Unni Mukundan

Unnikrishnan Mukundan Nair (born 22 September 1987) is an Indian actor, producer, singer, lyricist and social issues responder who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema.[2] He has also acted in a few Telugu and Tamil films. In 2021, he won his first national award as a producer for his production debut film, Meppadiyan, which won the national award for the best film of a debut director.

In this Indian name, the name Mukundan is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Unni.

Unni Mukundan
Born
Unnikrishnan

(1987-09-22) 22 September 1987
Thrissur, Kerala, India[1]
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
  • producer
Years active2011–present
Parents
  • Mukundan Nair
  • Roji Mukundan

Unni Mukundan made his acting debut with the Tamil film Seedan (2011), a remake of Nandanam (2002).[3] At the age of 23, after playing several small roles, Unni got his breakthrough with his lead role in Vysakh's action comedy Mallu Singh (2012).[4] Later, he went on to star in several Malayalam films including commercially successful films like Vikramadithyan (2014), KL 10 Patthu (2015), Style (2016), Oru Murai Vanthu Parthaya (2016), Achayans (2017) and Malikappuram (2022).[5][6] He made his Telugu film debut with the 2016 film Janatha Garage.[7]

Unni Mukundan made his debut as a lyricist and singer with Achayans.[8] He has also sponsored road safety measures by appearing in the motor vehicle department's advertisements.[9]

Early life

Unni Mukundan was born on 22 September 1987 to Malayali parents Madathiparambil Mukundan Nair and Roji Mukundan. He completed his school from Pragati Higher Secondary School at Ahmedabad. He is graduated in English Literature and Journalism from Prajyoti Niketan College, Pudukad.(Thrissur).[10] He was brought up in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.[11] In his early days, he used to work with Motif, now known as TTEC.[12] His ambition was to join the Indian Army before coming to the film industry.

Career

Debut and initial success (2011–2013)

In 2011, Unni made his film debut in Tamil film Seedan, a remake of the Malayalam film Nandanam.[13] Unni entered the Malayalam film industry through Bombay March 12[14] alongside Mammootty, directed by Babu Janardhanan. For his performance in Bombay March 12, he was earned awards as best newcomer from SIIMA, Asianet Film Awards, Asiavision, Jaihind TV, Amrita TV and Vanitha Film Awards. He played a supporting role in Thalsamayam Oru Penkutty, directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar.[15][16][17][18]

Unni got his turning point from the movie Mallu Singh (2012) directed by Vyshakh. The movie became a huge hit and ran over 100 days.[19] He did cameo appearances in movies Theevram and The Hitlist. In the same year, he appeared in Ezham Suryan and I love Me directed by B. Unnikrishnan.[20][21] His action sequences where well acclaimed by the audience.

In 2013 he appeared in Ithu Pathiramanal and Orissa, both directed by M. Padmakumar.[22] Also he was seen in D Company an anthology of three independently shot action films.[23]

Breakthrough (2014–present)

In 2014, he appeared in The Last Supper directed by Vinil turned out to be a flop. But in the same year, he made a comeback by playing one of the titular role along with Dulquer Salmaan in hit movie Vikramadithyan directed by Lal Jose.

In 2015, he was seen in supporting role in the Mammootty starrer Fireman directed by Deepu Karunakaran.[24] Same year, he played the lead role in the movie Samrajyam II: Son of Alexander as Jordan, the son of Alexander who was the protagonist in the prequel.[25] He next release was KL 10 Patthu written and directed by debutant Muhsin Parari.[26]

In 2016, he did action thriller movie Style which turned out to be a decent commercial entertainer.[27] He was then seen in critically acclaimed movie Kaattum Mazhayum and fantasy romantic comedy film Oru Murai Vanthu Parthaya.[28] He made his Tollywood debut with the film Janatha Garage in an antagonistic role as Raghava, son of Sathyam (Mohanlal).[29] The film was both commercial success and critically acclaimed. It was the highest grossing Telugu films of the year.[30]

In 2017 film Achayans, he made his debut as a lyricist and singer.[31][32] He played one of the lead role along with Jayaram and Adil Ibrahim in the movie and it turned out to be a commercial success. In the same year, he was seen in another multi hero movie Avarude Raavukal along with Asif Ali which received mixed reviews.[33] In August of the same year Clint with director Harikumar was released, in which he played the role of Joseph, father of Edmund Thomas Clint, a child prodigy known for having drawn over 25,000 paintings during his short life of seven years. He was seen in two different looks as a 35-year old and a 73-year-old man in the film.[34] For this film he received Ramu Kariat Movie Award for the Best Actor.[35] His release of 2017 was Mammootty starrer Masterpiece in which he played the villain role and Tharangam in which he played an extended cameo.[36]

In 2018, he did Tamil-Telugu Bilingual film Bhaagamathie along with Anuskha Shetty which turned out to be both commercial success and critically acclaimed.[37][38] His next releases were two thriller movies Ira and Chanakyathanthram.[39] Both the films received positive reviews and was commercially successful.[40]

