Actor · Telugu cinema
Shiju
Shiju movies: 9 Telugu films on file, 1999–2026. Earliest on file: Devi (1999). Latest release: Agadha (14 August 2026).
- Films on file
- 9 (9 as actor)
- Years on file
- 1999–2026
- Record
- Q16202345 on Wikidata
Shiju Abdul Rasheed, known as Shiju AR and credited in Telugu films as Devi Shiju, is an Indian actor who works mainly in Malayalam and Telugu cinema (Wikipedia). The name Devi comes from Kodi Ramakrishna’s Telugu film Devi (1999), in which he played the lead. Wikipedia credits him with more than 50 films across Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and English, along with Malayalam television series.
Shiju AR movies list: career
His first film was the Tamil Mahaprabhu (1996), in which he played a villain. After Devi he worked in Telugu films such as Nuvvu Naaku Nachav (2001), then moved to Malayalam cinema and the international film In the Name of Buddha. He took a break in 2004 to work in television and returned to films with Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath (2013). His later Telugu films include Shatamanam Bhavati (2017), Taxiwala (2018), Godse (2022), Robinhood (2025), Shambhala (2025) and Agadha (2026) (Wikipedia).
Shiju AR: quick facts
Career on file
Shiju appears in 9 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1999 to 2026. The earliest of them is Devi (1999), and the most recent release is Agadha (2026). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are Taxiwala (2018), Devi (1999) and Godse (2022). Other recent releases on file are Mrithyunjay (2026), Shambhala (2025) and Robinhood (2025).
Prakash Raj, Ravi Prakash and Vanitha Vijayakumar are the most frequent co-stars, each sharing two films with Shiju. Across these films the credits on file name 9 different directors, 10 music directors and 36 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 6 of them; they average 148 minutes, and the longest is Nuvvu Naaku Nachav at 180 minutes. Five of them have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. By decade the list splits into 1990s (1), 2000s (1), 2010s (2) and 2020s (5).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.