Murali (Tamil actor)

Murali (19 May 1964 – 8 September 2010) was an Indian film actor who appeared in leading and supporting roles in Tamil and Kannada films.[2] He is called Puratchi Nayakan (Revolutionary Hero) and was famous for roles that portrayed him as a perceptive singer or a tragic lover. His son, Atharvaa, debuted as an actor in the 2010 film Baana Kaathadi.

Murali
Born
S.D. Murali

(1964-05-19)19 May 1964
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India[1]
Died8 September 2010(2010-09-08) (aged 46)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
OccupationActor, Producer
Years active1982–2010
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Spouse(s)Shobha
(m.1987–2010)
(Until his death)
ChildrenKavya (b.1988)
Atharvaa (b.1989)
Akash (b.1992)
Parent(s)S. Siddalingaiah
Dhanalakshmi
RelativesS.D.Suresh

(Younger brother)

Daniel Balaji (cousin)

Early life

Murali was born on 19 May 1964 in Bangalore,Madivala Family.Murali had two siblings; a younger brother S.D.Suresh and a sister Santhi. He lived and studied up to his 5th Standard in Chennai, and from 6th Standard to 10th Standard he studied in Bangalore. When he was 14 years old, he joined as an assistant director to work under his father. For some time, he worked as an editing assistant.[3][1]

Career

Murali started his acting career in 1982 with the Kannada film Geluvina Hejje, directed by director Eranki Sharma. Prema Parva, Bili Gulabi, Ajeya, Prema Gange, Thayikotta Thali, Sambhavami Yuge Yuge, Ajay-Vijay are the Kannada films he did before entering into Tamil film industry. Poovilangu was his first Tamil film.[4] He earned a good name with that film. He then acted in Pagal Nilavu, along with actress Revathi and directed by Mani Ratnam who made his directorial debut in Tamil cinema. Though this film garnered Murali great recognition, he could not sustain his success much longer. His films started failing at the box-office one after another and during that period, he even acted in double hero subjects : Vanna Kanavugal (1987) with Karthik, Thangamani Rangamani (1989) with S. Ve. Shekher and Ninaivu Chinnam (1989) with Prabhu.[5]

In 1990, he starred in Vikraman's Pudhu Vasantham along with Sithara and Anand Babu, where he plays one amongst four friends who find themselves unexpectedly saddled with a young woman. The film was successful and set off a trend of "friendship" based movies and also propelled his career.[6] In 1991, he acted in Idhayam, where he portrayed the soft hero who was incapable of expressing his love due to his inferiority complex.[7] Soon, Murali found himself playing in rural drama films: Chinna Pasanga Naanga (1992), Manikuyil (1993), Manju Virattu (1994), Adharmam (1994), En Aasai Machan (1994) and Poomani (1996).

In 1997, he acted in three films including the romantic-drama Kaalamellam Kadhal Vaazhga and the rural drama Porkkaalam directed by Cheran. The two films received critical acclaim and were blockbusters at the box-office.[8][9] The next year, he acted in eight films including the long-delayed Veera Thalattu, the romantic-drama films , Kaadhale Nimmadhi, Poonthottam, Unnudan, the village drama films Rathna and En Aasai Rasave. The six films flopped at the box office. Dhinamdhorum was an average grosser while the much-hyped Desiya Geetham, despite positive reviews, bombed at the box office.[10][11][12][13] In 1999, his flop streak continued with Ooty, the fictional biography Iraniyan, based on the life of the freedom fighter Vattakudi Iraniyan and Kanave Kalaiyadhe becoming box office failures.[14]

In 2000, he acted in Vetri Kodi Kattu alongside Parthiban. The movie was a success at the box-office enabling Cheran to develop his own style of film-making. The film also won critical acclaim as well winning a State Award and a National Award in the process.[15] Followed by drama movies, Kannukku Kannaga and Manu Needhi. In 2001, he appeared in five films. He plays alongside other heroes including Sonnal Thaan Kathala, Aanandham, Samudhiram, Alli Thandha Vaanam and Kadal Pookkal. Murali received the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor for this film. In 2002, he acted in drama, Kamarasu, a comedy, Sundhara Travels and family film, Namma Veetu Kalyanam. The next is Kadhaludan (2003), produced by Devayani and directed by her husband Rajakumaran.[16] In 2006, he starred in the film, Pasa Kiligal alongside Prabhu, written by M. Karunanidhi.[17] In 2010, he acted as cameo role named Baana Kaathadi, in which his son Atharvaa made his film debut as an actor.[18] Murali was last seen in his 100th movie Kavasam, after which he died at the age of 46 due to cardiac arrest.[19][20]

Death

Murali died in the early hours of 8 September 2010 from a sudden massive heart attack in Chennai. He is survived by his wife Shobha, daughter Kaavya and sons Atharvaa and Akash.[21]

