Baburaj (actor)

Baburaj
Baburaj
Born	Baburaj Jacob; 5 March 1966; Aluva, Kerala, India.
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Union Christian College, Aluva; Maharaja's College, Ernakulam ; Government Law College, Ernakulam
Occupations	Actor; director; producer;
Years active	1995–present
Spouse	Vani Viswanath (m. 2002)
Children	Abhay, Akshay ; (From 1st marriage) ; Aarcha, Adhri; (With Vani Viswanath)[1]

Baburaj Jacob, mononymously known as Baburaj, is an Indian actor, director, and screenwriter who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and has also appeared in Tamil and Hindi films. He began and established his career in cinema by playing antagonistic roles and graduated to comedic and character roles after the 2011 film Salt N' Pepper.[2]

Personal life

Baburaj was born to P. J. Jacob Oleekkal and T. I. Karmali Thottungal on 5 March 1966. Baburaj married twice. He has two sons from his first marriage named Abhay and Akshay.[3] His second marriage is to South Indian action heroine Vani Viswanath. The couple has two children, a daughter named Aarcha and a son named Adhri. Baburaj is a lawyer. They reside at Kochi. On 14 Feb 2017, Baburaj was stabbed by one of his neighbours in Idukki following an argument.[4]

Film career

Baburaj started his acting career as a junior artist. His debut in Malayalam was Beeshmacharyar (1994), directed by Cochin Haneefa, where he played a notorious villain. He also acted as a villain in the Hindi movie, Hulchul, which was a remake of the Malayalam blockbuster, Godfather. He produced four Malayalam movies and one Tamil movie.[5]

In 2009, he debuted as a director in the Malayalam movie Black Dalia,[6] starring Himself and Suresh Gopi in lead. He also directed the movie Manushyamrugam, starring Himself and Prithviraj Sukumaran in lead. His wife produced the movie.

In 2011, he did a comedy role in Salt N' Pepper, directed by Aashiq Abu. With this comedy role in Salt N' Pepper, he became one of the busiest actors in Malayalam cinema. He did one of the lead role in the crime thriller Manushyamrugam after the success of Salt N' Pepper. He did comedy roles in films such as Ordinary and Mayamohini. Apart from this, he was a lead actor in films such as Naughty Professor and DYSP Sankunni Uncle. Baburaj did a lead role in the 2017 comedy movie Honey Bee 2: Celebrations followed by Thrissivaperoor Kliptham, where he did the antagonist role. Baburaj's true potential to do the character roles was revealed with the film Koodasha.[7] In this suspense revenge thriller film, he played the role of a father who seeks revenge against the persons killed his daughter. Baburaj's performance as Panakkal Jomon in the crime drama Joji (2021) was highly appreciated by the critics.[8]

In 2021, he directed the comedy movie Black Coffee, which is a spin-off to Salt N' Pepper.[9]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result	Ref.
2011	Kochi Times Film Awards	Best Actor in a Comic Role	Salt N' Pepper	Won	[10]
	Asiavision Awards	Best Comedy Artist
	Vanitha Film Awards	Best Comedy Artist
	South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Comedy Artist			[11]
	Filmfare Awards South	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated	[12]
2012	South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Comedian	Mayamohini	Nominated	[13]
2012	Vanitha Film Awards	Best Comedy Artist		Won	[14]
2013	Asianet Film Awards	Best Comic Role			[15]
2013	Amrita Film Awards	Best Comedian	Honey Bee		[16]
2014	South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Comedian	Honey Bee	Nominated	[17]
2019	Kerala State Film Awards	Best Actor	Koodasha	Nominated	[18]
2022	South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Joji	Won

