Baiju is a Malayalam film actor. He has acted in more than 100 films.

Background

He came into movie industry as child artist. Director Balachandra Menon introduced Baiju in Maniyanpilla Adhava Maniyanpilla which was released in 1982. He is handling character roles and comedy roles now.

Personal life

B. Santhosh Kumar with the stage name Baiju hails from Thiruvananthapuram district. He married Ranjitha in 1995. The couple has a daughter, Aishwarya and a son, Lokanath. Currently he resides at Thiruvananthapuram with family.

Controversy

A case was registered against actor in 2005 for assaulting and threatening to kill a businessman and also for keeping pistol illegally, during the electioneering, though he had license to carry, which is a non-bailable offense. The pistol was confiscated and deposited at the State Police Armory.

Filmography

Baiju was a Mongol commander in Persia (fl. 1230-1260, also known as Bayju Noyon or Baichu) appointed by Ögedei Khan to succeed Chormagan, and expand Mongol power further in that area.

Baiju took over command in 1241 or 1242, and immediately moved against the Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm, shattering its power at the Battle of Köse Dag in 1243. After this battle, the Sultanate became a vassal state of the Mongol empire and was forced to release David VI Narin. He installed his protégé David Narin to the throne of Georgia to oppose Queen Rusudan's decision. However, the Mongols had few forces in the area, and were content to maintain their vassals with punitive raids. Baiju led Mongol tumens to raid Syria in 1246. Despite his small successes there, his next two attempts to invade the Abbasid Caliphate in Iraq met less success in 1238-1246.

At the end of the regency following Ögedei's death, however, Baiju was replaced by the new khan Güyük with Eljigidei in 1246, but Eljigidei and his entire family were purged in the accession of Möngke Khan in 1251 or 1252. Under Baiju in the 1240s and 1250s, the Mongols retained their power in what is roughly modern-day Iran, and tolerated the independence of the Sultanate, Georgia, and petty states in Iran as clients, interfering with dynastic succession and extracting tribute militarily as necessary. However, the Abbasids in Baghdad and the Assassins in the Elbruz mountains maintained their independence until the coming of Hulegu, Möngke's brother, in 1255.

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Baiju (Chinese: 白局; pinyin: bái jú), also called Baiqu (Chinese: 百曲; pinyin: bǎi qǔ), originating from the rural Luhe District, formed during the Yuan dynasty, is a traditional type of singing and a form of Quyi. It has a history of more than 600 years. Though belittled by the upper class, Baiju was very popular among the lower classes. It is also the only kind of old local opera in Nanjing, known as a native art which singing and telling in the Nanjing dialect and particularly rich in rhyme. Baiju is often performed in the form of a solo monologue or in the form of a dialogue, just like Xiangsheng (a traditional Chinese oral art). When acted, it needs from two performers to five performers. It is very easy to understand with strong local characteristics, but unfortunately, due to the decline of both performers and audiences, the prospects for Baiju are not optimistic. The origin of its name is performers not receiving any pay for their show ("Bai" here means "free" and "ju" here means " a show").