Shiju AR

Shiju AR  was born on 4th of Aug in the year 1974 in Kerala, India. Shiju was the son of  Rasheed and Ayisha. He is smallest of his brother and sister, Shibu & Sheersha. He had his education at St. Albert's school, Ernakulam, and degree education at S. S. M Polytechnic College, Tirur. His soul partner name is  Preethi Prem, who was an air hostess for Kuwait Airways and a Bharatnatyam classical dancer. Muskaan Shiju is the name of their cute daughter. He currently resides at Edapally, Kochi with family. 
 

Shijo AR is a talented actor who has performed immensely good in Tollywood Mollywood and also an international movie. He entered industry when he was just 22 yrs old. His performance right from the first Tamil picture in 1996 “MAHAPRABHU” directed by A. Venkatesh is worth watching. His journey towards success started from his first movie itself. He further worked in a Telugu movie named DEVI directed by Kodi Rama Krishna, which was a super hit. Blessed by God and his hard work led him to many hit movies like Manasantha Ave, Nuvu Nakku Natchavu, Simharasi and Ammayikosa, Ishttamanu Nooruvattam, Kalachakram, Sidhartha, Vachalam, etc.

His career and his destiny gave him major turn in life, and he acted in an international film named IN THE NAME OF BUDDHA directed by Rajesh Touchriv. After this, he took a long break in 2004 and made Grand coming back with Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath in 2013 &  'Karyasthan'. Various Malayalam movies are sound thoma, Polytechnic, Dolphin Bar, Cousins, and Sai Baba Sai Baba is a Tamil television series. The show is >> Read More... : a Telugu movie with which Shijo joined after his come back. 

Now, he is active in both big and small screen. He has contributed a lot in films like cousins  Kuruthamkettavan, Avatharam as  Bai Jabbar, Dolphins, Ring Master  as Kishore Kumar Kishore Kumar is an Indian playback singer, who ha >> Read More... , Polytechnic, Ezhu Sundara Rathrikal  as Alex's friend, Pullipulikalum Aattinkuttiyum (2013) as  Chakka Vijayan, Nadodimannan, Kaaryasthan as Himself, and many more. Telugu movies in which he acted remarkably are  Devi (1999), Simharasi, AYODHYA, Shatru, Nuvvu Naaku Nachchavu, Chiranjeevulu, Adrustam, Siva Rama Raju, Trinetram, Manasantha Nuvve, Amayikosam, Sambhavi IPS. Few Tamil movies have also been acted by him like Nilavil kalamgamille, Mahaprabhu, Iranyan. 

Some part of English movies has marked his versatality like  In the Name of Buddha, True Identity. Contribution on small screen TV Serials is Streehridayam [surya tv], Entemanasaputhri [Asianet], Avakaasikal [Surya tv], Prathibimbam (Telugu) [Gemini Tv], Karutha Muththu (Asianet), Sooryakaladi (Amrita TV), Punarjani Surya TV, Aakashadoothu (Surya TV), Sooryaputhri [Asianet], Mandaaram [Kairali tv], Snehatheeram [SURYA TV]. In this way, Shijo Rasheed had contributed in almost many languages in movies which prove he was multilingual or rather a multitalented who managed to work in such diverse movies. This proves his determination towards his career. 

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Shiju Rasheed, born on 4th August 1974, is a Kerala based-Indian film actor who mainly acts in Malayalam films and serials. He has acted in over fifty films such as ‘Ishttamanu,’ ‘Nooruvattam,’ ‘Kalachakram,’ etc. He has also worked in Telugu movies with the stage name Devi Shiju.

His debut film named ‘Mahaprabhu' in 1996, where he played as the villain in the movie, was a huge success, which gave him a breakthrough in the film industry. After that, he has worked on several other films like 'Devi,’ 'Manasantha Nuve,’ ‘Simharasi,’ ‘ Siddhartha Click to look into! >> Read More... ,’ etc. His career showed a remarkable change after his work in an International film named ‘In the Name of Buddha” Shiju is the third and youngest child of his parents Rasheed and Ayisha.

He did his graduation from S.S.M Polytechnic College after completing his school education from St.Albert’s school. He is married to his wife, Preethi Prem, and the couple has a daughter. Shiju made his comeback in the industry with the film ‘Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath’ in 2013, after his break from the industry in the year 2004. He has done films in Malayalam(majorly), Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Odia, and English. Apart from that, he has done various television shows and serials as well.