Shiju Abdul Rasheed is an Indian actor who works in

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films. He is known by stage name Devi Shiju in Telugu films as he played a role in

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. He has appeared in more than 50 films and several popular TV series.

Career

Shiju has a career that has spanned 14 years from Tollywood to Mollywood and on to an international movie. He was born on 4 August 1974 in Kerala, India. In 1996 was his debut and first success in a Tamil movie named ''Mahaprabhu'', directed by A. Venkitesh. His performance as a villain in this movie gave him a major break in his career. He further worked in a Telugu movie named ''Devi'', directed by Kodirama Krishna, which was a super hit. He then worked in various hit movies like ''Manasantha Nuve'', ''Nuvu Nakku Natchavu'', ''Simharasi'' and ''Ammayikosam''. Moving on to Mollywood, he worked in ''I shttamanu Nooruvattam'', ''Kalachakram'', '' Sidhartha'', '' Vachalam'', etc. There was a remarkable change in his career when he worked for an international film named '' In the Name of Buddha'', directed by

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. Shiju took a break in 2004 and shifted his focus into TV serials. He made a comeback with '' Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath'' in 2013. Further, he has done Malayalam movies '' Sound Thoma'', ''Polytechnic'', ''Dolphin Bar'', ''Cousins'' and ''Sai baba: a Telugu movie''.

Personal life

Shiju is the youngest son of Rasheed and Ayisha in

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, Kerala. He has two elder siblings. He did his education from St. Albert's school,

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and S.S.M Polytechnic College,

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. He is married to Preethi Prem, who was an

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for

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and a Bharatnatyam classical dancer. The couple have a daughter. The family currently resides in Eroor,Tripunithura.Ernakulam

Partial filmography

Television (partial)

*''All TV series are in Malayalam-language, unless otherwise noted.''

References

External links

*
Shiju at MSI
* http://entertainment.oneindia.in/celebs/shiju.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20140222203009/http://www.metromatinee.com/artist/Shiju.-6423-UpcomingMovies * http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/profiles.php?i=6932 {{authority control Male actors from Kollam Male actors in Malayalam cinema Indian male film actors Living people 21st-century Indian male actors Indian male television actors Male actors in Malayalam television Male actors in Telugu television Year of birth missing (living people)