Napoleon (actor)

Kumaresan Duraisamy (born 2 December 1963), known by his stage name Napoleon, is an Indian-American film actor, politician[1] and entrepreneur. He was the Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment under the prime ministership of Manmohan Singh. He has acted in nearly 150 films in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and English.

Nepoleon Duraisamy
Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Government of India.
In office
13 June 2009 – 20 March 2013
Preceded byManmohan Singh
Succeeded bySelja Kumari
Personal details
Born
Kumaresan Duraisamy

(1963-12-02) 2 December 1963
Tiruchirappalli, Madras State (now Tamil Nadu), India
NationalityIndia
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (2014)
ChildrenDhanoosh Nepoleon
Gunal Nepoleon
ResidenceNashville, Tennessee
EducationSt. Joseph's College, Trichy
OccupationFilm actor
Politician
Social Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
Websiteactornapoleon.com

Early life

Kumaresan Duraisamy, better known as Napoleon, was born on 2 December 1963—the fifth of six children. His family was occupied in agriculture. He graduated from St. Joseph's College, Trichy. His Father is Duraisamy and mother is Saraswathi Ammal.

Career

Politics

After college, he moved to Trichy and became enthused by the ideologies of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party. He joined the party in which his uncle K. N. Nehru was already a member and at that time the Public Welfare Minister of the state government.

2009 Indian general election campaign

Napoleon contested the State Assembly elections of 2001, winning the Villivakkam constituency contest and thereby becoming a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He lost his membership in the 2006 elections, when he contested from the Mylapore constituency and was defeated by actor S. Ve. Shekhar. Subsequently, Napoleon nurtured the Perambalur constituency in the hope of becoming a member of parliament for the DMK and succeeded in the 2009 Lok Sabha election. He was then appointed Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment in Union government. Seen as a loyalist of Azhagiri, he was sidelined by DMK after the expulsion of the latter from the party in 2014. He joined the BJP in the presence of party President Amit Shah on 21 December 2014. He was made the party's state Vice-President on 26 November 2015.[2]

Films

When aged 27, he watched the film Udhayam, the dubbed version of the Telugu film Siva, and was inspired to take up acting. He entered the Tamil film industry in 1991 with P. Bharathiraja's rural film Pudhu Nellu Pudhu Naathu, playing the antagonist role. Other roles followed, including in Ejamaan, Seevalaperi Pandi, Devasuram, Ravanaprabhu, Vattaram, Hello Brother, Pokkiri and Dasavathaaram. His role as Mundakkal Shekharan in the blockbuster action film Devasuram is widely regarded as his best performance to-date. He reprised the role in the Ravanaprabhu, a sequel to Devasuram.

Though settled in Nashville, at the insistence of makers, he made his acting comeback with Kidaari (2016) and then went on to portray Gautham Karthik's father in Muthuramalingam (2017) replacing Karthik.[3][4]

Among the forthcoming Tamil, Malayalam and Hollywood films in which he features are AY-NA and Devil’s Night: Dawn of the Nain Rouge, which marks his Hollywood debut.

Entrepreneurship
Jeevan Technologies 2008

In 2000 Napoleon founded Jeevan Technologies in Chennai, and then expanded into the USA and New Zealand. In 2008, the Jeevan IT Academy was started with the mission of training graduates to enter the corporate world with a thorough knowledge of industry standards.

Social entrepreneurship

In 2010 Napoleon established Myopathy Unit of Jeevan Foundation, the Institute for Muscular Dystrophy & Research Center. It is a non-profit organization registered under the Tamil Nadu Trust Act.

