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Tovino Thomas
Tovino Thomas
	Tovino in 2018
Born	21 January 1989 (age 35); Irinjalakuda, Kerala, India
Alma mater	Anna University
Occupations	Actor; film producer;
Years active	2012–present
Spouse	Lidiya (m. 2014)
Children	2
Website	tovinothomas.com

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Tovino Thomas (born 21 January 1989) is an Indian actor and film producer who predominantly works in Malayalam films.^[1] He made his debut in 2012 with the film Prabhuvinte Makkal. His breakthrough roles were in the films ABCD (2013), 7th Day (2014), and Ennu Ninte Moideen (2015). He starred in the titular character as the Netflix superhero film Minnal Murali (2021).^[2]

He won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Ennu Ninte Moideen (2015). He also won the Kerala Film Critics Association Award and the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor – Malayalam for his performance in Mayanadhi (2017). In 2022, Tovino won the SIIMA Award for Best Actor for Minnal Murali and Kala.^[3]^[4]

Tovino has co-produced the film Kilometers and Kilometers. On 21 January 2021, he launched his own production house, Tovino Thomas Productions.^[5] Kala is the first venture by his own production house.^[6]

Early life and education

Tovino Thomas was born on January 21, 1989^[7] in Irinjalakuda, Thrissur, to Adv. Ellikkal Thomas and Sheela Thomas as the youngest Child. His siblings are Tingston Thomas and Dhanya Thomas. He completed primary schooling from Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Irinjalakuda^[8]^[9] and Secondary (Plus Two) schooling from St Mary's Higher Secondary School Irinjalakuda and graduated with bachelor's degree in electronics and communication engineering from Tamil Nadu College of Engineering, Coimbatore,. He was a part of the handball Team of Don Bosco High School and also helmed as the school leader.^[10] He later worked in Cognizant Technologies^[9] as a software engineer. He was active in sports, fitness and modeling.^[11]

Career

Debut and early work (2012-2014)

Tovino Thomas made his acting debut in Prabhuvinte Makkal (2012) directed by Sajeev Anthikkad.^[12] Subsequently, he worked as an assistant director in Roopesh Peethambaran's Theevram. In ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi (2013) he portrayed the role of the antagonist. Tovino played the lead in the film Koothara which also featured Mohanlal.^{[citation needed]} He played the lead role in Roopesh Peethambaran's second directorial venture You Too Brutus.^{[citation needed]}

He has played major roles in the films including 7th Day (2014) and Charlie (2015).

Breakthrough and recognition (2015-2019)

In 2015, he portrayed the role of Perumparambil Appu in the film Ennu Ninte Moideen which was widely appreciated and received critical acclaim for his performance. He won his first Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Ennu Ninte Moideen.^[13]

He played the role of Engineer Thejus Varky in Guppy (2016) which was well received by audiences upon the DVD and digital release.^{[citation needed]} He won the New Sensational Hero Award at the NAFA 2017 for his performance in the film.^[14]

He played the lead role in Oru Mexican Aparatha, Godha, and Mayanadi in 2017. He won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor – Malayalam and Behindwoods Critics Award for Best Actor for Mayanadi.^[15]^[16] The film was praised for the way it tackled with sexuality and was included in The Hindu's top 25 Malayalam films of the decade.^[17] The same year he appeared in Ezra in a major supporting role.

In 2018, Tovino Thomas was cast in a major role in Maari 2 with Dhanush which was his Tamil debut.^[18] His major Malayalam releases for the year includes Theevandi, Ente Ummante Peru, and Oru Kuprasidha Payyan. Tovino had major roles in Lucifer, Uyare and Virus in 2019. His film Uyare was released in South Korea, becoming the first Malayalam film to do so.^[19] His other releases in the year were And the Oscar Goes To..., Luca, Kalki, and Edakkad Battalion 06.

Established actor (2020–present)

In 2020, he played the lead role in the crime thriller Forensic with Mamta Mohandas, which received a good response from the audience and was a major box office success.^[20]

In 2021, his first release was Kala which was his second venture as a producer. The film received critical acclaim for its narrative.^[21] Kaanekkaane released in 2021, received a positive response and critical acclaim for its narrative and performance by its cast.^[22] He starred as the titular character in Minnal Murali, which is the first Malayalam superhero action film, released by Netflix on December 24. He received immense praise for his work in the film and the movie was also declared as 'Streaming success'^{[citation needed]} and surpassed the records of most viewed Malayalam Film on OTT previously held by Drishyam 2.^[23]

In 2022, Tovino appeared in Naaradan, Dear Friend, Vaashi and Thallumaala and became commercial success.

In 2023 he starred in Neelavelicham, in which he portrayed the role of Vaikom Muhammad Basheer and in 2018 which collected 176 crore and became the Highest grossing Malayalam film ever.^[24]

Media image

Tovino is considered among the highest-paid actors of Malayalam cinema.^[25] He stood at the 21st place on Forbes India's most influential stars on Instagram in South cinema for the year 2021.^[26] Tovino was named the Kochi Times Most Desirable Men in 2016 and 2018.^[27]^[28] He was also placed 2nd in 2019 and 5th in 2020.^[29]^[30]

Filmography

Key
†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

All films are in Malayalam language unless otherwise noted.

