Shabeer Kallarakkal

Shabeer Kallarakkal is an Indian film actor, who has appeared in Tamil language films.

Shabeer Kallarakkal
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2014–present
Home town	Chennai, India

Career

Having a background as a theatre artiste in Chennai, Shabeer made his feature film debut by playing the lead role in Lakshmy Ramakrishnan's Nerungi Vaa Muthamidathe (2014).[1] Featuring alongside actresses Piaa Bajpai and Sruthi Hariharan, Shabeer portrayed a lorry driver caught up in a petrol crisis.[2] On the back of his performance in his first film, director Ragavendra cast him in a main role in his directorial debut, 54321 (2016). Shabeer portrayed the lead antagonist in the film, with Ragavendra citing he chose the actor because of his experience in theatre performances and his ability to act.[3][4] The film won mixed reviews at the box office, and the low-scale nature of its release, meant that it went unnoticed at the box office.[5]

In 2017, Shabeer was signed by Prabhu Deva to play a pivotal role in the action film Karuppu Raja Vellai Raja featuring Karthi, Vishal and Sayyeshaa.[6] However, soon after the production began, the film was dropped as a result of scheduling issues. In 2018, Shabeer portrayed a small role in Adanga Maru (2018). He was later signed up by Karthik Subbaraj to play a role in the Rajinikanth-starrer, Petta (2019). After passing several rounds of auditions for the film, Shabeer shot for his scenes in Chennai and Lucknow, sharing screen space with actors such as Vijay Sethupathi and Nawazuddin Siddiqui.[7][8]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Nerungi Vaa Muthamidathe	Chandru Subrahmanyam
2016	54321	Vikram
2018	Adanga Maru	Bhuvanesh
2019	Petta	Arjith
2019	Teddy

Documentaries

• Where The Trees Sing (2017)

References

1. Srinivasan, Sudhir (26 July 2014). "Second shot" – via www.thehindu.com.
2. balachandran, logesh (29 July 2014). "Piaa Bajpai plays intense role in 'Nerungi Vaa Muthamidathe'". Deccan Chronicle.
3. https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/how-hard-it-make-it-big-kollywood-young-debut-director-speaks-55717
4. subramanian, anupama (23 May 2015). "Karthik Subbaraj’s assistant turns independent". Deccan Chronicle.
5. "54321 Movie Review {2.5/5}: Critic Review of 54321 by Times of India" – via timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
6. "Shabeer Kallarakkal In Prabhudheva's Karuppu Raja Vellai Raja". Desimartini. 11 July 2017.
7. "It's been a great experience working in Petta: Shabeer - Times of India". The Times of India.
8. "Karthik Subbaraj adds theatre artiste Shabeer to 'Petta' cast". 16 October 2018.

External links

• Shabeer Kallarakkal on IMDb