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Anoop Krishnan

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Anoop Krishnan Anugil
Born7 May 1990 (1990-05-07) (age 34)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Director
  • Anchor
Years active2010–present
Spouse
Dr. Aishwarya Nair
(m. 2022)

Anoop Krishnan (born 7 May 1990) is an Indian actor, director and anchor, who works predominantly in Malayalam film industry. He is mainly noted for the role Kalyan in the television series Seetha Kalyanam telecasted in Asianet.

He contested in the third season of the Malayalam reality TV series Bigg Boss.[1][2]

Early and personal life

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Anoop was born to Unnikrishnan K and K. M Shobhana Devi in Pattambi, Palakkad, Kerala. He has two siblings, Akhilesh Krishnan and Akhila Krishnan. He had his primary education from AUP School, Muthuthala and high school at PHS Pallippuram. He did his vocational higher secondary from VHSE Koppam. He is a graduate in B.A Literature from SNGS & Co-Operative College, Pattambi.

On 23 January 2022, Anoop married his long-time girlfriend Dr. Aishwarya Nair at Guruvayur Temple.[3]

Career

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In 2010, Anoop Krishnan was selected for the movie Face in Facebook directed by Jibin George James. Unfortunately, this project was not completed due to technical reasons and Anoop shifted his career into anchoring live stage shows. He started doing anchoring for various stage shows and continued to perform for more than 80 stages both in India and abroad with Malabar Maholtsavam, DTPC Onam fest and National Games closing ceremony among few of them. It was during this period that he got callback into two back-to-back movies alongside MammoottyDaivathinte Swantham Cleetus directed by G. Marthandan (2013) and Praise the Lord directed by Shibu Gangadharan (2014). Unfortunately, those two characters didn't get much of an attention.[4]

In 2014, Anoop's mentor and music director Sunny Viswanath introduced him to Padma Shri Balachandra Menon for doing a stage show in Dubai and that got him an opportunity to assist Balachandra Menon on his comeback movie Njan Samvidhanam Cheyyum which was released in 2015. While doing that movie, he got selected for doing a lead role in a Sanskrit movie called Ishti directed by G. Prabha. Anoop learned Kathakali Padam and trained himself in making kadhakali ornaments and handicrafts. He also has reduced 11 kg to play the character in the movie. He got attention from national and international film fraternity.[5] Ishti made him to walk through red carpet of Indian Panorama of IFFI held at Goa held in 2016.

By 2015, he started making short music videos, documentaries and short films. Some of works were selected for Malayalam TV channels. One of his documentary – 'Raise of hope'[6] was done for kidney related diseases and its awareness, with the help and support of Dr. Jayant Thomas Mathew (Nephrologist in Amala Institute of Medical Sciences) and Sunny Viswanath. During this time, Anoop did minor roles in cinemas like Sarvopari Palakkaran(2017) directed by Venugopan, Ennaalum Sarath..? (2018) directed by Balachandra Menon and Contessa directed by Sudip E.S (2018). He was a male lead character in known commercial movie called Ammamarathanalil (2017) directed by Jibin George James. He gained 8 kg to play a middle-aged character in the movie Ammamarathanalil.[7][8]

In 2018, director Sunil Kariattukara selected him for a television serial called Seetha Kalyanam telecasted in Asianet and Hotstar. He turned a household name with his lead character 'Kalyan' in this television show and his on-screen chemistry with actress Dhanya Mary Varghese is widely appreciated as well.[9] He, alongside actress Dhanya Mary Varghese, received the Asianet Television Award for the best pair . He was also nominated for the best actor and popular actor category in the same year.

At the end of 2019, Anoop Krishan's suspense thriller short film 'De-javu'[10][11][12][13] was successfully released on Christmas Day and received broad attention.

