Arun Pandian

Arun Pandian
Born (1958-07-13) 13 July 1958
Elanchi,Tenkasi,Tirunelveli
Occupation Actor, director, producer, Ex-MLA
Years active 1983-present
Spouse(s) Vijaya Pandian
Relatives C. Durai Pandian (brother)

Arun Pandian is an Indian film actor, director, producer and politician. He began his career as an actor with the critically acclaimed film Oomai Vizhigal (1986). After retiring from acting, he took the post of chief producer for the London-based Ayngaran International, a film production and distribution company, however, he later started his own production and distribution company A&P Groups.

Politics

He became a Member of Legislative Assembly in 2011 after contesting in the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election as a Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) candidate for the constituency of Peravurani.[1][2][3][4] On 21 February 2016, Arun Pandian and nine other MLAs tendered their resignations prior to the Assembly election in the state.[5] On 25 February 2016, he joined the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in the presence of party general secretary and Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa.[6][7] He is alleged as one of the politicians in Tamil Nadu supporting the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.[8]

Family and education

He is son of retired Lieutenant colonel D. P. Chellaiah and resides in Chennai.[9] His late brother C. Durai Pandian directed the film Uzhiyan (1994) with Arun Pandian starring in the lead role.[10] He has three daughters, named Kavitha Pandian, Kirana Pandian, and Keerthi Pandian.[9] He holds a Bachelors in economics from Madras University.[9]

Filmography

As actor

Year Movie Role Language Notes
1985Chidambara RahasiyamArunTamil
1986Oomai VizhigalVijayTamil
1987Oor KuruviVasanthTamil
VilanguBabuTamil
1990Inaindha KaigalDavid KumarTamil
1991AdhikariDuraipandiTamil
1992Kottai VaasalVelu,
Sendhoorapandi		Tamil
Prema ShikharamAnthonyTelugu
1993MutrugaiBalakrishnanTamil
DhadiSivajiTeluguDubbed into Tamil as Police Attack
Nakshathra PoratamBhagathTelugu
1994UzhiyanThilakanTamil
Anokha PremyudhAnthonyHindi
NeramShankar DadaTelugu
Dongala RajyamSurendranTeluguDubbed into Tamil as Chinna Durai Periya Durai
Nyaya RakshanaTelugu
1995AsuranPrasadTamil
Raja MuthiraiRajkumarTamil
1996ThayagamBayilvanTamil
Aavathum Pennale Azhivathum PennaleAnthonyTamil
ThuraimugamJohnnyTamil
AayudhaDanielKannadaDubbed into Tamil as Thilagavathi CBI
1997Hai BangaloreVasudevKannadaDubbed into Tamil as Time Bomb
Jackie ChanACP SimhaKannadaDubbed into Tamil as Jackie Chan
AkkaInspector AjayKannadaDubbed into Tamil as Commissioner Ajay
Central JailPrathapKannada
Lady CommissionerSurajKannadaDubbed into Tamil as Kiran I.P.S
Lady TigerKannadaDubbed into Tamil as Lady Tiger
Yuva ShakthiYuvarajKannadaDubbed into Tamil as Pulanaivu Thurai
Roja MalareArunTamil
KadavulThamizharasanTamil
1998Aasai ThambiVinodhTamil
Amar Akbar AnthonyAnthonyKannadaDubbed into Tamil as Rowdy Vamsam
KingKannada
Urimai PorRaja Yesu MohamedTamil
1999SivanAlexTamil
Naga SakthiDanushTeluguDubbed into Tamil as Naga Devi
PoliceVijayTeluguDubbed into Tamil as No. 1 Police
The KillerGowdaKannadaDubbed into Tamil as Kakki Chattaya Karuppu Chattaya
2000Galate AliyandruKannada
Independence DaySP SubhashTamil
Kannada
NagulammaVeerannaTeluguDubbed into Tamil as Nagathamman
Ee Tharam Nehru RanjithTelugu
SradhaDr. Lucifer MunnaMalayalamDubbed into Tamil as Dhool Police
VeeranadaiKottaisamyTamil
PuratchikkaaranAnbuTamil
2001RishiSathyanTamil
Kaatrukkenna VeliLTTE soldierTamil
Orey ThammuduTelugu
2002DevanAlex Devan (Jackson)TamilAlso director
2003VikadanSelvakumarTamilAlso director
DaaliKannada
2005DhairyamTelugu
2006ThirupathiACP MuraliTamil
Kovai BrothersDr. GnanasekaranTamil
2008InbaMala GanesanTamil
Madurai Ponnu Chennai PaiyanVisaa's uncleTamil
2010Thambi ArjunaChief MinisterTamil
VirudhagiriFranklinTamil

As producer

YearMovieLanguageNotes
1988Senthoora PooveTamil
1992Kaviya ThalaivanTamil
2002DevanTamil
2003VikadanTamil
2008AeganTamil
2009SarvamTamil
PeranmaiTamil
VilluTamil
2010Angadi TheruTamil
NandalalaTamil
2012Murattu KaalaiTamil
2015Savaale SamaaliTamil
2017Kalavaadiya PozhuthugalTamil
2018JungaTamil

As distributor

  • Sakka Podu Podu Raja (2017)
  • Velaikkaran (2017)
  • Maayavan (2017)

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 August 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  2. ↑ The Hindu : States / Tamil Nadu : Two more DMDK MLAs meet Jayalalithaa
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 2012-10-10.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
  5. ↑ "Tamil Nadu: Ten dissident MLAs resign, to join AIADMK". Deccan Chronicle. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Ten former DMDK, PMK and PT MLAs join AIADMK in Tamil Nadu". The Times of India. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Tamil Nadu Assembly: 10 Opposition MLAs to join AIADMK". The Indian Express. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  8. ↑ Arun Pandiyan- A pro-LTTE MLA from Tamil Nadu visited Jaffna secretly | Asian Tribune
  9. 1 2 3
  10. ↑ "Costume Designer turned to an actress!". entertainment.chennaipatrika.com. 2015-02-28. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
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