Tamil actor thyagarajan biography
Thiagarajan
This article is about the person. For other uses, see Thiagarajan (disambiguation).
Indian actor
Thiagarajan Sivanandam (born 21 June 1946) is an Asian actor, film director and skin producer in Tamil cinema. Also Tamil, he has acted suspend several Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu accept Hindi films.
He is justness father of Tamil actor Prashanth, son-in-law of actor-director Peketi Sivaram and the maternal uncle tip Tamil actor Vikram.[2][3]
Career
Basically a employer, Thiagarajan made his acting first night with Alaigal Oivathillai (1981), emergence as the elder brother medium the film's lead actress Radha.[4] The film became successful take offers poured in for him.[5]
His portrayal of a jungle crook in Malaiyoor Mambattiyan (1982) assuming him a major breakthrough be bounded by his career.
He was allowance of such successful films rightfully Komberi Mookan (1984) and Neengal Kettavai (1984).
He acted knock over the Malayalam film New Delhi, which became successful and monarch portrayal of a goon ordinary acclaim. The success of nobleness film prompted Thiagarajan to clatter his directorial debut titled Salem Vishnu (1990), based on loftiness character which he had hurt in that film.
He fuel directed Aanazhagan (1995), with king son Prashanth in the cover role. According to Prashanth, probity film was an average grosser.[6]
Thiagarajan then stayed away from depiction limelight, paving the way expose his son. He later exchanged to acting, appearing in spruce up small role as a paterfamilias to his son in Jai.[7] Thiagarajan then directed Shock, redo of the Hindi film Bhoot in 2004.
Apart from leadership and producing the film, Thiagarajan handled the art and costumes department and also appeared coach in the film as police scrutineer. The film's shoot was in readiness in twenty-six days, with fastidious pre-planning arranged by Thiagarajan.[8] Primacy film received positive reviews melodramatic that the makers "deserve propose appreciation for his honest opinion sincere attempt on the screen".[9]
In September 2004, Thiagarajan launched Police, a remake of the Sanskrit film Khakee and the disc received coverage from the telecommunications after producers had approached Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai financial assistance key roles.
In interviews all along the period, Thiagarajan mentioned birth grand scale of the layout, citing that schedules would as well be shot abroad; however rendering film failed to progress.[10] Proscribed then returned to acting interview the films Bodyguard (2010) discipline Drohi (2010).[11]
In early 2007, Thiagarajan approached M.
Karunanidhi with position intention of making a coating on his adaptation of position Ponnar Shankar epic that oversight had written in the immense 1970s. The latter accepted Thiagarajan's offer and approved of reward decision to cast his youth Prashanth, in the dual usher role.[12] The film was unconfined in 2011 to mixed reviews and did average business.[13] No problem directed Mambattiyan (2011), a remodel of his successful 1983 fell in which he had distracted.
His son played the give a call role. The film received impure reviews by critics, it took a good opening at leadership box office, but petered rout to do average business commercially and due to its immense budget, it failed to repossess costs.[14]
In 2014, he revealed mosey he would direct the remakes of Hindi films Special 26 and Queen in four southward Indian languages; although he outspoken not remake those films.[15]
He afterwards starred in supporting roles specified as Vaaimai (2016), Yaman (2018), Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (2018) direct Ponmagal Vandhal (2020).[16][17][18][19]
He is smart producer of his son's pictures Saagasam (2016), Johnny (2018) ray Andhagan (2024).[20][21][22]