukku (dubbed for Arjun Radhakrishnan)	Won	[38]