Filmography

Malayalam movies

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Beeshmacharyara
	The Porter	Karimpattakaran Kochekkan
	Kamboolam
	Mimics Action 500	Ramesh Thamban
1995	Street	Gunda
	Arabikadaloram	Shaji
	Peter Scott	Gunda
	Special Squad	Chandrappan
	Mazhavilkoodaram	College Gunda
	Ezharakoottam
	Three Men Army	Gunda
	Thirumanassu	Albert Pereira
1996	Ishtamanu nooruvattam
	Manthrika Kuthira	Kondotty Jaffar
	Naalaamkettile Nalla Thampimaar	Cleetus
	Mimics Super 1000	Aniyan Kurup
	KL 95 Ernakulam North	A.Z. Stanley
	Kanjirapally Kariachan	Kalloorkaadan Stanley
	Padanayakan
	Swapna Lokathe Balabhaskaran
	Dilliwala Rajakumaran
	Kudamattam
	Swarna Kireedam
1997	Kottappurathe Koottukudumbam	Antony
	Gajarajamanthram
	Shibiram
	Vamsham	SI Scaria
	Ranger	Baburaj
	Adukkala Rahasyam Angaadi Paattu	Adv. Babu Thomas
1998	Ormacheppu	Police Officer
	Oru Maravathoor Kanavu	Devassy
	Harikrishnans	Prem Kumar
1999	Chandamama
1999	Red Indians	Jumbo Sankar
2000	The Gang	Joe
	Mera Naam Joker	Rajasekharan
	Sathyameva Jayathe	Sivaratnam
	Rapid Action Force	Alex Fernandez/Kargil Ghouse
	Saivar Thirumeni	Ayyappan
2001	Dhosth	Charlie Varkey
	Randam Bhavam	Shetty
	Naranathu Thampuran	Vikraman
	Raavanaprabhu	Natesan
	Nariman	Ajayan
	Sraavu	Shivan
	Praja	DIG Joseph Madacherry IPS
2002	Stop Violence
	Jagathy Jagadeesh in Town	Rajaji
	Kuberan	Giri
	Onnaman	Prathapan
	Shivam	Ashokan
	Chathurangam	SI Thankaraj
	Valkannadi	Jayapalan
2003	Kilichundan Mampazham	Hamsa
	Chakram	Sudhakaran
	Kaliyodam
2004	Kusruthi	Ramabhadran
	Sathyam	Mattancherry Michael
	Amrutham
2005	Athbhutha Dweepu	Captain Mohammad
	Isra	Bhadran
	Thaskaraveeran	Malayil Peter
	Rappakal	Manikantan
	Lokanathan IAS	CI Unnithan
	Nerariyan CBI	Poopparathy Vasu
	Rajamanikyam	Vikraman
2006	Highway Police	Vikram
	Bada Dosth	Bhaskaran
	Prajapathi	CI Salim
	Ravanan	Jamal
	Mahasamudram	Mattakara Rajan
	Kilukkam Kilukilukkam	Vishnu
	Chacko Randaaman	Karibadam Kannan
	Thuruppugulan	Mahi
	Pachakuthira	Himself
	Chinthamani Kolacase	Isra Qureshi
	Chess	CI Sarath
	The Don	Abdu
	Pothan Vava	Michael
2007	Black Cat	Philipose
	Ali Bhai	Koya
	Abraham & Lincoln	Ameen
	Avan Chandiyude Makan	Sonychan
	Pranayakalam	Gunda
	Chotta Mumbai	Satheeshan's henchman
	Time	Damodharan Kartha
	Athisayan	Parunthu Johnny
	Mission 90 Days	Major Deepak
	Sooryan	Kattiparaban
	Nadiya Kollappetta Rathri	Lakkidi Manikantan
	Nagaram	Lawrence
	Indrajith	Hamid
	Nasrani	Sayed
2008	Aayudham	C. I. Rappayi
2008	Twenty:20	Nazar
2009	My Big Father	Chacko
	Black Dalia	CI Anwar Ali
	Daddy Cool	Soman
2010	Pramani	Sibichan
	Thanthonni	Ummachan
	Pokkiri Raja	Unnithan
2011	Salt N' Pepper	Babu Raj
2011	Manushyamrugam	Tipper Johnny
2012	Asuravithu	Fr. Ambarra Shaji
	Second Show	Chaver Anthony & Chaver Vavachan
	Vaidooryam
	Thalsamayam Oru Penkutty	Thomas
	Ordinary	Vakkachan
	Mayamohini	Adv. Laksmi Narayanan
	Naughty Professor	Professor Viswambaran
	Cinema Company	Sabu, a movie-loving thug
	Jawan of Vellimala	Chacko
	Mr. Marumakan	Adv. K.V. Panikkar
	Idiots	Freddy
2013	Entry	ACP Rishikesh
	Kammath & Kammath	Driver Gopi
	Honey Bee	Fernando d'Silva
	Policemamman	Sankaranunni
	Ithu Manthramo Thanthramo Kuthanthramo	S. S. Nair
	Pigman	GM Veera Swamy
	Blackberry
	Sringaravelan	Mahalingam
2014	Ulsaha Committee	Chopra
	Peruchazhi	Pottakkuzhy Jabbar
	Tamaar Padaar	Jumper Thambi/Terrorist
	Mylanchi Monchulla Veedu	Dr. Shajahan
2015	8th March	Abdul Khader
2016	Poyi Maranju Parayathe	Ananthan
2016	Wonderful Journey
2017	Honey Bee 2: Celebrations	Fernandez d'Silva aka Ferno
	Honey Bee 2.5	Himself	Cameo
	Thrissivaperoor Kliptham	Joy Chembadan
2018	Kaly	Thangal
	Sketch	"Royapuram" Kumar
	Neeli	Prabhakaran
	Koodasha
2019	My Great Grandfather	Shivadas
2019	Vikruthi	CI Siju Varkey
2021	Black Coffee	Cook Babu
	Joji	Panachel Jomon
	Power Star
	Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham	Puthumana Panicker
2022	Kooman	CI Harilal Dev
	Veerame Vaagai Soodum	Nedunchezhiyan
	Gold	CPO Rakesh Manjappra
2023	Nalla Nilavulla Rathri	Kurien
2023	Kunjamminis Hospital	Maala Varkey
2024	Anweshippin Kandethum	P. V. Pailo	[19]
2024	Little Hearts †	TBA	[20]

