Babu Antony

Babu Antony
Babu Antony
	Babu Antony in the Malayalam film Karinkunnam 6'S
Born	22 February 1966 (age 57); Ponkunnam, Kerala, India
Education	SIBM Pune (MBA)
Occupation	Film actor, martial artist
Years active	1985–present
Spouse(s)	Evgeniya Antony
Children	Arthur Antony and Alex Antony
Website	www.babuantony.com

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Babu Antony (born 22 February 1966) is an Indian film actor and martial artist, who works primarily in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in several Tamil films along with a few Telugu, Kannada, Sinhalese, Hindi , Bangala and English films, mostly action roles. Babu owns mixed martial art academy in Houston.^[1]

He made his debut in Bharathan's Chilampu (1986). He started his career doing antagonist roles, but has also played the lead role in other films. He made a mark in Malayalam cinema through Fazil's 1986 thriller Poovinu Puthiya Poonthennal. The film was remade into Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi and Babu Antony reprised his role in all the five versions. His career highlights include Vaishali (1988), Aparahnam (1991) and Uppukandam Brothers (1993). According to reports, Babu is all set for his directorial debut in Piano.^[2]

Personal life and education[edit]

He was born to T.J. Antony and Mariyam Antony in Ponkunnam, Kerala, India. He educated Sacred Heart High School, Government Boys High School and St. Dominic's High School Kanjirappally. He graduated in English Literature from Pune. He has a master's degree in Business Administration in Human resources from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune. He worked as a cinematographer in Film and Television Institute of India, Pune which led to his entry into the film industry.^[3]

He is married to Evgeniya Antony, who is a Russian American. The couple has two sons, Arthur Antony and Alex Antony.^[4] He trains his sons in martial arts and Arthur got his 1st Dan Black Belt in MMA.^[5]

Martial arts and movies[edit]

Babu Antony is a Fifth Dan Black Belt in martial arts. He made his debut by playing an antagonist in Bharathan's Malayalam film Chilambu. His monopoly in quick punches, fast kicks and fluid movements in action scenes has gained him roles. He has acted in more than 160 films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, English and Sinhalese. His heroic performance as an angry young man built a huge fan following among the audience, especially youngsters, in movies like Bharanakoodam, Gandhari, Chantha, Dada, Kadal and Kambolam. His portrayal of antagonists with shoulder level hair and a beard redefined the entire concept of a villain. Babu Antony shone in action roles as a hero and villain, and at the same time proved his mettle as an actor by performing a king's role in Vaishali, an ex-terrorist role in Aparahnam and an impecunious man in Sayaahnam. A few of his films were featured in national and international festivals and won recognition. His last Tamil/Telugu hits were Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaya and Kanchana. Currently he is doing a few Tamil and Malayalam films with directors like Vetrimaaran and Vasantha Balan.^[6]

Filmography[edit]

