Arjunan (actor)

Arjunan is an Indian film actor who has appeared in supporting roles in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. He made his breakthrough portraying Siva, a hopeless college romantic, in Balaji Mohan's bilingual film, Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi (2012), winning critical acclaim for his portrayal.[1] He has since featured in comedy roles in films including Suseendran's Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer and in Balaji Mohan's next bilingual Vaayai Moodi Pesavum (2014).

Arjunan
Born
Arjunan Nandakumar

(1986-08-08) 8 August 1986
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
OccupationActor
Years active2012–present

Career

Arjunan made his breakthrough with Balaji Mohan's bilingual romantic comedy Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi portraying Siddharth's friend Siva, a hopeless romantic. The film, a remake of a short film by the director, which Arjunan also featured in saw him double up duty as an assistant director.[2] A critic from The Hindu noted "despite appearing gawky and untrained as an actors", he "makes that up by being natural and uninhibited."[3] After winning good reviews, he went on to feature in Siddharth's next Telugu film Jabardasth (2013) and then played a supporting role in Suseendran's Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer, where a critic praised his contribution, writing he "ensures some laughs even in the most serious scenes."[4] Arjunan next played a supporting role in Balaji Mohans's following bilingual film, Vaayai Moodi Pesavum.[5]

He has several films in production including Ravi K. Chandran's Yaan and Anand Shankar's Arima Nambi. Arjunan will also be seen in a major role in the forthcoming Anirudh-musical Aakko.[6]

Filmography
Films
  • All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.
Year Film Role Notes
2012Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu YeppadiSiva
Love FailureTelugu film
2013JabardasthTelugu film
Aadhalal Kadhal SeiveerJai
2014BrammanLakshmi's Ex lover
Samsaaram Aarogyathinu HaanikaramSathishMalayalam film
Vaayai Moodi Pesavum
Arima NambiRaj
YaanSiva
KappalKalyanasundaram
2016AviyalDosaActed in segment Kanneer Anjali
Aagam
Darling 2Shankar
OyeeKrish's Uncle
Idhu Namma AaluShiva's friend
Nambiar
Meendum Oru Kadhal KadhaiAbu
Kadavul Irukaan Kumaru
2017Senjittale En Kadhala
BonguBhaskar
VanamaganArjun
Ivan Yarendru TherikirathaArivu's friend
Puriyaadha PudhirDJ
Nenjil ThunivirundhalJanani's lover
C/o SuryaTelugu film
2018Tik Tik TikAppu
TBASoorarai Pottru
Webseries

References
  1. Gupta, Rinku (10 April 2014). "Vaibhav Flies Solo". Indian Express. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  2. Mohan, Balaji. "Postmortem - Love Failure". idlebrain.com. Idlebrain. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  3. Subramanian, Karthik (18 February 2012). "Kadhalil Sodhapuvadhu Yeppadi: Simple is beautiful". The Hindu. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  4. staff (16 August 2013). "'Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer' review: It's about careless romance". IBN. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  5. Kaushik, L.M. (20 February 2012). "KADHALIL SODHAPUVADHU YEPPADI MUSIC REVIEW". behindwoods.com. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  6. Karthik, Janani (2 January 2014). "Anirudh to do a cameo in Aakko". Times of India. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
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