Arjunan (actor)

Arjunan is an Indian actor who has appeared in supporting roles in predominantly Tamil-language 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

Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
OccupationActor
Years active2012–present
Children2

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]

Personal life

Arjunan has twin children: son Ilan and daughter Iyal, both of whom are child actors.[7]

Filmography
  • All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.
Year Film Role Notes
2011Uyarthiru 420Doctor
2012Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu YeppadiSiva
2013JabardasthBairraju's friendTelugu film
Oruvar Meethu Iruvar Sainthu
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
NambiarArjun
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
2019Bodhai Yeri Budhi MaariJoy
2021ChakraHacker
Gaadi Ulla Body
2022Oke Oka JeevithamSanthoshTelugu film
Kanam
O2
Nitham Oru VaanamJanani's Boyfriend
Oh My GhostPushpa
2023Theerkadarishi

Television series
Year Series Role Notes
2017 As I'm Suffering From Kadhal Santosh's friend Hotstar
2022 Anantham Ramany

References
  1. "Move over Santhanam, it's time for Sathish, Soori, Karuna and Arjunan!". 16 January 2015.
  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. Archived from the original on 19 August 2013. 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.
  7. "Arjunan's twin kids to act in Suriya's next". The Times of India. 6 July 2019. Archived from the original on 5 December 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
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