Roshan Basheer is an Indian actor, who appears in Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil language films.He is best known for his role as Varun Prabhakar in the 2013 drama-thriller film Drishyam .

Roshan Basheer
From his next Tamil movie
OccupationActor
Years active2010–present

Career edit

Roshan made his acting debut by playing one of the lead roles in the Malayalam coming-of-age film, Plus Two (2010).[1] The relative commercial failure of the film saw Roshan play supporting roles in the coming years, including appearances in Banking Hours (2012),[citation needed] Tourist Home (2013)[2] and Red Wine (2013). Roshan Basheer then portrayed the pivotal villainous character in Jeethu Joseph's successful Drishyam (2013),[3][4] before being selected to reprise his role in the film's Telugu version Drushyam (2014)[5] and then the Tamil version, Papanasam (2015) featuring Kamal Haasan.[6][7]

Post the success of both film, Roshan Basheer appeared in further lead role in small-budget films including Kubera Rashi[8][9] and Moondru Rasigargal.[citation needed]

Filmography edit

Year Film Role Language Notes
2010 Plus Two Prince Malayalam [1]
2011 Innanu Aa Kalyanam Kunjumon Malayalam [10]
2012 Banking Hours Malayalam [citation needed]
2013 Tourist Home Sajan Malayalam [2]
Red Wine Alfy Malayalam [4]
Drishyam Varun Prabhakar Malayalam [3]
2014 Drushyam Varun Prabhakar Telugu Remake of Drishyam[5]
2015 Papanasam Varun Prabhakar Tamil Remake of Drishyam[6][7]
Columbus Vamshi Telugu [citation needed]
Kubera Rashi Murugan Tamil [8][9]
2017 Bairavaa Charan Tamil [11]
Moondru Rasigargal Tamil [citation needed]
2020 Dirty Hari Akash Telugu [12]
2021 Kamitham Malayalam Music album[citation needed]
Vincent and the pope Vincent Malayalam Post Production[citation needed]
2022 Kannadi Malayalam [citation needed]
2023 Malli Pelli young Phaneendra Telugu
Saandrithazh Tamil

References edit

  1. ^ a b Palicha, Paresh C. "Review: Plus Two is entertaining". Rediff.
  2. ^ a b "Tourist Home and Buddy from today". IndiaGlitz. 5 July 2013. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013.
  3. ^ a b Sam, Serin (24 December 2013). "An all-new experience for Roshan Basheer". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  4. ^ a b Prakash, Asha (22 January 2014). "I didn't know the story of Drishyam until I saw the film: says Roshan Basheer". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  5. ^ a b Subramanian, Anupama (13 June 2014). "From a mischievous kid to a promising action hero". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  6. ^ a b Pillai, Radhika C (27 August 2014). "I never felt bored of playing same character again: Roshan Basheer". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  7. ^ a b Subrmanian, Anupama (3 July 2015). "Movie review 'Papanasam': A fulfilling experience and a must watch film". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  8. ^ a b Nair, Shreejaya (8 July 2015). "Kamal sir is wonderful: Roshan Basheer". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  9. ^ a b Nair, Shreejaya (26 October 2015). "Roshan Basheer to play Vijay fan". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Innanu aa Kalyanam review. Innanu aa Kalyanam Malayalam movie review, story, rating". IndiaGlitz.com. 6 December 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  11. ^ Prakash, Asha (26 February 2017). "What made Vijay offer Roshan a role in 'Bairavaa'". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  12. ^ "Dirty Hari review. Dirty Hari Telugu movie review, story, rating". IndiaGlitz. 19 December 2020.

External links edit