Roshan Mathew

Roshan Mathew (born 22 March 1992) is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam, Hindi and Tamil films. He began his career with numerous theatre productions based in Chennai and Mumbai. These include The Glass Menagerie directed by Rajit Kapoor and 07/07/07 directed by Faezeh Jalali.

Roshan had his first major role in the 2016 film Puthiya Niyamam and his career progressed with supporting roles in Aanandam (2016), Koode (2018), and Moothon (2019). For the latter two, he won two SIIMA Awards. He gained wider attention for his leading roles in the dramas Kappela (2020) and C U Soon (2021). Roshan has also appeared in the Hindi films Choked (2020) and Darlings (2022).

Early life Roshan hails from Changanassery, Kottayam in the Indian state of Kerala. His father Mathew Joseph is a bank manager in Canara Bank and his mother Regina Augustine is a retired PWD engineer. He studied in Kendriya Vidyalaya, Kottayam. After enrolling in School of Engineering, CUSAT in Kochi he dropped out after one year to study B.Sc Physics in Madras Christian College in Chennai. During his second year in college he developed an interest in acting, and after graduation joined the Drama School Mumbai.

Career Theatre Roshan had been active on stage since school, but his first opportunity to work in professional theatre came when the Chennai-based theatre company Stagefright Productions came to Madras Christian College to audition actors for their production of Dirty Dancing in August 2010. Roshan bagged the role of Neal Kellerman, and the production went on stage at The Museum Theatre, Chennai in February 2011. He almost instantly fell in love with theatre, and went on to work with all the prominent Chennai-based companies in plays such as Kamala, Leap, The Uprising, Tughlaq, and Murder Me Always. He was also part of The Little Theatre'''s Christmas Pantomime in 2013. In Madras Christian College, Roshan along with his friends started a theatre group called Theatre No. 60 which staged many plays in different colleges in the state. Their production of Alfred Hitchcock/Patrick Hamilton's Rope was widely appreciated, and their revival of Jean-Paul Sartre's No Exit won Roshan the award for Best Director at a national level student theatre festival in 2013. After moving to Bombay in 2014, Roshan was part of The Drama School Mumbai's adaptation of Eugene Shwartz's The Dragon in 2016. After school, he went to join Faezeh Jalali's widely acclaimed production 07/07/07. He then appeared in Given directed by Padma Damodaran and written by Shivam Sharma, and Rajit Kapoor's adaptation of The Glass Menagerie. He has also directed an original play in Kochi called A Very Normal Family with a new team of artists based in the city.

Film Roshan made his screen acting debut in a web series Tanlines. He made his film debut in 2016 in Puthiya Niyamam directed by A. K. Sajan, followed by a small role in Adi Kapyare Kootamani. It was Ganesh Raj's Aanandam (2016) that put Roshan on the map. The coming-of-age movie opened to packed houses and was one of the biggest successes of the year in Malayalam. In 2018, he essayed a role in Koode directed by Anjali Menon. His other notable performances came in "Thottappan" (2019) alongside Vinayakan, in Viswasapoorvam Mansoor (2017), and Orayiram Kinakkalal (2018). In 2019, he shot to fame by playing Ameer opposite Nivin Pauly in Geetu Mohandas's film Moothon. His upcoming films are "Varthamanam", directed by Sidhartha Siva along with Parvathy, his debut Tamil film Cobra directed by R Ajay Gnanamuthu alongside Vikram. His recently released film is Netflix's Choked directed by Anurag Kashyap alongside Saiyami Kher, Kappela: where he played the lead role alongside Anna Ben and Sreenath Bhasi which gained positive reviews and also C U Soon alongside Fahadh Faasil. His performance in the latest Malayalam movie Kuruthi alongside Prithviraj Sukumaran also garnered much attention.

Filmography

FilmsAll films are in Malayalam unless otherwise noted.'' + List of Roshan Mathew film credits Year Title RoleNotes 2015 Adi Kapyare Kootamani Prem Raj 2016 Puthiya Niyamam Aryan Aanandam Gautham Roy / Rockstar Gautham 2017 Viswasapoorvam Mansoor Mansoor Kadam Kadha Maneesh Matchbox Ernesto Narendran / Ambu Orayiram Kinakkalal Jaison 2018 Koode Krish 2019 Thottappan Ismail Moothon Ameer 2020 Kappela Vishnu Choked Sushant Pillai Hindi film C U Soon Jimmy Kurian 2021 Varthamanam Amal Aanum Pennum Cherukkan Segment: Rani Kuruthi Ibrahim 2022 Night Drive Georgy Jacob Darlings Zulfi Hindi film, released on Netflix Cobra Rajiv Rishi Tamil film Oru Thekkan Thallu Case Podiyan Pilla Kotthu Sumesh Chathuram Balthazar Gold Manu 2023 Pookkaalam Johnymon Neelavelicham Sasi Kumar Dhoomam Siddharth Maharani Vijeesh Paradise Kesav Sri Lankan-Indian film 2024 Ulajh Sebin Josephkutty Hindi film 2025 Ronth CPO Dinnath Ithiri Neram Anish Thomas 2026 Chatha Pacha Vetri Uyir SI Ajeeb Filming

Voice actor Year Title Role Notes 2023 Valatty Tomy (voice)

Screenwriter Year Title Notes 2025 Written & Directed by God

Dubbing Year Title Dubbed for Character Language Notes 2024 Ullozhukku Arjun Radhakrishnan Rajeev Malayalam Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist

Television

+ List of Roshan Mathew series credits Year Title Role Language Platform Notes 2015 Tanlines Dan English Sony LIV 12 episodes 2023 Master Peace Adam Malayalam Disney+ Hotstar Cameo in 5th episode 2024 Poacher Alan Malayalam Prime Video 2025 Kankhajura Ashu Hindi SonyLiv

Awards and nominations