Besides acting, Anoop is a cricket player as well. He is a member of the Celebrity team Kerala Strikers and participated in the Celebrity Cricket League

Filmography

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Films

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Year Title Role Notes
2013 Daivathinte Swantham Cleetus Shopkeeper Debut
2014 Praise the Lord Samkutty's friend
2015 Njan Samvidhanam Cheyyum Shyam
2015 Ishti Raman Namboothiri Sanskrit movie
2017 Sarvopari Palakkaran Heroine's friend
2018 Ennaalum Sarath..? Sub Inspector Ravi
2018 Contessa Rajan
2019 De-javu Short film
2021 Amma Marathanalil Prakashan Lead character
2022 Ajagajantharam Devarajan
2022 Nagham Short film
2022 Geetha Keezhsherry Devanarayanan thampuran Web series
2022 Koode Naresh Iyer Music album[14]
2023 Chandranum Policum Sub Inspector Arun
2023 Bhagavan Dasante Ramarajyam Sub Inspector Murali
2024 Kanmashi Paramu, the Theyyam Artist Music album, also director
2024 Panchayath Jetty Sub Inspector
2024 Oru Kattil Oru Muri Negative Role Upcoming
2024 Pani Joshi Directed By Joju George

Television

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Year Serial Role Channel Notes Ref.
2018–2021 Seetha Kalyanam Kalyan Asianet Lead character
2019 Start Music Season 1 Contestant [15]
2020 Avarodoppam Aliyum Achayanum Kalyan Telefilm [16]
2020-2021 Start Music Season 2 Contestant [17]
2021 Bigg Boss Malayalam 3 Contestant 4th Runner up [18]
2021 Onamamankam Contestant
2021 Start Music Season 3 Co-Host [19]
2022 Happy Valentine's Day Co-Host [20]
2022 Start Music Season 4 Co-Host
2023 Start Music Season 5 Co-Host

Awards & Recognitions

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Asianet Television Awards

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Recognitions

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References

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  1. ^ "Anoop Krishnan in Bigg Boss Season 3". 14 February 2021 – via YouTube.
  2. ^ "Bigg Boss Malayalam 3 contestant Anoop Krishnan; here's all you need to know about the TV actor". Entertainment Times. 14 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Actor Anoop Krishnan ties the knot with his Isha; here's the first picture". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  4. ^ Sreekumar, Priya (6 October 2017). "Red lining to green cause". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  5. ^ Pradeep, K. (22 December 2016). "A memorable break". The Hindu.
  6. ^ "Documentary film on fight against kidney diseases". 10 April 2018 – via YouTube.
  7. ^ "Red lining to green cause". Deccan Chronicle. 6 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Trailer of Ammamarathanalil". 13 April 2018 – via YouTube.
  9. ^ "The satisfaction I get for playing Kalyan is akin to doing 10 films: Anoop Krishnan". The Times of India. 4 January 2019.
  10. ^ "അര്‍ദ്ധരാത്രിയില്‍ മരണദൂതുമായെത്തിയ 'ദേജാവു'". Malayala Monorama. 23 January 2020.
  11. ^ "കൈയടി നേടി "ദേജാവ്'; യൂട്യൂബിൽ തരംഗമാകുന്നു". Deepika. 24 January 2020.
  12. ^ "അര്‍ദ്ധരാത്രിയില്‍ വിജനമായ സ്ഥലത്തെ'ദേജാവു' അനുഭവം, ഹ്രസ്വചിത്രവുമായി സീരിയല്‍ നടന്‍". Mathrubhumi. 23 January 2020.
  13. ^ "Anoop Krishnan excited about his short film, Déjà Vu". The Times of India. 27 December 2019.
  14. ^ "Bigg Boss Malayalam fame Anoop Krishnan and Alasandra starrer music video 'Koode' gains attention". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  15. ^ "Vanambadi and Seetha Kalyanam teams have a bash on Start Music". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  16. ^ "Avarodoppam Aliyum Achayanum". Disney+ Hotstar. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  17. ^ "Start Music Aaradhyam Paadum – Season 2". Disney+ Hotstar. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  18. ^ "Bigg Boss Malayalam 3 winner: Manikuttan wins the trophy and a flat worth Rs. 75 lakhs". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  19. ^ "TV actors Anoop Krishnan and Suchithra Nair to make their anchoring debut with Start Music season 3". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  20. ^ "Special show 'Happy Valentine's Day' celebrating the day of love to air soon; details inside". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
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