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| name       = Indrajith Sukumaran

| image       = Indrajith at 60th Filmfare Awards South (cropped).jpg

| image size = 235px

| caption     = Indrajith at the [[60th Filmfare Awards South]]<br />Indrajith in 2013

| birth_name =  

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|17 December 1979}}

| birth_place = [[Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala]], India<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/amp/cinema/nostalgic-nuggets-prithvirajs-father-won-a-national-award-with-debut-film-627389 |title= Nostalgic Nuggets:Prithwiraj's father won a national award with debut film |date=11 June 2020 |last=Kumar |first=K. Aneesh |publisher=The Hans India}}</ref>

| othername   =  

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|playback singer}}

| alma_mater = [[Sainik School Kazhakootam|Sainik School]]

| yearsactive = 2002–present

| spouse     = {{Marriage|[[Poornima Indrajith]]|2002}}

| children   = [[Prarthana Indrajith , NAKSHATRA INDRAJITH]]

| father     = [[Sukumaran]]

| mother     = [[Mallika Sukumaran]]

| relatives   = [[Prithviraj Sukumaran]] (brother)

| family     = [[List of Indian film families|Sukumaran family]]

'''Indrajith Sukumaran''' (born 17 December 1979) is an Indian film actor and playback singer. He predominantly works in [[Malayalam cinema]] and occasionally acts in [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]], English, [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]], and [[Hindi]] films. He has acted in nearly 95 films. Indrajith was born to the actors [[Sukumaran]] and [[Mallika Sukumaran]] and is the elder brother of actor [[Prithviraj Sukumaran]].

Indrajith made his acting debut in the 1986 film ''[[Padayani (film)|Padayani]]'' in a child artist. And has gone on to star in over 80 films, notably ''[[Meesa Madhavan]]'' (2002), ''[[Runway (2004 film)|Runway]]'' (2004), [[Vesham]] (2004), ''[[Classmates (2006 film)|Classmates]]'' (2006), ''[[Chotta Mumbai]]'' (2007), ''[[Arabikkatha]]'' (2007), ''[[Twenty:20 (film)|Twenty:20]]'' (2008), ''[[Nayakan (2010 film)|Nayakan]]'' (2010), ''[[Karayilekku Oru Kadal Dooram]]'' (2010), ''[[Ee Adutha Kaalathu]]'' (2012), ''[[Amen (2013 film)|Amen]]'' (2013), ''[[Left Right Left (film)|Left Right Left]]'' (2013), ''[[Ezhamathe Varavu]]'' (2013), ''[[Angels (2014 film)|Angels]]'' (2014), ''[[Amar Akbar Anthony (2015 film)|Amar Akbar Anthony]]'' (2015), ''[[Lucifer (film)|Lucifer]]'' (2019) and ''[[Halal Love Story]]'' (2020).

Indrajith has also starred in a few [[Hindi Cinema|Hindi]], [[English cinema|English]], [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] and [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] films, such as ''[[Before the Rains]]'' (2007), ''[[Sarvam]]'' (2009), ''[[Kavya's Diary]]'' (2009), and ''[[The Waiting Room (2010 film)|The Waiting Room]]'' (2010).

==Early life==

Indrajith was born as the elder son of actors [[Sukumaran]] and [[Mallika Sukumaran]] on 17 December 1979. His brother [[Prithviraj Sukumaran]] is also a well-known actor in south Indian cinema. Indrajith's initial schooling was at Shrine Vailankanni Senior Secondary School, T. Nagar, [[Chennai]] and St. Joseph's Boys' Hr. Sec. School, Coonoor, since the family was settled at [[Tamil Nadu]] at that time.<ref>{{cite web|title=പൃഥ്വിയ്ക്ക് എന്തെങ്കിലും വിഷമമുണ്ടായാല് ഇന്ദ്രനാണ് ദുഃഖം :Interview with Mallika Sukumaran|url=http://malayalam.filmibeat.com/interviews/malika-sukumaran-about-indrajith-prithviraj-025468.html|publisher=malayalam.oneindia.com|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017084051/http://malayalam.filmibeat.com/interviews/malika-sukumaran-about-indrajith-prithviraj-025468.html|archive-date=17 October 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Later, when the family shifted to Kerala, he had his education from The NSS Public School Perunthanni, St.Mary's Residential Central School, [[Poojappura]]. He completed the rest of his school education at [[Sainik School Kazhakoottam]], along with his brother [[Prithviraj Sukumaran|Prithviraj]]. He was the captain of Tennis team while studying there. He also participated in music and acting competitions. He pursued his bachelor's with distinction in Computer science engineering from [[Rajaas Engineering College]] in [[Tirunelveli district]] and was working as a trainee in a software company when he entered into the film career. Later, he dropped his job and became busy with movies.<ref>{{cite web|title=പ്രിത്വിക്കു നൊന്ത്തൽ ഇന്ദ്രന് വേദനിക്കും:Interview with Mallika Sukumaran|url=https://www.facebook.com/nanaweekly/photos/pb.299431426750557.-2207520000.1445046810./1213588225334868/?type=3&theater|publisher=nanaonline.in|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117124316/https://www.facebook.com/nanaweekly/photos/pb.299431426750557.-2207520000.1445046810./1213588225334868/?type=3&theater|archive-date=17 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

