Sabumon Abdusamad

Sabumon Abdusamad (born 16 October 1979), also known mononymously as Sabu, is an Indian actor and television presenter who works in Malayalam cinema. He was the winner of the first season of Bigg Boss. His film Jallikattu is India's official entry to the Oscars 2021

Sabumon Abdusamad
Born
Sabumon Abdusamad

(1979-10-16) 16 October 1979
Alma materUniversity College, Trivandrum
Occupation
  • Actor
  • Television Anchor
Years active2000–present
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Spouse(s)Sneha Bhaskaran[1]

Personal life

Sabu hails from Kayamkulam, Alappuzha. He holds three graduation degrees, in Malayalam, Journalism and in Law respectively from University College, Trivandrum. He initially worked in the sales and operations division of Lufthansa Airlines in Saudi Arabia. Later, he quit the job and decided to pursue his passion in acting. He is the Chief executive officer of SAB productions company. He is married and has two daughters.

Career

Sabu initially achieved success through the TV show Tharikida, which focused on pranks on unsuspecting people. Due to the success of the show, people started addressing him as Tharikida Sabu.[2] Sabu continued to do television shows, and his role as an interviewer in the TV show Midukki was widely appreciated.[3]

Sabu was the thirteenth contestant in Bigg Boss, a show hosted by Malayalam actor Mohanlal.[4][5] He lasted the entire duration of the 98-day show and went on to win the title, beating competition from Pearle Maaney, Shiyas Kareem, Srinish Aravind and Aristo Suresh in the grand finale.[6][7][8]

Sabu also owns a production company, SAB Productions.[9]

Television

Year Program Channel Role
2000Tharikida[10]Surya TVHost
2005Attahasam[11]Asianet PlusHost
2013MidukkiMazhavil ManoramaGuest judge
2014Take It Easy[12]Mazhavil ManoramaHost
2016Just Fun ChummaAmrita TVHost
2018Bigg Boss (Malayalam season 1)AsianetWinner
2018Sell Me The Answer[13]AsianetGuest contestant
2018Comedy Stars[14]AsianetGuest

|- |2020||Star magic[15]||Flowers||Guest |}

Filmography

YearFilmLanguageRoleDirector
2002Nakshathrakkannulla Rajakumaran Avanundoru RajakumariMalayalamBhaskaranRajasenan
2009KadhaMalayalamRaga Srinivas
2013Punyalan AgarbattisMalayalamIdivettu SabuRanjith Sankar
2014Karma CartelMalayalamLuttuVinod Bharathan
2015Adi Kapyare KootamaniMalayalamVeluchammiJohn Varghese
2015Acha DhinMalayalamMichaelG. Marthandan
2015Double BarrelMalayalamPodiyadi MartinLijo Jose Pellissery
2015FiremanMalayalamBinoyDeepu Karunakaran
2016Darvinte ParinamamMalayalamJacksonJijo Antony
2016Oru Murai Vanthu ParthayaMalayalamSukumaranSajan K Mathew
2017GodzoneMalayalamGounderVinod Bharathan
2018Prakashante MetroMalayalamTBAHaseena Suneer
2019JanamaithriMalayalamPolice Constable AshrafJohn Manthrickal
2019JallikkattuMalayalamKuttachanLijo Jose Pellissery
2019Thrissur PooramMalayalamShyam Rangan Rajesh Mohanan
2020DhamakaMalayalamOmar Lulu
2020Upacharapoorvam Gunda Jayan MalayalamTBA
2020Ayyappanum KoshiyumMalayalamKuttamaniSachy
2020Jinn MalayalamTBA
2020Member Remesan MalayalamTBA
2020Ajagajantharam MalayalamTBA

|- |2021||Neelavelicham|| Malayalam ||TBA||Aashiq Abu |-

References

  1. Nair, Radhika. "Hima's strategies against Sabu have turned vulgar: Sneha Bhaskaran, wife of Bigg Boss Malayalam finalist Sabumon". Times Of India. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. M, Athira. "Quick Five: Sabumon -The name of the game…". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  3. "Throwback: Sabumon video from 'Midukki' is trending!..." Manorama Online. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  4. Barua, Richa. "Good news: Superstar Mohanlal to host Bigg Boss Malayalam". Asianet Newsable. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  5. Web Desk, Express. "Bigg Boss Malayalam: These celebrities may enter Mohanlal's show". The Indian Express. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  6. "Bigg Boss Malayalam winner: Sabumon Abdusamad lifts the trophy - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  7. Narayanan, Nirmal. "Bigg Boss Malayalam grand finale live updates: Sabumon wins the prestigious title". International Business Times, India Edition. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  8. "Sabumon Abdusamad to Gayathri Arun: Top Newsmakers of 2018". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  9. "SAB PRODUCTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED". Tofler.in. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  10. Pillai, Radhika C. "Tharikida sabu is on a roll !". Times of India. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  11. "What is the good word?". The Hindu. 20 May 2006. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  12. "Take It Easy - Mazhavil Manorama". Mazhavil Manorama. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  13. "Bigg Boss winner Sabumon Abdusamad is all set for another game show". Times of India. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  14. UR, Arya. "Sabumon is the next guest on Comedy Stars". Times of India. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  15. UR, Arya. Magic-/articleshow/66474696.cms "Sabumon is the next guest on Star Magic" Check |url= value (help). Times of India. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
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