Arjun Chidambaram

Arjun Chidambaram is an Indian actor, who has appeared in Tamil language films. He made his debut as an actor in Moone Moonu Varthai (2015). He made a breakthrough appearing in Nerkonda Paarvai (2019). He has since appeared in leading and supporting roles in films.

Arjun Chidambaram
Born
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
NationalityIndian
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Theatre Artist

Career

Arjun is a theatre artist who acts in plays. Arjun himself wrote plays such as First Day, First Show. Arjun worked with the Evam and Stray Factory.[1] He got the opportunity as the protagonist of S. P. B. Charan's production, Moone Moonu Varthai.[2] In 2017, he signed onto Rum where he played a deaf and mute hacker.[3][4]

Arjun got his break through role as Adhik in H. Vinoth's Nerkonda Paarvai alongside Ajith Kumar.[5] He played the antagonist of the film who attempts to abuse a woman and takes revenge once she refused. Arjun took the role as it will set an example of how men should not be and the film opens up discussion about sexual violence and consent.[6][7][8] Arjun has been officially cast in Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan: I.[9][10]

Filmography

Films
Year Film Role Notes
2015Moone Moonu VarthaiArjunDebut film
2017RumKural
2019Nerkonda PaarvaiAdhik
2019Enai Noki Paayum ThotaPolice OfficerUncredited
2020TheeviramIsmail
2022Ponniyin Selvan: IVaragunan
2023Ponniyin Selvan: IIVaragunan
2023Aneethi
2023KolaiArjun

Web series
Year Title Role Language Platform Notes
2018 America Mappillai Ganesh Tamil ZEE5 [11]
2019 Auto Shankar Inspector Kathiravan Tamil ZEE5 [12][13][14]
2019 Behind Closed Doors Prashanth Tamil VIU [15]
2020 Addham Ajith Telugu Aha (streaming service) On the segment "the Unvisperable secret".[16][17][18]

Short films
Year Film Role Ref(s)
2014The UnknownKumar[19]
2018 Vice City car thief
2019 Radha Ragasiya Jerry
2018 Irumai Vijay
2020 Eriyum Panikaadu Raghu

Dubbing artist
Year Film Actor Ref(s)
2021DoctorMilind Soman

References
  1. "Arjun plays the negative lead in Michael Muthu's film". The Times of India.
  2. "I called SPB sir taaths on the set-Arjun". Times of India. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  3. Rao, Subha J. (27 March 2017). "A flight from the fringes". The Hindu.
  4. J Rao, Subha (27 March 2017). "A flight from the fringes". The Hindu.
  5. "AK59: Ajith's Pink remake full cast and crew revealed. See here". India Today. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  6. "With Nerkonda Paarvai Ajith Sir has set a big example for others". The Indian Express. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  7. Menon, Thinkal. "Meet the four young actors who face-off with Thala Ajith". The Times of India.
  8. "I absolutely loved Ajith sir's court scene: Adhik Ravichandran on 'Nerkonda Paarvai'". The New Indian Express.
  9. "Arjun Chidambaram joins the cast of Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan". The New Indian Express. 19 December 2019.
  10. "Arjun Chidambaram joins the cast of Ponniyin Selvan". Times of India. 20 December 2019.
  11. "American Mappillai review: An interesting addition to the Tamil web series arena". The Indian Express. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  12. "Auto Shankar Review: An effective, profanity-laced retelling". Cinema Express. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  13. "Nerkonda Paarvai actor Arjun Chidambaram to play a key role in Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan". India Today. 21 December 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  14. "Auto Shankar's a well-shot series which gets sluggish with each episode". Film Companion. 27 April 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  15. "'Behind Closed Doors' review: A refreshing Tamil-English web series on relationships". The News Minute. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  16. "'Addham': How the Telugu web series on moral dilemmas was made". The News Minute. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  17. Janani K. (10 October 2020). "Addham trailer out: Aha's new anthology is all about morality". India Today. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  18. "Addham Movie Review: An anthology that falls short of expectations". Cinema Express. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  19. Sriraman, Sukanya (20 May 2015). "Exploring the unknown". The Hindu.
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