Achievements and awards

Filmography
As actor
YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
1991Pudhu Nellu Pudhu NaathuShankaralingamTamil
MGR NagarilJohn PeterTamil
1992Chinna ThayeeChamundiTamil
BharathanC.I.D. JohnsonTamil
Nadodi ThendralSwamikannuTamil
Oor MariyadhaiVeerapandiTamil
Idhu Namma BhoomiMirasudarTamil
Mudhal SeethanamTamil
ThalaivasalChandranTamil
PangaliTamil
AbhiramiMr. Dhilip KumarTamilGuest appearance
1993Captain MagalRobert RoyappaTamil
YejamanVallavarayanTamil
DevasuramMundakal ShekaranMalayalam
Rajadhi Raja Raja Kulothunga Raja Marthanda Raja Gambeera Kathavaraya Krishna KamarajanGuru SubramaniamTamil
Dharma SeelanOmer SheriffTamil
Kunthi PuthruduSambasivuduTelugu
MaravanShankarapandiyanTamil
Minmini PoochigalVictorTamil
MunarivippuRanjithTamil
Nallathe NadakkumVikramanTamil
PudhupiraviTamil
Enga MuthalaliJayaramanTamil
Kizhakku CheemayileShivanadiTamil
1994GandheevamVincentMalayalam
Hello BrotherMithraTelugu
MaindhanVelayudam PillaiTamil
Mani RathnamRathnamTamil
Pudhupatti PonnuthayiTamil
Seevalaperi PandiPandiTamilDebut as Hero
ThamaraiThamaraiTamil
Thozhar PandianThaamaraiselvanTamil
Vanaja GirijaAnandTamil
1995Aakaya PookkalSuriyaTamil
AsuranMatthaiyaTamil
Chinna ManiDuraisamy ThevarTamil
En Pondatti NallavaRajappaTamil
MamanithanNaguTamil
Muthu KaalaiSakthivelTamil
RajamuthiraiMarkandeyanTamil
ThamizhachiRasayyaTamil
1996ThayagamPilotTamil
MusthaffaaMusthaffaaTamil
Puthiya ParasakthiRajaduraiTamil
RajaliRajaliTamil
1997Ettupatti RasaSingarajTamilTamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize,
Also singer for song "Ettupatti Rasa"
1998Bhagavath SinghBhagavath SinghTamil
The Government DevaTamil, Telugu, Kannada
Kizhakkum MerkkumSuryamurthyTamil
1999Billa RangaRangaKannada
Ethirum PudhirumArasappanTamil
MayaPratap / SuriyaTamil, Telugu, Kannada
PonvizhaBharathiTamil
Rowdy Brothers Kannada
SivanMuruganTamil
SuyamvaramKrishnaTamil
2000Karisakattu PooveKottai SamiTamil
The GangKevinMalayalam
Manu NeethiMuthazhaguTamil
Rayalaseema Ramanna Chowdary Jadadhari SwamijiTelugu
The Warrant Ravi RamakrishnanMalayalamDubbed into Tamil as The Warrant
2001MegasandesamFr. RossorriyaMalayalamDubbed into Tamil as Rosi
KalakalappuVeluthambiTamil
Mitta MiraasuSinga PerumalTamil
Veettoda MappillaiManikkamTamil
Ravana PrabhuMundakkal SekharanMalayalam
2002Kanal KireedamAlbinMalayalamDubbed into Tamil as Mary Albert
Thenkasi PattanamDassTamil
2004VirumaandiNallama NayakkarTamil
Adi ThadiSuryaTamil
RemoteDeenadayaluTamil
2005AyyaMadasamyTamil
VeerannaMariappan, VeerannaTamilAlso singer for song "Veeranna"
2006VattaramGurupadamTamil
2007PokkiriCommissioner Mohammed Mohideen Khan IPSTamil
2008Aayutham SeivomACP ElumalaiTamil
DasavathaaramKulothunga Chola IITamil
KrishnarjunaNallama NayakkarTelugu
SandaiKamarajTamil
2009Azhagar MalaiPandithuraiTamil
Oy!Dr. Harish Chandra PrasadTelugu
SaleemSingamanaiduTelugu
2011Ponnar ShankarThalaiyoor KaaliTamil
2016KidaariKottur DuraiTamil
2017MuthuramalingamMookiah ThevarTamil
Chennaiyil Oru Naal 2PrabakaranTamil
2018Seema RajaAriya RajaTamil
SharabhaKartavaryuduTelugu
2019Christmas CouponAgent KumarEnglishHollywood Movie
2020Devil’s Night: Dawn of the Nain RougeDr. SudhirEnglishHollywood Movie
Ay-naAynaMalayalamFilming
Vallavanukkum VallavanMinisterTamilFilming
Trap CityNathanEnglishHollywood Movie
SultanSethupathiTamil
As singer
YearFilmSongNotes
1995En Pondatti Nallava"Ponnu Kulla"
1999Ettupatti Rasa"Ettupatti Rasa"
2005Veeranna"Veeranna"
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References
  1. Manoj, CG (29 May 2009). "After MLA napoleon ready for real power". The Indian Express. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  2. Siva, CG (26 November 2015). "தமிழக பாஜக துணைத் தலைவராக நடிகர் நெப்போலியன் நியமனம்". The Indian Express. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  3. "In the US, my son leads a normal life: Napoleon - Times of India". The Times of India.
  4. "How Napoleon became Gautham's father! - Times of India". The Times of India.
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