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Aliases: മണിയൻപിള്ള രാജു , Sudheer Kumar , Manian Pillai Raju , Maniyan Pillai Raju

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Thycaud, Kerala, India

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Movie Involvements: 121

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

Sudheer Kumar, better known by his stage name Maniyanpilla Raju, is an Indian film actor and producer who appears in Malayalam films. His stage name is derived from the name of the character he played in the film Maniyanpilla Adhava Maniyanpilla (1981), his break-through role. His debut film was Mohiniyattam (1976) directed by Sreekumaran Thampi. He has played a variety of roles as a character actor, starring in over 400 films

Most Famous Work

Bangalore Days
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8

Bangalore Days

(2014) Prakash
Thudarum
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7

Thudarum

(2025) Kuttichan
Devasuram
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7

Devasuram

(1993) Bharathan
Kaalapani
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8

Kaalapani

(1996) Nair
Nokkethadhoorathu Kannum Nattu
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8
Diamond Necklace
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7

Diamond Necklace

(2012) Narayana Menon
Twenty 20
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6

Twenty 20

(2008) SI Gopi
Ore Mukham
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6

Ore Mukham

(2016) Dass (Senior)

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2025 Kuttichan
2024 Revenue Minister
Thamarakshan
N/A
N/A
2023 N/A
N/A
Babu Pp
CI Ayyappan Pillai
Padmanabhan
N/A
N/A
2022 N/A
N/A
2021 Producer Baby
2019 Minister
Kuttan
N/A
Viswanathan
Sudheer Kumar
2018 N/A
Abraham
Sudhakaran
2017 Amy's Father
Murali Nambia
Himself
C.I
Babychayan
Labour Officer
2016 Dass (Senior)
Maniyanpilla
Elizabeth's Father
Pillai
Advocate Gunasekaran
2015 N/A
Ramachandran
N/A
Sadanandan
C. I. Dhanapalan
College Principal
ASI Johnson
2014 N/A
Jayanthan Namboothiri
Prakash
2013 Madan
Sathyanathan
Priya's father
Minister Anirudhan
2012 John Prakash
Jameela
N/A
Chef Babu
Narayana Menon
Balan
Ayyapan
Vikrama Kurup
2011 Preman
Jose
P.A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Nettar
Habeib
2010 S.I. Sunandappan
Businessman
Narayanan
Pazhakutti Pavithran
2009 Adv. Jayaraj
N/A
N/A
priest
Kanaran
2008 Tharakan
Shivan Pillai
N/A
SI Gopi
Unni
Antony
2007 Kunjachan
Dr. Venu
Advocate Menon
2006 N/A
Paulachan
Abdullah
N/A
Kumaran
2005 Police Constable
Advocate
Krishnan
Sugathan
2004 Swaminathan
Shankaran
Pisharadi
Rajappan
2002 Alex
Pushpakumar
2001 Sethu
Moitheen
Mohandas
N/A
2000 N/A
CI Habeeb
Venkidi
N/A
1999 Inspector Gurumurthy
Mulaku
Advocate
Karippetti Marthandan
N/A
Nelson Fernadez
1998 N/A
N/A
Advocate
N/A
Detective Henry
1997 Soman Pillai
N/A
N/A
Varghese
Abootty
Sub Inspector
Oommachan
Mahadevan
Kuriyachan
N/A
N/A
1996 Madhavan
Nair
N/A
1995 Collector's assistant
Potty
Dineshan Unnithan
Unni Thampuran
Kunju Mohammad
Patrick
1994 'Mazhuvan' Manikantan / Lassar
Appu
Prasad
Premshankar
Gopinathan
N/A
1993 Inspector Narayanan
Krishnan Eradi
N/A
Thankachan
Bharathan
Manoharan Varma
1992 N/A
Fa.illikkoodan
N/A
Achuthan Singh
N/A
N/A
Adv. Jose Kurien
Professor
1991 Chithran Nampoothiri
N/A
Pappan
N/A
Kannan
Murali
1990 Murthy
Thangu
Rajaraja Varma
Gangan Mash
Hitchcock Kanjikkuzhi
Gopi
1989 Cadet Chandran Pillai
Najeeb
Gopalakrishnan
Harihar Iyer
Ravi
Kanthi
1988 Murugan
Gopi
Advocate Radhakrishnan
Murali
Thankamani
N/A
N/A
Sujandra
1987 Narayana Swamy
Damodharan Pilla
Chakkara
Unni Nampoothiri
Rajendran Nair
1986 Vidyadharan
N/A
Alex
Ramadas
Bhagaval Das
Bala's friend
College student
N/A
Damu
Shivasubrahmaniam
1985 N/A
N/A
Achuthan
Kuttappan
Vasu
N/A
Prakash
N/A
1984 N/A
Sundarapandiyan / Thomasukutty
Raju
Abdu
Rajappan
Jayarajan
Anthony
Soman
Gopan
1983 N/A
Kidnapper
N/A
Jacob
Sreedharan
Shankar
Bhaskaran
N/A
1982 N/A
Santhosh
N/A
1981 Maniyanpilla
1980 N/A
1978 N/A
N/A
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

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