Tamil movies

Year	Title	Role
2002	Jaya
2003	Parasuram
2004	Jana	Chinnapandi
2008	Ellam Avan Seyal	Ravi Kishore
2018	Sketch	"Royapuram" Kumar
2022	Veeramae Vaagai Soodum	Nedunchezhiyan

Hindi movie

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Hulchul	Rowdy

As director


Year	Film
2009	Black Dalia
2011	Manushyamrugam
2016	Police Maman
2021	Black Coffee

As producer


Year	Title	Notes
1997	Gajarajamathram
1997	Adukkala Rahasyam Angaadippaattu
1998	Kulirkaattu
2000	The Gang	[21][22]
2006	Thantra

Story


Year	Film
1997	Adukkala Rahasyam Angadipattu
2000	The Gang
2009	Black Dalia
2011	Manushyamrigam
2012	Naughty Professor

Screenplay and dialogue


Year	Film
2000	The Gang
2009	Black Dalia
2011	Manushyamrigam
2012	Naughty Professor

Lyrics

Jig Jinga as Naughty Professor (2012)
Thalam Thiruthalam as Naughty Professor (2012)

Playback singing

Maamaa Maamaa as Police Maman (2013)

Television

Comedy stars season 2 (Asianet) as Judge
Lunars Comedy Express (Asianet Plus) as Judge
Kadamattathu Kathanar (Asianet)
kudipaka-(Asianet)

