Saiju Kurup

Saiju Govinda Kurup (born 12 March 1979) is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam and Tamil films. He is credited as Anirudh in Tamil films. He debuted in Mayookham (2005) by Hariharan. He has starred in over 100 films as the main lead, comedian actor and supporting role.

Saiju Kurup
Born	(1979-03-12) 12 March 1979 (age 46) Cherthala, Alappuzha, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2005–present
Spouse	Anupama Nambiar ​ (m. 2005)​
Children	2
Parents	N. Govinda Kurup Sobhana Kurup

Personal life

Saiju Kurup was born in Cherthala, Alappuzha, Kerala. He married Anupama on 12 February 2005. The couple have a daughter and a son.^[1]

Filmography

Key

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

Malayalam

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Mayookham	Unni Kesavan	[2]
2006	Lion	Prasad
	Ashwaroodan	Divakaran
	Baba Kalyani	Tahir Mohammad
2007	Sketch	Shivahari Iyer
	Hallo	Praveen
	Indrajith	Zaheer Mustafa
	Chocolate	Manuel Abraham
2008	College Kumaran	Raghu
	Jubilee	Joji
	Mulla	Bharathan
	Parunthu	Vineet
	Anthiponvettam	Nitin
	Novel	Lekshmanan
2009	Pramukhan	Ramesh Nambiar
	Brahmasthram	Indrajeeth
2010	Koottukar	ACP Antony Alex
2011	Doubles	Sameer
	Makaramanju	Raja Raja Varma
	Scene No: 001	Chandramohan
	Makeup Man	Sorrya's fiancé
2012	Karmayogi	Kandhaa
	Trivandrum Lodge	Shibu Vellayani
	Poppins	Job
2013	Red Wine	Navas Paramban
	Kutteem Kolum	Sreehari
	Hotel California	Tarun Singh Deol / Rafeeq Ahmed
	Thank You	Arun
	Left Right Left	Mathew
	Tourist Home	Unknown
	Bicycle Thieves	Rameshan
	My Fan Ramu	Ramu
	Vedivazhipadu	Sanjay	[3]
2014	1983	Pappan
	Konthayum Poonoolum	Johny
	Medulla Oblongata	Appachan
	Munnariyippu	Rajeev Thomas
	Njaan	V P Kunjikannan
	The Dolphins	Kandi
2015	Aadu	Arakkal Abu	[4]
	Chirakodinja Kinavukal	Commissioner K P Benny
	Lukka Chuppi	Father Xavier
	Nirnayakam	Ravi Shankar
	KL 10 Patthu	Ajmal
	Kohinoor	DySP Mohan Raghav	Cameo appearance
	Salt Mango Tree	Praveen Nambiar
	Rajamma @ Yahoo	Yohanan
	Rockstar	Registrar
2016	Maalgudi Days	Manu Varma
	Action Hero Biju	CI Manoj Mathew
	Aakashvani	Jamal	[5]
	Sahapadi 1975	Oola
	Valleem Thetti Pulleem Thetti	Bhajrangan	[6]
	Happy Wedding	Dhanendran
	Annmariya Kalippilanu	Dr. Roy
	IDI	Mr. X	[7]
	Kavi Uddheshichathu..?	DySP Noble Jacob
	Kolumittayi	Satheeshan Puzhakkara
	Sivapuram	Unknown
2017	Mannamkattayum Kariyilayum
	Kadam Kadha	Srikanth
	Alamara	Prakasan
	1971: Beyond Borders	Nathan	[8]
	Adventures of Omanakuttan	Phillip
	Careful	Ramesh Nath
	Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela	Dr. Saiju
	Pokkiri Simon	Beemapally Noushad
	Tharangam	Siju
	Vimaanam	Ananthan
	Aadu 2	Arakkal Abu	[9]
2018	Captain	Gupta IPS
	Kalyanam	Kishore
	Kala Viplavam Pranayam	Rameshan
