Actor
Maniyanpilla Raju
April 20, 1955 · Thycaud, Kerala, India
Sudheer Kumar, better known by his stage name Maniyanpilla Raju, is an Indian film actor and producer who appears in Malayalam films. His stage name is derived from the name of the character he played in the film Maniyanpilla Adhava Maniyanpilla (1981), his break-through role. His debut film was Mohiniyattam (1976) directed by Sreekumaran Thampi. He has played a variety of roles as a character actor, starring in over 400 films
Often works with
Mohanlal
8 titles together
Thudarum, Spadikam, Narasimham
Kalabhavan Mani
6 titles together
Narasimham, Aaram Thamburan, Aaram Thamburan
Siddique
5 titles together
Ustad Hotel, CIA: Comrade In America, Twenty 20
V K Sreeraman
5 titles together
Spadikam, Narasimham, CIA: Comrade In America
Mammootty
5 titles together
Narasimham, Twenty 20, Big B
Saikumar
5 titles together
Narasimham, Aaram Thamburan, Rajamanikyam
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Bermuda
cast
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Prathichaya
as Ramakrishnan
2026
Bha. Bha. Ba.
as Ravindran Thillenkery
2025
Thudarum
as Kuttichan
20257.3
Paalum Pazhavum
as Thamarakshan
2024
Kudumba Sthreeyum Kunjadum
cast
2024
Gu
as Surendran
2024
Iyer In Arabia
as Rasheed
2024
Rani: The Real Story
as DSP Reghu
2023
Madhura Manohara Moham
cast
2023
Neymar
as Babu Pp
2023
Corona Papers
as CI Ayyappan Pillai
2023