Arun Kurian

Arun Kurian
Born (1990-11-04) 4 November 1990
OccupationActor
Years active2016–present

Arun Kurian is an Indian actor who appears on Malayalam cinema. He made his feature film debut through a lead role in the coming of age film Aanandam (2016).

He played supporting roles in Velipadinte Pusthakam (2017), Oru Yamandan Premakadha (2019), Thamaasha (2019), Paapam Cheyyathavar Kalleriyatte (2019), Hridayam (2022) , Manjummel Boys (2024) and Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra (2025).

Career

A Thiruvalla native, Arun did his schooling in Kuwait at United Indian School till Class 9 and studied in Labour India Gurukulam Public School after that.[1] He earned his masters in business administration from Whistling Woods International Institute in Mumbai while simultaneously assisting in making ad films and sending his profile for audition tests.[2] He made his acting debut as one of the seven lead actors in the 2016 coming of age film Aanandam.[3][4] He played Varun, whom he described as a "less-talking, less-bullshit guy".[2] The film was a commercial success.[5][6] He then starred in Lal Jose's Velipadinte Pusthakam in 2017 in which he played Sameer, whom he described as a "gregarious type, a college-going city boy".[2] He had two releases in 2019, Oru Yamandan Premakadha and Thamaasha in which he played supporting roles.[7] He played one of the lead roles in the 2020 release Paapam Cheyyathavar Kalleriyatte.[8]

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2016 Aanandam Varun Manjooran Debut film [9]
2017 Velipadinte Pusthakam Sameer [10]
2019 Oru Yamandan Premakadha Paappi John Kombanaayil [11]
Thamaasha Kamal [12]
2020 Paapam Cheyyathavar Kalleriyatte Rohan [13]
2021 Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham Young Anandan
2022 Hridayam Akhil Sathyan [14]
Mukundan Unni Associates Radhakrishnan Iyer Photo appearance
1744 White Alto
2023 Pookkaalam Susheel [15]
2024 Marakkuma Nenjam Arjun Tamil film [16]
Manjummel Boys Sujith [17]
2025 Oho Enthan Baby Gopal "Gops" Tamil film [18]
Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra Naijil [19]

Web series

Year Title Channel Notes
2019 Meen Aviyal Arun Webseries [20]
2022 Putham Pudhu Kaalai Vidiyaadhaa Paul Tamil Webseries [21]

Television

Year Title Channel Note
2016 JB Junction Kairali TV
I personally Kappa TV
2017 Kuttikalodaano Kali Mazhavil Manorama
2019 Comedy Nights with Suraj Zee Keralam
Sunday Funday Amrita TV

References

  1. ^ Sanjith Sidhardhan (25 June 2019). "Arun Kurian: I want lessons to take back home with every project I do". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Attending Lal and Lal acting school". Deccan Chronicle. 1 June 2017. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017.
  3. ^ Sanjith Sidhardhan (27 January 2017). "Vineeth Sreenivasan reveals the cast of Aanandam". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  4. ^ Anu James (10 September 2016). "Watch Vineeth Sreenivasan's 'Aanandam' trailer [VIDEO]". International Business Times. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Malayalam film 'Anandam' dubbed into Telugu, getting ready for release". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Dear Zindagi grosses 6 mil. USD [40.9 crores] in overseas". Bollywood Hungama. 5 December 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  7. ^ Sidhardhan, Sanjith (24 June 2019). "Arun Kurian: It was a dream to work with Sameer Thahir". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Paapam Cheyyathavar Kalleriyatte movie review: On relationships, morality and sin". The Indian Express. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  9. ^ Soman, Deepa (1 June 2017). "'Aanandam' fame Arun Kurian says he has always been a bearded man". Times of India. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Aanandam fame Arun Kurian in Velipadinte Pusthakam". New Indian Express. 31 May 2017. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  11. ^ "യെമണ്ടൻ പ്രേമകഥ'യിൽ പാപ്പിയായി അരുൺ കുര്യൻ [Arun Kurian as Paappi in Oru Yamandan Premakadha]". Malayalam.Samayam (in Malayalam). Times of India. 19 April 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Tamasha review: a simple and powerful take on what is no longer funny". OnManorama. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  13. ^ Staff, Onmanorama (2 February 2020). "Arun Kurian and Santhy Balachandran's 'save the date' photo is viral!". Onmanorama. Malayala Manorama. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  14. ^ Sidhardhan, Sanjith (15 February 2020). "Vineeth Sreenivasan's Hridayam begins filming". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  15. ^ "First single from Pookkaalam out". Cinema Express. 18 March 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  16. ^ "First single from Marakkuma Nenjam is here". Cinema Express. 21 May 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  17. ^ "Manjummel Boys gets a release date". Cinema Express. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  18. ^ "Oho Enthan Baby first glimpse out: Vishnu Vishal presents a quirky and romantic film with brother Rudra and Mithila Palkar". OTTPlay. Archived from the original on 30 May 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
  19. ^ Features, C. E. (8 June 2025). "Naslen-Kalyani Priyadarshan film titled Lokah Chapter One: Chandra". Cinema Express. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  20. ^ "അലസനും ശല്യക്കാരനുമായ അനിയനും 'സൈക്കോ'ളജിസ്റ്റ് ചേച്ചിയും:'മീനവിയല്‍' ശ്രദ്ധ നേടുന്നു [Lazy and problematic brother and 'Psyco'logist sister : Meen Aviyal gaining attention]". Mathrubhumi (in Malayalam). 24 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  21. ^ Rajendran, Sowmya (14 January 2022). "Putham Pudhu Kaalai Vidiyaadhaa review: A second installment with some fresh ideas". The News Minute.
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