Kunchacko Boban

Kunchacko Boban is a Malayalam film actor and producer whom fans fondly call Chackochan. Across a career of over a hundred films, he is best known for Aniyathipraavu, Nna Thaan Case Kodu and 2018, and his role in Nna Thaan Case Kodu won him a Kerala State Film Award as well as the Filmfare Award South for Best Actor in Malayalam in 2023. His big break was Fazil's love story Aniyathipraavu (1997), co-starring Shalini, which set a new box office record for Malayalam cinema. The pair reunited for Nakshatratharattu (1998), Niram (1999) and Prem Poojari (1999), and his boyish charm earned him the nickname "chocolate boy". After stepping away from acting in 2006, he came back with the comedy Gulumal: The Escape (2009). From then on he picked very different characters in Traffic (2011), How Old Are You (2014), Take Off (2017) and Virus (2019), and kept the run going with Anjaam Pathiraa (2020), Nayattu (2021) and Pada (2022). The thriller 2018 (2023) broke the Malayalam earnings record of its day, and he went on to star in Bougainvillea (2024) and Officer on Duty (2025). Audiences admire how easily he moves from gentle lover to serious, intense parts, and he is also praised as a fine dancer. He won a South Indian International Movie Award for Seniors in 2011. As a producer, he backed Kochavva Paulo Ayyappa Coelho (2016) under Udaya Studios.