Anish Kuruvilla


Anish Kuruvilla is an Indian film director and actor from Telangana. He predominantly works in the Telugu film industry.
Before becoming director, he worked as an executive producer with Sekhar Kammula, and played the lead role in Dollar Dreams, and supporting role in Anand. After taking a break as an actor for 12 years, he played a crucial role in 2016 film Pelli Choopulu. He also appeared in the biography film of Indian cricketer M. S. Dhoni.

Early life

Anish was born into a Malayali family and grew up in Hyderabad. He did his schooling at The Hyderabad Public School, Ramanthapur.

Career

He played the lead role in Sekhar Kammula's debut film Dollar Dreams, and supporting role in the block buster film Anand. After 12 years gap, he acted in 2016 film, Pelli Choopulu. He worked with Sekhar Kammula, Nagesh Kukunoor, and Manishankar before his directorial debut Avakai Biryani produced by Sekhar Kammula, and Ko Antey Koti produced by Sharwanand who was also the lead actor.

Filmography

As actor

As director