# Praveen Prem

Praveen Prem (born 21 April 1984) is an Indian actor who works predominately in Malayalam cinema in comedic roles. He is known for his roles in Tournament (2010) and 7th Day (2014).

## Background and career

A native of Maruthoorkadavu, Trivandrum, Kerala, after secondary education Praveen obtained a certificate in film and video editing from the state-owned Keltron. He started his film career as an assistant editor to south Indian film editor Mahesh Narayanan in 2008. He assisted him for one year on several feature and advertising films. After he left editing, Praveen joined Soorya Krishnamoorthy to become part of his Soorya Theatre Group, appearing in amateur theatre plays in 2009. The two plays in which he appeared for Soorya—Pulari and Sookshmacharcha— helped in his transition to movie acting and were staged all over Kerala and Muscat. He received his first movie approach from Malayalam director Sathyan Anthikad in 2010.
He became a television anchor in 2013 on the cookery show Pacchamulaku shown on Media One TV.
He began his acting career in 2010 in the Malayalam language film Kadha Thudarunnu. His first major role in Malayalam cinema came through the movie Tournament – Play & Replay directed by Lal in which he played Usman Ali. Prem next appeared as several comedy characters in Malayalam movies, taking on the role of the hero Kiran in the 2013 movie Crocodile Love Story. Prem made his debut in the Tamil film industry in 2014 after director O.S. Ravi cast him as the male lead in the movie Dummy Tappasu.
Praveen appeared as one of five idiots in K. S. Bava's 2012 comedy Idiots. His character in the movie 7th Day garnered praise from critics and the film went on to become the first 2014 Malayalam blockbuster.

## Filmography
### Films

| Year | Film | Role | Language |
| 2010 | Kadha Thudarunnu | Harichandran | Malayalam |
| 2010 | Tournament – Play & Replay | Usman Ali | Malayalam |
| 2011 | Snehaveedu | Balan | Malayalam |
| 2011 | Fathers Day | Friend | Malayalam |
| 2011 | Pulival Pattanam | Driver | Malayalam |
| 2012 | Ideal Couple | | Malayalam |
| 2012 | Hero | | Malayalam |
| 2012 | StreetLight | Room Boy | Malayalam |
| 2012 | Mullassery Madhavan Kutty Nemom P. O. | Baiju Prathap | Malayalam |
| 2012 | Idiots | Mani | Malayalam |
| 2013 | Annayum Rasoolum | Kammath | Malayalam |
| 2013 | Sim | Unnipilla | Malayalam |
| 2013 | Rebecca Uthup Kizhakkemala | Unni | Malayalam |
| 2013 | Crocodile Love Story | Kiran | Malayalam |
| 2014 | 7th Day | Cyril Samual aka Cycle | Malayalam |
| 2015 | Dummy Tappasu | Sree | Tamil |
| 2015 | ATM | Bombay | Malayalam |
| 2017 | Tubelight | Saba | Tamil |
| 2020 | Mane Number 13 | Karthick | Kannada |
| 2020 | 13aam Number Veedu | Karthick | Tamil |

### Television

| Year | Show | Role | Channel | Notes |
| 2012 | Daivathinte Swantham Devootty | Devu's brother in law | Mazhavil Manorama | TV series |
| 2013-2014 | Pachamulaku | Host | Media One | Cookery show |
| 2016-2018 | Salt N Pepper | Host | Kaumudy TV | Cookery show |
| 2020 | Koodathayi | | Flowers (TV channel) | TV series |
| 2021 | Varnappakittu | Jaggu | Surya TV | TV series |
| 2021 | Im the sorry | Varun | YouTube | Web series |
| 2022 | Daya: Chentheeyil Chalicha Kumkumapottu | | Asianet | TV series |
| 2022 | Bhagyalakshmi | Prem | Zee Keralam | TV series |