He also acted in [[Lal Jose]]'s film ''[[Arabikkatha]]'' and [[Santhosh Sivan]]'s ''[[Before the Rains]]''. He paired with his brother [[Prithviraj Sukumaran]] in several films, including the 2006's hit film ''[[Classmates (2006 film)|Classmates]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Its-been-a-fabulous-onscreen-year-for-Indrajith-and-Prithviraj/articleshow/14820873.cms |title=It's been a fabulous onscreen year for Indrajith and Prithviraj |access-date=21 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728012429/http://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Its-been-a-fabulous-onscreen-year-for-Indrajith-and-Prithviraj/articleshow/14820873.cms |archive-date=28 July 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/malayalam/news/2014/prithviraj-indrajith-jayasurya-team-up-again.html |title=Prithviraj, Jayasurya, Indrajith To Team Up Again? |access-date=21 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722020923/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/malayalam/news/2014/prithviraj-indrajith-jayasurya-team-up-again.html |archive-date=22 July 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> He starred in the lead role with [[Vineeth]] in [[Hariharan (director)|Hariharan]]'s Film ''[[Ezhamathe Varavu]]'', written by [[M. T. Vasudevan Nair]] after the success of ''[[Pazhassi Raja]]'' (2009).

On 13 December 2002, he married actress [[Poornima Indrajith|Poornima Mohan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.indiainfo.com/malayalam/topstory/poornima.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819024723/http://movies.indiainfo.com/malayalam/topstory/poornima.html|title=Poornima to tie knot with Indrajith |work=India Info |date=19 August 2007 |archive-date=19 August 2007}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080714034617/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/lf/2002/12/13/stories/2002121306770200.htm Double celebration]. The Hindu (2002-12-13)</ref> They have two daughters.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=15015435&programId=3982928&channelId=-1073750705&BV_ID=@@@&tabId=3 |title=Archived copy |access-date=30 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131128041233/http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=15015435&programId=3982928&channelId=-1073750705&BV_ID=@@@&tabId=3 |archive-date=28 November 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

* 2013 - TTK Prestige-Vanitha Film Awards - Best Supporting Actor - [[Amen (2013 film)|''Amen'']]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://kerala9.com/news-category/news/movie-news/ttk-prestige-vanitha-film-awards-shobhana-prithviraj-win-best-actor-actress-awards |title=Archived copy |access-date=7 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307082405/http://kerala9.com/news-category/news/movie-news/ttk-prestige-vanitha-film-awards-shobhana-prithviraj-win-best-actor-actress-awards |archive-date=7 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Film===

====Malayalam====

{| class="wikitable"

| 1986 || ''[[Padayani (film)|Padayani]]'' || Young Ramesh ||

| rowspan="2" | 2002 || ''[[Oomappenninu Uriyadappayyan]]'' || Shyam Gopal Varma ||

