Sundar C.

Vinayagar Sundar Vel, also known as Sundar C., is an Indian film director and actor. He has directed over 32 films in Tamil and acted in over 9 movies as the protagonist. Initially, he worked as an assistant director to Manivannan. His notable films include Ullathai Allitha (1996), Arunachalam (1997), Anbe Sivam (2003), Winner (2003), Giri (2004), Kalakalappu (2012), Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru (2013), Aranmanai (2014) and Kalakalappu 2 (2018).

Not to be confused with Sundar C. Babu.

Sundar C.
Born
Vinayagar Sundar Vel

(1968-01-21) 21 January 1968
Erode, Madras State, India[1]
NationalityIndian
Occupation
  • Film director
  • Actor
  • Film producer
  • Screenwriter
Years active1992 – present
Known forFounder of Avni Cinemax
Spouse(s)Kushboo
(m.2000–present)
ChildrenAvantika, Anandita

He took a short break from direction after his initial launch as an actor in 2006 with the film Thalai Nagaram which was a commercial failure.[2][3] He returned to direction with his trade mark comedy roller coaster in the movie Kalakalappu in 2012 and it went on to become a moderate success.

His successful career as a director continued with the Aranmanai film series (2014).

He also produced the TV series Nandini along with his wife, actress Kushboo aired on Sun TV. He is a pioneer in television industry to produce a TV Series in 4 languages: Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada, simultaneously.[4] The show has been praised and well received by audience, becoming a huge success and India's most watched television series in a matter of weeks since it first aired.[5] He also produced movies like Hello Naan Pei Pesuren, Muthina Kathirika and Meesaya Murukku. Sundar C is one of the few directors who directed Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan in Arunachalam (1997) and Anbe Sivam (2003), respectively.

Career

Sundar C started his career as an assistant director to Manivannan and made his directorial debut with Murai Maman (1995). Sundar revealed that he initially wanted a leading action hero to play the lead role in his film and approached Sarathkumar, but the producer was unavailable to sign the actor. Subsequently, the director chose Jayaram to play the lead role in the film and also said that he tapped into his innate sense of humour, as Jayaram was very famous for his humour in Malayalam.[6] Murai Maaman did well at the box office and Sundar went on to direct many humour themed films such as Ullathai Allitha (1996), Mettukudi (1996) and Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga (1999). In 1997, he directed his highest-profile project till date, Arunachalam, with Rajinikanth. He has also occasionally directed action and thriller films such as Unnai Kann Theduthey (2000), Rishi (2001) and Chinna (2005).[7][8] His favourite heroine was actress Rambha; as a Director he made her as his lead heroine in his 6 movies.

In 2003, he directed two films Winner and Anbe Sivam. The former was successful and the comedy scenes from that film became hugely popular. However, the latter, despite being critically acclaimed, under performed at the box office, but became a cult classic. Anbe Sivam remains his only humane realism movie till today out of his regular commercial cinema genre.[9] After directing Rendu (2006), Sundar took a break from directing in order to concentrate on his acting career. He made his acting debut as lead actor with Thalai Nagaram (2006), which was well received. Then he went on to play lead roles with the commercially successful Veerappu, directed by Badri and Sandai by Sakthi Chidambaram. He then made a comeback as a director with Nagaram Marupakkam (2010).

After his blockbuster hit Kalakalappu in 2012, he is continuously giving successful movies like Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru, Aranmanai, Aambala, Aranmanai 2 and Kalakalappu 2. Out of which Aranmanai and Aranmanai 2 are the trend setters in Comedy Horror genre in Tamil film industry. He acted in lead role in the horror thriller, Iruttu (2019) directed by V. Z. Durai. Sundar C. takes charge as the inspector of police. The film was released to positive reviews.[10] And directed Vishal's film, Action (2019).[11] His Next is Aranmanai 3 with Sun Pictures Filming Starts From February 20.[12]

Filmography

As an Actor
YearFilmRole NotesRef.
1990 Vaazhkai Chakkaram Constable [13]
1995Murai Maman Cameo appearance[14]
1997ArunachalamReporter Cameo appearance[15]
2006Thalai NagaramSubramaniam (Right) [16]
2007VeerappuPulippandi [17]
2008SandaiKathiresan (Kaththi) [18]
Aayudham SeivomSaidai Sathya [19]
2009PerumalPerumal [20]
TheeSarathy (Samy) [21]
Aiyantham PadaiPrabhakaran [22]
2010Guru SishyanEeti [23]
VaadaaVetrivel [24]
Nagaram MarupakkamSelvam [25]
2012Murattu KaalaiKaalaiyan [26]
2014Ninaithathu YaaroHimself Cameo appearance[27]
AranmanaiRavi [28]
2016Aranmanai 2Ravi [29]
Muthina KathirikaiMuthupandi [30]
2019ActionPassenger Cameo appearance[31]
IruttuChezhiyan [32]

As a director and writer
Year Film Credited as Notes
Director Writer
1995Murai MamanYY
Murai MappillaiYY
1996Ullathai AllithaYY
MettukudiYY
1997ArunachalamYNTamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film
JanakiramanYY
1998Naam Iruvar Namakku IruvarYY
1999Unnai Thedi YY
SuyamvaramYNDirected by fourteen directors
Unakkaga Ellam UnakkagaYY
2000AzhagarsamyYN
Kannan VaruvaanYY
Unnai Kann ThedutheyYY
2001Ullam Kollai PoguthaeYY
RishiYN
Azhagana NaatkalYY
2003Anbe SivamYN
WinnerYY
2004GiriYY
2005LondonYN
Thaka Thimi ThaYN
ChinnaYN
2006RenduYY
2010Nagaram MarupakkamYY
2012KalakalappuYY25th film as a director
Madha Gaja RajaYYUnreleased
2013Theeya Velai Seiyyanum KumaruYY
2014AranmanaiYYNominated, Vijay Award for Favourite Director
2015AambalaYY
2016Aranmanai 2YY
2018Kalakalappu 2YY
2019Vantha Rajavathaan VaruvenY
ActionYY
2020Aranmanai 3YYPre-production

As a Singer
YearFilmSongComposerNotes
2008Sandai"Vaadee En Kappakezhungu"Dhina
2010Guru Sishyan"Subbaiyaa Subbaiyaa"Sung with Sathyaraj

As a Producer
YearFilmLanguage
2017Meesaya MurukkuTamil
2019Natpe Thunai
2020Naan Sirithal

As a TV Series Producer

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