Azhagam Perumal
Introduction '''Azhagam Perumal''' is an Indian film director and actor.
Career Azhagam Perumal hails from the village of Kulasekharapuram in Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu. All his family members were working in the government service and his parents wanted him to be an engineer. Azhagam Perumal, however, after his graduation, applied to the Adyar Film Institute in spite of stiff opposition from his family. He graduated with a Gold Medal from the Institute in 1991.Azhagam Perumal worked as an assistant to director Mani Ratnam from ''Thalapathi'' to ''Iruvar'', before leaving to make his independent project. When Mani Ratnam was shooting ''Alaipayuthey'', he was looking for someone like Jagathy Sreekumar to play the quirky house owner, which Azhagam Perumal eventually did, making his acting debut.He had initially announced his directorial debut in 1998 as ''Mudhal Mudhalaaga'', a romantic film starring Arvind Swamy and Karisma Kapoor. Despite beginning production, the film was indefinitely put on hold. He then started making ''Udhaya'' in 1999 with Vijay and Simran starring, but the film faced production delays owing to the producer's financial problems. Azhagam Perumal also discussed making a film titled ''Hijack'' in 2000 but the film failed to develop. He later attempted to make the film with Vikram in 2004, but the project did not proceed.His directorial debut was eventually the romantic comedy ''Dumm Dumm Dumm'' starring R. Madhavan and Jyothika, in which his mentor Mani Ratnam worked as the screenwriter and producer. The film released in 2001 and was a success.After ''Alaipayuthey'', he was offered acting offers but he declined as he wanted to revive and complete ''Udhaya'' by early 2004.
Filmography *''All films and series are in Tamil unless otherwise noted. ''===Directorial=== Year Film Credited as Notes Director Screenplay Story Dialogue 2001  ''Dumm Dumm Dumm''      2003  ''Joot''       2004  ''Udhaya''      2007  ''Guru''      Wrote dialogues for Tamil dubbed version===Acting==='''Films''' Year  Film  Role  Notes 1991  ''Pudhu Nellu Pudhu Naathu''  Suganya's cousin   2000  ''Alaipayuthey''  House owner   2006  ''Pudhupettai''  Thamizhselvan   2007  ''Kattradhu Thamizh''  Poobaal Raavar  2008  ''Alibhabha''  Thiagarajan   2009  ''Kanden Kadhalai''  Perumal 2010  ''Aayirathil Oruvan''  Ravi   ''Kacheri Arambam''  Vasu   ''Rettaisuzhi''    ''Raavanan''  Photographer   ''Thottu Paar''    ''Nil Gavani Sellathey''    2011  ''Vanthaan Vendraan''    ''7aum Arivu'' Museum curator  Guest appearance ''Vellore Maavattam''  Gurumoorthy  ''Osthe''  Shankaralingam  2012  ''Oru Kal Oru Kannadi''   Varadharajan   ''Neerparavai''  Church father   ''Ammavin Kaipesi''    2013  ''Samar''   Sakthi's father  2014  ''Jilla''    ''1 by Two''  Narayanan Pillai  Malayalam film ''Yennamo Yedho''  Narayanan   ''Ennamo Nadakkudhu''   ''Vetri Selvan''  Babu  ''Nalanum Nandhiniyum''  Arunachalam  2015  ''Isai''  Gunasekhar  ''Valiyavan''   Raghuraman   ''Yatchan''   Kreshna's father   ''Naanum Rowdydhaan''  Ravikumar   ''Eetti''    Gayathri's father  2016  ''Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam''   Prabhu's father  ''Theri''  Rathinam 2017  ''Taramani''  Barnabas ''Solo''  Thomas Zachariah  2018  ''Vanjagar Ulagam''  Mahalingam   ''Ezhumin''  Sundaram  ''Adanga Maru''   Chandran  2019  ''Chithiram Pesuthadi 2''    ''Natpuna Ennanu Theriyuma''  Shruti's father  ''Dharmaprabhu''  Politician   ''Hero''  Sakthi's father   2021  ''Master''  Principal   ''Kamali From Nadukkaveri''  Shanmugam  ''Karnan''  Neighborhood Village Head  ''Vanam''   2022 ''Ayngaran''  ''Ante Sundaraniki!'' Leela Thomas' father Telugu film''Trigger''  Police commissioner ''Anel Meley Pani Thuli''  SI ''Witness'' 2023 ''Maamannan''  Sundaram  ''Iraivan''  Mani  2024  ''Siren''  Manickathangam ====Web series==== Year  Film  Role Platform Notes2019''Thiravam''ZEE5 2021  ''The Family Man''  Deepan Amazon Prime VideoHindi series''Navarasa'' Ganesan  Netflix  Episode: "Roudhram"ChakravarthyEpisode: "Thunindha Pinn"2022''Tamil Rockerz''MadhiSonyLIV===Dubbing artist=== Year  Film  Actor  RoleNotes1997 ''Iruvar'' Gowtham Sundararajan Elango2010 ''Raavanan'' Munna Sakkarai2013 ''Pattam Pole'' Jayaprakash Narayana SwamiMalayalam film2022 ''Ponniyin Selvan: I'' Rahman Madhurantaka Cholan2023''Ponniyin Selvan: II''
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