Padmaraj Ratheesh (born 1989) is an Indian actor who appears in

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s. He is the son of the late popular Malayalam actor,

Ratheesh Ratheesh (11 September 1954 – 23 December 2002) was an Indian actor best known for his work in Malayalam cinema. He was a native of Kalavoor in the Alappuzha district of Kerala, India. He performed villainous roles during the 1990s. He had ac ...

. His sister ''

Parvathy Ratheesh Parvathy Ratheesh is an Indian actress who works in the Malayalam cinema. She is also the daughter of the late popular veteran Malayalam actor, Ratheesh who has acted in numerous successful films in late 1970s. Personal life Parvathy Rathe ...

'' is also an actress. He made his cinematic debut with

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's ''

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'' (2015) in which he played a negative role. Then he starred in G. Marthandan's directorial ''

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''.

Personal life

Padmaraj was born to actor

and Diana. He has an elder sister Parvathy, younger sister Padma and a younger brother Pranav. Padmaraj graduated with a

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degree and was working as a floor manager in a retail company at

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for a couple of years before he quit to look after his ailing mother. His elder sister Parvathy has also stepped into the film industry and acted as the lead heroine opposite

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in director

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's movie ''

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''.

Film career

Padmaraj made his debut with the Malayalam film ''

'' (2015) in which he played a negative role opposite

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. His second film is director G. Marthandan's ''

'' and the second time with Mammootty. He got a golden opportunity of starring with

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, Madhu,

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and

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within his first 10 films.

Filmography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ratheesh, Padmaraj Living people Male actors from Thiruvananthapuram Male actors in Malayalam cinema Indian male film actors 1989 births 21st-century Indian male actors