# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maniyanpilla-raju
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:01:14.411Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maniyanpilla-raju"
name: "Maniyanpilla Raju"
slug: "maniyanpilla-raju"
description: "Sudheer Kumar, better known by his stage name Maniyanpilla Raju, is an Indian actor and producer who works in Malayalam film industry. His debut film was Mohiniyaattam in 1976. He has played a variety of roles as a character actor, appearing in over 400 films. His stage name was derived from the character he played in the film Maniyanpilla Adhava Maniyanpilla (1981), his break-through role."
tagline: "Indian actor"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/2G6JRbEXPkhCqZ0rZjzRNjip99D.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1955-04-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.48
  momentum:             8.29307368113145
  historical:           6.550696
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0683477/"
    handle:    "nm0683477"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%88"
    title: "مانیان پیلا راجو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%88"
    title: "مانييانبولا راجو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%88"
    title: "مانييانبولا راجو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maniyanpilla_Raju"
    title: "Maniyanpilla Raju"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%A3%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%BB%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B3_%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%9C%E0%B5%81"
    title: "മണിയൻപിള്ള രാജു"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%88_%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9C%E0%AF%81"
    title: "மணியன் பிள்ளை ராஜு"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%A3%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D%E2%80%8C%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B2_%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%9C%E0%B1%81"
    title: "మణియన్‌పిల్ల రాజు"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6750290"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1115746"
    title: "Maniyanpilla Raju"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump