Shiju

Shiju Abdul Rasheed is an Indian film and television actor who works in Malayalam and Telugu films.[1] He is known by stage name Devi Shiju in Telugu films. He has appeared in more than 50 films and several popular TV series.

Shiju
Born
Shiju Abdul Rasheed

Kollam, Kerala, India
NationalityIndian
Other namesDevi Shiju (Telugu)
Vishal (Tamil)
OccupationFilm actor
Years active1994-present
Spouse(s)Preethi Prem Shiju
Children1

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 Ishttamanu 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 Rajesh Touchriver.

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 Kollam, Kerala. He has two elder siblings. He did his education from St. Albert's school, Ernakulam and S.S.M Polytechnic College, Tirur.

He is married to Preethi Prem, who was an airhostess for Kuwait Airways and a Bharatnatyam classical dancer. The couple have a daughter. The family currently resides in Edapally, Kochi.[2]

Partial filmography
YearFilmRoleLanguage Notes
1995MazhavilkoodaramSureshMalayalamMalayalam debut
1996Man of the MatchJimmy GeorgeMalayalam
Ishtamanu Nooru VattamSreeprasadMalayalam
MahaprabhuBhaskarTamilTamil debut
YuvathrukiMalayalam
Kanjirappally KariachanCollege StudentMalayalam
King SolomanAshok NairMalayalam
1997VaachalamVinodMalayalam
1998AnuragakottaramBijoy WillsonMalayalam
SidharthaBaluMalayalam
1999IranyanTamil
DeviVijayTeluguTelugu Debut
2000AyodhyaTelugu
ShatruTelugu
Mr.KokilaKannadaKannada debut
Nilavil KalangilllTamil
2001SimharasiTelugu
MazhameghapraavukalShyamMalayalam
Nuvvu Naaku NachavPrasadTelugu
ChiranjeevuluKiranTelugu
DosthShankarMalayalamBreakthrough performance
Manasantha NuvveAnu's friendTelugu
2002AdrustamRobinTelugu
Pasuppu KunkumaTelugu
Siva Rama RajuSwati's husbandTelugu
TrinetramTelugu
In the Name of BuddhaEnglish
True IdentityEnglish
Sambhavi IPSTelugu
Ammayi KosamTelugu
KaalachakramAgniveshMalayalam
2010KaaryasthanHimselfMalayalamGuest appearance
2013Ezhu Sundara RathrikalAlex's friendMalayalam
Pullipulikalum AattinkuttiyumChakka VijayanMalayalam
NadodimannanOwner of Demolition CompanyMalayalam
Proprietors: Kammath & KammathSunnichanMalayalam
VishudhanMonichanMalayalam
Sound ThomaPlapparambil JoykuttyMalayalam
2014CousinsChandranMalayalam
KuruthamkettavanMalayalam
AvatharamBai JabbarMalayalam
DolphinsMalayalam
Ring MasterKishor KumarMalayalam
Villali VeeranMalayalam
PolytechnicMalayalam
2015Jamna PyariMalayalam
2016SupremeRaja RaoTelugu
Pa VaGeorgeMalayalam
2017LankaTelugu
Sathamanam BhavatiRaju's uncleTelugu
Jai Lava KusaPriya's fatherTelugu
2 CountriesLaya's step-fatherTelugu
2018Kirrak PartyMeera's fatherTelugu
Raju GaduTanvi's fatherTelugu
TaxiwaalaRaghuramTelugu
ParichayamTelugu
Chandamama RaaveTelugu
Oru Pazhaya Bomb KadhaMalayalam
UthammuduTelugu
Made For Each OtherTelugu
Viswadabhi Rama Vinura VemaTelugu
Bluff MasterACP Chandra SekharTelugu
2019JodiTelugu
Iddari Lokam OkateVarsha's fatherTelugu
PatnagarhOdia

Television (partial)
  • All TV series are in Malayalam-language, unless otherwise noted.
Year Title Channel Notes
2003-2004SwanthamAsianet
2004-2005SthreehridayamSurya TV
2006SooryaputhriAsianet
ThalolamAsianet
2007MandaramKairali TV
2007NandanamSurya TV
2008Ente ManasaputhriAsianet
2008Priyamanasi Surya TV
2009SreemahabhagavathamAsianet
2009PakalmazhaAmrita TV
2010SnehatheeramSurya TV
2010LipstickAsianet
2011Alavudinte albuthavilakkuAsianet
2011AutographAsianet
2011-2013Akashadoothu (TV series)Surya TV
2012AgniputhriAsianet
2013AvakashikalSurya TV
2014SooryakaladiAmrita TV
2014-2015PrathibimbamGemini TVTelugu Serial
2014-2015KaruthamuthuAsianet
2015PunarjaniSurya TV
2015VishwaroopamFlowers TV
2016JagrathaAmrita TV
2019–2020Sabarimala Swami AyyapanAsianet
2020–PresentNeeyum Njanum (TV series)Zee Keralam
2020Chembarathi (TV series)Zee KeralamGuest appearance
2020Sathya Enna PenkuttyZee KeralamGuest appearance

References
  1. "Meet The Star". Malayalamcinema.com. AMMA. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  2. Shevlin, Sebastian (14 July 2014). "A Lifelong Crush". The New Indian Express. Kochi. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
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