	B.Tech	Prasanthan
	Naam	Masthan Sebastian
	Iblis	Sukumaran
	Theevandi	Vijith
	Padayottam	Sreekuttan
	Dakini	Vikraman Parudeesa
2019	Kodathi Samaksham Balan Vakeel	Vidhyadharan
	Sathyam Paranja Viswasikkuvo	Kuriyan
	Janamaithri	Samyukthan	[10]
	Kalki	Sooraj
	Pranayaa Meenukalude Kadal	SI Eldho Sebastian
	Android Kunjappan Version 5.25	Prasannan	[11]
	Jack & Daniel	DySP Philip
	Vaarthakal Ithuvare	Haneef
	Thrissurpooram	Doctor	Cameo appearance
	Prathi Poovankozhi	Sreenath
	Driving License	Johny Peringodan
2020	Forensic	Xavier "Xavi" John Kattookkaran	[12]
	C U Soon	Dr. Prashanth
2021	Mohan Kumar Fans	Shobi
	Aarkkariyam	Vyshak	[13]
	Nizhal	Chief Judicial Magistrate Ajith	[14]
	Pidikittapulli	Disney
	Guardian	Dr Arun Jacob
	Kurup	CI Praveen Chandran
2022	Meppadiyan	Varkey (Philip)	[15]
	Bhoothakaalam	George
	Lalitham Sundaram	Sandeep	[16]
	Oruthee	Sreekumar	[17]
	Antakshari	Yesudas	[18]
	Upacharapoorvam Gunda Jayan	Gunda Jayan	[19]
	12th Man	Mathew	[20]
	Prakashan Parakkatte	Kozhi Kuttan	[21]
	Theerppu	Parameshwaran Potti	[22]
	Mei Hoom Moosa	Meeran	[23]
	Saturday Night	Justin	[24]
	Gold	Jomon
	Malikappuram	Ajayan / Ajayakumar	[24]
2023	Enkilum Chandrike	Abhi	[25]
	Janaki Jaane	Unni Mukundan	[26]
	Madhura Manohara Moham	Jeevan Raj	[27]
	Valatty	Dobermann	Voiceover[28]
	Pappachan Olivilanu	Pappachan	[29]
	Rajni	Abhijith	[30]
	A Ranjith Cinema	Sunny	[31]
2024	Abraham Ozler	Krishnadas	[32]
	Gu	Sai	[33]
	Nunakkuzhi	Dr. Jayadevan	[34]
	Pallotty 90's Kids	Manjulan	[35]
	Bharathanatyam	Sasidharan Nair	[36]
	Porattu Nadakam	Abu	[37]
	Anand Sreebala	DySP Sankar Das	[38]
2025	Daveed	Kochappa	[39]
	Aap Kaise Ho		[40]
	Abhilasham	Abhilash Kumar	[41]
	Sumathi Valavu †	TBA	[42]
	Written & Directed by God †	TBA	[43]

Tamil

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Siddhu +2	Police Officer
2012	Marupadiyum Oru Kadhal	Jeeva
2013	Aadhi Bhagavan	ACP Ranadev Patel
2015	Thani Oruvan	Charles Chelladurai
2023	Aval Peyar Rajni	Abhijith

As dubbing artist

Year	Film	Dubbed for	Character
2014	@Andheri	Atul Kulkarni	Rajan Pillai
2014	Mr. Fraud	Dev Gill	Nikhil Adharva

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2024	Jai Mahendran	Mahendran	[44]

Short films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2015	Night Muller	The Husband	Malayalam Comedy Short Film	[45]
2016	Purakathumbol	Prabhakaran M. L. A.	Malayalam Short Film
2017	Invisible Actor	The Film Star	Malayalam Short Film	[46]
2018	Sunnath Kalyanam	Abu	Malayalam Short Film	[47]
2020	Kaazhchakkappuram	Circle Inspector	Kerala Police Awareness Movie	[48]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Language	Channel	Ref.
2016	6 Piece Pizza		Malayalam	Asianet
	Annie's Kitchen	Guest	Malayalam	Amrita TV	[49]
2021	Swantham Sujatha	Himself	Malayalam	Surya TV	[50]