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
Nationality	Indian
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
2015	Moone Moonu Varthai	Arjun	Debut film
2017	Rum	Kural
2018	America Mappillai	Ganesh	Webseries (ZEE5)
2019	Auto Shankar	Inspector Kathiravan	Webseries (ZEE5)
2019	Behind Closed Doors	Prashanth	Webseries (VIU)
2019	Nerkonda Paarvai	Adhik
2019	Enai Noki Paayum Thota	Police Officer
2021	Ponniyin Selvan	TBA	upcoming

Short Films

Year	Film	Role	Ref(s)
2014	The Unknown	Kumar	[10]

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.

External links

• Arjun Chidambaram on IMDb