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Azhagam Perumal

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Azhagam Perumal
Born
N. Azhagam Perumal

(1965-05-25) 25 May 1965 (age 59)[1]
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
Years active1991-present

Azhagam Perumal is an Indian film director and actor.[2]

Career

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Azhagam Perumal hails from the village of Kulasekharapuram in Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu.[3] All his family members were working in the government service and his parents wanted him to be an engineer. Azhagam Perumal, however, after his graduation, applied to the Adyar Film Institute in spite of stiff opposition from his family. He graduated with a Gold Medal from the Institute in 1991.[3][4]

Azhagam Perumal worked as an assistant to director Mani Ratnam from Thalapathi to Iruvar, before leaving to make his independent project.[5] When Mani Ratnam was shooting Alaipayuthey, he was looking for someone like Jagathy Sreekumar to play the quirky house owner, which Azhagam Perumal eventually did, making his acting debut.[5]

He had initially announced his directorial debut in 1998 as Mudhal Mudhalaaga, a romantic film starring Arvind Swamy and Karisma Kapoor. Despite beginning production, the film was indefinitely put on hold. He then started making Udhaya in 1999 with Vijay and Simran starring, but the film faced production delays owing to the producer's financial problems. Azhagam Perumal also discussed making a film titled Hijack in 2000 but the film failed to develop. He later attempted to make the film with Vikram in 2004, but the project did not proceed.[6][7][8]

His directorial debut was eventually the romantic comedy Dumm Dumm Dumm starring R. Madhavan and Jyothika, in which his mentor Mani Ratnam worked as the screenwriter and producer. The film released in 2001 and was a success.[5] After Alaipayuthey, he was offered acting offers but he declined as he wanted to revive and complete Udhaya by early 2004.

He mostly known for his performances in Pudhupettai (2006), 7aum Arivu (2011) and Naanum Rowdydhaan (2016).[9] He is also in supporting roles in Jayam Ravi movies in Adanga Maru (2019), Iraivan (2023) and Siren (2024).[10][11][12]

Filmography

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  • All films and series are in Tamil unless otherwise noted.

Directorial

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Year Film Credited as Notes
Director Screenplay Story Dialogue
2001 Dumm Dumm Dumm Yes Yes Yes Yes
2003 Joot Yes Yes No No
2004 Udhaya Yes Yes Yes No
2007 Guru No No No Yes Wrote dialogues for Tamil dubbed version

Acting

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Films

Year Film Role Notes
1991 Pudhu Nellu Pudhu Naathu Suganya's cousin
2000 Alaipayuthey House owner
2006 Pudhupettai Thamizhselvan
2007 Kattradhu Thamizh Poobaal Raavar
2008 Alibhabha Thiagarajan
2009 Kanden Kadhalai Perumal
2010 Aayirathil Oruvan Ravi
Kacheri Arambam Vasu
Rettaisuzhi
Raavanan Photographer
Thottu Paar
Nil Gavani Sellathey
2011 Vanthaan Vendraan Arjun and Ramana's father
7aum Arivu Museum curator Guest appearance
Vellore Maavattam Gurumoorthy
Osthe Shankaralingam
2012 Oru Kal Oru Kannadi Varadharajan
Neerparavai Church father
Ammavin Kaipesi Chinnapillai
2013 Samar Sakthi's father
2014 1 by Two Narayanan Pillai Malayalam film
Yennamo Yedho Narayanan
Ennamo Nadakkudhu
Vetri Selvan Babu
Nalanum Nandhiniyum Arunachalam
2015 Isai Gunasekhar
Valiyavan Raghuraman
Yatchan Kreshna's father
Naanum Rowdydhaan Ravikumar
Eetti Gayathri's father
2016 Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam Prabhu's father
Theri Rathinam
2017 Taramani Barnabas
Solo Thomas Zachariah
2018 Vanjagar Ulagam Mahalingam
Ezhumin Sundaram
Adanga Maru Chandran
2019 Chithiram Pesuthadi 2
Natpuna Ennanu Theriyuma Shruti's father
Dharmaprabhu Politician
Hero Sakthi's father
2021 Master Principal
Kamali From Nadukkaveri Shanmugam
Karnan Neighborhood Village Head
Vanam
2022 Ayngaran Police officer
Ante Sundaraniki! Leela Thomas' father Telugu film
Trigger Police commissioner
Anel Meley Pani Thuli SI
Witness
Nitham Oru Vaanam Seniyappan
2023 Maamannan Sundaram
Iraivan Mani
2024 Siren Manickathangam
Kadaisi Ulaga Por Pulipandi [13]
Emakku Thozhil Romance TBA [14]

Web series

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Year Film Role Platform Notes
2019 Thiravam ZEE5
2021 The Family Man Deepan Amazon Prime Video Hindi series
Navarasa Ganesan Netflix Episode: "Roudhram"
Chakravarthy Episode: "Thunindha Pinn"
2022 Tamil Rockerz Madhi SonyLIV [15]

Dubbing artist

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Year Film Actor Role Notes
1997 Iruvar Gowtham Sundararajan Elango
2010 Raavanan Munna Sakkarai
2013 Pattam Pole Jayaprakash Narayana Swami Malayalam film
2022 Ponniyin Selvan: I Rahman Madhurantaka Cholan
2023 Ponniyin Selvan: II

References

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  1. ^ "Tamil Movie Actor Azhagam Perumal". Nettv4u.com. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Azhagam Perumal". Jointscene. Archived from the original on 16 January 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
  3. ^ a b "rediff.com, Movies: 'I'm jealous of Mani Ratnam!'". Rediff.com. 24 April 2001. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". tmcafe.com. Archived from the original on 2 July 2001. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ a b c "'Villages nourish me', Alagam Perumal". The Hindu. 4 April 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Tamil Movie Cafe". 8 April 2000. Archived from the original on 8 April 2000. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Flighty Vikram ready for a hijack - Tamil News". IndiaGlitz.com. 1 December 2004. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  8. ^ "dinakaran". 9 February 2005. Archived from the original on 9 February 2005. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  9. ^ "AZHAGAM PERUMAL".
  10. ^ "Adanga Maru review. Adanga Maru Tamil movie review, story, rating". IndiaGlitz.com. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Iraivan review. Iraivan Tamil movie review, story, rating". IndiaGlitz.com. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Siren review. Siren Tamil movie review, story, rating". IndiaGlitz.com. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Hiphop Tamizha Adhi's 'Kadaisi Ulaga Por' gets a release date". The Hindu. 3 September 2024. Archived from the original on 3 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  14. ^ "Ashok Selvan's Emakku Thozhil Romance To Release On This Date!". Times Now. 11 October 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  15. ^ Tamilrockerz | Official Teaser | Tamil | SonyLIV Originals | Streaming Soon, 3 July 2022, retrieved 4 July 2022
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