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Salim Kumar was born on 10 October, 1969 in Chittatukara, North Paravur, Kerala, India, is an Indian film actor, director, and writer. Discover Salim Kumar's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 54 years old?

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Occupation Actor · director
Age 54 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 10 October, 1969
Birthday 10 October
Birthplace Chittatukara, North Paravur, Kerala, India
Nationality North

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1969

Salim Kumar (born 10 October 1969) is an Indian actor, comedian, director and writer in Malayalam cinema.

Mostly known for his comic and comedy roles, Salim Kumar is considered one of the best and most prominent comedians in the history of Malayalam cinema.

Salim Kumar was born on 10 October 1969 in North Paravur, as the youngest son of Gangadharan and Kausalya.

He once told an interviewer that his father was an atheist and a follower of the veteran social reformer Sahodaran Ayyappan, who was also from North Paravur, and so named his son Salim Kumar to avoid religious associations.

Kumar attended the Govt.

Lower Primary School, Chittattukara North Paravur; went to high school at the Govt.

Boys High School, North Paravur; and completed his pre-degree education at Sree Narayana Mangalam College Malyankara, Moothakunnam.

He wanted to become a singer at a young age but later took up Mimicry.

He graduated with a BA from Maharajas College, Ernakulam where he won the university's Mimicry title thrice.

He started his stage career at Kalabhavan.

He was also a performer in Comicola, a comedy program on Asianet.

For about four years, he was associated with professional drama in Arathi Theatres, Kochi.

Before entering into Malayalam film industry, Salim Kumar was chosen as host for a comedy programme called Comicola broadcast on Asianet.

1997

He made his debut in Malayalam cinema with the 1997 family drama Ishtamanu Nooru Vattam, directed by Siddique Shameer.

After doing some minor roles in numerous movies, Sibi Malayil offered Salim Kumar a role in his movie Nee Varuvolam.

However he was sent back from the location by the production controller by saying that his acting was not right.

He was later replaced by Indrans to do the role.

2000

He was later noted for his performance in the movie Satyameva Jayathe, which was released in 2000.

After getting impressed with his performance in Satyameva Jayathe, director Rafi Meccartin offered Salim a role in his movie Thenkasipattanam, which was a major breakthrough in his film career.

It was one of the highest grossing movie of 2000.

In the movie One Man Show, he played the memorable role of a patient escaped from mental hospital.

Salim Kumar then found success while acting along with Dileep.

In some movies, the duo is joined by Harishree Ashokan.

2001

In the 2001 slapstick comedy movie Ee Parakkum Thalika, he played the role of cook Koshi while in the 2002 cult comedy movie Meesa Madhavan, he did the role of Advocate Mukundan Unni.

He is also remembered for his performances alongside Cochin Haneefa in Mazhathullikkilukkam and Kunjikkoonan.

In the movie Kalyanaraman, Salim Kumar played the role of Pyaari, which is considered one of the finest comedy performance in his career.

2002

He played one of the lead roles in the 2002 slapstick comedy film Bamboo Boys alongside Kalabhavan Mani, Cochin Haneefa and Harishree Ashokan.

2003

Salim Kumar probably played some of the most memorable comedy roles in his career in 2003.

He played the character of a psychic mental patient in the classic cult movie C.I.D. Moosa.

His role as Omanakkuttan in Thilakkam, Usman in Kilichundan Mampazham alongside Mohanlal and S.I. Gabbar Keshavan in Pattalam which starred Mammootty were memorable ones.

It was in the romantic-comedy movie Pulival Kalyanam that Salim Kumar played the most memorable character in his career.

Most of the critics acclaims this character called Manavalan as the best comedy character played by Salim Kumar.

The many expressions of Manavalan, including his helpless face, his coy smile and act as a rich man smoking pipe later developed a cult following in Kerala troll community and are widely used in memes.

2004

Alongside Jayasurya, Salim Kumar's other famous role is Dance Master Vikram in the movie Chathikkatha Chandu (2004).

Salim Kumar's potential to do the character roles were revealed in 2004, after receiving critical acclaim for his role in the Kamal movie Perumazhakkalam.

2005

He has also won the Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actor for Achanurangatha Veedu (2005) and a Kerala State Television Award for Best Actor (2013).

2007

One of the other popular character played by Salim Kumar came out in the 2007 Mammootty movie Mayavi.

His character called Kannan Srank/Ashan has been widely used in Malayalam memes.

2010

In his later career, Salim Kumar also found success in playing character roles and won the National Film Award for Best Actor in 2010 for his role in Adaminte Makan Abu (which also won the year's Kerala State Film Award).

2017

His directorial film Karutha Joothan won the 2017 Kerala State Film Award for Best Story.