Sudev Nair

Sudev Nair (born 14 April 1985) is an Indian actor and model who predominantly works in Malayalam films along with few Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada and English films. He is best known for his performance in My Life Partner (2014),^[1] for which he was awarded the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor in 2014.^[2] He has also starred in the 2019 Hindi film, India's Most Wanted in the title role opposite Arjun Kapoor.

Sudev Nair
Nair in 2019
Born	(1985-04-14) 14 April 1985 (age 40) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupations	Actor Filmmaker Model
Years active	2014–present
Spouse	Amardeep Kaur ​ (m. 2024)​

His other notable works include Gulaab Gang (2014) and Anarkali (2015) and Karinkunnam 6's (2016), the latter being his Hindi film debut. He debuted in Telugu cinema with Tiger Nageswara Rao (2023) and as the main antagonist in Extra Ordinary Man (2023).

Early life

Despite being placed in the campus placements after Bachelors in Engineering, his passion for cinema drove him towards his Post graduation training at the Pune Film Institute.^[3] His film-making career began with various short films in different genres, which were included in competitions and festivals at national and international levels. His short ad for Mountain Dew soft drink was shortlisted to the finals at the MOFILM Barcelona Ad Film Fest^[4] in 2010.

Career

His acting career began with the Hindi film Gulaab Gang (2014), directed by Soumik Sen. Set with a plot on the struggle of Indian Women, Gulaab Gang had an ensemble star cast including Madhuri Dixit and Juhi Chawla. The movie was praised by critics garnering positive response^[5] for the actors' performances. Sudev then went on to star in debutant M. B. Padmakumar's My Life Partner, which dealt with the emotional relationship between two men. The movie became garnered controversy and faced issues with its release.^[6] Sudev played the role of Kiran, for which he went on to win the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor 2014.

Sudev then appeared in Anarkali (2015).^[7]

In 2023 he appeared in lead role of The Jengaburu Curse.^[8]

Awards and recognition

• Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor - My Life Partner

• Malanadu TV Best Actor in a Negative Role - Bheeshma Parvam

Filmography

Key

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

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2014	Million Dollar Arm	News Anchor	English
	Gulaab Gang	Arjun Shankar	Hindi	[9]
	My Life Partner	Kiran	Malayalam	[10]
2015	Anarkali	Naseeb Imam		[6]
2016	Karinkunnam 6'S	Ekru		[11]
	Campus Diary	Nikhil		[11]
2017	Ezra	Abraham Ezra		[12]
2018	Angarajyathe Jimmanmar	William
	Call	Call Taxi Driver		Short film
	Men At My Door	Jerry		Short film
	Abrahaminte Santhathikal	Bro. Simon		[13]
	Kayamkulam Kochunni	Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma
2019	Mikhael	Francis Davi
	Athiran	Jeevan Thomas
	India's Most Wanted	Yusuf	Hindi
	Thakkol	Silvester	Malayalam
	Mamangam	Rarichan
	Thrissur Pooram	Sudheep Rangan
2021	One	MP Dinesh Rajan
2022	Old Monk	Shashank Radhakrishna	Kannada	[14]
	Bheeshma Parvam	Rajan Madhavan Nair	Malayalam
	CBI 5: The Brain	S.I Iqbal
	Twenty One Hours	Renjith Menon	Kannada	[15]
	Pathonpatham Noottandu	Padaveedan Nambi	Malayalam	[16]
	Heaven	DySP Bijoy Kuruvilla
	Kotthu	C.I.Indrajith
	Monster	Anil Chandra		[17][18]
	Khedda	Sarath
	Vazhakku			[19]
2023	Thuramukham	Pacheek
	Tiger Nageswara Rao	Kasi	Telugu
	Extra Ordinary Man	Nero
2024	Thankamani	Roy	Malayalam	[20]
	Devara: Part 1	Samara	Telugu	[21][22]
2025	Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups	TBA	Kannada English	[23]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Language
2023	The Jengaburu Curse	Dhruv Kanan	SonyLIV	Hindi