References

"ബാബുരാജ്‌ ആരോപണങ്ങളുടെ നടുവില്‍". mangalam.com. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
"Baburaj interview". Mathrubhumi. 27 November 2013. Archived from the original on 27 November 2013.
"Mangalam - Varika 16-Apr-2012". Mangalamvarika.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"ഇവിടെ എല്ലാവര്‍ക്കും സുഖം തന്നെ..!". mangalam.com. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
"Baburaj interview". 23 August 2013. Archived from the original on 23 August 2013.
"Baburaj". in.movies.yahoo.com. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
"'Koodasha' review: a timely psycho thriller". OnManorama. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
"Joji movie review: Fahadh Faasil is outstanding in a sharp tale of amorality and a house of intrigue". Firstpost. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
"Baburaj, Swetha Menon starrer 'Black Coffee' release date announced". The News Minute. 11 February 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
"The Kochi Times Film Awards 2011". The Times of India. 23 June 2012. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013.
"Asin, Dhanush, Santhanam win big at SIIMA Awards". Sify. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020.
59th Filmfare Awards South Nominees
"Southern Glitz". Khaleej Times.
"Vanitha Film Awards 2012 announced!". kerals.com. 14 February 2012. Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
"Asianet Film Awards 2013 – Winners List". entertainment.oneindia.in. 21 January 2013. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
"Asin, Dhanush, Santhanam win big at SIIMA Awards". Sify.
"Amrita Film Awards tomorrow". The New Indian Express.
"Movies, artists who are in the race for Kerala State Film Awards". Malayala Manorama.
"Teaser of Tovino Thomas' Anweshippin Kandethum will be released tomorrow". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
Features, C. E. (4 May 2024). "Shane Nigam's Little Hearts gets a release date". Cinema Express. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
"എനിക്ക്‌ നല്ല വില്ലനാകണം". mangalam.com. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
quintdaily (11 August 2017). "Thrissivaperoor Kliptham Movie Review and Rating (3.5/5) – QuintDaily".

External links

Baburaj at IMDb

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[1] "ബാബുരാജ്‌ ആരോപണങ്ങളുടെ നടുവില്‍". mangalam.com. Retrieved 17 December 2015.

[2] "Baburaj interview". Mathrubhumi. 27 November 2013. Archived from the original on 27 November 2013.

[3] "Mangalam - Varika 16-Apr-2012". Mangalamvarika.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[4] "ഇവിടെ എല്ലാവര്‍ക്കും സുഖം തന്നെ..!". mangalam.com. Retrieved 4 September 2015.

[5] "Baburaj interview". 23 August 2013. Archived from the original on 23 August 2013.

[6] "Baburaj". in.movies.yahoo.com. Retrieved 4 April 2010.

[7] "'Koodasha' review: a timely psycho thriller". OnManorama. Retrieved 27 June 2021.

[8] "Joji movie review: Fahadh Faasil is outstanding in a sharp tale of amorality and a house of intrigue". Firstpost. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.

[9] "Baburaj, Swetha Menon starrer 'Black Coffee' release date announced". The News Minute. 11 February 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.

[10] "The Kochi Times Film Awards 2011". The Times of India. 23 June 2012. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013.

[11] "Asin, Dhanush, Santhanam win big at SIIMA Awards". Sify. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020.

[12] 59th Filmfare Awards South Nominees

[13] "Southern Glitz". Khaleej Times.

[14] "Vanitha Film Awards 2012 announced!". kerals.com. 14 February 2012. Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.

[15] "Asianet Film Awards 2013 – Winners List". entertainment.oneindia.in. 21 January 2013. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.

[16] "Asin, Dhanush, Santhanam win big at SIIMA Awards". Sify.

[17] "Amrita Film Awards tomorrow". The New Indian Express.

[18] "Movies, artists who are in the race for Kerala State Film Awards". Malayala Manorama.

[19] "Teaser of Tovino Thomas' Anweshippin Kandethum will be released tomorrow". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

[20] Features, C. E. (4 May 2024). "Shane Nigam's Little Hearts gets a release date". Cinema Express. Retrieved 4 May 2024.

[21] "എനിക്ക്‌ നല്ല വില്ലനാകണം". mangalam.com. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.

[22] quintdaily (11 August 2017). "Thrissivaperoor Kliptham Movie Review and Rating (3.5/5) – QuintDaily".