Shiju Abdul Rasheed (born 4 August 1974), known as Shiju AR, is an Indian actor who works mainly in Malayalam and Telugu films. He is also known by stage name Devi Shiju in Telugu films as he played a lead role in Kodi Ramakrishna's Devi. He has appeared in more than 50 films in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, English and several popular TV series in Malayalam. Shiju made his comeback to Malayalam mini screen through Neeyum Njanum serial in Zee Keralam.
Career Shiju has a career that has spanned 27 years from Telugu to Malayalam and on to an international movie. In 1996 was his debut and first success in a Tamil movie named Mahaprabhu as a villain, directed by A. Venkatesh. He further worked in a Telugu movie as a hero named Devi, directed by Kodirama Krishna. He then worked in various movies like Manasantha Nuve, Nuvu Nakku Natchavu, Simharasi and Ammayikosam. Moving on to Mollywood, he worked in IIshtamanu Nooru Vattam, King Solomon,Kalachakram, Sidhartha, Vachalam, etc. He then worked for an international film named In the Name of Buddha, directed by national award winner 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 had done Malayalam movies Sound Thoma, Polytechnic, Dolphin Bar, Cousins and Pullipulikalum Aattinkuttiyum etc. Of late he had appeared in roles in Telugu movies, including Kirrak Party, Supreme, Bluff Master, Sathamaanam Bhavathi, Taxiwala and Godse.
Filmography Malayalam films Year Film Role Notes1995 Mazhavil KoodaramDebut Film 1996 Ishtamanu Nooru VattamSreeprasadDebut Lead Film in Lead role Man of the MatchGimmy George Yuvathruki Mahatma The Great Kanjirappally Kariachan College StudentKing SolomonAshok Nair1997VaachalamVinod1998 Anuragakottaram Bijoy Wilson SidharthaBalu2001Mazhamegha PraavukalShyamDosthShankar2002KaalachakramAgnivesh2010KaaryasthanHimselfGuest appearance2013Proprietors: Kammath & KammathSunnichanSound ThomaPlapparambil JoykuttyPullipulikalum AattinkuttiyumChakka VijayanNadodimannanOwner of Demolition CompanyVishudhan MonichanEzhu Sundara Rathrikal Alex's friend2014CousinsChandran Kuruthamkettavan Villali Veeran CI Martin John Avatharam Bai Jabbar Dolphins Ring Master Kishor Kumar Polytechnic 2015Jamna Pyari 2016 Pa VaGeorge2018Oru Pazhaya Bomb Kadha 2021OneSatheesh Manohar
Telugu films Year Film Role Notes1999 Devi VijayTelugu Debut2000 Shatru 2001 Simharasi Nuvvu Naaku NachavPrasadChiranjeevuluKiranManasantha NuvveAnu's friend2002AdrustamRobinPasuppu Kunkuma Siva Rama Raju Swati's husbandTrinetram Sambhavi IPS Ammayi Kosam 2005 Ayodhya Jagan Gowtam SSCManoj2016 SupremeRaja Rao2017 Lanka Sharat Chandra Sathamanam BhavatiRaju's uncleJai Lava Kusa Priya's father 2 CountriesLaya's step-father2018 Kirrak Party Meera's fatherRaju Gadu Tanvi's father TaxiwaalaRaghuramParichayam Chandamama Raave Uthammudu Made For Each Other Viswadabhi Rama Vinura Vema Bluff Master ACP Chandra Sekhar2019Jodi Raju Iddari Lokam Okate Varsha's father2021Anaganaga Oka RowdyReddyKothi KomachiGodseCMRaaja YogamMoneyshe2023 Hidimba Police inspector 2025RobinhoodAbhinav Vasudev 2026Mrithyunjay Police Commissioner
Other language films Year Film Role LanguageNotes1996Mahaprabhu BhaskarTamilTamil debut(credited as Vishal; named after producer Janaki Devi's son)1999 Iraniyan Aande's right hand Tamil Uncredited role2000Mr. Kokila KannadaUncredited role2002In the Name of Buddha Dr. ShivaEnglishTamilSinhalaHindi
Television (partial)
All TV series are in Malayalam-language, unless otherwise noted. Year(s) Title Network Notes 2003-2004SwanthamAsianet2004-2005SthreehridayamSurya TVThalolamAsianet2006Sooryaputhri2007MandaramKairali TVNandanamSurya TV2008Priyamanasi Aa Amma Kairali TVEnte ManasaputhriAsianet2009SreemahabhagavathamPakalmazhaAmrita TV2010SnehatheeramSurya TV Lipstick Asianet2011Alavudinte albuthavilakkuAutograph2011-2013Akashadoothu (TV series)Surya TV2012AgniputhriAsianet2013AvakashikalSurya TV2014SooryakaladiAmrita TV2014-2015 PrathibimbamGemini TVTelugu Serial2014-2015KaruthamuthuAsianet2015PunarjaniSurya TVVishwaroopamFlowers TV2016JagrathaAmrita TV 2019–2020Sabarimala Swami AyyapanAsianet2020–2023Neeyum Njanum (TV series)Zee Keralam2020/2022Chembarathi (TV series)Guest appearance2020Sathya Enna Penkutty2021Karthikadeepam2022Kudumbashree SharadaGuest Appearance in promo2023Bigg Boss (Malayalam season 5)AsianetHimself as contestant2024—PresentAkaleZee Keralam
References
External links
Shiju at MSI