Karu Pazhaniappan
| Karu Pazhanaiappan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Karuppaiya Pazhaniyappan March 6, 1972[1] Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu |
| Residence | Valasaravakkam, Chennai |
| Occupation | actor, director |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Spouse(s) | Pia |
| Website | http://www.karupalaniappan.com/ |
Karu Pazhanaiappan is a Tamil film director.[2][3]
Biography
He hails from Karaikudi, known as capital of Chettinad,affluent in cultural heritage. His parents are Thiru Pala. Chinna Karuppaiah and Thirumathi Nagammai and Karu Palaniappan is the eldest amongst their 3 children.
Books appealed to Palaniappan right from childhood. His dad Chinna Karuppiaah, a trader is an ardent reader. His interests lay not merely in magazines and newspapers but varied from classics to popular writers like Kannadasan, Jayakanthan, Ashokamithran. Following the saying ‘Like father like son’ Palaniappan inherited this ‘love of reading’ from his dad, right from when he was able to read A B C
His passion for reading books spread its wings to learning languages, writing, acting and elocution. His innate style of starting midway through a debate and expressing his thoughts with eloquence, charismatically grabbing the attention of the audience and keeping them spellbound, winning their applause and admiration…presented him with countless trophies, certificates and accolades.
After his schooling in Madurai Seventh day Adventist, he studied English Literature in the renowned American College, Madurai (under grad) and mastered in Literature in Madurai Thiyagaraja College. His intense pursuit of Tamil literature secured him the covetable student training course in Vikatan Group of Magazines.
His sustained reading and movies watched with zest and zeal created an affiliation to cinema within Palaniappan, thus inspiring his first toddler steps into Kollywood in 1994. Though he is acclaimed as director Parthiban’s protégé Palaniappan worked under two other directors. With Mr. Parthiban he worked in Pullakuttikaaran (Parent) and House full. His grey cells contributed to Director Dharani’s stories that didn’t get transformed into films in the sandwiched time frame between his Edhirum pudhirum and Dhil. He worked under director Ezhil in Thullatha Manamum Thullum, Pennin Manathai Thottu and Poovellam Un Vasam. Palaniappan married his Pia, and has two children, Iniya (Daughter) and Dhaya (Son).[4]
Career
Karu. Pazhaniappan is known for his natural narration and the impeccable characterization. He made his debut Tamil film Parthiban Kanavu a Srikanth – Sneha Starrer. The film became one of the biggest hits of the year. The story line of a true love won appreciation from film critics.
In 2005, he began work on a film with Dhanush and Gopika titled Ashokamithran, but the film ran into production troubles and was subsequently shelved.[5] He later re-began work on the film in 2012 with a new crew and Arulnithi in the lead role, however after two months of shooting, the film was again cancelled. The director and actor tried to revive the project in late 2013, but were again unsuccessful.[6][7] Likewise another project, the family drama film Pandiya Vamsam starring Ameer and Rajkiran, was called off soon after production started.[8]
His second film Sivappathigaram with Vishal fared well at the box office. His Pirivom Santhippom got major attention of the family audience. His next film was Manthirapunnagai in which he debuted as hero, His second film with Srikanth called Sathurangam was finished in 2006 which remained unreleased for a long time and at last released in 2011.
Madhavan and Raj Kiran has signed a new project with director Karu Pazhaniappan [9]
Filmography
As Director
| Year | Film | Director | Actor | Notes |
| 2003 | Parthiban Kanavu | Yes | No | Winner, State Award for Best Director |
| 2006 | Sivappathigaram | Yes | No | |
| 2008 | Pirivom Santhippom | Yes | No | |
| 2010 | Mandhira Punnagai | Yes | Yes | |
| 2011 | Sadhurangam | Yes | No | Winner, State Award for Best Script Writer |
| 2013 | Jannal Oram | Yes | No | |
| 2016 | Kallan | No | Yes | |
Assistant Director
- Pullakuttikaaran (1995)
- Thulladha Manamum Thullum (1999)
- Pennin Manathai Thottu (2000)
- Poovellam Un Vaasam (2001)
Awards
- Best Director Award
Tamil Nadu State Award Parthiban Kanavu – 2003
- Best Story Writer Award
Tamil Nadu State Film Award Sadhurangam – 2011
References
- ↑ http://tamilfilmdirectorsassociation.com/profile.php?sno=1340
- ↑ "Kollywood's Top 25 Directors – Directors – Vetrimaran Balaji Sakthivel Lingusamy Vasanth Karu Pazhaniappan Simbudevan". Behindwoods.com. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
- ↑
- ↑ Biography. Karupalaniappan.com. Retrieved on 2012-02-22.
- ↑ http://www.tamilguardian.com/article.asp?articleid=296
- ↑ http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/apr-12-03/arulnidhi-ashokamitran-21-04-12.html
- ↑ http://www.cineulagam.com/tamil/news/cinema/karu-pazhaniappans-ashokamitran-to-be-resumed-finally/
- ↑ http://www.kollyinsider.com/2012/07/karu-palaniappans-next-pandiya-vamsam.html
- ↑ "Madhavan to share screen space with Rajkiran". chennaivision. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.