Acting

Shanmugasundaram

Born August 3, 1939 · Madras, Madras Province, British India (now Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India)

Died August 15, 2017 · aged 78

Shanmugasundaram was an Indian actor who appeared in Tamil films. He had acted for nearly six decades in over 500 films in Tamil cinema industry.

Known For

Malaikottai ostracises his wife and blames her for not being chaste. After she gets thrown out of the village, she takes her son and decides to give him a good education.

Unnai Suttrum Ulagam · 1977

Unnai Suttrum Ulagam

1977

MovieDrama

Unnai Suttrum Ulagam is a 1977 Indian Tamil-language film starring Jayalalithaa in the lead role. The supporting cast included AVM Rajan, Vidhubala, Pramila, Savithri, Vijayakumar. Kamal Haasan plays a cameo. The film was directed by G.Subramaniya Reddiar and produced by Shree Navaneetha Pictures.

The desire for biryani after drinks lands two friends in an endless frenzy as they get framed for a kidnapping and go on the run.

Baghdad Perazhagi · 1973

Baghdad Perazhagi

1973

MovieHistoryDrama

When Prince Abdullah returns home after completing his higher education, he learns that his mother and sister have gone missing. He decides to search for them while his father falls for a dancer.

Masss Engira Masilamani · 2015

Masss Engira Masilamani

★ 5.12015

MovieComedyThriller

A conman gains the power to see and communicate with ghosts and decides to use it to make money. His happy-go-lucky lifestyle goes for a toss when a ghost who is his look-alike approaches him with an offer.

Owing to the exploitations of a vicious landlord, Velu, a meagre farmer, loses his sister. To avenge her death, Velu murders the landlord's brother and joins a gang of bandits.

Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan · 2017

Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan

★ 5.12017

MovieActionThriller

A local gangster in Madurai bids adieu to his past life. Years after, in his mid-50s, he falls in love with a young girl, which changes his life.

Three young men, who always get into trouble in their village, dream of an effortless life. For this, they run away to Goa in the hope of finding and getting married to rich foreign women.

Filmography

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Malaikottai ostracises his wife and blames her for not being chaste. After she gets thrown out of the village, she takes her son and decides to give him a good education.

Unnai Suttrum Ulagam · 1977

The desire for biryani after drinks lands two friends in an endless frenzy as they get framed for a kidnapping and go on the run.

Kasi Vishwanathan

Baghdad Perazhagi · 1973

Baghdad Perazhagi

1973

MovieHistoryDrama

When Prince Abdullah returns home after completing his higher education, he learns that his mother and sister have gone missing. He decides to search for them while his father falls for a dancer.

Thalapathi Sikander

Masss Engira Masilamani · 2015

Masss Engira Masilamani

Ghost

Owing to the exploitations of a vicious landlord, Velu, a meagre farmer, loses his sister. To avenge her death, Velu murders the landlord's brother and joins a gang of bandits.

Narasingam

Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan · 2017

Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan

★ 5.12017

MovieActionThriller

A local gangster in Madurai bids adieu to his past life. Years after, in his mid-50s, he falls in love with a young girl, which changes his life.

Three young men, who always get into trouble in their village, dream of an effortless life. For this, they run away to Goa in the hope of finding and getting married to rich foreign women.

Ellam Un Kairasi · 1980

Ellam Un Kairasi

★ 5.51980

MovieDrama

A mechanic, constantly gets into a brawl with a well-known smuggler. All hell breaks loose, when he discovers that the smuggler is none other than his father, who alienated him.

Ellappan

Unnai Thedi (Tamil: உன்னை தேடி) is a 1999 Tamil film directed by Sundar C. The film features Ajith Kumar and Malavika in the lead roles, while an ensemble supporting cast includes Karan, Vivek, Sivakumar, and Srividya.

A class-divided friendship goes through highs and lows through several decades.

Dialogue

Chennai 600028 II: Second Innings · 2016

Chennai 600028 II: Second Innings

★ 5.72016

MovieComedyRomance

A group of friends reunite for the wedding of one of their own. However, when a mishap threatens to ruin the event, only a series of cricket matches can save the day.

Sports minister

Best friends Sathya and Viji are against selling their colony to a land grabber. Their friendship is put to the test after Viji falls in love with Sumathi and marries her.

A man struggles to save his family-owned restaurant as it is running in loses. He soon falls for a health inspector keen on shutting down the place. When his brother enters the scene, things get worse.

Minister Sundaram

Jaga, Ganesh, Ajay and Vishwas are motoring to a cricket game. An accident leads them to divert on a side road, where they encounter a criminal gang that has kidnapped a young girl and shot a policeman - in front of them....

Mohan, a kind-hearted man, not only preaches and believes in equality but also practices it. He marries a poor girl but lands in trouble as she is accused of murdering a scientist.

The story revolves around the portrayal of the ten different avatars of Lord Vishnu namely Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Narasimha, Vamana, Parashurama, Rama, Krishna, Balarama and Kalki.

Prince Namachi

Padikkatha Pannayar · 1985

Padikkatha Pannayar

★ 9.01985

MovieDrama

A neighbour envies the love shared between a joint family. Unable to see them happy, the person devises a conspiracy to create a rift in the family.

Chennai 600028 · 2007

Chennai 600028

★ 7.22007

MovieComedy

A group of young men from Chennai find friendship, rivalry, and love through their passion for street cricket. As they face challenges both on and off the field, the game becomes more than just a pastime, shaping their bonds, conflicts, and coming-of-age journey.

Sports minister

Diya Aur Toofan · 1995

Diya Aur Toofan

★ 8.31995

MovieCrimeDrama

Dr. Vijay performs a ground breaking surgical operation when he transplants the brain of a slain police officer on the brain-dead body of his to-be bride in order to avenge the death of the police officer.

Screenplay

Trisha Illana Nayanthara · 2015

Trisha Illana Nayanthara

★ 5.32015

MovieRomanceAction

A young man falls in love with his childhood friends only to keep breaking up with them, not realising that he will always end up as a loser.

ticket collector

A mockumentary comedy which parodies contemporary commercial films in Tamil cinema, mocking stereotypical scenes.

Shanmugam

Nee Varuvai Ena · 1999

Nee Varuvai Ena

★ 4.51999

MovieDramaRomance

Ganesh falls for his extremely caring and helpful new neighbour, Nandini, who lives in a house opposite to his. But, when Ganesh and his parents put forth a marriage proposal, she turns them down.

A pickpocket, his girlfriend and a cop become the targets of an education racket.