Prem Kumar

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Prem Kumar is a Malayalam film artist. He did many notable roles in Tele films and TV Operas. He acted in more than 100 films in which he was the hero in 18 films.

[edit] Personal Life

Prem Kumar was born to Mr.James Samuel and Mrs.Jaya Kumari, in Kazhakoottam in Thiruvananthapuram(Trivandrum) city suburbs. He has two brothers, Mr.Ajith Kumar and Mr.Prasanna Kumar. He had his school education from Kazhakuttom Government High School and Kaniyapuram Muslim High School. He completed Pre-Degree from St.Xaviers College, Thumba and Degree in Psychology from S. N. College, Chempazhanthy. He also completed BTA degree from School of Drama, Calicut University with First Rank and Gold Medal.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Career

During college days, Prem Kumar was very active in arts and literature. He has won many State level awards as Best Actor in drama competitions. He was selected as the panel artist of All India Radio and Doordarshan during his college days. He has staged many classic characters like Macbeth, Coreo launus, Oedipus, Othello, etc. His performance as these characters were very much appreciated by critics as well as audience.

Prem Kumar became more famous through Television programs. He has acted in many Tele Films and Serials as the hero. He received many awards including Kerala State Award for the Best Television Actor and the 'NANA-Mini screen award'. His first film was "Sakhavu", directed by the National award winner Mr.P.A.Backer.^{[citation needed]} It was based on the life of Veteran Communist leader Mr.P. Krishna Pillai. In this film he has played a leading role.

After that he landed into the malayalam film industry starting off his career with some petty roles as a side actor. He is best known his comedy roles in malayalam movies. He has also done a handful of movies in the lead role which did not find much success in the box office.