|''[[Meesa Madhavan]]'' || Eapen Pappachi ||

| rowspan="3" | 2003 || ''[[Pattalam (2003 film)|Pattalam]]'' || Nandakumar ||

|''[[Mizhi Randilum]]'' || Dr. Arun ||

|''[[Mullavalliyum Thenmavum]]'' || Andrew ||

| rowspan="2" | 2004 || ''[[Runway (2004 film)|Runway]]'' || Balu Damodar ||

|''[[Vesham]]'' ||Hariprasad ||  

| rowspan="5" | 2005 || ''[[Finger Print]]'' ||Kishore Varma ||

|''[[Police malayalam film|Police]]'' || Anand ||

|''[[Deepangal Sakshi]]'' || Rishikesh ||  

|''[[Chanthupottu]]'' || Komban Kumaran ||

|''[[Krithyam]]'' || Ramdas Menon ||  

| rowspan="4" | 2006 || ''[[Achanurangatha Veedu]]'' ||Police Officer ||  

|''[[Classmates (2006 film)|Classmates]]'' || Pious George ||

|''Oruvan'' || Sivan||

|''[[Baba Kalyani (film)|Baba Kalyani]]'' || Babu ||

| rowspan="6" | 2007 || ''[[Chotta Mumbai]]'' ||Tomichan ||

|''[[Arabikatha]]'' || Anwar ||

|''Ayur Rekha'' ||Anand ||

|''[[Heart Beats (film)|Heart Beats]]'' || Binoy Idikkula ||

|''[[Hareendran Oru Nishkalankan]]'' || Hareendra Varma ||

|''[[Flash (2007 film)|Flash]]'' ||Priyan ||

| rowspan="6" | 2008 || ''Kanal Kannadi'' || Vivek Iyer||

|''[[Calcutta News (film)|Calcutta News]]'' || Hari ||

|''[[Malabar Wedding]]'' || Manu Kuttan ||

|''[[Soorya Kireedam]]'' || Sivaram ||

|''[[Minnaminnikoottam]]'' || Sidharth ||

|''[[Twenty:20 (film)|Twenty:20]]'' || Arun Kumar ||

| rowspan="2" | 2009 || ''[[Nammal Thammil]]'' || Johnny ||

|''[[Seetha Kalyanam (2009 film)|Seetha Kalyanam]]'' || Ambi ||

| rowspan="6" | 2010 || ''[[Happy Husbands (2010 film)|Happy Husbands]]'' || Rahul Valiyathan ||

|''[[Nayakan (2010 film)|Nayakan]]'' || Varadhanunni ||

|''[[Elsamma Enna Aankutty]]'' || Eby ||

|''[[Chekavar (film)|Chekavar]]'' || Kasinathan ||

|''[[College Days (2010 film)|College Days]]'' || Rohit Menon ||

|''[[Karayilekku Oru Kadal Dooram]]'' || Anoop Chandran ||  

| rowspan="5" | 2011 || ''[[Race (2011 film)|Race]]'' || Niranjan ||

|''[[City of God (2011 film)|City of God]]'' || Swarnavel ||  

|''[[Three Kings (2011 film)|Three Kings]]'' || Bhaskaranunni Raja ||

|''[[Veettilekulla Vazhi]]'' || Rassaq ||  

|''[[Vellaripravinte Changathi]]''|| Manikunju ||  

| rowspan="8" | 2012 || ''[[Ee Adutha Kaalathu]]'' || Vishnu ||  

|''[[Karmayogi (2012 film)|Karmayogi]]'' || Rudran Gurukkal ||  

|''[[Outsider (2012 film)|Outsider]]'' || Mukundan ||  

|''[[Bachelor Party (2012 film)|Bachelor Party]]'' || Geevarghese ||  

|''[[Mullamottum Munthiricharum]]'' || Churatta Jose ||

|''[[Akasathinte Niram]]'' || Young Man ||  

|''[[Husbands in Goa]]'' ||  Jerry ||  

|''[[Poppins]]'' || Kanthan ||  

| rowspan="9" | 2013 || ''[[Amen (2013 film)|Amen]]'' || Father Vincent Vattolli ||  

|''[[Up & Down - Mukalil Oralundu]]''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.metromatinee.com/News/Up%20and%20Down%20%20Mukalil%20Oraalundu.-4626-1 |title=Archived copy |access-date=27 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121226065323/http://www.metromatinee.com/News/Up%20and%20Down%20%20Mukalil%20Oraalundu.-4626-1 |archive-date=26 December 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> || Thampuran ||  

|''[[Left Right Left (film)|Left Right Left]]'' || Jayan ||  

|''[[Paisa Paisa (2013 film)|Paisa Paisa]]'' || Kishore ||

|''[[Arikil Oraal]]'' || Siddharth ||

|''[[Ezhamathe Varavu]]'' || Gopinath Menon ||

|''Kanchi'' || Madhavan ||  

|''[[Vedivazhipadu]]'' || Joseph ||

|''[[101 Chodyangal]]'' || Mugundan ||  

| rowspan="5" | 2014 || ''[[Masala Republic]]'' || S.I. Shambu ||

|''[[Naku Penta Naku Taka]]'' || Vinay ||  

|''[[Sapthamashree Thaskaraha]]'' || Krishnanunni || Cameo

|''[[Angels (2014 film)|Angels]]'' || Hameem Hyder ||  

|''[[Cousins (2014 film)|Cousins]]'' || Joji ||

| rowspan="4" | 2015 || ''[[Rasam (film)|Rasam]]'' || Balu ||

|''[[Double Barrel (film)|Double Barrel]]''

