Kalaiyarasan

Kalaiyarasan is an Indian actor, who works in the Tamil film industry. He has collaborated with directors Myshkin and Ranjith, and made a breakthrough with his performance in Madras (2014). Kalaiyarasan, a graduate in Computer Applications from SRM University, initially began work as an actor with Parthy Bhaskar's Arjunan Kadhali in 2008, but the film remains unreleased.He then worked with director Myshkin on two ventures, Nandalala (2010) and Mugamoodi (2012), and credits the film maker as his mentor. He also played small roles in Ranjith's directorial debut Attakathi (2012), playing the suitor to the heroine, as well as in Vikram Sugumaran's Madha Yaanai Koottam (2013).

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Attakathi (2012)

Dinakaran, a college student who becomes the leader of a gang, is unlucky in love. Soon, he tries to find true romance in Poornima, a woman who rejected him once before.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pa. Ranjith
CAST:  Dinesh Ravi  •  Nandita Swetha  •  Aishwarya Rajesh  •  Kabali Vishwanth

Dinakaran, a college student who becomes the leader of a gang, is unlucky in love. Soon, he tries to find true romance in Poornima, a woman who rejected him once before.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pa. Ranjith
CAST:  Dinesh Ravi  •  Nandita Swetha  •  Aishwarya Rajesh  •  Kabali Vishwanth

Mugamoodi (2012)

A man can no longer tolerate injustice and corruption and he becomes a vigilante to fight for a better society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mysskin
CAST:  Jiiva  •  Narain  •  Pooja Hegde  •  Girish Karnad

A man can no longer tolerate injustice and corruption and he becomes a vigilante to fight for a better society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mysskin
CAST:  Jiiva  •  Narain  •  Pooja Hegde  •  Girish Karnad

Nandalala (2010)

Road journey of two people, a mentally challenged adult and an eight-year-old schoolboy, both in search of their respective mothers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mysskin
CAST:  Mysskin  •  Snigdha Akolkar  •  Ashwath Ram  •  Nassar

Road journey of two people, a mentally challenged adult and an eight-year-old schoolboy, both in search of their respective mothers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mysskin
CAST:  Mysskin  •  Snigdha Akolkar  •  Ashwath Ram  •  Nassar

Madras (2014)

A portrayal of the lives of the people living in North Madras, focusing on the politics inside the slums and how their plight remains the same, despite the political class luring them constantly during elections.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pa. Ranjith
CAST:  Karthi  •  Catherine Tresa  •  Imman Annachi  •  Kalaiyarasan

A portrayal of the lives of the people living in North Madras, focusing on the politics inside the slums and how their plight remains the same, despite the political class luring them constantly during elections.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pa. Ranjith
CAST:  Karthi  •  Catherine Tresa  •  Imman Annachi  •  Kalaiyarasan

Madha Yaanai Koottam (2013)

Parthiban, the son of the late Jayakkodi Thevar, a powerful patriarch in Theni, accidentally kills the son of Veera Thevar, while trying to save his stepbrother. Now, Veera Thevar wants to avenge his son's death by murdering Kathir.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vikram Sugumaran
CAST:  Kathir  •  Oviya Helen  •  Vela Ramamoorthy  •  Viji Chandrasekhar

Parthiban, the son of the late Jayakkodi Thevar, a powerful patriarch in Theni, accidentally kills the son of Veera Thevar, while trying to save his stepbrother. Now, Veera Thevar wants to avenge his son's death by murdering Kathir.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vikram Sugumaran
CAST:  Kathir  •  Oviya Helen  •  Vela Ramamoorthy  •  Viji Chandrasekhar

Kabali (2016)

A gangster in Malaysia goes in search of his family after 25 years of imprisonment.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pa. Ranjith
CAST:  Rajinikanth  •  Radhika Apte  •  Dinesh Ravi  •  John Vijay

A gangster in Malaysia goes in search of his family after 25 years of imprisonment.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pa. Ranjith
CAST:  Rajinikanth  •  Radhika Apte  •  Dinesh Ravi  •  John Vijay

Raja Manthiri (2016)