Filmography
Year Film Role Language Director Notes
1982 Geluvina HejjeManjuKannada Eranki Sharma
1983 Prema ParvaUnknownKannada S. Siddalingaiah
1984 Bili GulabiSureshKannada G. Shivamurthy
PoovilanguPandiyanTamil Ameerjan
Ingeyum Oru GangaiKathamuthuTamil Manivannan
PudhiavanManohar/KishoreTamil Ameerjan1st dual role
1985 Elan KandruVelanTamil Ameerjan
AjeyaAjeyKannada S. Siddalingaiah
Pagal NilavuSelvamTamil Mani Ratnam
GeethanjaliJamesTamil K. Rangaraj
AnthasthuMuraliTamil R. Thyagarajan
1986 Prema GangeKrishnaKannada Gururaju
PuthirVijay/AzhaguTamil S. Siddalingaiah
Oru Malarin PayanamMoorthyTamil Muktha Srinivasan
Kaalamellam Unn MadiyilMuraliTamil Rajasekar
Mannukkul VairamMayilsamyTamil Manoj Kumar
1987 Kudumbam Oru KoyillRajaTamil A. C. Tirulokchandar
Valayal SathamSundarTamil Jeevabalan
Vanna KanavugalMoorthyTamil Ameerjan
Aval Mella SirithalMuraliTamil M. N. Jai Sundar
Meendum MahaanMuraliTamil Uthaman
Puyal Paadum PaattuUnknownTamil Manivannan
Thayi Kotta ThaaliUnknownKannada Ravindranath
ThulasiSivalingamTamil Ameerjan
1988 Sambhavami Yuge YugeUnknownKannada S. Siddalingaiah
1989 Thangamani RangamaniRangamaniTamil Rama Narayanan
Kai Veesamma Kai VeesuBaluTamil Vinodh
Ninaivu ChinnamMuthuTamil Anu Mohan
Padma VyuhaKiranKannada A. T. Raghu
1990 Ajay VijayAjayKannada A. T. RaghuSimultaneously shot in Tamil as Puthiya Natchathiram
PaalamJeevaTamil Karvannan
Pudhu VasanthamBaluTamil Vikraman
Vetri MalaiBhaskarTamil V. S. Shanmugam
ChilambuMarudhuTamil Nethaji
Naanum Indha OoruthanMuthuTamil Shegar Raja
Nangal PuthiyavargalGowriTamil R. G. Elavalagan
Sirayil Sila RaagangalC. P RajanTamil Rajendrakumar
Pudhiya KaatruUnknownTamil Karvannan
Namma Ooru PoovathaPonarasuTamil ManivasagamIn This Film he has given the title 'Puratchi Nayagan'
1991 Sami Potta MudichuKathirvelTamil R. Sundarrajan
Iravu SooriyanVijayTamil S. Nathan
IdhayamRajaTamil Kathir
KurumbukkaranMuthurajahTamil Ameerjan
1992 Thanga ManasukkaranMurugesh (Murugan)Tamil Rajavarman
ThangarasuThangarasuTamil K. Alexander
Chinna Pasanga NaangaMuthukaalaiTamil Raj Kapoor
Thaali Kattiya RaasaPandiyanTamil Vijaya Kanna
Endrum AnbudanThyaguTamil R. Bhagyanathan
1993 ManikuyilMuthuveluTamil Rajavarman
ThangakkiliMoorthyTamil Rajavarman
1994 AdharmamArjunaTamil Ramesh Balakrishnan
En Aasai MachanSubramaniTamil R. Sundarrajan
SathyavanDiwakarTamil Raj Kapoor
Manju VirattuPandianTamil L. S. Valaiyapathy
1995 ThondanJeevaTamil Karvannanalso singer for song "Nattu Nadu Center"
1996 Poove UnakkagaMuraliTamil VikramanSpecial appearance in song "Machini Vara Neram"
PoomaniPoomaniTamil Kalanjiyam
1997 Kaalamellam Kadhal VaazhgaJeevaTamil R. Balu
PorkkalamManikkamTamil Cheran
Roja MalareKannanTamil T. M. Jayamurugan
1998 Kaadhale NimmadhiMohanTamil Indiran
DhinamdhorumAadhiTamil Nagarajan
Veera ThalattuPandianTamil Kasthuri Raja
RathnaRathna/MuthuvelTamil Ilanchezhiyan
PoonthottamMoorthyTamil Kalanjiyam
En Aasai RasaveMuthumaniTamil Kasthuri Raja
UnnudanSanthoshTamil R. Balu
Desiya GeethamPandianTamil Cheran
1999 Poo VaasamKannaTamil Sree Bharathi
Kanave KalaiyadheAnandTamil V. Gowthaman
OotyBalakumarTamil Anwar
IraniyanIraniyanTamil Vincent Selva
2000 Vetri Kodi KattuSekharTamil Cheran
Kannukku KannagaDharmaTamil S. Dhayalan
Manu NeedhiChinnakannuTamil Thambi Ramaiah
2001 Sonnal Thaan KathalaMuraliTamil T. Rajendar
AanandhamMadhavanTamil N. Lingusamy
SamuthiramThangarasuTamil K. S. Ravikumar
Alli Thandha VaanamMadhavanTamil Sreedhar Prasath
Kadal PookkalKaruthayyaTamil BharathirajaTamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor
2002 KamarasuKamarasuTamil P. C. Anbazhagan
Sundhara TravelsGopikrishnanTamil Thaha
Namma Veetu KalyanamRaviTamil V. Sekhar
2003 KadhaludanKalyanTamil Rajakumaran
2004 ArivumaniArivumaniTamil M. A Kennedy
2006 Pasa KiligalSevathayyaTamil Amirtham
2009 Enga Raasi Nalla RaasiVijayTamil Ravi-Raja
Nee Unnai ArindhaalGopalTamil V. Rishiraj
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2010 Baana Kaathadi'Idhayam' RajaTamil Badri VenkateshGuest appearance
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