Soubin Shahir

Soubin Shahir (born 12 October 1983) is an Indian actor and director who works in Malayalam cinema.

He made his acting début in Fazil's Kaiyethum Doorath (2002) while working as an assistant director.

He began his film career as an assistant director in 2003 and worked under several directors.

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.

Soubin made his acting debut in 2013 with a supporting role in Annayum Rasoolum.

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.

He made his directorial debut with the drama Parava (2017).

On 16 December 2017, he married his fiancée Jamia Zaheer.

Jamia is a marketing professional, based in Kochi.

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.

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.

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''.

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The couple has a son born in May 2019.