Year	Film	Role	Language
1985	Shathru	Man in the crowd	Malayalam
1986	Mizhineerppoovukal		Malayalam
	Poovinu Puthiya Poonthennal	Renji	Malayalam
	Pranamam	Ajith	Malayalam
1987	Poovizhi Vasalile	Ranjith	Tamil
	Jaithra Yaathra		Malayalam
	Makkal En Pakkam	Kidnapper	Tamil
	Chilambu	Nephew of Appu Nair	Malayalam
	Vrutham	Freddy	Malayalam
	Per Sollum Pillai		Tamil
	Pasivadi Pranam	Ranjith	Telugu
	Veendum Lisa	John Fernandes	Malayalam
	Veendum Lisa	John Fernandes	Tamil
	Jebu Donga		Telugu
1988	Bhayaanak Mahal	Ranjit	Hindi
	Hatya	Ranjit	Hindi
	Vaisali	Lomapadhan	Malayalam
	Trinetrudu		Telugu
	Moonnam Mura	Antony	Malayalam
1989	Douthyam	Gang Leader	Malayalam
	Antharjanam	Vishnu Namboothiri	Malayalam
	The News	Victor George	Malayalam
	Carnivel	James	Malayalam
	New Year	Robert	Malayalam
	Jagratha	Babu	Malayalam
1990	Kottayam Kunjachan	Psycho Jimmy	Malayalam
	Anjali	Dharma	Tamil
	Randam Varavu	Customs Officer Samuel	Malayalam
	Vyooham		Malayalam
	Lorry Driver	Seenu	Telugu
1991	Sathruvu	Jorge	Telugu
	Aparaahnam		Malayalam
	Koodikazhcha	Williams	Malayalam
	Kuttapathram	Vicky	Malayalam
	Shanti Kranti	Bob	Kannada
	Shanti Kranti	Bob	Telugu
	Nattukku Oru Nallavan	Bob	Tamil
	Shanti Kranti	Bob	Hindi
	Chakravarthy	Edwin	Malayalam
1992	Kauravar	Hamsa	Malayalam
	Kavacham		Malayalam
	Naadody		Malayalam
	Kasarkode Khaderbai	Kasim Bhai	Malayalam
	Ravivarma		Kannada
	Ezhara Ponnana	Charlie	Malayalam
	Surieyan	Micky	Tamil
	Thirumathi Palanisamy		Tamil
1993	Gandhari	Vishnu	Malayalam
	Nippu Ravva	Dasu	Telugu
	Mafia	Chandra Gowda	Malayalam
	Uppukandam Brothers	Uppukandam Sevichan	Malayalam
	I Love India		Tamil
	Airport		Tamil
1994	Kadal	Bapooty	Malayalam
	Napoleon	Abu Salim	Malayalam
	Rajadhani	Abbas Amanulla Khan	Malayalam
	Kambolam	Tharakandam Daniel / Dany	Malayalam
	Dadha	Bharathan	Malayalam
	Bharanakoodam	Dany	Malayalam
1995	Street		Malayalam
	Boxer	Jimmy Cherian	Malayalam
	Indian Military Intelligence	Imran Khan	Malayalam
	Rajakeeyam	Durga Dathan	Malayalam
	Chantha	Sulthan	Malayalam
	Special Squad	Siby Matthew	Malayalam
	Arabia		Malayalam
1996	Nethaji	Baba	Tamil
1997	Yuvasakthi		Kannada
	Hitler Brothers	Narendran	Malayalam
	Pagaivan	Dharman's brother	Tamil
1998	Gloria Fernandes from USA	Fernandes	Malayalam
1999	Captain		Malayalam
	Jananaayakan	Rajmohan	Malayalam
	Devadasi		Malayalam
2000	Shayanam		Malayalam
2001	Sravu	Bawa	Malayalam
	Uthaman	Pulimuttathu Sunny	Malayalam
	Unnathangalil		Malayalam
2002	Thandavam	Sufi	Malayalam
2004	Campus	Sathya's brother	Tamil
	Shambu		Malayalam
	Vajram	Paulson Williams	Malayalam
	Black	Govind Chengappa IPS	Malayalam
	Attahasam	Manthiram	Tamil
	Nothing but Life	Omar	Malayalam
2005	Made in USA	Omar	English
2006	Highway Police	Mammad	Malayalam
2006	Pathaaka		Malayalam
2008	Twenty:20	Vikram Bhai	Malayalam
2008	Ekaloveyudu	Bhakta	Malayalam
2009	Leader	Raghuwaran / Kimbulawala Soththi Siran	Sinhala
	Laadam		Tamil
	Thirunakkara Perumal	Job	Malayalam
2010	Thathwamasi	Parashurama	Malayalam
	Yugapurushan	Ayyankali	Malayalam
	Sufi Paranja Katha	Sufi	Malayalam
	Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa	Joseph Thekekuttu	Tamil
	Ye Maaya Chesave	Joseph Thekekuttu in the film Jessie	Telugu
	9 KK Road	Devdas Adiyodi	Malayalam
	Kanyakumari Express	Ranjan Philip	Malayalam
	Again Kasargod Khader Bhai	Kasargod Kasim Bhai	Malayalam
2011	Christian Brothers	Captain Rasheed Rahman	Malayalam
	Uppukandam Brothers: Back in Action	Uppukandam Sevichan	Malayalam
	Rowthiram	Priya's father	Tamil
	Kanchana	Bhai	Tamil
2012	Ekk Deewana Tha	Joseph Thekkekutu	Hindi
	Cobra	Isaac	Malayalam
	Grandmaster	Victor Rosetti	Malayalam
	Kalpana	Akbar Bhai	Kannada
2013	Aadhi Bhagavan	Sam	Tamil
	Buddy	Chandran Singh	Malayalam
	Idukki Gold	Antony	Malayalam
2014	Kaaka Muttai	Shiva Chidambaram	Tamil
	Villali Veeran		Malayalam
	Homely Meals	Himself	Malayalam
	Kaaviya Thalaivan	Zamindar	Tamil
2016	Krishnashtami		Telugu
	Moonam Naal Njayarazhcha		Malayalam
	Karinkunnam 6's	Douglas	Malayalam
2017	Ezra	Rabbi David Benyamin	Malayalam
2017	Zacharia Pothen Jeevichirippundu	Chami	Malayalam
2018	Kayamkulam Kochunni	Thangal	Malayalam
2018	Adanga Maru	Sanjay	Tamil
2019	Mikhael	John	Malayalam
2019	Bullets Blades and Blood		English

References[edit]

↑ Vijayakumar, Sindhu (12 February 2018). "Even a villain should have a character, which people can remember: Babu Antony". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
↑ "Babu Antony turns to direction". The Times of India. 27 June 2012. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013.
↑ "On Record with T.N.Gopakumar". asianetnews. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
↑ "Every child's first superhero" Archived 20 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Deccan Chronicle. 16 June 2013
↑ "Babu Antony on training his sons in martial arts". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 19 August 2020. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
↑ Interview. Manorama Online. 19 March 2014

External links[edit]

[1] Vijayakumar, Sindhu (12 February 2018). "Even a villain should have a character, which people can remember: Babu Antony". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2018.

[2] "Babu Antony turns to direction". The Times of India. 27 June 2012. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013.

[3] "On Record with T.N.Gopakumar". asianetnews. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2013.

[4] "Every child's first superhero" Archived 20 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Deccan Chronicle. 16 June 2013

[toi-5] "Babu Antony on training his sons in martial arts". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 19 August 2020. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.

[6] Interview. Manorama Online. 19 March 2014

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