Azhagam Perumal

Azhagam Perumal
Born (1965-05-25) 25 May 1965[1]
Kulasekarapuram, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation actor, director
Years active 2000-present

N. Azhagam Perumal is a Tamil film director and actor.[2]

Career

Azhagam Perumal hails from the remote village Kulasekharapuram in 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]

Azhagam Perumal worked as an assistant to director Mani Ratnam from Thalapathi to Iruvar, before leaving to make his independent project.[4] 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.[4]

He had initially announced his directorial debut in 1998 as Mudhal Mudhalaaga, a romantic film featuring Arvind Swamy and Karisma Kapoor in the lead roles,[5] which failed to take off. He then started shooting the film Udhaya in 2002 with Vijay and Simran in the lead roles but the film saw massive delays and Azhagam Perumal, meanwhile, began another film, the romantic comedy Dumm Dumm Dumm with R. Madhavan and Jyothika in the lead roles, in which his mentor Mani Ratnam worked as the screenwriter and producer. The film released in 2001 and was a success.[4] After Alaipayuthey, he was offered acting offers but he declined as he wanted to revive and complete Udhaya by early 2004.

In late 2004, Azhagam Perumal considered making a film titled Hijack with Vikram, but the project did not proceed.[6]

Filmography

Directorial

Year Film Credited as Language Notes
Director Screenplay Story Dialogue
2001Dumm Dumm Dumm Yes Yes Yes Yes Tamil Written along with Mani Ratnam and R. Selvaraj
2003Joot Yes Yes No No Tamil Story Written By M. S. Ramesh and Dialogue Written By M. Prasannakumar
2004Udhaya Yes Yes Yes No Tamil Dialogue Written By Sujatha
2007Guru No No No Yes Tamil Tamil Dubbing Dialogue and Directed By Mani Ratnam

Acting

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2000AlaipayutheyHouse ownerTamil
2006PudhupettaiThamizhselvanTamil
2007Kattradhu ThamizhPoobaal RaavarTamil
2008AlibhabhaThiagarajanTamil
2009Kanden KadhalaiPerumalTamil
2010Aayirathil OruvanRaviTamil
Kacheri ArambamVasuTamil
RettaisuzhiTamil
RaavananPhotographerTamil
Thottu PaarTamil
Nil Gavani SellatheyTamil
2011Vanthaan VendraanTamil
7aum ArivuMuseum CuratorTamilGuest Appearance
Vellore MaavattamGurumoorthyTamil
OstheShankaralingamTamil
2012Oru Kal Oru KannadiVaradharajanTamil
NeerparavaiChurch fatherTamil
Ammavin KaipesiTamil
2013SamarSakthi's fatherTamil
2014JillaTamil
1 by TwoNarayanan PillaiMalayalam
Yennamo YedhoNarayananTamil
Ennamo NadakkudhuTamil
Nalanum NandhiniyumArunachalamTamil
Kadhal 2 KalyanamTamilUnreleased
2015IsaiGunasekharTamil
ValiyavanRaghuramanTamil
YatchanKreshna's fatherTamil
Naanum RowdydhaanRavikumarTamil
EettiGayathri's fatherTamil
2016Maalai Nerathu MayakkamPrabhu's fatherTamil
TheriRathinamTamil
2017TaramaniBarnabasTamil
Idam Porul YaevalTamilDelayed
SoloThomas Devasagayan, Annie's fatherTamil
PadithuraiTamilDelayed
2018Vanjagar UlagamMahalingamTamil

References

  1. ↑ "Tamil Movie Actor Azhagam Perumal". Nettv4u.com. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 January 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
  3. 1 2 "rediff.com, Movies: 'I'm jealous of Mani Ratnam!'". Rediff.com. 2001-04-24. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  4. 1 2 3 "'Villages nourish me', Alagam Perumal". The Hindu. 2015-04-04. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  5. ↑ "Star Tracks". Chandrag.tripod.com. 1998-05-24. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  6. ↑ https://www.indiaglitz.com/flighty-vikram-ready-for-a-hijack-tamil-news-11733



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