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In this Indian name, the name Pauly is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Nivin.
Nivin Pauly
Nivin in 2019
Born
(1984-10-11) 11 October 1984 (age 39)
Aluva, Kerala, India
Alma mater
Federal Institute of Science and Technology
Occupations
Actor
producer
Years active
2010–present
Organization
Pauly Jr. Pictures
Spouse
Rinna Joy
(m. 2010)
Children
2
Nivin Pauly (born 11 October 1984) is an Indian actor and producer who works predominantly in Malayalam films. He is the recipient of several awards including two Kerala State Film Awards, three Filmfare South awards, two Kerala Film Critics Association Awards and Six SIIMA Awards.[1] He auditioned for and was cast in one of the main roles in Vineeth Sreenivasan's directorial debut Malarvaadi Arts Club in 2009 and got his breakthrough in the romantic film Thattathin Marayathu (2012).
He came to be known for playing the boy next door archetype following roles in the bilingual black-comedy thriller Neram (2013), the sports-drama 1983 (2014), the romantic-comedy Ohm Shanthi Oshaana (2014), the romantic-drama Bangalore Days (2014), the comedy road-thriller Oru Vadakkan Selfie (2015), and the coming-of-age romantic drama Premam (2015), is among the top 10 highest-grossing Malayalam films. He then went on to star in the police drama Action Hero Biju (2016), the family drama Jacobinte Swargarajyam (2016), the political satire Sakhavu (2017), family comedy Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela (2017) and the epic film Kayamkulam Kochunni (2018) which emerged as one of the highest-grossing Malayalam film.[2]
Nivin made his debut as a producer with Action Hero Biju under his production company Pauly Jr. Pictures and has produced the films Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela[3] and Kanakam Kaamini Kalaham (2021), the first Malayalam movie to premiere on Disney+ Hotstar.
He won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut for Neram (2013).[4] In 2015, he won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for his performances in Bangalore Days and 1983.[5][6] He won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Malayalam for Action Hero Biju (2016)[7] In 2020, he won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor -Special Mention for Moothon.
Since 2022, he has starred in the films Mahaveeryar, Padavettu, Saturday Night, Thuramukham and Ramachandra Boss & Co.
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romantic comedy film written and directed by Vineeth Sreenivasan, starring NivinPauly and Isha Talwar. The supporting cast includes Aju Varghese, Manoj K....
wrote the screenplay along with the director. It stars Nazriya Nazim, NivinPauly, and Vineeth Sreenivasan with Renji Panicker and Aju Varghese. Ohm Shanthi...
starring NivinPauly and Nazriya Nazim became "hugely popular". His next short film was Eli - a sexy tale which had Bobby Simha, NivinPauly and Rajeev...
Weekend Blockbusters. The film features an ensemble cast consisting of NivinPauly, Dulquer Salmaan, Fahadh Faasil, Nazriya Nazim, Parvathy Thiruvothu,...
decision of his life. His debut production Love Action Drama starring NivinPauly and Nayanthara released on 5 September 2019 and opened to positive reports...
drama film directed by Shyamaprasad. The film has Prithviraj Sukumaran, NivinPauly and Bhavana in lead roles. The film was shot mostly in Atlanta, U.S....