Baburaj (actor)


Not to be confused with the music director of the same name
Baburaj Jacob, mononymously known as Baburaj, is an Indian film actor, director and screenwriter, who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema, and has also appeared in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films. He began and established his career in cinema by playing antagonistic roles and graduated to comedic and character roles after Salt N' Pepper. He has directed two Malayalam films and written a number of films.

Personal life

Baburaj was born to P. J. Jacob Oleekkal and T. I. Karmali Thottungal. Baburaj married twice. He has two sons from his first marriage named Abhay and Akshay. 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. Babu Raj is an Advocate. They reside at Nungambakkam, Chennai. On 14 Feb 2017, Baburaj was stabbed by one of his neighbours in Idukki following an argument.

Film career

Baburaj started his acting career as a junior artist. His debut in Malayalam was Beeshmacharyar, 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.
In 2009, he debuted as a director in the Malayalam movie Black Dalia, 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. His performance was well noted along with others. He was also nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Malayalam for the same. With this comedy role in Salt N' Pepper, he became one of the busiest actors in Malayalam cinema. 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.

Murder attempt

Malayalam actor Baburaj was stabbed on Wednesday, 14 February 2017,at his resort in Adimali of Idukki district following a dispute with the locals. The actor was immediately taken to a hospital and was under medical care at the Ernakulam Rajagiri hospital. Fortunately, there was no damage to internal organs, but he lost a chest muscle. He underwent treatment in Rajagiri Hospital, Ernakulam, and left hospital without any complication.
According to reports, Baburaj got into a heated argument with locals when he brought in a few labourers to clean the pond located at his resort, Whitemist Emerald. The pond was one of the main water sources for the neighbours living around the resort and they objected to the cleaning. They contented that they drew water from the pond for their daily use and draining it will cause water shortage during the summer.

Awards

As Actor

  1. ... Puthumana Panicker
  2. Vikruthi
  3. My Great Grandfather
  4. Koodasha.....Lead role
  5. Neeli
  6. Sketch
  7. Kaly
  8. Thrissivaperoor Kliptham ... Joy Chembadan
  9. Honey Bee 2.5 ... Himself
  10. ... Fernandez d'Silva aka Ferno
  11. Wonderful Journey
  12. Poyi Maranju Parayathe
  13. 8 March
  14. Mylanchi Monchulla Veedu
  15. Tamaar Padaar... Jumper Thambi and Terrorist
  16. Peruchazhi
  17. Ulsaha Committee ... Chopra
  18. Sringaravelan ... Mahalingam
  19. Blackberry
  20. Pigman ... GM Veera Swamy
  21. Ithu Manthramo Thanthramo Kuthanthramo ... S. S. Nair
  22. Policemamman ... Sankaranunni
  23. Honey Bee
  24. Kammath & Kammath ... as Driver Gopi
  25. Entry ... as ACP Rishikesh
  26. Idiots ... as Freddy
  27. Mr. Marumakan ... as Advocate K.V. Panikkar
  28. Jawan of Vellimala
  29. Cinema Company ... as Sabu, a movie-loving thug
  30. Naughty Professor ... as Professor Viswambaran
  31. Mayamohini ... as Advocate Laksmi Narayanan
  32. Ordinary ... as Vakkachan
  33. Thalsamayam Oru Penkutty ... Thomas
  34. Vaidooryam
  35. Second Show ... Chaver Anthony & Chaver Vavachan
  36. Asuravithu
  37. Manushyamrugam ... Tipper Johnny
  38. Salt N' Pepper ... Babu Raj
  39. Pokkiri Raja
  40. Thanthonni ... Ummachan
  41. Pramani
  42. Daddy Cool ... Soman
  43. Black Dalia ... CI Anwar Ali
  44. My Big Father ... Chacko
  45. ... Nazar
  46. Aayudham ... C. I. Rappayi
  47. Nasrani ... Sayed
  48. Indrajith ... Hamid
  49. Nagaram ... Lawrence
  50. Nadiya Kollappetta Rathri ... Lakkidi Manikantan
  51. Sooryan ... Kattiparaban
  52. Mission 90 Days ... Major Deepak
  53. Athisayan
  54. Time ... Damodharan Kartha
  55. Chotta Mumbai
  56. Pranayakalam
  57. Avan Chandiyude Makan ... Sonychan
  58. Abraham & Lincoln ... Ameen
  59. Ali Bhai... Koya
  60. Black Cat
  61. Pothan Vava
  62. The Don ... Abdu
  63. Chess ... Sarath
  64. Chinthamani Kolacase ... Isra Qureshi
  65. Thuruppu Gulan
  66. Chacko Randaaman... Karibadam Kannan
  67. Kilukkam Kilukilukkam ... Vishnu
  68. Mahasamudram ... Rajan
  69. Ravanan... Jamal
  70. Prajapathi
  71. Nerariyan CBI... Poopparathy Vasu
  72. Bada Dosth
  73. Highway Police ... Vikram
  74. Rajamanikyam ... Vikraman
  75. Lokanathan I.A.S ... Unnithan
  76. Rappakal ... Manikantan
  77. Isra 2005... Bhadran
  78. Athbhutha Dweepu ... Captain Mohammad
  79. Amrutham
  80. Sathyam ... Mattancherry Michael
  81. Kusruthi ... Ramabhadran
  82. Chakram ... Sudhakaran
  83. Kilichundan Mampazham ... Hamsa
  84. Vaalkkannadi
  85. Sivam ... Ashokan
  86. Jagathi Jagadish in Town ... Rajaji
  87. Stop Vilonce
  88. Sraavu... Shivan
  89. Nariman ... Ajayan
  90. Red Indians ... Jumbo Sankar
  91. Raavanaprabhu ... Natesan
  92. Randam Bhavam ... Shetty
  93. Saivar Tirumeni
  94. Rapid Action Force ... Alex Fernandez/Kargil Ghouse
  95. Sathyameva Jayathe
  96. Mera Naam Joker... Rajasekharan
  97. The Gang
  98. Harikrishnans
  99. Oru Maravathoor Kanavu ... Devassy
  100. Adukala Rahasyavum Angadi Pattum
  101. Mimmics 1000 super
  102. Ranger ... Baburaj
  103. Vamsham
  104. Kottapurathe Koottukudumbam ... Antony
  105. Padanayakan
  106. Swapna Lokathe Balabhaskaran
  107. KL 95 Ernakulam North ... A.Z.Stanley
  108. Dilli wallah Rajakumaran
  109. Mantrika kuthira
  110. Thirumanassu ... Albert Pereira
  111. Three Men Army
  112. Mimics Action 500 ... Ramesh Thamban
  113. Special Squad
  114. Peter Scott ... Gunda
  115. Arabikadaloram ... Shaji
  116. Street ... Gunda
  117. Kamboolam
  118. The Porter ... Karimpattakaran Kochekkan
  119. Beeshmacharyara

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