Suman (actor)

Suman (actor)

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Suman (actor) Profile

  • Name:
  • Suman (actor)
  • Other Name:
  • Suman Talwar
  • Born:
  • August 28, 1959
  • Father:
  • Susheel Chandra
  • Mother:
  • Kesari Chandra
  • Spouse:
  • Sirisha
  • Education:
  • B.A. in English Literature.

Suman (actor) Biography

Suman is a south Indian film actor from Mangalore, Karnataka known for portraying lead roles as well as character and supporting roles. He is equally successful in negative shaded characters. He has worked in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films and known for portraying mythological characters like Venkateswara, Shiva and Rama in Telugu. He played the historic character PazhayamveedanChandhuNambiar in Malayalam movie, Pazzassiraja, which made him popular in Malayalam cinema.He played main villain in Mohanlal starrer Malayalam movie Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded. He acted in a Hollywood movie, "Death and Taxis" and was credited as Kevin Sumunt in this movie.



He was born in the year 1959 in Bangalore to Susheel Chandra and Kesari Chandra. The family later moved to Chennai, where they got settled. His father worked for I.O.C. Chennai. His mother was the Principal of the Ethiraj College for women in Chennai. He studied at The Besant Theosophical High School, Chennai and later completed graduation in English Literature. He married Sirisha, granddaughter of Telugu writer D. V. Narasaraju.Suman is trained in karate and has served as the Chairman of the Andhra Pradesh Karate Association.



Tamil movie NeechalKulam (1977) marked his onscreen debut where he played the role of a policeman. He played supporting role in Rajinikanth’s movie, Thee (1981) – the remake of Bollywood movie ‘Deewar’. In a career spanning to more than 35 years, he has appeared in more than 150 films as hero. The role of Tirumala Sri VenkateshwaraSwamy in the movieAnnamayya still remains as his most memorable performance. Later, he started accepting character roles as well as protagonist roles. His role as main villain in Tamil movies -  Sivaji and Kuruvi marked his successful comeback.

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Updated: December 27, 2017

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