Sudhi Koppa is an Indian actor who appears in
Malayalam films
Malayalam cinema, also referred to as Mollywood, is a segment of Cinema of India, Indian cinema dedicated to producing films in the Malayalam, Malayalam language, primarily spoken in Kerala and the Lakshadweep islands. It encompasses both th ...
. He made his cinematic debut in 2009 with an uncredited appearance in ''
Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded'' (2009).
Personal life
Sudhi hails from Kochi. His father, who was a government officer had a passion towards drama and owned a drama troupe. Sudhi also started off as a theatre artist at Vaikom Thirunal Theatre Group, before forming his own drama troupe called 'Creative Theatre Group'.
Career
Sudhi started off doing small roles in multi-starer movies. He played one of the goons, attacking
Bhavana
''Bhāvanā'' (Pali;Rhys Davids & Stede (1921–25), p. 503, entry for "Bhāvanā," retrieved 9 December 2008 from "U. Chicago" a Sanskrit: भावना, also ''bhāvanā''Monier-Williams (1899), p. 755, see "Bhāvana" and "Bhāvanā", retri ...
in ''
Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded'' and one of the students in ''
Seniors'' (2011). His theater background helped him secure a role in
Lijo Jose Pellissery
Lijo Jose Pellissery (born 18 September 1978) is an Indian filmmaker and actor who works in Malayalam cinema. His best works include ''Amen'' (2013), '' Angamaly Diaries'' (2017), '' Ee.Ma.Yau.'' (2018), ''Jallikattu'' (2019), '' Churuli'' (202 ...
's ''
Amen
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''. He played the role of Solomon's friend Sebastian, who tries to woo Solomon's sister played by
Rachana Narayanankutty. He then played many more small roles in ''
Manglish
Manglish is an informal or basilect form of Malaysian English with features of an English-based creole principally used in Malaysia. It is heavily influenced by the main languages of the country, Malay, Tamil, and varieties of Chinese. I ...
'' and ''
Sapthamashree Thaskaraha'' (2014).
His breakthrough came in ''
Aadu'' (2015), in which he played "Kanjavu" Soman. The double-crossing Soman served as an important link between the different story tracks in the movie. He subsequently played an important role as the naive Unni in ''
You Too Brutus'' (2015).
2016 saw a string of releases in which he had good roles. He played Darwin's henchman Appunni in ''
Darvinte Parinamam
''Darvinte Parinamam'' () is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film directed by Jijo Antony. It stars Prithviraj Sukumaran in the lead role along with Chemban Vinod Jose, in title role. Chandini Sreedharan, and Balu Varghese in ...
'' (2015). He was then seen as Hari and Manu's friend Paul Achayan in ''
Happy Wedding'' (2016). He then portrayed the alcoholic Thanka in ''
Anuraga Karikkin Vellam'' (2016), who gets into fights with Abhi and friends. He also essayed the role of a comical thief, Kaimal aka Kai in
Sajid Yahiya
Sajid Yahiya (born 20 December 1984) is an Indian film director, actor, Film producer, producer and Composer, music composer who works in Malayalam cinema. He made his directorial debut in 2016 with the film ''IDI - Inspector Dawood Ibrahim''. ...
's directorial debut ''
IDI: Inspector Dawood Ibrahim'' (2016). He was last seen as one of Asif Ali's teammates in ''
Kavi Uddheshichathu..?'' (2016).
He is currently working on ''Third World Boys'', a road movie and ''Theeram''.
He is also playing a major role in ''
Avarude Raavukal'' (2017), starring
Asif Ali (actor)
Asif Ali (born 4 February 1986) is an Indian actor and producer, who works in the Malayalam film industry. He started his film career with Shyamaprasad's 2009 film, '' Ritu''.
During the subsequent years Asif went on to act in critically ...
and
Unni Mukundan
Unnikrishnan Mukundan (born 22 September 1987), popularly known as Unni Mukundan, is an India, Indian actor and film producer who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema.
Unni made his acting debut with the Tamil film ''Seedan'' (2011). Afte ...
, and directed by Shanil Muhammed, who had earlier co-directed ''
Philips and the Monkey Pen'' (2013).
He also acted in a small role alongside superstar
Manju Warrier
Manju Warrier (; born 10 September 1978/1979) is an Indian actress, who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema. She is the recipient of a National Film Award, a Kerala State Film Award and seven Filmfare Awards South.
Warrier made her actin ...
in ''
Udaharanam Sujatha'' (2017), which brought him lot of praise and went on to be a critical and commercial success.
Filmography
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Male actors in Malayalam cinema
Living people
Indian male film actors
21st-century Indian male actors
Male actors from Kochi
Year of birth missing (living people)