Murali (Tamil actor)

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Murali
Born (1964-05-19)19 May 1964
Bangalore, India
Died 8 September 2010(2010-09-08) (aged 46)
Chennai, India
Occupation Actor
Years active 1984–2010
Spouse(s) Shobha (1987–2010)
(Till his death)
Children Adharvaa (tamil actor)
Kaavya (Doctor)
Akash

Murali (19 May 1964 – 8 September 2010) was an Indian film actor who appeared in leading and supporting roles in Tamil and Kannada films.[1] Murali has acted with many stars including Vijayakanth, Prabhu, Sathyaraj, Karthik, Prabhu Deva, Surya, Parthiban, Sarath Kumar, Mammootty and Sivaji Ganesan. In the 1990s, He has also acted with famous heroines including Meena, Simran, Roja, Devayani, Laila and Rambha.

His son, Adharvaa, debuted as an actor in the 2010 Tamil film Baana Kaathadi.

Early life

Murali was the son of Kannada director Siddalingaiah and started acting in Kannada films in 1984.[2]

Career

Murali started his acting career in 1984 with the Kannada film Prema Parva,directed by his father director S. Siddalingaiah. Ajeya, Prema Gange, Thayikotta Thali, Sambhavami Yuge Yuge, Ajay-Vijay are the Kannada movies he did before entering into Tamil film industry. Poovilangu was his first Tamil movie.[3] He earned a good name with that film. He then acted in Pagal Nilavu, along with actress Revathi. The movie introduced the director Mani Ratnam to the Tamil film industry. Though this movie garnered Murali great recognition he could not sustain his success much longer. His movies started failing at the Box Office one after another.[4] Interestingly,the angry young man image that Murali portrayed in his first few films disappeared after Pagal Nilavu and he appeared more as a soft natured, turning violent only when required, in his subsequent films. He did a lot of romantic drama roles and was remarkably subtle -something distinctly different from his first film - Poovilangu or even Pagal Nilavu. Many of these movies were small and moderate successes and he continued as hero in a number of films every year. Then came 'Idhayam - the movie where he portrayed the soft romantic hero pining and longing to reveal his love to his lady. This character appeared perfectly consistent with his image and many remember him as hero of this movie (the movie had hit songs which remind many of Murali) much more than the angry young man of Poovilangu. In 1990, he starred in Vikraman's Pudhu Vasantham along with Sithara and Anand Babu. where he played one among four friends who find themselves unexpectedly saddled with a young woman. The movie was such a big hit that it re-wrote Tamil movie history, sparking a whole range of "friendship" films and also propelling his career.[5]

