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Arvind Swamy (born 18 June 1970)[1] is an Indian actor, model, entrepreneur and television presenter known for his work in Tamil cinema.[2][3] He was introduced as an actor by Mani Ratnam with the blockbuster film Thalapathi (1991) and subsequently starred in successful films such as Roja (1992), Bombay (1995), Minsara Kanavu (1997), Thani Oruvan (2015), and Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (2018). He made his debut as a director in the Netflix anthology series Navarasa (2021) in which his segment named Project Agni (Adbhutha – Wonder).[4]

Arvind Swamy
Swamy at the 63rd Filmfare Awards South in 2016
Born	(1970-06-18) 18 June 1970 (age 52) Chennai , Tamil Nadu, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actor Director entrepreneur television presenter model
Years active	1991–2000 2013–present
Spouse(s)	Gayathri Ramamurthy ​ ​ (m. 1994; div. 2010)​ Aparna Mukherjee ​ (m. 2012)​
Children	2
Parent	V. D. Swami (father)

Swamy also starred in other regional film industries, including Telugu and Malayalam films where he has done films such as Mounam (1995), Daddy (1992) and Devaraagam (1996). He has also appeared in Bollywood, making his appearance in Saat Rang Ke Sapne (1998).[5] He briefly worked as a television presenter as the host of the third season of Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi (2012–2016) on Star Vijay.[6]

Early life

Swamy's parents are industrialist V. D. Swamy and Bharatanatyam dancer Vasantha.[7] Swamy studied at the Sishya School and later in Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School, P. S. Senior Secondary School and completed his schooling in 1987.[8] He then graduated from Loyola College, Madras in 1990 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree.[9]^{[better source needed]} He then went to the United States to do his master's degree in international business[10] from Wake Forest University in North Carolina. ^{[citation needed]}

Arvind Swamy wished to be a doctor. In college, he used to be a model for pocket money.[11] In his Loyola Theatre Society, he wasn't well received and was asked to get off stage. Later on Mani Ratnam saw him in an advertisement and called for a meeting. Then he and Santosh Sivan introduced him to the basics of film-making.[11]

Career

1991–2000: Early career and breakthrough

Arvind Swamy made his debut in Mani Ratnam's action drama film, Thalapathi (1991), where he played a young district collector pitted against a don and his own biological brother. Subsequently, Mani Ratnam signed him on to play the lead role in the 1992 political drama film Roja (1992). Roja and Bombay (1995) won awards at the State and National Film Award functions. His performance in Bombay was called "soulful" by Time magazine.[12] Swamy has won several awards, popular and critical, for his films.[12] He has been described as one of the first few actors in India who is able to achieve pan-Indian appeal. He lends his voice for the Tamil dubbing version for the adult Simba of Disney's The Lion King (1994).[13] His next project was Indira (1995), followed by Telugu Mounam (1995) and Malayalam movie Devaraagam (1996).

He starred in Rajiv Menon's Minsara Kanavu alongside Kajol and Prabhu Deva, which won four National Film Awards and high box office numbers.[14] The film eventually performed well at the box office after a slow start, with Arvind Swamy eventually stating he was happy to be a part of the film.[15] His next film was Pudhayal (1997). He appeared in his first straight Hindi film through Priyadarshan's Saat Rang Ke Sapne (1998) produced by Amitabh Bachchan. Co-starring alongside Juhi Chawla, Arvind portrayed the role of a village do-gooder.[15] His final two releases before his sabbatical, En Swasa Kaatre (1999) and Raja Ko Rani Se Pyar Ho Gaya (2000).

2000–2005: Business career

Swamy eventually stopped acting in films post-2000, after playing a guest role in Mani Ratnam's Alaipayuthey, and opted to concentrate on his business interests. In 2000, he became the president of InterPro Global, and the chairman and managing director of Prolease India, engaged in transaction processing.[12] He was in charge of operations and technology for the delivery of many processes across different verticals globally. He then founded Talent Maximus in 2005, a company engaged in payroll processing and temporary staffing in India.[11]

In 2005, he had an accident and injured his spine. He experienced partial paralysis of his leg and suffered in pain for many years. The treatment took another 4–5 years.[11]

2013–present: Back to films

After his successful treatment, Mani Ratnam called him once more to play a role in one of his films, Kadal (2013)[13] for which Swamy dropped 15 kilograms.[16] In 2013, he provided the voice-over for Santhosh Sivan's film Ceylon.[17]

In 2015, he plays an iconic negative role of Sidharth Abhimanyu in Thani Oruvan, for which he was highly praised and received positive reviews and many awards for his acting.[18][19]

In 2016, he reprised the same role in Telugu in the film Dhruva with Ram Charan, a remake of Thani Oruvan, for which he got a lot of appreciation from the Telugu audience.[20][21] Later the same year, he appeared in a Hindi movie, Dear Dad.[22] The game show Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi recruited Swamy for its third season, which started airing on 30 May 2016.[23]

In 2017, he did the title role of Bogan, co starring Jayam Ravi, for which he again got an outstanding response from the critics and the audience.[24]

In 2018, he acted in Bhaskar Oru Rascal. Arvind Swamy does a neat job without imitating what Mammootty did in the original.[25] The film is followed by Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (2018). The film was released to positive reviews which also got him the Filmfare Award.[26]

