Английская Википедия:Biju Sopanam

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Indian English Шаблон:Infobox person Biju Sopanam (born 4 January 1970) is an Indian television, theatre, and film actor. He is best known for portraying the character of Balachandran Thampi in the popular sitcom Uppum Mulakum, broadcast on Flowers TV. He made his movie debut by acting in a small role in the hit movie Rajamanikyam in the year 2005. He is a renowned Sanskrit Drama Artist and have performed in many stages across the country. He was trained under Kavalam Narayana Panicker, the iconic Indian dramatist.

Early life

He was born in Neyyattinkara, Thiruvananthapuram. His younger brother, Binoj Kulathoor, is also a television artist.

Career

He started his career as a theatre artist at the age of 20 in Kavalam Narayana Panicker's Sopanam Theatre Group. Along with the group he travelled across India participating in National Theatre Festival(Bharat Rang Mahotsav) and other prestigious programmes. He wanted to get into movies through this but he later revealed that after joining the group he become totally focused on drama and subsequently he left his dreams of becoming a film actor. From 2005 to 2013 he acted in three different films portraying short roles. Then in 2015 he was cast as Benjamin Brunou, a college principal in the television series Back Benchers, being telecasted in Amrita TV. On seeing him in this programme he was called up by director R.Unnikrishnan for his upcoming sitcom being made for Flowers TV. This programme is considered as his breakthrough. He was cast as Balachandran Thampi, a carefree, loving father and husband in the sitcom which was named as Uppum Mulakum. As he had to spend more time on the sets of Uppum Mulakum, his guru Kavalam Narayana Panicker asked him to stop it. But after being impressed by his work in it, he was allowed to do it, but in return he was asked to never leave theatre, which he agreed and now leads the group after his guru's death in 2016, trying to work there through his busy schedule. He skyrocketed to fame for his work in the programme drawing praise from various media organisations. Then he was called for a supporting role as Advocate Subbu in C/O Saira Banu.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Rajamanikyam
2006	Bhargavacharitham Moonam Khandam
2010	Nallavan	Man in lockup
2011	Veeraputhran
2013	Black Butterfly
2017	C/O Saira Banu	Advocate Subbu
	Lechmi
2018	Kuttanpillayude Sivarathri	Suneesh
	Thattumpurath Achuthan
2019	Janaadhipan
	Pathinettam Padi	Shalamon Abraham Palakkal
	Love Action Drama	Dinesh's Uncle
	Adhyarathri	Satheesh
	Kamala	Ravi
	Gauthamante Radham	Shibu Asan
2021	Djibouti
2022	Priyan Ottathilanu	Chekkuttan
2022	Upacharapoorvam Gunda Jayan	Sugathan
	Mukundan Unni Associates	Dr. Sebatti
2023	Laika
	Madhura Manohara Moham	Jose
	Kunjamminis Hospital	Fr. Ainickal Joy
	Pendulum	Tea Shop Owner
	Rani
2024	Шаблон:Pending film	Шаблон:TBA

Television

Year	Programme	Role	Channel	Notes	Шаблон:Abbr
2015	Back Benchers	Benjamin Brunou, College Principal	Amrita TV
2015-2021	Uppum Mulakum	Kulathara Shoolamkudi Veetil Balachandran Thampi (Balu)	Flowers TV
2018	Krithyam	Shivanna	YouTube	Short film
2020-2021	Double Decker	Paramada Veetil Balu	Flowers TV	Reprising his role from Uppum Mulakum
2021	Pappanum Padminiyum	Pappan	YouTube	Web series
2021	Eruvum Puliyum	Balu	Zee Keralam	Telefilm
2021	Kattan	Omanakuttan (Omana)	YouTube	Web series
2022	Erivum Puliyum	Freddy	Zee Keralam	Reboot of Uppum Mulakum
2022–Present	Uppum Mulakum Season 2	Kulathara Shoolamkudi Veetil Balachandran Thampi (Balu)	Flowers TV

Awards

Award	Year	Category	Programme	Result	Шаблон:Abbr
Kerala State Television Award	2017	Best Comedian	Uppum Mulakum	Шаблон:Won
Flowers Comedy Awards	2016	Best Star Pair		Шаблон:Won
Flowers TV Award	2017	Best Actor		Шаблон:Won

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