Sudev Nair

Sudev Nair is an actor whose career is rooted in Malayalam cinema, with further roles in Telugu and Hindi films. His work in My Life Partner (2014) won him the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor, and he is also remembered for Gulaab Gang (2014) and India's Most Wanted (2019), where he took the title role alongside Arjun Kapoor. My Life Partner in 2014 was his breakthrough, and the same year he appeared in the Hindi film Gulaab Gang. He followed with Anarkali (2015) and Karinkunnam 6's (2016), then took parts in Ezra (2017), Kayamkulam Kochunni (2018), Abrahaminte Santhathikal (2018), Mikhael (2019) and Mamangam (2019). In 2019 he also worked in Hindi again with Judgementall Hai Kya. His Malayalam run went on with One (2021), Bheeshma Parvam (2022), CBI 5: The Brain (2022), Kotthu (2022) and Puli (2023). He entered Telugu cinema with Tiger Nageswara Rao (2023) and played the chief villain in Extra-Ordinary Man (2023). Later films include They Call Him OG (2025), Freedom (2025) and Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-ups (2026). Nair is known for moving between lead parts, supporting roles and villains across three languages. Besides his Kerala State Film Award, My Life Partner brought him a nomination at the South Indian International Movie Awards in 2014.