Lallu

Lallu is an Indian actor and lyricist who works in Tamil-language films. He is known for his role in Rangoon (2017).

Lallu
Born	Lallu Prasath
Other names	Rangoon Lallu
Occupation	Actor lyricist
Years active	2014–present

Career

Lallu started his career as an actor by acting in several short films.[1] He debuted as a lyricist for Inga Enna Solluthu (2014) and wrote a song for Virattu (2014).[2][3] In a soundtrack album review by The Hindu, the reviewer wrote that "‘Cute-ana’ sung by Naresh Iyer and written by Lallu, is enjoyable".[2] That same year, he received a role in R. Parthiban's Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam (2014) after Keerthana, Parthiban's daughter, watched one of his short films and suggested him for a role.[1] He played supporting roles in Chennai 600028 II (2016) and 8 Thottakkal (2017) before he starred in Rangoon (2017).[4] He garnered acclaim for playing one of Gautham Karthik's friends in the film. Lallu had also written a song titled "Foreign Return" for the film that contained Burmese lyrics.[5][6] He has since played supporting roles in several films including Sarkar (2018) and Kaithi (2019).[7][8][9]

Filmography

• All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

As actor

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam	Murthy
2016	Chennai 600028 II	Cricket player
2017	8 Thottakkal	Kathir
	Rangoon	Kumaran (Atho Kumar)
2018	Sarkar	IIT student
2019	Kaithi	College student
	Sangathamizhan	Sangathamizhan's friend
2020	Naan Sirithal	Rohith
	Dharala Prabhu	Satish
	Master	TBA

Web series

• Vella Raja (2018) as Aadira's assistant
• Mitta (2019)
• Dhunki (2019)

As lyricist

Year	Title	Song	Ref.
2014	Inga Enna Solluthu	"Cute Aana"	[2]
	Virattu	"Meeta Paanu"	[3]
2017	Rangoon	"Foreign Return"	[5]

References

1. ""I want to work with writers who have become directors"- Actor Lallu". Rediff.com. 21 June 2017.
2. Kumar, S. R. Ashok (14 December 2013). "Audio Beat: Inga Enna Solludhu - Fun-filled frames". The Hindu.
3. Kumar, S. R. Ashok (22 June 2013). "Audio beat: Virattu - Action-packed drama". The Hindu.
4. Ramanujam, Srinivasa (7 April 2017). "8 Thottakkal: Engaging thriller let down by lengthy sequences". The Hindu.
5. Karthik, Janani (24 May 2017). "Burmese words in this kuthu song crooned by Anirudh". The Times of India.
6. "'நான் விஜய் மாதிரி ஆகணும்!' - 'ரங்கூன்' லல்லு ['I want be like Vijay!' - 'Rangoon' Lallu]". Vikatan.
7. "தளபதியுடன் திரையில் தோன்றுவேன் என்று நினைத்துக்கூட பார்க்கவில்லை – நடிகர் லல்லு – Tamil VBC [I never imagined I would appear onscreen with Thalpathy - Actor Lallu - Tamil VBC]". Tamil VBC.
8. "'தளபதி 64' படத்தில் இணைந்த 'சர்க்கார்' நடிகர் [Sarkar actor joins Thalapathy 64]". 28 December 2019.
9. "விஜயின் 'தளபதி 64' படத்தில் இணைந்த 'கைதி' நடிகர்" [Kaithi actor joins Thalapathy 64]. Puthiya Thalaimurai. 28 December 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2020.

External links

• Lallu on IMDb