Narain Biography

Narain (born Sunil Kumar) is an actor from south India. He was born on 7th October in Calcutta. His parents had their dreams for him. But his passion was cinema and his ultimate passion was acting. His father believed that good technical education was an absolute passport to job security.

So he decided to do a course in cinematography at the Adyar Film institute, and later joined with the leading ad film-maker Rajiv Menon as his assistant. After two-and-a-half years of love story, he tied the knot to his love singer Manju Haridas on 26 August 2007 at Calicut.

After completing the course in cinematography at the Adyar Film institute, he came into the film industry as an assistant to Rajeev Menon, one of India’s noted film-makers and cameramen. He worked with him for many advertisements and a film - Morning Raga. His first film was Nizhalkuthu by the veteran director Adoor Gopalakrishnan.

First commercial film 4 the people as an actor brought him recognition and fame. In this sensational blockbuster, Narain's performance as the firebrand IPS officer, Rajan Mathew, was well noticed. A struggling lawyer, Emmanuel John, in Achuvinte Amma and as touching doctor, Jeevan, in Sheelabathi got him more fame.

4 The People was dubbed in Tamil and Telugu and Narain also did the Bengali version. He also played notable role in Annorikal. Classmates brought him close to the peoples' heart. His debut Tamil movie was Chithiram Pesuthadi, which was declared a blockbuster. Through Panthaya Kozhi, produced by director Lal, he has been re-launched as an independent action hero in Malayalam Film industry.

His film Pallikoodam was highly performance oriented and he played a character of a collector Vertrivel. The film was directed by Thankar Bachan. His performance in the film Anjaathe, directed by Mysskin, was critically acclaimed.