Who Is Soubin Shahir, The Actor Who Stole The Limelight From Pooja Hegde In Coolie Song Monica?

On Friday, the much-awaited song from the Tamil film Coolie titled Monica was released. The song features Pooja Hegda, and everyone was eagerly waiting to watch her energetic dance moves. However, the surprise in the song is actor Soubin Shahir. He has become the talk of the town as he has stolen the limelight from Pooja in the track. We are sure many people would be wondering who Soubin Shahir is.

So, let us tell you that Soubin is one of the popular actors in the Malayalam film industry. He started his career as a child actor, and later worked as assistant director in movies. He started his acting career by playing supporting roles and featured in many famous films like Annayum Rasoolum, Premam, Charlie, and others.

In 2018, he played a lead role in Sudani from Nigeria, and for his performance in the movie, Soubin won Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor. His performance in Kumbalangi Nights was also appreciated a lot.

Soubin played one of the lead roles in the 2024 release Manjummel Boys, which was also co-produced by him. The film collected Rs. 242.30 crore gross at the box office worldwide, and it was the first Malayalam movie to enter the Rs. 200 crore club.

Netizens React To Soubin Shahir's Dance In Monica

Well, Soubin has left everyone surprised with his dance moves. A netizen tweeted, "#PoojaHegde Brought the Heat but #SoubinShahir set the place on Fire (sic)." Another X user wrote, "This Guy steal the show (sic)."

One more netizen tweeted, "Song was about #PujaHegde, but #SoubinShahir stole the show. How come lokesh thought that, Soubin will get a dance number. This is called thinking out of the box (sic)."

Coolie Release Date & Cast

Directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, Coolie is slated to release on August 14, 2025. The film stars Rajinikanth, Aamir Khan, Nagarjuna, Upendra, Soubin Shahir, Sathyaraj, Shruti Haasan, Reba Monica John, Junior MGR, Monisha Blessy and Kaali Venkat.