Arjun Chidambaram

Arjun Chidambaram is an Indian film actor, who has appeared in Tamil language films. He made his debut as an actor in Moone Moonu Varthai (2015). He made a breakthrough appearing in Nerkonda Paarvai (2019). He has since appeared in leading and supporting roles in films.

Arjun Chidambaram
Born
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
NationalityIndian
Occupation
  • Actor
  • theatre artist

Career

Arjun is a theatre artist who acts in plays. Arjun himself wrote plays such as First Day, First Show. Arjun worked with the Evam and Stray Factory.[1] He got the opportunity as the protagonist of S. P. B. Charan's production, Moone Moonu Varthai. [2] In 2017, he signed onto Rum where he played a deaf and mute hacker.[3]

Arjun got his breaththrough role as Adhik in H. Vinoth's Nerkonda Paarvai alongside Ajith Kumar.[4] He played the antagonist of the film who attempts to abuse a woman and takes revenge once she refused. Arjun took the role as it will set an example of how men should not be and the film opens up discussion about sexual violence and consent.[5][6][7] Arjun has been officially cast in Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan.[8][9]

Filmography
Year Film Role Notes
2015Moone Moonu VarthaiArjunDebut film
2017RumKural
2018America MappillaiGaneshWebseries (ZEE5)
2019Auto ShankarInspector KathiravanWebseries (ZEE5)
2019Behind Closed DoorsPrashanthWebseries (VIU)
2019Nerkonda PaarvaiAdhik
2019Enai Noki Paayum ThotaPolice Officer
2021Ponniyin SelvanTBAupcoming

Short Films
Year Film Role Ref(s)
2014The UnknownKumar[10]
gollark: Lots of things are already complex enough that nobody can really *fully* understand them, just understand their behavior at some level of abstraction.
gollark: I figure that making new companies able to scale up more easily is probably a good thing.
gollark: Intellectual property is just really weird anyway. Probably important in some form, but really weird.
gollark: In the US's internet market for example the government just throws money at the big internet companies, and actually *creates* monopolies on internet connections in some cities.
gollark: The laws of most countries are complicated enough now that nobody can actually know and understand all of them, or even the ones which directly affect them. Also, I'm responding kind of slowly because my internet service is bad right now and randomly dropping out every few minutes.

References
  1. "Arjun plays the negative lead in Michael Muthu's film - Times of India". The Times of India.
  2. "I called SPB sir taaths on the set-Arjun". Times of India. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  3. Rao, Subha J. (27 March 2017). "A flight from the fringes". The Hindu.
  4. "AK59: Ajith's Pink remake full cast and crew revealed. See here". India Today. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  5. "With Nerkonda Paarvai Ajith Sir has set a big example for others". The Indian Express. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  6. "Meet the four young actors who face-off with Thala Ajith - Times of India". The Times of India.
  7. "I absolutely loved Ajith sir's court scene: Adhik Ravichandran on 'Nerkonda Paarvai'". The New Indian Express.
  8. "Arjun Chidambaram joins the cast of Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan". The New Indian Express. 19 December 2019.
  9. "Arjun Chidambaram joins the cast of Ponniyin Selvan". Times of India. 20 December 2019.
  10. Sriraman, Sukanya (20 May 2015). "Exploring the unknown". The Hindu.
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