Arun Kurian

Arun Kurian is an Indian actor who appears on Malayalam cinema. He made his feature film debut through a lead role in the coming of age film Aanandam (2016).

Arun Kurian
Born (1990-11-04) 4 November 1990
NationalityIndian
OccupationActor
Years active2016–present

He played supporting roles in Velipadinte Pusthakam (2017), Oru Yamandan Premakadha (2019), Thamaasha (2019), Paapam Cheyyathavar Kalleriyatte (2019) and Hridayam (2022).

Career

A Thiruvalla native, Arun did his schooling in Kuwait till Class 9 and studied in Labour India Gurukulam Public School after that.[1] He earned his masters in business administration from Whistling Woods International Institute in Mumbai while simultaneously assisting in making ad films and sending his profile for audition tests.[2] He made his acting debut as one of the seven lead actors in the 2016 coming of age film Aanandam.[3][4] He played Varun, whom he described as a "less-talking, less-bullshit guy".[2] The film was a commercial success.[5][6] He then starred in Lal Jose's Velipadinte Pusthakam in 2017 in which he played Sameer, whom he described as a "gregarious type, a college-going city boy".[2] He had two releases in 2019, Oru Yamandan Premakadha and Thamaasha in which he played supporting roles.[7] He played one of the lead roles in the 2020 release Paapam Cheyyathavar Kalleriyatte.[8]

Filmography

Films
YearFilmRoleNotesRef.
2016 AanandamVarun ManjooranDebut film[9]
2017Velipadinte PusthakamSameer[10]
2019Oru Yamandan PremakadhaPaappi John Kombanaayil[11]
ThamaashaKamal[12]
2020Paapam Cheyyathavar KalleriyatteRohan[13]
2021Marakkar: Arabikadalinte SimhamYoung Anandan
2022HridayamAkhil Sathyan[14]
Mukundan Unni AssociatesRadhakrishnan IyerPhoto appearance
1744 White Alto
2023PookkaalamSusheel[15]

Webseries
YearSeriesRoleNotesRef.
2019Meen AviyalArunWebseries[16]
2022Putham Pudhu Kaalai VidiyaadhaaPaulTamil Webseries[17]

Television

References
  1. Sanjith Sidhardhan (25 June 2019). "Arun Kurian: I want lessons to take back home with every project I do". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  2. "Attending Lal and Lal acting school". Deccan Chronicle. 1 June 2017. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017.
  3. Sanjith Sidhardhan (27 January 2017). "Vineeth Sreenivasan reveals the cast of Aanandam". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  4. Anu James (10 September 2016). "Watch Vineeth Sreenivasan's 'Aanandam' trailer [VIDEO]". International Business Times. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  5. "Malayalam film 'Anandam' dubbed into Telugu, getting ready for release". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  6. "Dear Zindagi grosses 6 mil. USD [40.9 crores] in overseas". Bollywood Hungama. 5 December 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  7. Sidhardhan, Sanjith (24 June 2019). "Arun Kurian: It was a dream to work with Sameer Thahir". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  8. "Paapam Cheyyathavar Kalleriyatte movie review: On relationships, morality and sin". The Indian Express. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  9. Soman, Deepa (1 June 2017). "'Aanandam' fame Arun Kurian says he has always been a bearded man". Times of India. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  10. "Aanandam fame Arun Kurian in Velipadinte Pusthakam". New Indian Express. 31 May 2017. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  11. "യെമണ്ടൻ പ്രേമകഥ'യിൽ പാപ്പിയായി അരുൺ കുര്യൻ [Arun Kurian as Paappi in Oru Yamandan Premakadha]". Malayalam.Samayam (in Malayalam). Times of India. 19 April 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  12. "Tamasha review: a simple and powerful take on what is no longer funny". OnManorama. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  13. Staff, Onmanorama (2 February 2020). "Arun Kurian and Santhy Balachandran's 'save the date' photo is viral!". Onmanorama. Malayala Manorama. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  14. Sidhardhan, Sanjith (15 February 2020). "Vineeth Sreenivasan's Hridayam begins filming". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  15. "First single from Pookkaalam out". Cinema Express. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  16. "അലസനും ശല്യക്കാരനുമായ അനിയനും 'സൈക്കോ'ളജിസ്റ്റ് ചേച്ചിയും:'മീനവിയല്‍' ശ്രദ്ധ നേടുന്നു [Lazy and problematic brother and 'Psyco'logist sister : Meen Aviyal gaining attention]". Mathrubhumi (in Malayalam). 24 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  17. Rajendran, Sowmya (14 January 2022). "Putham Pudhu Kaalai Vidiyaadhaa review: A second installment with some fresh ideas". The News Minute.


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