As actor

List of Tovino Thomas film credits as actor
Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
2012	Prabhuvinte Makkal	Che Guevara Sudheendran
2013	ABCD	Akhilesh Varma
2013	August Club	Mahesh
2014	7th Day	Eby Ebineser
2014	Koothara	Tharun
2015	You Too Brutus	Tovino
	Onnam Loka Mahayudham	Jacob
	Ennu Ninte Moideen	Perumpparambil Appu
	Charlie	Georgy
2016	Monsoon Mangoes	Sanjay
	2 Penkuttikal	Sanju
	Style	Edgar / Fletre Kelly	Double role
	Guppy	Engineer Thejus Varkey
2017	Ezra	Shafeer Ahammed
	Oru Mexican Aparatha	Paul and Kochaniyan	Double role
	Godha	Anjaneya Das aka Dasan
	Tharangam	G. Padmanabhan Pillai
	Mayanadhi	Mathews aka Mathan
2018	Aami	Lord Krishna
	Naam	Himself	Cameo
	Abhiyude Katha Anuvinteyum	Abhimanyu / Abhi	Simultaneously shot in Tamil as Abhiyum Anuvum
	Maradona	Maradona
	Theevandi	Bineesh Damodaran
	Oru Kuprasidha Payyan	Ajayan
	Ente Ummante Peru	Hameed and Khalid
	Maari 2	Gangadhar Beeja aka Thanatos	Tamil film
2019	Lucifer	Jathin Ramdas
	Uyare	Vishal Rajashekharan
	Virus	Paul K Abraham
	And the Oscar Goes To...	Issak Ebrahem
	Luca	Luca
	Kalki	K / Kalki
	Edakkad Battalion 06	Shafeeque Mohammad
2020	Forensic	Samuel John Kattookkaran
2020	Kilometers and Kilometers	Josemon
2021	Kala	Shaji
	Kaanekkaane	Alan
	Kurup	Charlie
	Minnal Murali	Jaison Varghese "Minnal Murali" / Martin Rangakala
2022	Naaradan	Chandraprakash
	Dear Friend	Vinod
	Vaashi	Ebin Mathew		^[31]
	Vazhakku	Siddharthan		^[32]
	Thallumaala	Manavalan Wazim "Wazi"
2023	Neelavelicham	Vaikom M. Basheer		^[33]
	2018	Anoop		^[34]
	Adrishya Jalakangal	Unnamed young Man		^[35]
2024	Anweshippin Kandethum	SI Anand Narayanan Pillai		^[36]
	Nadikar	David Padikkal		^[37]^[38]
	Ajayante Randam Moshanam	Ajayan, Maniyan & Kunjikelu (triple role)	50th Film	^[39]
2025	Identity †	TBA	Post - production	^[40]
2025	L2: Empuraan †	Jathin Ramdas	Filming	^[41]

As singer

List of Tovino Thomas film credits as singer
Year	Film	Song	Notes	Ref
2022	Thallumaala	"Tupathu"	Co-sung with Shakthisree Gopalan and Vishnu Vijay

As producer

List of Tovino Thomas film credits as producer
Year	Title	Ref
2020	Kilometers and Kilometers
2021	Kala
2022	Vazhakku	^[42]
2023	Adrishya Jalakangal	^[35]

Awards and nominations

List of awards and nominations
Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2015	Asiavision Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Ennu Ninte Moideen	Won	^[43]
2016	Asianet Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
	CPC Cine Awards	Best Character Actor		Won	^{[citation needed]}
	Filmfare Awards South	Best Supporting Actor – Malayalam		Won	^[44]
	IIFA Utsavam	Best Supporting Actor – Malayalam		Nominated	^[45]
	South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Supporting Actor – Malayalam		Nominated	^[46]
	Asiavision Awards	Outstanding Performance of the Year	Guppy	Won	^[47]
2017	Asianet Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
	Filmfare Awards South	Best Supporting Actor – Malayalam		Nominated	^[48]
	South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Supporting Actor – Malayalam		Nominated	^[49]
	Asianet Comedy Awards	Youth Icon	Godha, Oru Mexican Aparatha	Won	^[50]
	Asiavision Awards	Man of the Year (Malayalam)	Godha, Oru Mexican Aparatha	Won	^[51]
2018	Asianet Film Awards	Performer of the Year	Various films	Won	^[52]
	Filmfare Awards South	Best Actor – Malayalam	Mayanadi	Nominated	^[53]
	Filmfare Awards South	Critics Best Actor – Malayalam		Won	^[54]
	Flowers Indian Film Awards	Star of the Year		Won	^[55]
	Kerala Film Critics Association Awards	Second Best Actor		Won	^[56]
	South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Actor – Malayalam		Nominated	^[57]
	Vanitha Film Awards	Most Romantic Hero		Won	^[58]
2019	Asianet Film Awards	Performer of the Year	Various films	Won	^[59]
	Asianet Film Awards	Most Popular Actor	Various films	Nominated	^[59]
	Asiavision Awards	Best Actor – Malayalam	Mayanadi, Maradona, Theevandi, Oru Kuprasidha Payyan	Won	^[60]
	Filmfare Awards South	Best Actor – Malayalam	Various films	Nominated	^[61]
	Mazhavil Entertainment Awards	Best Actor		Won	^[62]
	South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Actor – Malayalam		Won	^[63]
2022	South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Actor – Malayalam	Minnal Murali	Won	^[3]^[4]
2023	Septymius Award	Best Asian Actor	2018	Won	^[64]