|Vinci

| ''[[Kohinoor (2015 film)|Kohinoor]]''

|''[[Amar Akbar Anthony (2015 film)|Amar Akbar Anthony]]''

|Anthony

|2016

|''[[Vettah]]''

|ACP Xylex Abraham

| rowspan="4" | 2017 || ''[[Kaadu Pookkunna Neram]]'' || Police officer ||

|''[[Ezra (2017 film)|Ezra]]''|| Narrator ||

|''[[Lakshyam (2017 film)|Lakshyam]]'' || Vimal ||

|''[[Tiyaan]]'' || Pattabhirama Giri ||

| 2018 || ''[[Mohanlal (film)|Mohanlal]]'' || Sethumadhavan ||

|rowspan=3|2019||''[[Lucifer (film)|Lucifer]]''|| Govardhan ||

|''[[Virus (2019 film)|Virus]]''

|Dr. Baburaj

|''[[Thakkol]]''|| Fr. Ambrose Vas Pochampalli ||  

|2020

|''[[Halal Love Story]]''|| Shereef ||

| rowspan="14" |2021

 

|''[[Aanum Pennum]]''

 

|Madhavan

 

 

|''[[Kurup (film)|Kurup]]''

|''Ithihasa 2''|| || Announced

|''[[Thuramukham (2021 film)|Thuramukham]]''|| ||Post-production

|''[[Aaha (2021 film)|Aaha]]''|| || Post-production

|''[[Ram (film)|Ram]]''|| {{TBA}} || Filming

|''Kanneerinum Madhuram''|| Krishnanunni || Filming

|''Ayalvasi''

|

|Announced

|''Disco''

|

|Announced

|''2403 ft''

|

|Announced

|''Empuraan''

|

|Announced

|''Theerppu''

|

|Announced

====Other languages====

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Year !! Title !! Role !! Language

| 2002 || ''[[En Mana Vaanil]]'' ||Murali || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] ||

| 2008 || ''[[Before the Rains]]'' ||Manas || English ||

| rowspan="2" | 2009 ||''[[Kavya's Diary]]'' || Raj || [[Telugu language|Telugu]] ||

| ''[[Sarvam]]'' || Naushad || Tamil ||  

| 2010 || ''[[The Waiting Room (2010 film)|The Waiting Room]]'' || Cop || [[Hindi]] ||

| 2019|| ''[[Queen (TV series)|Queen]]'' || GMR || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] || Web series

| 2021 || ''[[Naragasooran]]'' || Lakshman || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] ||

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Year !! Song !! Project !! Co-singers !! Music !! Notes

| 2003 || "Anthinilaa" || ''[[Mullavalliyum Thenmavum]]'' || – || [[Ouseppachan]] ||

| 2007 || "Manjin" || ''Daya '' ||  ||  ||TV Serial <br />Special appearance also

| rowspan="3" | 2010 || "Happy Husbands" || ''[[Happy Husbands (2010 film)|Happy Husbands]]'' || Anand Narayan, Achu Rajamani || [[M. Jayachandran]] ||

| "Ranadheera" || ''[[Nayakan (2010 film)|Nayakan]]'' || Preeti Pillai || [[Prashant Pillai]] ||

| "Poril Theyyaram" || ''[[Chekavar (film)|Chekavar]]'' || Ragged Skull || [[Rahul Raj]] ||

| 2013 || "Hey Ithuvazhi" || ''[[Arikil Oraal]]'' || [[Chitra Iyer]] || [[Gopi Sundar]] ||

| rowspan="2" | 2014 || "Kalichiri" || ''[[Masala Republic]]'' || [[Sithara (singer)|Sithara]] || [[Jassie Gift]] ||

|-]]

| "Ee Mizhiyimakal" || ''[[Angels (2014 film)|Angels]]'' || – || [[Jakes Bejoy]] ||

| 2015|| "Premamennaal" || ''[[Amar Akbar Anthony (2015 film)|Amar Akbar Anthony]]'' || [[Prithviraj Sukumaran|Prithviraj]], [[Jayasurya]], [[Kalabhavan Shajon]] || [[Nadirshah]] ||

| rowspan="2" | 2018 || "Naadum Vitte" || rowspan="2" | ''[[Mohanlal (2018 film)|Mohanlal]]'' || – || rowspan="2" | Tony Joseph ||

| "La La Laletta" || Prarthana Indrajith ||

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232254/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawares.htm Official Website of Information and Public Relation Department of Kerala]

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