Nandha Durairaj

Nandaa Dorairaj is an Indian film actor, who primarily works in Tamil films. He made his debut in Mounam Pesiyadhe (2002) and later appeared in acclaimed films, including Eeram (2009).[2]

Nandaa Dorairaj
Actor Nandaa at the Athithi Audio Launch
Born
Govind Sendrampalayam Durairaj

(1977-09-09) 9 September 1977
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationFilm actor, Voice actor, Producer
Years active2002–present
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Spouse(s)Vidya Rupa (m. 2013)[1]

Biography

Nandaa Dorairaj was born as Govind Durairaj in Coimbatore to Durairaj and Rani. He has a younger brother Karthik and he is also the grandson of former minister M. Kannappan. He was married to Vidyaroopa at Tirumala Temple on 17 July 2013 at Codissia E Hall, Avinashi Road, Coimbatore.[3]

Career

He was spotted by producer S. Thanu during his family function. In 1998, he joined the Film Institute in Chennai and obtained a diploma in acting after a one-year course. He made his debut in 2002 with the movie Mounam Pesiyadhe along with Suriya and Trisha Krishnan by film director Ameer. Director Ameer was looking for a cheerful and well built hero to play the co-role with Suriya. Nandhaa immediately fit the criteria and was therefore selected for the role. Punnagai Poove in 2003, showed him as a full-time hero. In 2005, he acted in Selvam. In a freak mishap, he suffers an injury on his head and he forgets all about his past. Nandha playing a confused youth has given a good and matured performance. Donning a tricky character.[4] In 2006, he appeared in two movies as Kodambakkam and Aanivaer. He play in action film, Agaram (2007). The film was released to positive reviews.[5] Followed by Urchagam (2007).[6]

His movie Eeram (2009) was a hit produced by director S. Shankar. Following the success of Eeram, director Shankar again cast him in his production for the second time in Anandhapurathu Veedu (2010), directed by Naga. Then he starred alongside Jiiva in Vanthaan Vendraan (2011). He starred in Vellore Maavattam (2011), in which he played a cop. After two years without movies, Nandha became an action hero in movies as Athithi (2014), Katham Katham (2015), Adhibar (2015) and Kallaattam (2016). In 2018 again after Mounam Pesiyadhe, he starred alongside Suriya in Thaana Serndha Kootam directed by Vignesh Shivan for studio green productions, which turned out to be a success.[7] He has also been starred in a web series produced by Ekta Kapoor for Balaji teleflims which was Tamil s first web series directed by Kaushik.[8] The next is Zhagaram (2019) the adventure thriller film. Nandha who plays Akhilan is very fit and passes off as a young man quite convincingly and lends authenticity to the role of the reluctant treasure hunter.[9]

Filmography

Actor
Films
YearFilmRoleNotes
2002Mounam PesiyadheKannan
2003Punnagai PooveVenkat
2005SelvamSelvam/Kannan
2006KodambakkamSugavannan
AanivaerDr. Nandha
2007AgaramThiru
UrchagamGanesh
2009EeramBalakrishnanNominated, Vijay Award for Best Villain
2010Anandhapurathu VeeduBala
2011Vanthaan VendraanRamana
Vellore MaavattamASP Muthukumar
2014AthithiMadhiazhagan
2015Katham KathamSub-Inspector Nandha
AdhibarDavid
2016KallaattamThamizh
2018Thaana Serndha KootamInspector Vetrivel(Maanga Madaiyaa)
2019ZhagaramAkhilan
2020Vaanam KottatumBaskaran and Natrayan
Paramapadham VilayattuFilming
Untitled Atharva'sFilming
Television
YearShowRoleNotes
1997PremiGovindEpisode 18[10]
2017Maya Thirrai

Dubbing artist
YearFilmActorNotes
2014J. C. DanielPrithvirajTamil version of Malayalam film Celluloid

Producer
YearShowChannelLanguage
2018–2019Sun Naam OruvarSun TVTamil
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References
  1. https://www.filmibeat.com/tamil/news/2013/actor-nanda-marriage-photos-114551.html
  2. Malathi, Rangarajan (18 September 2009). "Water, water everywhere … -- Eeram". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  3. https://www.filmibeat.com/tamil/news/2013/actor-nanda-marriage-photos/articlecontent-pf16459-114551.html
  4. https://www.indiaglitz.com/selvam-review-tamil-movie-7546
  5. https://www.indiaglitz.com/agaram-review-tamil-movie-7216
  6. http://www.sify.com/movies/urchagam-review--pclwuAgfgbgie.html
  7. https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/130118/thaana-serndha-kootam-movie-review-an-enjoyable-affair.html
  8. https://www.tamilstar.com/news-id-actor-nandhas-new-attempt-nandha-27-05-1718822.htm
  9. https://www.indiaglitz.com/zhagaram-review-tamil-movie-22618
  10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUdmlNRkNwA
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