Raja Mandhiri story is about the relationship between two brothers and twists happens in the marriage arrangements of the elder. The elder brother is played by Kaali Venkat (Surya) and Kalai (Karthi) plays the younger sibling.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Usha Krishnan
CAST:  Kalaiyarasan  •  Kaali Venkat  •  Balasaravanan  •  Shaalin Zoya

Raja Mandhiri story is about the relationship between two brothers and twists happens in the marriage arrangements of the elder. The elder brother is played by Kaali Venkat (Surya) and Kalai (Karthi) plays the younger sibling.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Usha Krishnan
CAST:  Kalaiyarasan  •  Kaali Venkat  •  Balasaravanan  •  Shaalin Zoya

Darling 2 (2016)

A group of friends goes to a hill station to unwind, but one of them gets possessed by a ghost turning the holiday into a nightmare.  (more)

DIRECTION:  P. Satish Chandrashekar
CAST:  Kalaiyarasan  •  Maya Preethi  •  Rameez Raja  •  Kaali Venkat

A group of friends goes to a hill station to unwind, but one of them gets possessed by a ghost turning the holiday into a nightmare.  (more)

DIRECTION:  P. Satish Chandrashekar
CAST:  Kalaiyarasan  •  Maya Preethi  •  Rameez Raja  •  Kaali Venkat

Urumeen (2015)

A freedom fighter betrayed by his best friend is reborn along with him in the modern era and is guided by a magical book that also hints this might not be his second birth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sakthivel Perumalsamy
CAST:  Bobby Simha  •  Kalaiyarasan  •  Reshmi Menon  •  Sandra Amy

A freedom fighter betrayed by his best friend is reborn along with him in the modern era and is guided by a magical book that also hints this might not be his second birth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sakthivel Perumalsamy
CAST:  Bobby Simha  •  Kalaiyarasan  •  Reshmi Menon  •  Sandra Amy

Darling (2015)

Three young people decide to commit suicide and go to a beach house to die, not realizing that a ghost haunts the place…  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Anton
CAST:  G. V. Prakash Kumar  •  Nikki Galrani  •  Karunas  •  Balasaravanan

Three young people decide to commit suicide and go to a beach house to die, not realizing that a ghost haunts the place…  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Anton
CAST:  G. V. Prakash Kumar  •  Nikki Galrani  •  Karunas  •  Balasaravanan

Thaanaa Serndha Koottam (2018)

Angered by the corruption that stopped him from becoming a CBI officer, a young man forms a gang who pose as CBI officers and raids the corrupt.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vignesh Shivan
CAST:  Suriya  •  Keerthy Suresh  •  Ramya Krishnan  •  Senthil

Angered by the corruption that stopped him from becoming a CBI officer, a young man forms a gang who pose as CBI officers and raids the corrupt.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vignesh Shivan
CAST:  Suriya  •  Keerthy Suresh  •  Ramya Krishnan  •  Senthil

Arjunan Kadhali

Arjunan Kadhali crux of the movie is love and the lovers who strive hard to succeed against the orthodox old generation. The story also deals with the influence love on basic pillar of relationships. Does love happens at first sight or not? Will the lovers adhere ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Parthy Baskar
CAST:  Jai Sampath  •  Poorna  •  Thambi Ramaiah  •  Lakshmi Ramakrishnan

Arjunan Kadhali crux of the movie is love and the lovers who strive hard to succeed against the orthodox old generation. The story also deals with the influence love on basic pillar of relationships. Does love happens at first sight or not? Will the lovers adhere ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Parthy Baskar
CAST:  Jai Sampath  •  Poorna  •  Thambi Ramaiah  •  Lakshmi Ramakrishnan

Kalavu (2019)

After being attacked by three unidentified men, Shruti is rushed to the hospital. The very same night three drunk friends, Sujith, Ramesh and Stephan, are arrested by police under the suspicion of attacking Shruti. Meanwhile, Shruti passes away in the hospital ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Murali Karthick
CAST:  Kalaiyarasan  •  Karunakaran  •  Abhirami Venkatachalam  •  Venkat Prabhu

After being attacked by three unidentified men, Shruti is rushed to the hospital. The very same night three drunk friends, Sujith, Ramesh and Stephan, are arrested by police under the suspicion of attacking Shruti. Meanwhile, Shruti passes away in the hospital ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Murali Karthick
CAST:  Kalaiyarasan  •  Karunakaran  •  Abhirami Venkatachalam  •  Venkat Prabhu