His first release of 2019 was Haneef Adeni's Mikhael, in which he portrayed the role of antagonist Marco Jr.[41][42][43] He was seen in the film Meppadiyan which had a theatrical release on January 14, 2022.[44] Later, he was seen in the Telugu film Khiladi.[45][46] His next appearance was in Malikappuram which earned him critical acclaim and praise.[47]

Production

Unni Mukundan launched his film production company Unni Mukundan Films (UMF) on 17 August 2020.[48][49][50]

Filmography
Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released

Malayalam
List of Unni Mukundan Malayalam film credits
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2011Bombay March 12Shahjahan
Bangkok SummerMadhavan
2012Thalsamayam Oru PenkuttySuryan
Mallu SinghHari Narayan (Hareender Singh)
Ezham SuryanChitrabhanu
TheevramHimself Guest appearance
The HitlistS.I Ajai Kumar Cameo
I Love MeSavy
2013Ithu PathiramanalEldho
OrissaChristhuraj
D CompanySarath Segment : Gangs of Vadakkumnathan
2014The Last SupperAlby
VikramadithyanSI Vikram Shenoy (Vikraman)
RajadhiRajaBridegroom Cameo [51]
2015FiremanShahjahan
Samrajyam II: Son of AlexanderJordan Alexander
KL 10 PatthuAhmad
2016StyleTom
Oru Murai Vanthu ParthayaPrakashan
2017AchayansTony Vavachan [52]
Avarude RaavukalSiddharth Gopan
ClintJoseph
TharangamReghu Cameo
MasterpieceACP John Thekkan IPS
2018IraRajiv IPS
Chanakya ThanthramArjun Ram Mohan
2019MikhaelMarco Jr.
My Great GrandfatherSam Christy Cameo
Pathinettam PadiAjith Kumar IAS Cameo [53]
MamangamChandroth Panicker
2021 BhramamCI Dinesh Prabhakar
2022 MeppadiyanJayakrishnan also producer
Bro DaddyDr. Cyril Cameo
12th ManZachariah
PyaliMiska Saha Salman Cameo
Shefeekkinte SanthoshamShefeek also producer and singer
Malikappuram CPO D. Ayyappadas (Ayyappan)
TBA Gandharva jr † TBA [54][55]
2024 Jai Ganesh † TBA also producer
Announced; Directed by Ranjith Sankar		[56][57]

Other language films
List of Unni Mukundan other language film credits
Year Title Role Language Notes Ref.
2011 Seedan Mano Ramalingam Tamil credited as Jai Krishna
2016 Janatha GarageRaghava Sathyam Telugu [58]
2018 BhaagamathieShakthiTelugu
Tamil		 [59]
2022 Khiladi Rama KrishnaTelugu [60]
YashodaDr. GauthamTelugu

Television
YearFilmRoleNotes
2020 Ente NarayanikkuAravind a.k.a. BasheerShort film (Voice-Over)
2022Eureka 21Williams

Cameo in final episode

2023Muttathe MullaAyyapadastv serial ;Cameo appearance

Discography
Year Film Song Composer(s) Notes Ref(s)
2017 Achayans Anuraagam Puthumazha Pole Ratheesh Vega Also lyricist [61]
2018 Chanakya Thanthram Etho Vazhithaarayil Shaan Rahman [62]
Oru Kuttanadan Blog Chaarathu Nee Sreenath Sivasankaran [63]
2020 Shylock Ektha Boss Prakash Alex
2021 Meppadiyan Ayyappa Song Vinayak Sasikumar
Vidhi (2021 film) Ho Jaane De Saanand George Grace

Sung by Jyotsna

 Lyricist
Ente Narayanikku Thodathe Arun Muraleedharan Short film
2022 Shefeekkinte Santhosham Khalbile Hoori Shaan Rahman

Awards
YearAwardCategoryFilmSource
2011Asianet Film AwardsBest New Face of the yearBombay March 12[64]
Asiavision Movie AwardsBest Promising Newcomer[65]
Vanitha Film AwardsBest New Face[66]
Jaihind TV Film AwardsBest Newcomer of the year[67]
Amrita TV Film AwardsBest Debut actor[68]
South Indian International Movie AwardsBest Debut Actor (Malayalam)[69]
2013Pravasi Express AwardsYouth IconMallu Singh[70]
2017 Anand TV Awards 2017 UKYouth IconAchayans[71]
Red fm Malayalam Music Awards 2017Best Star singer[72]
Ramu Kariat Movie AwardsBest ActorClint (film)[73]
2019Creative Film AwardsBest Actor in negative roleMikhael[74]
2020Ramu Karyat awardBest second actorMamankam
Asianet Film AwardsYouth IconMamankam,Mikhael
2022 13th JC Daniel Foundation Awards Best Actor (Jury Award) Meppadiyan [75]
2022 Adoor NRI Forum Kuwait Chapter - Adoor Bhasi Puraskaram Best Actor Meppadiyan
2022 Ramu Kariat Movie AwardsBest ActorMeppadiyan and Shefeekinte Santhosham
2021 69th National Film Awards Best film of a debut director Meppadiyan (Producer)

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