Sreejith Vijay
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Sreejith Vijay from Thripunithura, Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 credited mononymously as Sreejith , is an India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n film actor, and model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....

.

He made his debut in 2011 through the Malayalam film Living Together.

Early life

Sreejith was born on 28 March 1986 in Thripunithura near Kochi
Kochi
-Places:* Kochi, a city in the state of Kerala, India, formerly known as Cochin* Kingdom of Cochin, a former feudal city-state on Malabar Coast, India** Fort Kochi, one of the three main urban components which constitute the present day city of Kochi, Kerala, India...

 to Vijayan and Rema. He completed B. Tech in Computer Science from Viswajyothi College of Engineering and Technology
Viswajyothi College of Engineering and Technology
Viswajyothi College of Engineering and Technology , Vazhakulam, Ernakulam district, Kerala, India, is a self-financed engineering college run by the Syro-Malabar Catholic diocese of Kothamangalam. It is affiliated with Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam...

, Vazhakulam
Vazhakulam
Vazhakulam lies east of the town Muvattupuzha in Ernakulam district on the Muvattupuzha - Thodupuzha road in Kerala, India. This town is famous as Pineapple City since most are growing pineapple as well as it is the biggest Asian pineapple market...

, and got into modeling. After completing assignments with high profile clients like Bhima Jewels, Reliance Communications etc., he got his first break into movies when veteran director Fazil
Fazil
A. M. Fazil is an Indian filmmaker, producer, and screenwriter of Malayalam cinema.His father wanted him to be a doctor, but in school and college, extra curricular activities engulfed him. He wrote plays, enacted them with his friends A. M. Fazil (born 1953, in Alleppey, Kerala) is an Indian...

 offered him a role in the movie Living Together. He has a younger brother, Saurav.

Career

Sreejith made his entry into movies in 2011 through Fazil
Fazil
A. M. Fazil is an Indian filmmaker, producer, and screenwriter of Malayalam cinema.His father wanted him to be a doctor, but in school and college, extra curricular activities engulfed him. He wrote plays, enacted them with his friends A. M. Fazil (born 1953, in Alleppey, Kerala) is an Indian...

's Living Together. He did one of the two major supporting roles in the movie. Before the release of it, he got signed up to do the much coveted role of Pappu in Rathinirvedam
Rathinirvedam (2011 film)
Rathinirvedam is a 2011 Malayalam coming-of-age film directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar and starring Shweta Menon and Sreejith. The film is a remake of the 1978 film with the same name directed by Bharathan and written by P. Padmarajan based on his own 1970 novel of the same name...

, remake of the 1978 film of the same name, directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar
T. K. Rajeev Kumar
T. K. Rajeev Kumar is an award winning director of Malayalam films.He is settled in Trivandrum, Kerala. Rajeev Kumar served as the Chairman of Kerala State Chalachitra Academy from 2003 to 2006...

. Swetha Menon, the award winning actress is playing Rathi, the female lead in the movie. He was able to keep a good rapport with her.

Filmography

No. Year Film Role Language Co-stars Director Notes
1 2011 Living Together Niranjan Malayalam Hemanth, Sreerekha, Jinoop Fazil
Fazil
A. M. Fazil is an Indian filmmaker, producer, and screenwriter of Malayalam cinema.His father wanted him to be a doctor, but in school and college, extra curricular activities engulfed him. He wrote plays, enacted them with his friends A. M. Fazil (born 1953, in Alleppey, Kerala) is an Indian...

 
Debut film in Malayalam
Malayalam language
Malayalam , is one of the four major Dravidian languages of southern India. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India with official language status in the state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry. It is spoken by 35.9 million people...

2 2011 Rathinirvedam
Rathinirvedam (2011 film)
Rathinirvedam is a 2011 Malayalam coming-of-age film directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar and starring Shweta Menon and Sreejith. The film is a remake of the 1978 film with the same name directed by Bharathan and written by P. Padmarajan based on his own 1970 novel of the same name...

Pappu Malayalam Shweta Menon
Shweta Menon
Shweta Menon is an Indian model, film actress and television anchor. She has predominantly acted in Hindi and Malayalam language films, besides appearing in a number of Tamil productions....

 
T. K. Rajeev Kumar
T. K. Rajeev Kumar
T. K. Rajeev Kumar is an award winning director of Malayalam films.He is settled in Trivandrum, Kerala. Rajeev Kumar served as the Chairman of Kerala State Chalachitra Academy from 2003 to 2006...

 
Remake of the same name
3 2011 Ennennum Ormakkai Sidharthan Malayalam Dhanya Mary Varghese Robin Joseph In production
4 2011 Oduthalam Vishvan Tamil Roopika Ramnath Sasi Mohan In production

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