Rahul Pillai

Rahul Pillai is a Malayalam movie actor.

His debut film was Snehaveedu, directed by Sathyan Anthikad and starring Mohanlal, Sheela, Biju Menon, Padmapriya and Innocent. A close family friend of Sathyan Anthikad recommended him after watching the play The Merchant of Venice, in which he played Shylock. Anthikad's search for a boy to play the pivotal character in his film extended throughout the state, and Pillai selected out of 50 youngsters.

He finished his master's degree in English literature from the University of Hyderabad. He was working at Deloitte, Hyderabad, till 2019. He started off his teaching career as an assistant professor at Kristu Jayanti college. Pillai is currently pursuing his Doctoral Degree at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.