Nivin Pauly

In this Indian name, the name Pauly is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Nivin.

Nivin Pauly
Nivin Pauly in 2019
Born (1984-10-11) 11 October 1984 (age 40)
Aluva, Kerala, India
Alma materFederal Institute of Science and Technology
Occupations
  • Actor
  • producer
Years active2010–present
OrganizationPauly Jr. Pictures
Spouse
Rinna Joy
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(m. 2010)​
Children2

Nivin Pauly (born 11 October 1984) is an Indian actor and producer who works predominantly in Malayalam films. He is the recipient of two Kerala State Film Awards, three Filmfare Awards South, two Kerala Film Critics Association Awards, and six SIIMA Awards. He auditioned for and was cast in one of the main roles in Vineeth Sreenivasan's directorial debut, Malarvaadi Arts Club, in 2009 and got his breakthrough in the romantic film Thattathin Marayathu (2012).[1]

He came to be known for playing the boy next door archetype, following roles in the bilingual black-comedy thriller Neram (2013), the sports-drama 1983 (2014), the romantic-comedy Ohm Shanthi Oshaana (2014), the romantic-drama Bangalore Days (2014), the comedy road-thriller Oru Vadakkan Selfie (2015), and the coming-of-age romantic drama Premam (2015), is among the top 10 highest-grossing Malayalam films. He then went on to star in the police drama Action Hero Biju (2016), the family drama Jacobinte Swargarajyam (2016), the political satire Sakhavu (2017), family comedy Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela (2017) and the epic film Kayamkulam Kochunni (2018) which emerged as one of the highest-grossing Malayalam film.[2]

Nivin made his debut as a producer with Action Hero Biju under his production company Pauly Jr. Pictures and has produced the films Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela[3] and Kanakam Kaamini Kalaham (2021), the first Malayalam movie to premiere on Disney+ Hotstar.

He won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut for Neram (2013).[4] In 2015, he won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for his performances in Bangalore Days and 1983.[5][6] He won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Malayalam for Action Hero Biju (2016)[7] In 2020, he won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor -Special Mention for Moothon.

Since 2022, he has starred in the films Mahaveeryar, Padavettu, Saturday Night, Thuramukham and Ramachandra Boss & Co.

  1. ^ Srinivasan, Latha (16 May 2017). "Nivin Pauly's unstoppable rise: How he went from guy-next-door to bonafide superstar". Firstpost. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Malayalam cinema's Man of the Moment". The Hindu. 31 May 2015. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  3. ^ Anand, Shilpa Nair (28 January 2016). "Nivin is back in action". Thehindu.com. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Winners list: 61st Idea Filmfare Awards (South)". The Times of India. 16 January 2017. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  5. ^ Kerala Chalachitra Academy (10 August 2015). "State Film Award 2014". Keralafilm.com. Archived from the original on 13 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  6. ^ "State Awards: Nazriya, Nivin, Sudev bag top honours". Malayala Manorama. Archived from the original on 13 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Winners: 64th Jio Filmfare Awards 2017 (South)". Times of India. 19 June 2017. Archived from the original on 18 June 2017.