Aadukalam Murugadoss

Aadukalam Murugadoss is an Indian film actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. He made his breakthrough portraying Dhanush's friend in Vetrimaaran's critically acclaimed 2011 film. Aadukalam, thus adding the name of the film as a prefix to create a stage name.

Aadukalam Murugadoss
Born	Murugadoss Aryankuppam,Pondicherry
Occupation	Film actor
Years active	2004 - Present

Career

The actor was first seen in Ghilli (2004) as a team member of Vijay's Kabaddi team, featuring in several background shots throughout the film. He was also seen as one of the guard in film Kanchivaram (2008). His breakthrough came in Vetrimaaran's Aadukalam, where he portrayed Dhanush's loyal friend and the success of the venture saw the film's name being added as a prefix to his stage name. His role in Mounaguru as a mentally challenged person was also appreciated, with a critic from The Hindu noting he does a "wonderful cameo".[1] He was then seen in pivotal characters as the lead actor's aide in the 2012 action films Thadaiyara Thaakka and Mugamoodi.[2]

In 2013, he appeared as Sasikumar's friend in Kutti Puli, as one of the four main leads in Thagaraaru and also played a comedy role in Kan Pesum Vaarthaigal.[3] Murugadoss will star in a lead role for the first time with Kalvargal, to be directed by Balamithran.[4]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2004	Ghilli	Aadhivasi
2006	Pudhupettai	Anbu's Henchman
2008	Kanchivaram	Guard
2009	Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu
2011	Aadukalam	Oole
	Mounaguru	Babu
2012	Thadaiyara Thaakka	Velu
	Mugamoodi
2013	Kan Pesum Vaarthaigal	Appukutty
	Kutti Puli	Kutti Puli's friend
	Thagaraaru	Aarumugam
2014	Idhu Kathirvelan Kadhal	Kathirvelan's friend
	Cuckoo	Gavas
	Jigarthanda	Himself	Cameo appearance
	Kalvargal
2015	Eetti	Pughazh's friend
2016	Visaranai	Murugan
	Anjala	Kalyana Raman
	Virumandikum Sivanandikum	Shiva's friend
	Saithan	Ravi
2017	Kadamban
	Richie	Murugesh
2018	Merlin		also playback singer for "Aint No Sunshine"
	96	Sathish
2020	Kanni Maadam	Shankar

References

1. Karthik Subramanian. "Mouna Guru - Thrill ride". The Hindu.
2. "Senthil debuts as hero!". The Times of India.
3. "Arulnidhi starrer Sambhavam 50 percent complete". Tamil Cinema News - Movie Reviews - Gossips.
4. "All about Kalvargal". chennaivision.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2013.

External links

• Aadukalam Murugadoss on IMDb