Suraj Venjaramoodu

Suraj Vasudevan (born 30 June 1976), professionally credited as Suraj Venjaramoodu, is an Indian actor, comedian, impressionist, and television presenter, who appears in Malayalam films, television and stage plays. He has acted in more than 250 films and has won a National Film Award and four Kerala State Film Awards. He is the youngest of three children of Venjaramood K. Vasudevan Nair, a retired soldier from the Indian Army, and Vilasini, a housewife. He completed his Mechanical diploma course from Government ITI, Attingal and turned to mimicry soon after, with his breakthrough coming with Jagapoka, a comedy program broadcast on Kairali TV.

Suraj started his career as a stand-up comedian, and his mimicry shows were a success with the audience, noted for his mockery of the Thiruvananthapuram accent. He grabbed attention in the Malayalam film industry after he assisted Mammootty with the Thiruvananthapuram accent in Rajamanikyam (2005), and went on to act alongside Mammootty in many comedy films. Throughout the 2000s and towards the mid-2010s he won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Comedian three times (2009, 2010, 2013). His iconic comedy character Dasamoolam Damu came out with the movie Chattambinaadu (2009).

In 2013, Suraj won the National Film Award for Best Actor for his lead role in Perariyathavar, at the 61st National Film Awards. In 2019, he won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for Android Kunjappan Version 5.25 and Vikruthi. In 2021, he played the lead role in The Great Indian Kitchen, which received positive reactions from critics. In 2005, Suraj married Supriya, and they have three children: Kashinathan, Vasudev and Hridya.