Praveen Prem (born 21 April 1984) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema in comedic roles. He is known for his roles in Tournament (2010) and 7th Day (2014).
Background and career A native of Maruthoorkadavu, Trivandrum, Kerala, after secondary education Praveen obtained a certificate in film and video editing from the state-owned Keltron. He started his film career as an assistant editor to south Indian film editor Mahesh Narayanan in 2008. He assisted him for one year on several feature and advertising films. After he left editing, Praveen joined Soorya Krishnamoorthy to become part of his Soorya Theatre Group, appearing in amateur theatre plays in 2009. The two plays in which he appeared for SooryaPulari and Sookshmacharcha helped in his transition to movie acting and were staged all over Kerala and Muscat. He received his first movie approach from Malayalam director Sathyan Anthikad in 2010.
He became a television anchor in 2013 on the cookery show Pacchamulaku shown on Media One TV.
He began his acting career in 2010 in the Malayalam language film Kadha Thudarunnu. His first major role in Malayalam cinema came through the movie Tournament – Play & Replay directed by Lal in which he played Usman Ali. Prem next appeared as several comedy characters in Malayalam movies, taking on the role of the hero Kiran in the 2013 movie Crocodile Love Story. Prem made his debut in the Tamil film industry in 2014 after director O.S. Ravi cast him as the male lead in the movie Dummy Tappasu.
Praveen appeared as one of five idiots in K. S. Bava's 2012 comedy Idiots. His character in the movie 7th Day garnered praise from critics and the film went on to become the first 2014 Malayalam blockbuster.
Filmography Films Year Film Role Language Notes2010 Kadha Thudarunnu Harichandran Malayalam Tournament – Play & Replay Usman Ali Malayalam 2011 Snehaveedu Balan Fathers Day Friend Pulival Pattanam Driver 2012 Ideal Couple StreetLight Room Boy Mullassery Madhavan Kutty Nemom P. O. Baiju Prathap Idiots Mani 2013 Annayum Rasoolum Kammath Sim Unnipilla Rebecca Uthup Kizhakkemala Unni Crocodile Love Story Kiran 2014 7th Day Cyril Samual aka Cycle 2015 Dummy Tappasu Sree Tamil ATM Bombay Malayalam 2017 Tubelight Saba Tamil 2020 Mane Number 13 Karthick Kannada 13aam Number Veedu Tamil
Television Year Show Role ChannelNotes2011MarimayamPerakkuttyMazhavil ManoramaSitcom2012Daivathinte Swantham DevoottyDevu's brother in lawMazhavil ManoramaTV series2013-2014PachamulakuHostMedia OneCookery show2016-2018Salt N PepperHostKaumudy TV2020KoodathayiFlowersTV series2021VarnappakittuJagguSurya TV2021I Am The SorryVarunYouTubeWeb series2022Daya: Chentheeyil Chalicha KumkumapottuAsianetTV series 2022BhagyalakshmiPremZee Keralam
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