Lukman Avaran

As Biju Kumar, a police officer from an Adivasi community, Lukman Avaran caught audiences' attention in Unda (2019), the same year he appeared in Shibu and Virus. The Malayalam actor was born on 22 May 1990 in Changaramkulam, Malappuram, and holds a B.Tech. from the Royal College of Engineering & Technology in Thrissur. He began with the short film Kittuo (2013), and that year also acted in Dayom Panthrandum, directed by Harshad PK, which did not get a theatrical release. Muhsin Parari's KL10 Patthu (2015) gave him his first role to draw notice. Tharun Moorthy's Operation Java (2021) handed him a lead as Vinaya Dasan, alongside Balu Varghese. Key parts followed in Khalid Rahman's Thallumaala (2022), opposite Tovino Thomas, and in Tharun Moorthy's Saudi Vellakka (2022), which was screened in the Indian Panorama section of IFFI. Disco, scheduled for release on 6 November 2026, is a mass action entertainer directed by Ullas Chemban and written by Chemban Vinod Jose. Lukman shares the lead with Antony Varghese, Dev Mohan and Arjun Ashokan.