Arjun Radhakrishnan

Arjun Radhakrishnan is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam and Hindi films. He played the role of APJ Abdul Kalam in the SonyLIV web series Rocket Boys (2022) and has since acted in films such as Jhund (2022), Dear Friend (2022), Pada (2022) and Kannur Squad (2023).

Arjun Radhakrishnan
Born	Nagarcoil, Tamil Nadu, India
Alma mater	Savitribai Phule Pune University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2017–present

Personal life

Arjun Radhakrishnan was born in Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu to a Malayali father and Tamil mother. He was brought up in Pune and graduated with a BSc in Statistics from Savitribai Phule Pune University.^[1] He worked at KPMG before resigning to pursue acting.^[1]

Career

He debuted as an actor in an independent film titled Shreelancer in 2017.^[2] He made his breakthrough in the web series Rocket Boys playing the role of APJ Abdul Kalam in which his performance was praised.^[3][4][5]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2017	Shreelancer	Shreepad Naik	Hindi English	[2]
2022	Jhund	Arjun Borade	Hindi	[6]
	Pada	Ajay Shripad Dange IAS	Malayalam	[7]
	Dear Friend	Shyam	Malayalam	[8]
2023	Kannur Squad	Ameer Shah		[9]
2024	Ullozhukku	Rajeev		[10]
2025	Identity	Amar Felix		[11]

Television/Web Series

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2021-2023	Rocket Boys	APJ Abdul Kalam	Hindi	[3][4][5]
2021	Love in the Times of Corona		English Hindi	Television Movie[12]
2025	Kerala Crime Files 2 †	TBA	Malayalam	[13]

Awards

Award	Category			Film	Result	Ref.
IIFA Utsavam	Performance in a Negative Role			Kannur Squad	Won	[14]