Sabumon Abdusamad, also known mononymously as Sabumon and Sabu, is an Indian actor and television presenter who works in Malayalam cinema. He was the winner of the first season of Malayalam Bigg Boss.
Education and early career Sabu hails from Kayamkulam, Alappuzha. He holds three graduate degrees, in Malayalam, Journalism and in Law respectively from University College, Thiruvananthapuram. He initially worked in the sales and operations division of Lufthansa Airlines in Saudi Arabia. Later, he quit the job to pursue acting.
Personal life He is married to Sneha Bhaskaran and has two daughters.
Career Sabu initially achieved success through the TV show Tharikida, which focused on pranks on unsuspecting people. Due to the success of the show, people started addressing him as Tharikida Sabu. Sabu continued to do television shows, and his role as an interviewer in the TV show Midukki was widely appreciated.
Sabu was the thirteenth contestant in Bigg Boss, a show hosted by Malayalam actor Mohanlal. He lasted the entire duration of the 98-day show and went on to win the title, beating competition from Pearle Maaney, Shiyas Kareem, Srinish Aravind and Aristo Suresh in the grand finale in 2018. As winner, he was also offered a major role in the Lijo Jose Pellissery directed film Jallikattu, which became India's official entry to the Oscars for 2020.
Sabu owns a production company, SAB Productions.
In 2021, he was a panelist in the Mazhavil Manorama television channel comedy reality show Oru Chiri Iru Chiri Bumper Chiri, and followed it up in its second season in 2023.
In 2024, he made his Tamil film debut, as villain in the Rajinikanth-starrer Vettaiyan. He was cast after director T. J. Gnanavel saw his performance in Jallikattu.
Television YearProgram Channel Role2000TharikidaSurya TVHost2005AttahasamAsianet PlusHost2013MidukkiMazhavil ManoramaGuest judge2014Take It EasyMazhavil ManoramaHost2016Just Fun ChummaAmrita TVHost2018Bigg Boss (Malayalam season 1)AsianetWinnerSell Me The AnswerAsianetGuest contestantComedy StarsAsianetGuest2021–2023Oru Chiri Iru Chiri Bumper ChiriMazhavil ManoramaJudge2021–2022Bumper Chiri AaghoshamMazhavil ManoramaJudge2023The Next Top AnchorMazhavil ManoramaJudge2024The AdventureFlowers TVHost Bigg Boss (Malayalam season 6) Asianet Guest 2024-2025 Enkile Ennodu Para Asianet Host 2025 Bigg Boss (Malayalam season 7) Asianet Guest 2026 Comedy Cooks Asianet Runner-up
Filmography Note: All films are in Malayalam unless specified otherwise noted.
Year Title! Role Notes 2002 Nakshathrakkannulla Rajakumaran Avanundoru Rajakumari Bhaskaran 2005 Kadha Raghu 2013 Punyalan Agarbattis Idivettu Sabu 2015 Karma Cartel Luttu Adi Kapyare Kootamani Veluchammi Acha Dhin Michael Double Barrel Podiyadi Martin Fireman Binoy 2016 Darvinte Parinamam Jackson Oru Murai Vanthu Parthaya Sukumaran 2017 Godzone Gounder 2019 Janamaithri Police Constable Ashraf Jallikkattu Kuttachan Thrissur Pooram Shyam Rangan 2020Dhamaka Britto Ayyappanum Koshiyum Kuttamani 2021 Ajagajantharam Kachamber Das 2022 Upacharapoorvam Gunda Jayan Sahadevan Member Rameshan 9aam Ward Ajithan Vettukuzhi Adithattu Gold Usman's friend 2023 Djinn Paul Kattukaran Iratta SCPO Sandeep Neelavelicham Praavu Kamalasanan Sesham Mike-il Fathima Jayesh Nair 2024 Njan Kandatha Sare Her Jagannathan Vettaiyan Kumaresan Tamil film 2025 Kingston Thomas Tamil film 2026 Ananthan Kaadu Malayalam- Tamil bilingual Unmadham Tamil film
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