Pradeep Chandrasekharan Nair or better known as Pradeep Chandran is an Indian actor who appears in

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and television. He is best known for his role as Kunjali Marakkar in the television serial 'Kunjali Marakkar' in 2010 and DCP Abhiram IPS in the Malayalam television serial

Karuthamuthu ''Karuthamuthu'' () is a 2014 Indian television Malayalam language serial that launched on Asianet channel on 20 October 2014. It is one of the longest ran television soap opera on Malayalam television, having aired for five years and consisti ...

Early life

Pradeep was born in

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, to Chandrasekharan Nair, who is Retired Director from Short Hand Bureau of Special Branch CID, Kerala Police Department, and Valsala C Nair. He has an elder brother Pramod Chandran. Pradeep completed his master's degree in Business Administration from ''VLB Janakiammal College of Engineering and Technology'',

Anna University Anna University is a public state university located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The main campus is in Guindy. It was originally established on 4 September 1978 and is named after C. N. Annadurai, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Histor ...

and then worked in

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for an insurance company before entering into movies.

Career

Pradeep made his acting debut in 2007 with director

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’s ''

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'', where he played the role of a commando along with

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, the top investigating officer. After this he appeared in multiple movies like

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, Ividam Swargamanu,

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, Geethaanjali,

Loham ''Loham'' () is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film written and directed by Ranjith, and produced by Antony Perumbavoor for the production company Aashirvad Cinemas. The film, starring Mohanlal, Renji Panicker, Siddique, An ...

, Oppam,

Drishyam ''Drishyam'' () is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language crime thriller film written and directed by Jeethu Joseph. It stars Mohanlal alongside Meena, Ansiba Hassan, Esther Anil, Asha Sharath, Siddique, Kalabhavan Shajohn, Roshan Basheer and ...

, 12th Man. He has shared screen space with actor

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in many of his movies. Pradeep has also acted in a Sanskrit movie ''Madhurasmitham'' മധുരസ്മിതം as an IAS Officer where he can be seen encouraging school students on life lessons. Pradeep made his television debut in 2010 through serial “Kunjali Marakkar” on

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, for which he won

Television Awards 2011 for Best Debut Actor. His most notable work in television came across in the year 2017, when he got the opportunity to play the role of DCP Abhiram IPS in Malayalam television serial

, which made Pradeep popular among the Malayalee audience. In January 2020, he entered as a contestant in the Malayalam reality TV show '' Bigg Boss Season 2.''

Personal life

On 12 July 2020, he married Anupama Ramachandran. The have a son Abhiraam.

Filmography

Television

Serials

Programs

Reality shows

Web series

Awards and nominations

Asianet Television Awards, 2011

* Best Debutant Actor – ''Kunjali Marakkar''

Asianet Television Awards, 2018

* Most popular Actor (Nominated) – ''

'' * Best pair (Nominated) – ''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pradeep 1981 births Living people Bigg Boss (Malayalam TV series) contestants Male actors from Kerala Male actors in Malayalam cinema 21st-century Indian male actors Male actors in Malayalam television