fiction.wikisort.org - Actor

Kalaiyarasan Harikrishnan is an Indian actor, who works in the Tamil film industry. He has collaborated with directors Myshkin and Pa. Ranjith, with whom he worked in Madras (2014) for which he received acclaim for his performance.[1]

Kalaiyarasan
Born	Kalaiyarasan Harikrishnan (1986-02-20) 20 February 1986 (age 36) Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2008–present
Spouse	Shanmuga Priya

Career

Kalaiyarasan, a graduate in Computer Applications from SRM Institute of Science and Technology, initially began work as an actor with Parthy Bhaskar's Arjunan Kadhali in 2008, but the film remains unreleased.[2] 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).[3]

Kalaiyarasan's breakthrough as an actor came through his performance in Ranjith's drama film Madras (2014), where he portrayed the pivotal role of Anbu.[4] Set in the backdrop of North Chennai, Kalaiyarasan auditioned and cleared three screen tests before being handed the role and worked closely with the film's lead actor Karthi in order to shown their on-screen camaraderie. Upon release in September 2014, the film became a commercial and critical acclaimed success, while Kalaiyarasan's portrayal won unanimous praise.[5] A critic from Behindwoods.com noted Kalaiyarasan "steals the show and this has to be his lifetime role", adding that "the youngster has grabbed the opportunity with both hands and we have to laud director Ranjith for giving this dynamic performer good scope to showcase his wares".[6] Similarly Sify.com added that his performance is "riveting" and that "his body language and dialogue delivery in almost a parallel role is terrific."[7]

Following the success of Madras, Kalaiyarasan's career in the Tamil film industry took off and garnered him higher-profile films as well as lead roles. Ranjith cast him again in a pivotal supporting role in the Rajinikanth-starrer Kabali (2016), as a school teacher with a vengeance against Rajinikanth's titular character. The film opened to positive reviews for Kalaiyarasan and subsequently went on to become the highest grossing Tamil film of all time.[8] He first portrayed leading roles in Darling 2 (2016) and Raja Manthiri (2016), but his first high-profile project as the protagonist was C. V. Kumar's production Adhe Kangal (2017). Featuring alongside Janani Iyer and Sshivada, Kalaiyarasan portrayed a blind chef, with the makers using American chef Christine Hà as a character inspiration for his role.[9] The film opened to positive reviews, with critics praising his portrayal of the character.[10] Kalaiyarasan has a series of solo lead films ready for release in 2017 including Yeidhavan, China, Pattinapakkam and Uru. He also will be seen in Kaalakkoothu alongside Prasanna and another untitled comedy film for C. V. Kumar alongside Ashna Zaveri.

Personal life

Kalaiyarasan is married to Shanmuga Priya, who he met at Accenture, his first place of employment.[4]

Filmography

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Arjunan Kadhali	Ravi	Unreleased
2010	Nandalala	Drunkard
2012	Attakathi	Dinakaran
2012	Mugamoodi	Viji
2013	Madha Yaanai Koottam	Boologaraasa
2014	Madras	Anbu	Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Tamil Nominated, SIIMA Award for Best Tamil Supporting Actor
2015	Darling	Shiva
2015	Urumeen	John Christopher
2016	Darling 2	Aravind
2016	Raja Manthiri	Karthik
2016	Kabali	Tamizh Kumaran
2017	Adhe Kangal	Varun
2017	Mupparimanam	Himself	Cameo appearance
2017	Yeidhavan	Krishna
2017	Uru	Jeevan
2018	Thaanaa Serndha Koottam	Iniyan's friend
2018	Kaalakkoothu	Hari
2018	Pattinapakkam	Vetri
2019	Kalavu	Sujeeth	Direct-to-video
2019	Airaa	Amudhan
2021	Jagame Thanthiram	Deepan	Released on Netflix
2021	Sarpatta Parambarai	Vetriselvan	Released on Amazon Prime Video
2021	Laabam	Benny
2021	Udanpirappe	Adhiban	Released on Amazon Prime Video
2022	Kuthiraivaal	Saravanan
2022	Natchathiram Nagargiradhu	Arjun
2023	2018 Everyone is a Hero
TBA	Kalaga Thalaivan	TBA	Completed
TBA	Titanic Kadhalum Kavundhu Pogum	TBA	Delayed
TBA	Puthiya Mugam	TBA	Filming
TBA	Pathu Thala (upcoming film)|Pathu Thala	TBA	Filming

As Dubbing Artist

Year	Film	Actor	Language	Director	Notes
2019	Petta	Nawazuddin Siddiqui	Tamil	Karthik Subbaraj	Flash back portions only

Web series

Year	Program Name	Role	Network	Notes	Ref.
2020	Untitled Series with Vani Bhojan	TBA	Zee5
2022	Victim	Sekar	SonyLIV

References

External links

• Kalaiyarasan at IMDb

---