Personal life

Tovino married his longtime girlfriend, Lidiya at St. Thomas Cathedral, Irinjalakuda, on 25 October 2014. The duo had met during their school days and married after nine years^[65] The couple has a daughter and a son born in 2016 and 2020 respectively.^[66]^[67]

Philanthropy

Tovino was a part of the handball team at Don Bosco High School, Irinjalakuda during his high school years. As a part of the team, he has participated in junior and sub-junior levels. He was also the team captain at Don Bosco High School, Irinjalakuda.^[68] Tovino had also competed at district and state levels representing Thrissur during his years when he was active at handball.^[69]

In 2021, Tovino is announced as the ambassador of the Samoohika Sannadhasena,^[70] the community volunteer program launched by the Government of Kerala. The community volunteer program was launched to tackle natural disasters by imparting training to volunteers and provide aid to the public in times of crisis. Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister of Kerala appreciated Tovino's involvement in flood relief activities and noted that his presence will influence the youth to join in the community volunteer program.^[71]

Tovino had volunteered during 2018 Kerala floods to lead rescue and rehabilitation missions. In 2021, Tovino received golden visa from Government of UAE^[72]

After Mammootty and Mohanlal, Tovino became the third Malayalam film actor to receive the Golden Visa issued by the United Arab Emirates.^[73]

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External links

Official website
Tovino Thomas at IMDb

^ "Tovino Thomas' Ajayante Randam Moshanam Continues To Impress Audiences After OTT Debut". News18. Retrieved 15 November 2024.

[1] Sidhardhan, Sanjith. "I had to skip workouts to play a politician". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 30 August 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.

[2] The Hindu Net Desk (28 October 2021). "'Minnal Murali' trailer: Tovino Thomas is Netflix's first superhero from Kerala". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.

[indiatoday.JananiK.SIIMA2022.2022.09.12-3] K, Janani (12 September 2022). "SIIMA 2022 Tamil and Malayalam Winners list: Doctor and Minnal Murali sweep maximum awards". India Today. Archived from the original on 30 October 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2023.

[SIIMA2022.Winners-4] "Awards 2022 – SIIMA". South Indian International Movie Awards. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2023. BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE – Tovino Thomas (Minnal Murali, Kala)

[5] "Tovino Thomas launches his production house". 23 January 2021. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.

[6] "Tovino Thomas takes to social media to announce his own production company". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2021.

[7] "Tovino Thomas turns 32. Dulquer Salmaan, Jaick John, Prithviraj and others send birthday wishes". India Today. 21 January 2021. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.

[8] "Alumni Profile – Tovino Thomas". Don Bosco Alumni, Irinjalakuda. Don Bosco Schools, Irinjalakuda. Archived from the original on 30 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

[HighSchool-9] Prakash, Asha (16 June 2017). "Tovino was school leader once, check out his old pic!". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 30 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

[10] was a student of Don Bosco High School

[11] "Prithvi suggested my name for 'Moideen': Tovino". English.manoramaonline.com. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2018.

[12] "Tovino cherishes memory of first movie". Mathrubhumi. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.

[13] "Winners of the 63rd Britannia Filmfare Awards (South)". filmfare.com. Archived from the original on 2 July 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2020.

[14] James, Anu (30 January 2017). "North American Film Awards (NAFA) 2017: Nivin Pauly, Manju Warrier, Tovino Thomas and others in winners list". Ibtimes.co.in. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2018.

[15] "Winners of the 65th Jio Filmfare Awards (South) 2018". filmfare.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2020.

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v t e SIIMA Award for Best Actor
Kannada	Puneeth Rajkumar (2011) Shiva Rajkumar (2012) Shiva Rajkumar (2013) Yash (2014) Puneeth Rajkumar (2015) Shiva Rajkumar (2016) Puneeth Rajkumar (2017) Yash (2018)
Malayalam	Mohanlal (2011) Mohanlal (2012) Dileep (2013) Nivin Pauly (2014) Prithviraj Sukumaran (2015) Mohanlal (2016) Nivin Pauly (2017) Tovino Thomas (2018)
Tamil	Dhanush (2011) Dhanush (2012) Sivakarthikeyan (2013) Dhanush (2014) Vikram (2015) Sivakarthikeyan (2016) Sivakarthikeyan (2017) Dhanush (2018)
Telugu	Mahesh Babu (2011) Pawan Kalyan (2012) Mahesh Babu (2013) Balakrishna (2014) Mahesh Babu (2015) NTR (2016) Prabhas (2017) Ram Charan (2018) Allu Arjun (2020)