China

China is an upcoming Tamil drama film written and directed by Harshavardhana and produced by Arjun Sablok.  (more)

DIRECTION:  S Harshavardhana
CAST:  Kalaiyarasan  •  Ritu Varma  •  Yog Jappie  •  Ramachandran Durairaj

China is an upcoming Tamil drama film written and directed by Harshavardhana and produced by Arjun Sablok.  (more)

DIRECTION:  S Harshavardhana
CAST:  Kalaiyarasan  •  Ritu Varma  •  Yog Jappie  •  Ramachandran Durairaj

Pattinapakkam (2017)

When his plans go terribly wrong, an engineering graduate ends up becoming a target for powerful people which begins to affect the lives of the people around him in unimaginable ways.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jayadev
CAST:  Kalaiyarasan  •  Anaswara Kumar  •  Chaya Singh  •  Manoj K Jayan

When his plans go terribly wrong, an engineering graduate ends up becoming a target for powerful people which begins to affect the lives of the people around him in unimaginable ways.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jayadev
CAST:  Kalaiyarasan  •  Anaswara Kumar  •  Chaya Singh  •  Manoj K Jayan

Uru (2017)

A writer, whose writing is considered outdated due to the changing writing trends, leaves for Megamalai in search of solitude and wanting to write a new book. Upon arriving at Megamalai, a string of unfortunate events take place around him & his wife. Little does ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vicky Anand
CAST:  Sai Dhanshika  •  Kalaiyarasan  •  Mime Gopi  •  V. I. S. Jayapalan

A writer, whose writing is considered outdated due to the changing writing trends, leaves for Megamalai in search of solitude and wanting to write a new book. Upon arriving at Megamalai, a string of unfortunate events take place around him & his wife. Little does ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vicky Anand
CAST:  Sai Dhanshika  •  Kalaiyarasan  •  Mime Gopi  •  V. I. S. Jayapalan

Yeidhavan (2017)

After his sister’s dreams are shattered, an angry youngster takes on fraudsters who have commercialised the education sector for their selfish needs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sakthi Rajasekaran
CAST:  Kalaiyarasan  •  Adukalam Naren  •  Satna Titus  •  Vela Ramamoorthy

After his sister’s dreams are shattered, an angry youngster takes on fraudsters who have commercialised the education sector for their selfish needs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sakthi Rajasekaran
CAST:  Kalaiyarasan  •  Adukalam Naren  •  Satna Titus  •  Vela Ramamoorthy

Mupparimanam (2017)

A mysterious youngster kidnaps a girl a few minutes before her wedding and takes her to a secluded place in search of answers for his questions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adhiroopan
CAST:  Shanthanu Bhagyaraj  •  Srushti Dange  •  Kalyani Natarajan  •  Thambi Ramaiah

A mysterious youngster kidnaps a girl a few minutes before her wedding and takes her to a secluded place in search of answers for his questions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adhiroopan
CAST:  Shanthanu Bhagyaraj  •  Srushti Dange  •  Kalyani Natarajan  •  Thambi Ramaiah

Adhe Kangal (2017)

The journey of a blind chef through a newfound love, a retrieved vision and an invigorating journey of twists, turns and answers along the way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rohin Venkatesan
CAST:  Kalaiyarasan  •  Janani Iyer  •  Sshivada Nair  •  Balasaravanan

The journey of a blind chef through a newfound love, a retrieved vision and an invigorating journey of twists, turns and answers along the way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rohin Venkatesan
CAST:  Kalaiyarasan  •  Janani Iyer  •  Sshivada Nair  •  Balasaravanan

Kaala Koothu (2018)

Two school boys become thick friends after a shared life experience. They grow up and fall in love with two young women. Just when things finally seem to be going their way, tragedy strikes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  M. Nagarajan
CAST:  Prasanna  •  Kalaiyarasan  •  Sai Dhanshika  •  Srushti Dange

Two school boys become thick friends after a shared life experience. They grow up and fall in love with two young women. Just when things finally seem to be going their way, tragedy strikes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  M. Nagarajan
CAST:  Prasanna  •  Kalaiyarasan  •  Sai Dhanshika  •  Srushti Dange
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