In 2021, he acted in A. L. Vijay's directorial biographical-political drama Thalaivii opposite Kangana Ranaut. He portrayed the character of actor-politician M. G. Ramachandran in the film. Arvind Swami returns to Malayalam cinema after 25 years with Ottu (2022).[27]

Personal life

Swamy married Gayathri Ramamurthy[28] in June 1994 and has one daughter Adhira, born in 1996, and a son Rudra, born in 2000.[29][30] The couple lived separately for seven years until 2010, when they filed for divorce.[28][31] He was granted the custody of his children.[32] He married Aparna Mukerjee in 2012.[33][29]

Filmography

As an actor

Films

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

List of films and roles

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1991	Thalapathi	Arjun	Tamil	Debut film; credited as Arvind
1992	Roja	Rishi Kumar	Tamil	Credited as Arvind Nominated–Filmfare Award For Best Actor – Tamil
	Daddy	Anand	Malayalam
1993	Thalattu	Kuzhanthai	Tamil
	Marupadiyum	Gowri Shankar	Tamil	credited as Arvind
1994	Paasamalargal	Raj	Tamil
	Duet	Himself	Tamil	Guest appearance
1995	Bombay	Shekhar Narayanan Pillai	Tamil	Nominated–Filmfare Award For Best Actor – Tamil
	Indira	Thiyagu	Tamil
	Mounam	Kiran	Telugu
1996	Devaraagam	Vishnu	Malayalam
1997	Minsara Kanavu	Thomas Thangadurai	Tamil
	Pudhayal	Kodiesvaran	Tamil
1998	Saat Rang Ke Sapne	Mahipal Sharma	Hindi	Debut Hindi film
1999	En Swasa Kaatre	Arun Raj	Tamil
2000	Alaipayuthey	Ram	Tamil	Cameo appearance
	Raja Ko Rani Se Pyar Ho Gaya	Mohit Kumar	Hindi
2006	Sasanam	Muthiah	Tamil
2013	Kadal	Sam Fernando	Tamil
2015	Thani Oruvan	Dr. Siddharth Abhimanyu/Pazhani Sengalvarayan	Tamil	Filmfare Award For Best Supporting Actor – Tamil
2016	Dear Dad	Nitin Swamynathan	Hindi
	Dhruva	Dr. Siddharth Abhimanyu/Venkanna Chengalarayudu	Telugu	Nominated–SIIMA Award For Best Actor In A Negative Role (Telugu) Nominated–Filmfare Award For Best Supporting Actor – Telugu
2017	Bogan	Aadhithya Maravarman (Bogan)	Tamil
2018	Bhaskar Oru Rascal	Bhaskar	Tamil
	Chekka Chivantha Vaanam	Varadharajan "Varadhan" Senapathi	Tamil	Filmfare Award For Best Actor (Critics) – South Nominated–Filmfare Award For Best Actor – Tamil
2021	Thalaivii	M. J. Ramachandran (M.J.R.)	Tamil Hindi
2022	Ottu	David	Malayalam Tamil
	Naragasooran	Dhruva	Tamil	Delayed
	Kallapart	Rajapandi	Tamil	Delayed
	Sathuranga Vettai 2	Gandhi Babu	Tamil	Delayed
	Vanangamudi	Anbazhagan IPS	Tamil	Delayed

Web series and short films

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

List of films and roles

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2021	Navarasa	Vishnu	1 episode as actor, 1 episode as director (debut)	[34] [35]

Television

List of television shows and roles

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes	Ref(s)
2016	Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi	Host

As a narrator

List of films and roles

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2013	Ceylon	—	Tamil English	Narrator
2016	Uriyadi	—	Tamil	Narrator

As a dubbing artist

Film title	Actor	Character	Dub Language	Original Language	Original Year Release	Dub Year Release	Notes
Pudhiya Mugam	Suresh Chandra Menon	Major Shiva/Raja	Tamil		1993
The Lion King	Matthew Broderick (voice)	Simba	Tamil	English	1994	1994
Dil Se..	Shah Rukh Khan	Amarkant Varma (Amar)	Tamil	Hindi	1998	1998	The Tamil dub was titled: Uyire..
The Lion King	Chiwetel Ejiofor (voice)	Scar	Tamil	English	2019	2019
Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy	Chiranjeevi	Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy	Tamil	Telugu	2019	2019

As a playback singer

• Udal Manukku - Iruvar
• Unnodu Naan Irundha - Iruvar
• Kooduvittu Koodu - Bogan

References

External links

• Arvind Swamy at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Arvind Swami

Arvind Swami, auch Arvind Swamy (* 18. Juni 1970 in Trichy, Indien), ist ein indischer Schauspieler. Er ist aus tamilischen Filmen bekannt.[1]

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[es] Arvind Swamy

Arvind Swami (18 de junio de 1970) es un actor, modelo y presentador de televisión indio conocido por su trabajo en el cine tamil. Fue introducido en el cine por el reputado director Mani Ratnam con la película Thalapathi (1991) y posteriormente protagonizó películas exitosas como Roja (1992), Bombay (1995), Minsaara Kanavu (1997) y Alaipayuthey (2000).

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