Soubin Shahir

Soubin Shahir (12 October 1983) is an Indian film actor and director who works in Malayalam cinema. He began his film career as an assistant director in 2003 and worked under several directors. He made his acting debut in 2013 with a supporting role in Annayum Rasoolum. He made his directorial debut with the drama Parava (2017). In 2018, he won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for his leading role in Sudani from Nigeria, the film was also a major commercial success.

Early life
Soubin was born and raised in Fort Kochi, Kerala, India. He has a brother and sister. His father Babu Shahir was an assistant director and production controller who had worked in films such as Manichithrathazhu, Godfather, In Harihar Nagar among others.

Career
Soubin started his film career as an assistant director in the industry with Siddique's Chronic Bachelor (2003). He assisted directors like Fazil, Siddique, Rafi-Mecartin, P. Sukumar, Santhosh Sivan, Rajeev Ravi, and Amal Neerad. He made his acting début in Fazil's Kaiyethum Doorath (2002) while working as an assistant director. He got a breakthrough role with Alphonse Putharen's Premam (2015) where he played the role of a PT teacher. This led to his popularity as an actor in the industry. His popular roles include in films Charlie (2015), Maheshinte Prathikaaram (2016), Kali (2016), Darvinte Parinamam (2016), Kammatipaadam (2016), Anuraga Karikkin Vellam (2016), Mayanadhi (2017), Comrade in America - CIA (2017), and Kumbalangi Nights. His first full lead role was in the film Sudani From Nigeria (2018) for which he won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor''. ''

Personal life
On 16 December 2017, he married his fiancée Jamia Zaheer. Jamia is a marketing professional, based in Kochi. The couple has a son born in May 2019.

Awards and nominations

 * Won


 * 2018:Kerala State Film Awards for Best Actor (Sudani From Nigeria)
 * 2018: 66th Filmfare Awards South for Best Actor-Critics(Sudani from Nigeria)
 * 2018:Asianet Film Awards for Honorary special award(Parava)
 * 2018:Vanitha Film Awards for Best debut director (Parava)
 * 2017:Asiavision Awards for Best debut director (Parava)
 * 2017:Asianet Comedy Awards -All rounder award
 * 2015:Asianet Comedy Awards for Best Pair with Vinay Forrt (Premam)


 * Nominated
 * 2016:1st IIFA Utsavam -Performance in a supporting role (Malayalam) for Chandrettan Evideya
 * 2016:5th South Indian International Movie Awards - Best Comedian (Malayalam) for Premam
 * 2017:6th South Indian International Movie Awards - Best Comedian (Malayalam) for Maheshinte Prathikaaram
 * 2018:Filmfare Award for Best Director – Malayalam for Parava
 * 2018:7th South Indian International Movie Awards -Best director (malayalam) for Parava