Anish Kuruvilla


Anish Yohan Kuruvilla is an Indian actor and director who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. Before becoming a director, he was an executive producer with Sekhar Kammula, played the lead role in Dollar Dreams, and played a supporting role in Anand . After taking a break from acting for 12 years, he played a crucial role in the 2016 film Pelli Choopulu. He also appeared in the biographical film of Indian cricketer M. S. Dhoni.

Early life

Kuruvilla was born into a Malayali family and grew up in Hyderabad. He attended The Hyderabad Public School, Ramanthapur.

Career

Kuruvilla played the lead role in Sekhar Kammula's debut film Dollar Dreams, and a supporting role in the film Anand. He worked with Nagesh Kukunoor and Manishankar before his directorial debut, Avakai Biryani, which was produced by Sekhar Kammula. His second directorial film was Ko Antey Koti, produced by Sharwanand, who was also the lead actor. After his directorial ventures, he returned to acting with the 2016 film, Pelli Choopulu.

Filmography

Telugu

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000Dollar DreamsSrinuEnglish-Telugu bilingual film; also assistant director
2004AnandRajuAlso executive producer and assistant director
2006GodavariAlso executive producer and assistant director
2016Pelli ChoopuluBusinessman
2017Nenu LocalCollege Principal
2017JawaanDRDO scientist
2017HelloPriya's father
2018Bharat Ane NenuSrivastava
2018Tej I Love YouNandini's father
2018GoodachariDamodar
2018Anaganaga O PremakathaAnanya's father
2019MaharshiVenkatraman
2019Game OverPsychiatrist
2019RajdoothPriya's father
2019Gang LeaderPolice Officer
2019Operation Gold FishAnish Kuruvilla
2020Choosi ChoodangaaneSiddu's father
2020Neevalle Nenunna
2020MadhaGopal
2020Orey BujjigaProject Manager
2021Alludu AdhursSreenu's father
2021Pitta KathaluBroski
2021Gaali SampathBank Auditor
2021Vakeel SaabZarina's manager
2021Wild DogVinod
2021Thank You BrotherMr. Prem
2022MajorTaj Hotel Manager Rodriguez
2022Sita RamamNizam Advisor
2022Crazy FellowAbhiram's brother
2022Urvasivo RakshasivoSree and Sinduja's boss
2022DhamakaPolice DGP
2023Waltair VeerayyaNavy Officer
2023MichaelRathan
2023AgentRameshUncredited role
2023Kanulu Therichinaa Kanulu MoosinaaRK
2023Spark LifeArmy Chief
2024Operation ValentineIndian Security Advisor
2024Tillu SquareIB Chief
2024SimbaaDr. Irani
2024Fear
2024Srikakulam Sherlock HolmesCI Bhaskar
2025Mad SquareVikram Saheb
2025Akhanda 2: ThaandavamDefence Minister Rao
202512A Railway ColonyJayadev Shinde
2025DriveSiddque