Sundar C.

Sundar C.
Born	Vinayaga Sundara Vadivel Chidambaram Pillai 21 January 1968 Erode, Tamil Nadu, India[1]
Occupation	actor, film director
Years active	1995 – present
Religion	Hinduism
Spouse(s)	Kushboo (2000 – present)

Sundar C. is an Indian film director, producer and actor. He has directed over 25 films in Tamil and Telugu languages. Initially, he worked as an assistant director to Manivannan and became a director with the family drama Murai Maman. His notable films include Ullathai Allitha, Arunachalam and Anbe Sivam.^[2] He made his acting debut in 2006 with the film Thalai Nagaram.^[3][4] He made his directorial debut in Telugu with the film Something Something.

Career

Sundar started his career assisting director Manivannan and made his directorial debut with Murai Maman (1996). 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.^[5] Murai Maaman did well at the box-office and Sundar went on to direct many humour themed films like Ullathai Allithaa (1996), Mettukudi (1996) and Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga (1999). In 1997, he directed his high-profile project till date, Arunachalam with Rajinikanth. He also occasionally directed action and thriller films like Unnai Kann Theduthe (2000), Rishi (2001) and Chinna (2005).^[6][7]

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, the film was under performed but became a cult classic.^[8] After directing Rendu (2006), Sundar took a break from directing in order to concentrate on acting career. He made his acting debut as lead actor with Thalainagaram (2006) which was well received. Except Thalainagaram, his other films as lead actor received negative reviews and performed poorly at box-office. He then made a comeback as a director with Nagaram Marupakkam (2010).

Filmography

Actor

Year	Film	Role	Ref
1995	Murai Maman	Cameo
1997	Arunachalam	Cameo
2006	Thalai Nagaram	Subramaniam	[9]
2007	Veerappu	Pulippandi	[10]
2008	Sandai	Kathiresan	[11]
2008	Aayudham Seivom	Saidai Sathya	[12]
2009	Perumal	Perumal	[13]
2009	Thee	Sarathy	[14]
2009	Aiyantham Padai	Prabhakaran	[15]
2010	Guru Sishyan	Eeti	[16]
2010	Vaadaa	Vetrivel	[17]
2010	Nagaram Marupakkam	Selvam	[18]
2012	Murattu Kaalai	Kaalaiyan	[19]
2014	Ninaithathu Yaaro	Himself
2014	Aranmanai	Ravi
2016	Aranmanai 2	Ravi
2016	Muthina Kathirikai	Muthupandi

Director and writer

Year	Film	Credited as		Language	Notes
		Director	Writer
1995	Murai Maman			Tamil
1995	Murai Mappillai			Tamil
1996	Ullathai Allitha			Tamil
1996	Mettukudi			Tamil
1997	Arunachalam		N	Tamil	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film
1997	Janakiraman			Tamil
1998	Naam Iruvar Namakku Iruvar			Tamil
1999	Unnaithedi			Tamil
1999	Suyamvaram		N	Tamil	Directed by ten directors
1999	Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga			Tamil
2000	Azhagarsamy		N	Tamil
2000	Kannan Varuvaan			Tamil
2000	Unnai Kann Theduthey			Tamil
2001	Ullam Kollai Poguthae			Tamil
2001	Rishi		N	Tamil
2001	Azhagana Naatkal			Tamil
2003	Anbe Sivam		N	Tamil
2003	Winner			Tamil
2004	Giri			Tamil
2005	London		N	Tamil
2005	Thaka Thimi Tha		N	Tamil
2005	Chinna		N	Tamil
2006	Rendu			Tamil
2010	Nagaram Marupakkam			Tamil
2012	Kalakalappu			Tamil
2013	Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru			Tamil	Simultaneously made in Telugu as Something Something
2013	Something Something			Telugu	Simultaneously made in Tamil as Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru
2014	Aranmanai			Tamil	Nominated, Vijay Award for Favourite Director
2015	Aambala			Tamil
2016	Aranmanai 2			Tamil
2016	Madha Gaja Raja			Tamil	Delayed
2018	Sangamitra			Tamil/Telugu/Hindi	Pre Production [20]

Singer

Year	Film	Song	Composer	Notes
2008	Sandai	"Vaadee En Kappakezhungu"	Dhina
2010	Guru Sishyan	"Subbaiyaa Subbaiyaa"	Dhina	Sung with Sathyaraj

References

1. "Sundar C, profile". cinemaprofile.com. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
2. "Films of Sundar C". screenindia. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
3. "Sundar C. is on a roll". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 2 October 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
4. "Hat trick?". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 28 March 2008.
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z15UluasxU
6. http://www.bbthots.com/reviews/2000/uktheduthey.html
7. http://www.indiaglitz.com/chinna-tamil-movie-review-7541.html
8. http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/01/17/stories/2003011701310200.htm
9. "Movie Review : Thalainagaram". Sify. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
10. "Veerappu Review". Behindwoods. 26 November 2006. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
11. "Review: Sandai is illogical". Rediff. 24 March 2008. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
12. "Aayudham Seivom Tamil Movie Review". IndiaGlitz. 30 June 2008. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
13. "Perumal Movie Review". Behindwoods. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
14. "Movie Review : Review -Thee". Sify. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
15. "Aindham Padai is below average". Rediff. 27 July 2009. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
16. "Cinema Plus / Film Review : Viewer's woes – Guru Sishyan". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 14 May 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
17. "What's special in 'Vaada'?". IndiaGlitz. 3 April 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
18. "Nagaram Marupakkam Review – Tamil Movie Review by V.S. Rajapur". Nowrunning.com. 20 November 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
19. "Movie Review : Murattu Kaalai". Sify. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
20. http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-16/sundar-cs-historical-film-titled-as-sanghamithra.html

External links

• Sundar C. at the Internet Movie Database