Prithviraj Sukumaran (1982-yil 16-oktabrda tug‘ilgan) — tanilgan malayalam aktyori, rejissyor, produser va playback qo‘shiqchisi bo‘lib, yulduzlikni tanqidiy baholangan ijrolar bilan muvozanatlashda muvaffaqiyat qozongan. U 19 yoshida "Nandanam" (2002) filmida debyut qilgan va tezda avlodining eng ko‘p qirrali va jasur aktyorlaridan biriga aylandi. 2000-yillarda Prithviraj "Vellithira" (2003), "Swapnakoodu" (2003), "Vellinakshatram" (2004), "Ananthabhadram" (2005), "Classmates" (2006, chiqish vaqtida eng ko‘p daromad keltirgan malayalam filmi), "Vaasthavam" (2006), "Chocolate" (2007), "Thalappavu" (2008), "Thirakkatha" (2008), "Puthiya Mukham" (2009, Prithvirajni superyulduzga aylantirgan), "Robin Hood" (2009), "Thanthonni" (2010), "Pokkiri Raja" (2010) va "Anwar" (2010) kabi esda qolarli filmlarni taqdim etdi, bu esa uning tijorat va eksperimental kinolar o‘rtasida o‘tish qobiliyatini namoyish etdi. Keyinchalik, Prithviraj malayalam kinosining eng katta hitlari va tanqidiy dramalarida bosh rol o‘ynadi: "Urumi" (2011), "Indian Rupee" (2011), "Ayalum Njanum Thammil" (2012), "Mumbai Police" (2013), "Memories" (2013), "7th Day" (2014), "Sapthamashree Thaskaraha" (2014), "Ennu Ninte Moideen" (2015), "Amar Akbar Anthony" (2015), "Anarkali" (2015), "Paavada" (2016), "Ezra" (2017), "Koode" (2018), "Driving Licence" (2019), "Ayyappanum Koshiyum" (2020), "Jana Gana Mana" (2022) va "The Goat Life" (2024) kabi filmlarda rol o‘ynadi. Aktyorlikdan tashqari, Prithviraj "Lucifer" (2019) filmi bilan rejissyor sifatida o‘z mahoratini isbotladi, unda Mohanlal bosh rolni ijro etgan va bu film malayalam kinosining eng katta kassaviy muvaffaqiyatlaridan biriga aylandi. U "Prithviraj Productions" nomli prodakshn kompaniyasiga ega bo‘lib, u ambitsiyali loyihalarni qo‘llab-quvvatlashda davom etmoqda. Ikki o‘n yildan ortiq kino sohasida faoliyat yuritgan, milliy mukofot, bir necha Kerala shtat film mukofotlari va tijorat blokbasterlari hamda auteur tomonidan boshqariladigan kinolarni o‘z ichiga olgan filmografiyaga ega bo‘lgan Prithviraj Sukumaran zamonaviy malayalam kinosining belgilovchi kuchlaridan biri sifatida tanilgan.
