Roshan Mathew
Roshan Mathew (born 22 March 1992) is an Indian actor, who works predominantly in Malayalam films. He had his first major role in the 2016 film Puthiya Niyamam and his career progressed with his roles in Aanandam (2016) and Koode (2018). For the lattermost, he won a SIIMA Award. He grew further worldwide recognition in Moothon (2019), Netflix's Kappela (2020) and Amazon Prime's C U Soon (2021).
Roshan Mathew | |
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| Born | 22 March 1992 Changanassery, Kerala, India |
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2015–present |
Mathew has also appeared in numerous theatre productions based in Chennai and Mumbai. These include The Glass Menagerie directed by Rajit Kapoor and 07/07/07 directed by Faezeh Jalali.
Early life
Roshan hails from Changanassery, Kottayam in the Indian state of Kerala. His father Mathew Joseph is a bank manager in Canara Bank and his mother Regina Augustine is a retired PWD engineer. He studied in Kendriya Vidyalaya, Kottayam.[1] After enrolling in School of Engineering, CUSAT in Kochi he dropped out after one year to study B.Sc Physics in Madras Christian College in Chennai.[2] During his second year in college he developed an interest in acting, and after graduation joined the Drama School Mumbai.[1][3]
Career
Theatre
Roshan had been active on stage since school, but his first opportunity to work in professional theatre came when the Chennai-based theatre company Stagefright Productions came to Madras Christian College to audition actors for their production of Dirty Dancing in August 2010. Roshan bagged the role of Neal Kellerman, and the production went on stage at The Museum Theatre, Chennai in February 2011. He almost instantly fell in love with theatre, and went on to work with all the prominent Chennai based companies in plays such as Kamala, Leap, The Uprising, Tughlaq, and Murder Me Always. He was also part of The Little Theatre’s Christmas Pantomime in 2013. In Madras Christian College, Roshan along with his friends started a theatre group called Theatre No. 59 which staged many plays in different colleges in the state. Their production of Alfred Hitchcock/Patrick Hamilton’s Rope was widely appreciated, and their revival of Jean Paul Sartre’s No Exit won Roshan the award for Best Director at a national level student theatre festival in 2013. After moving to Bombay in 2014, Roshan was part of The Drama School Mumbai’s adaptation of Eugene Shwartz's The Dragon in 2016. After school, he went to join Faezeh Jalali's widely acclaimed production 07/07/07. He then appeared in Given directed by Padma Damodaran and written by Shivam Sharma, and Rajit Kapoor's adaptation of The Glass Menagerie. He has also directed an original play in Kochi called A Very Normal Family with a new team of artists based in the city.[4][5]
Film
He made his screen acting debut in a webseries Tanlines. He made his film debut in 2016 in Puthiya Niyamam directed by A. K. Sajan, followed by a small role in Adi Kapyare Kootamani. It was Ganesh Raj's Aanandam (2016) that put Roshan on the map. The coming of age movie opened to packed houses, and was one of the biggest successes of the year in Malayalam. In 2018, he essayed a role in Koode directed by Anjali Menon.[6] His other notable performances came in "Thottappan" (2019) alongside Vinayakan, in "Viswasapoorvam Mansoor" (2017), and "Orayiram Kinakkalal" (2018). In 2019, he shot to fame by playing Ameer opposite Nivin Pauly in Geetu Mohandas's film Moothon.[7] His upcoming films are "Varthamanam", directed by Sidhartha Siva along with Parvathy, his debut tamil film "Cobra" directed by R Ajay Gnanamuthu alongside Vikram (actor). His recently released film is Netflix's Choked directed by Anurag Kashyap alongside Saiyami Kher, Kappela where he played the lead role alongside Anna ben[8]and Sreenath Bhansi which gained positive reviews and also C U Soon alongside Fahadh Faasil. His performance in the latest malayalam movie Kuruthi alongside Prithviraj Sukumaran also garnered much attention.[9]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes |
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| 2015 | Adi Kapyare Kootamani | Premraj | Malayalam | Debut film, Malayalam debut |
| 2016 | Puthiya Niyamam | Aryan | Malayalam | |
| Aanandam | Gautham Roy | Malayalam | ||
| 2017 | Viswasapoorvam Mansoor | Mansoor | Malayalam | |
| Kadam Kadha | Maneesh | Malayalam | ||
| Matchbox | Ernesto Narendran | Malayalam | ||
| Orayiram Kinakkalal | Jaison | Malayalam | ||
| 2018 | Koode | Krish | Malayalam | |
| 2019 | Thottappan | Ismail | Malayalam | |
| Moothon | Ameer | Malayalam Hindi |
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| 2020 | Kappela | Vishnu | Malayalam | |
| Choked | Sushant | Hindi | Netflix film,[10] Hindi debut | |
| C U Soon | Jimmy Kurian | Malayalam | Amazon Prime film | |
| 2021 | Varthamanam | Amal | Malayalam | |
| Aanum Pennum | Cherukkan | Malayalam | ||
| Kuruthi | Ibrahim | Malayalam | Amazon Prime film | |
| Cobra |
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Tamil | Completed, Tamil Debut | |
| Kothu |
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Malayalam | Filming | |
| Darlings |
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Hindi | Pre production | |
| Chathuram |
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Malayalam | Post Production | |
| Kumari |
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Malayalam | Filming[11] | |
| Chera |
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Malayalam | Filming[12] | |
| Oru Thekkan Thallu Case |
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Malayalam | Announced[13] |
Web series
| Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes |
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| 2015 | Tanlines | Dan | English | Sony LIV miniseries |
Awards and nominations
| Ceremony | Year | Category | Film | Result | Ref |
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| SIIMA Awards | 2019 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Malayalam) | Koode | Won | [14] |
| CPC Cine Awards | 2019 | Best Actor in a Character Role | Moothon | Won | [15] |
| Cinema Paradiso club | 2020 | Best Character Actor | Moothon | Won | |
| India German film week | 2020 | Best Supporting Actor | Moothon | Won | |
| Filmfare OTT Awards | 2020 | Best Supporting Actor (Web Originals) | Choked | Nominated |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mathew, Mathew Joy (23 January 2017). "'Aanandam' of acting on his every impulse". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ↑ K. S., Aravind (29 February 2016). "An acting 'addict'". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ↑ Soman, Litty (20 October 2016). "Casting is biggest plus point of Aanandam: Roshan Mathew". Malayala Manorama. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ↑ S, Harikumar J. (30 January 2019). "'A Very Normal Family' is a dark comedy, says actor Roshan Mathew" – via www.thehindu.com.
- ↑ "'A Very Normal Family' at Mathrubhumi Lit Fest: Meet the fun cast and crew". The News Minute. 4 February 2019.
- ↑ Abraham, Korah (2 July 2018). "'A dream come true': Actor Roshan Mathew on working with Anjali Menon". The News Minute. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ S., Gautham (30 July 2018). "Enjoying his spot in sun". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ↑ "Versatile Actor Roshan Mathews". 23 July 2020.
- ↑ Kuruthi Review: A bold microcosmic view of society, retrieved 11 August 2021
- ↑ "Roshan Mathews in Anurag Kashyap's next – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ↑ "Roshan Mathew joins Aiswarya Lekshmi in the film Kumari".
- ↑ "First look poster of Chera starring Nimisha Sajayan and Roshan Mathew released".
- ↑ "Biju Menon, Padmapriya, Roshan and Nimisha will feature in Oru Thekkan Thallu Case film".
- ↑ "SIIMA 2019 Malayalam: Mohanlal, Tovino, Aishwarya win big". OnManorama. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ↑ "Roshan gets the CPC Cine Award, Best Actor in a Character Role for the role in the film Moothon".