Maniyanpilla Raju is a Malayalam film actor and producer. Though his real name is Sudheer Kumar, he is known by the screen name Maniyanpilla Raju. This was the name of the character he played in the film Maniyanpilla Adhava Maniyanpilla. His debut movie is Mohiniyattam directed by Sreekumaran Thampi.

Biography

Raju was born as youngest among four in 1955 to Shekharan Nair and Saraswati Amma at Thycaud, Thiruvananthapuram. He has two sisters, Ramani, Radha and a brother surendran. He had his primary education from Government Model Boys Higher Secondary School, Thiruvananthapuram. He did pre university degree in Victory Tutorial College. He learned diploma in acting course during 1973-1975 from Adyar Film Institute, Chennai. He wrote his autobiography Chirichum Chirippichum in 2012.

He is married to Indira on 1985. His elder son is Sachin and his younger son Niranjan made his debut in Renjith's Black Butterfly.