Narain (born as Sunil Kumar) is an Indian film actor, who appears in Malayalam and Tamil films.

Personal life [link]

Narain was born in Thrissur, Kerala to Malayali parents.^[1] His father is T.M.Ramakrishnan and his mother is Shantha Kumari.^[2] After two and half years of dating, he married television personality and singer Manju Haridas on 26 August 2007 at Calicut.^{[citation needed]}

Career [link]

After completing a course in cinematography at the Adyar Film Institute, Narain came into the film industry as an assistant to Rajeev Menon, one of India’s noted film makers and cameramen. He worked with him for many advertisements and also a film - Morning Raga. His first film, was Nizhalkuthu by the veteran director Adoor Gopalakrishnan. His first commercial film 4 The People, brought him recognition and fame as an actor. In this sensational blockbuster, Narain's performance as the firebrand IPS officer Rajan Mathew was well noticed. 4 The People was dubbed in Tamil and Telugu. He portrayed a struggling lawyer, Emmanuel John, in Achuvinte Amma and also realistically played a doctor, Jeevan, in Sheelabathi. He also played notable role in Annorikal. Classmates brought him close to peoples heart. His debut Tamil movie was Chithiram Pesuthadi, which was declared a blockbuster. Through Panthaya Kozhi, produced by director Lal, he has been re-launched as an independent action hero in the Malayalam film industry. In 2008, he did another youth-oriented Malayalam movie MinnaminnikoottamThis film did quite well in box office.

His film Pallikoodam was highly performance oriented, playing the character of a collector Vetrivel. The film was directed by Thangar Bachchan. His performance in the recently released film Anjaathe, directed by Mysskin, was critically acclaimed.

In 2009, Narain did a key role in Bhagyadevatha directed by Sathyan Anthikkad who had also gave him a success in Achuvinte Amma. The family oriented film starred Jayaram and Kanika- and Narain proved to be a star for this film. This was a box office success.

Narain essayed the role of Mohammed Abdul Rahiman in P. T. Kunju Muhammed's Veeraputhran (2011). He replaced Prithviraj as he suited the character better, according to the director.

Filmography [link]

References [link]

1. ^ PS and Gayathri (2007). "Profile". Nilacharal.com. https://www.nilacharal.com/enter/celeb/narain.asp. Retrieved 2008-03-08. 
2. ^ https://www.sify.com/carnaticmusic/news/fullstory.php?id=14520045&page=5
3. ^ "Narain in 'Mumbai Dhosth'". IndiaGlitz. https://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/article/78224.html. Retrieved 18 February 2012. 
4. ^ "M T - Hariharan's 'Ezhamathe varavu'". IndiaGlitz. https://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/article/80677.html. Retrieved 10 April 2012. 
5. ^ "Narein back as a cop". IndiaGlitz. https://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/article/81901.html. Retrieved 09 May 2012. 
6. ^ "Narein back as a cop". IndiaGlitz. https://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/article/82437.html. Retrieved 24 May 2012. 

External links [link]

• Narain at the Internet Movie Database