Filmography

Year No Film Role Language Director Notes
1984 1 Prema Parva Kannada S. Siddalingaiah
2 Bili Gulabi Kannada G. Shivamurthy
3 Poovilangu Pandian Tamil Ameerjan
4 Ingeyum Oru Gangai Kathamuthu Tamil Manivannan
5 Pudhiavan Manohar Tamil Ameerjan
1985 6 Pagal Nilavu Selvam Tamil Mani Ratnam
7 Geethanjali James Tamil K.Rangaraj
8 Anthasthu Tamil R. Thyagarajan
9 Ajeya Kannada S. Siddalingaiah
10 Ilanganru Tamil Ameerjan
1986 11 Prema Gange Kannada Gururaju
12 Puthir Tamil S. Siddalingaiah 1st dual role
13 Oru Malarin Payanam Tamil Muktha Srinivasan
14 Kaalamellam Unn Madiyil Tamil Rajasekar
15 Mannukkul Vairam Tamil Manoj Kumar
1987 16 Kudumbam Oru Koyill Tamil A. C. Tirulokchandar
17 Vanna Kanavugal Moorthy Tamil Ameerjan
18 Valayal Satham Tamil Jeevabalan
19 Thulasi Siva Tamil Ameerjan
20 Meendum Mahaan Tamil Uthaman
21 Puyal Paadum Paattu Tamil Manivannan
22 Thayi Kotta Thali Kannada Ravindranath
1988 23 Sambhavami Yuge Yuge Kannada S. Siddalingaiah
24 Aval Mella Sirithal Tamil M. N. Jai Sundar
25 Thappu Kanakku Tamil Jeevabalan
1989 26 Thangamani Rangamani Rangamani Tamil Rama Narayanan
27 Kai Veesamma Kai Veesu Tamil Vinodh
28 Ninaivu Chinnam Tamil Anu Mohan
29 Padma Vyuha Kannada A. T. Raghu
1990 30 Ajay Vijay Ajay Kannada A. T. Raghu
31 Pudhu Vasantham Balu Tamil Vikraman
32 Paalam Jeeva Tamil Karvannan
33 Vetri Malai Tamil V. S. Shanmugam
34 Silambu Tamil Nethaji
35 Naanum Indha Ooruthan Tamil Sekar Raja
36 Nangal Puthiyavargal Tamil R. G. Elavalagan
37 Sirayil Sila Raagangal Tamil Rajendrakumar
38 Pudhiya Kaatru Tamil Karvannan
39 Namma Ooru Poovatha Tamil Manivasagam
1991 40 Sami Potta Mudichu Tamil R. Sundarrajan
41 Iravu Sooriyan Tamil S. Nathan
42 Idhayam Raja Tamil Kathir
43 Kurumbukkaran Tamil Ameerjan
1992 44 Thanga Manasukkaran Murugesh (Murugan) Tamil Rajavarman
45 Chinna Pasanga Naanga Muthukaalai Tamil Raj Kapoor
46 Thangarasu Thangarasu Tamil K. Alexander
47 Endrum Anbudan Tamil Bhagyanathan
48 Thaali Kattiya Raasa Tamil Vijaya Kanna
1993 49 Manikkuyil Tamil Rajavarman
50 Thangakkili Moorthy Tamil Rajavarman
1994 51 Manju Virattu Tamil L. S. Valaiyapathy
52 Adharmam Tamil Ramesh Balakrishnan
53 En Aasai Machan Subramani Tamil R. Sundarrajan
54 Sathyavan Diwakar Tamil Raj Kapoor
1995 55 Aahaya Pookal Tamil Deenadayal
56 Thondan Jeeva Tamil Karvannan
1996 57 Poove Unakkaga Murali Tamil Vikraman Special appearance
58 Poomani Poomani Tamil Mu. Kalanjiyam
1997 59 Kaalamellam Kadhal Vaazhga Jeeva Tamil R. Balu
60 Porkkalam Manikkam Tamil Cheran
61 Roja Malare Kannan Tamil Jayamurugan
1998 62 Kaadhale Nimmadhi Mohan Tamil Indiran
63 Dhinamdhorum Tamil Nagarajan
64 Veera Thalattu Tamil Kasthuri Raja
65 Rathna Rathna, Muthuvel Tamil Ilanchezhian
66 Poonthottam Moorthy Tamil Mu. Kalanjiyam
67 En Aasai Rasave Tamil Kasthuri Raja
68 Unnudan Santhosh Tamil R. Balu
70 Desiya Geetham Tamil Cheran
1999 71 Poo Vaasam Tamil Sree Bharathi
72 Kanave Kalaiyadhe Anand Tamil V. Gowthaman
73 Ooty Balakumar Tamil Anwar
74 Iraniyan Iraniyan Tamil Vincent Selva
2000 75 Vetri Kodi Kattu Sekhar Tamil Cheran
76 Manu Needhi Chinnakannu Tamil Thambi Ramaiah
2001 77 Kannukku Kannaga Dharma Tamil S. Dhayalan
78 Sonnal Thaan Kathala Murali Tamil T.Rajendar
79 Aanandham Madhavan Tamil N. Lingusamy
80 Samuthiram Thangarasu Tamil K. S. Ravikumar
81 Alli Thandha Vaanam Madhavan Tamil Sridhar Prasad
82 Kadal Pookkal Karuthayya Tamil Bharathiraja Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor
2002 83 Sundhara Travels Gopikrishnan Tamil Thaha
84 Kamarasu Kamarasu Tamil P. C. Anbazhagan
85 Namma Veetu Kalyanam Ravi Tamil V. Sekhar
2003 86 Kadhaludan Kalyan Tamil Rajakumaran
2004 87 Arivumani Arivumani Tamil M. K. Kennedy
2006 88 Pasa Kiligal Sevathayya Tamil Amirtham
2009 89 Enga Raasi Nalla Raasi Vijay Tamil Raviraja
90 Nee Unnai Arindhal Gopal Tamil Rishiraj
2010 91 Baana Kaathadi 'Idhayam' Raja Tamil Badri Venkatesh Guest appearance

Death

He died in the early hours of 8 September 2010 from a sudden massive heart attack in Chennai.[6] He was survived by his wife Shobha, daughter Kaavya and sons Adharvaa and Akash.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.jointscene.com/artists/Kollywood/Murali/152
  2. ↑ Ramya Kannan, S.R. Ashok Kumar. "Tamil actor Murali dies of heart attack". The Hindu.
  3. ↑ "Murali passes away". Indiaglitz. 2010-09-08. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
  4. ↑ Prakash Upadhyaya (2010-09-08). "A tribute to actor Murali". OneIndia.in. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
  5. ↑ Pavithra Srinivasan (2010-09-08). "Mourning the loss of a mild-mannered hero". Rediff.com. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
  6. ↑ "Murali - Tamil Movie News - Popular hero passes away - Murali - Poo Vilangu - Pudhu Vasantham - Baana Kathadi - Behindwoods.com".


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