Silambarasan filmography

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Silambarasan (born 3 February 1983) is an Indian film actor, director, producer and singer, who works in Tamil cinema. He began his career playing minor roles as a child artist in films produced by his father T. Rajendar before his first lead role in Kadhal Azhivathillai (2002) also produced and directed by his father.[1][2] His second film Dum (2003), a remake of the 2002 Kannada film Appu, fared well commercially.[2][3] In the same year he appeared in Alai, a box office failure.[4]

Silambarasan had three releases in 2004. The first was Kovil, which deals with the relationship between a Hindu boy and a Christian girl.[5] Silambarasan was praised by Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu for acting with "restraint and maturity".[6] It was a box office success.[7] Silambarasan appeared next in Kuththu, a remake of the Telugu film Dil.[7] The film received unfavourable reviews but had a successful theatrical run.[8] His final release in 2004 was Manmadhan, which he also wrote. The film was a major success,[3] and propelled Silambarasan to stardom.[9] The following year, he had only one release: Thotti Jaya, in which he plays an orphaned gangster who finds love.[10] In 2006, Silambarasan had two releases: Saravana (directed by K. S. Ravikumar) and Vallavan which he helped write and directed himself.[11][12] The film was a box office success.[13] He starred in two films in 2008: the action-masala films Kaalai and Silambattam. Neither received positive reviews, but the latter was profitable.[14][15]

Silambarasan's sole release in 2010 as a lead actor was the romance Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, directed and written by Gautham Vasudev Menon. The film attained cult status in Tamil cinema, and was a major breakthrough in his career.[16] It was considered an image makeover for Silambarasan as most of his earlier films were in the action genre.[17] The following year, he appeared in two films. The first was the ensemble drama Vaanam, where he stars as an impoverished cable operator.[18] The second was Osthe, a remake of the Hindi film Dabangg where he played a police officer.[19] Podaa Podi, which began production in 2008 and was released in 2012, was a commercial failure.[13][20] His next appearance as a lead actor was in Vaalu (2015), followed by two releases in 2016: Pandiraj's Idhu Namma Aalu and Menon's Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada.[21][22] He went on to appear in Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan (2017) and collaborated with Mani Ratnam for the first time in Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (2018) and Sundar. C in Vantha Rajavathaan Varuven (2019). After a long hiatus, STR had 2 releases in 2021 which were: Eeswaran & Maanaadu. Upon release, Maanaadu received highly positive reviews from audiences and critics and was a blockbuster at the box office. Maanaadu proved to be a comeback film for STR. He will be next seen in a crime drama film Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu, which marks the third collaboration of Silambarasan TR and Gautham Vasudev Menon, Corona Kumar with Director Gokul, and in a special appearance role in Maha starting Hansika Motwani as the lead.

Film[]

  • All short films and web series are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.
short films and web series that have not yet been released Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Role(s) Notes Ref.
1984 Uravai Kaatha Kili Silambarasu Child artist [23]
1986 Mythili Ennai Kaathali Simbhu Child artist [24]
1987 Oru Thayin Sabhatham Simbhu Child artist [23]
1988 En Thangai Kalyani Simbhu Child artist [24]
1989 Samsara Sangeetham Simbhu Child artist [25]
1991 Shanti Enathu Shanti Babu Child artist [26]
1992 Enga Veetu Velan Velan Child artist [27]
[28]
1993 Pettredutha Pillai Kumaran Child artist [29]
1993 Sabash Babu Babu Child artist [30]
1994 Oru Vasantha Geetham Silambhu Child artist [31]
1995 Thai Thangai Paasam Velu Child artist [32]
1999 Monisha En Monalisa Himself Child artist [33]
2001 Sonnal Thaan Kaadhala Himself Guest appearance [34]
[35]
2002 Kadhal Virus Himself Guest appearance [36]
2002 Kadhal Azhivathillai Simbhu [37]
2003 Dum Sathya [38]
2003 Alai Aadhi [39]
2004 Kovil Sakthivel [6]
2004 Kuththu Gurumoorthy [7]
2004 Manmadhan Madhankumar (Manmadhan), Madhanraj[a] Dual role

Also screenwriter

[40]
2005 Thotti Jaya Jayachandran (Thotti Jaya)[b] [10]
2006 Saravana Saravana [11]
2006 Vallavan Vallavan (Pallan)[b] Also director and screenwriter [41]
2008 Kaalai Jeeva [42]
2008 Silambattam Vichu, Thamizharasan[a] Dual role [43]
2010 Goa Madhankumar Guest appearance [44]
2010 Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa Karthik Sivakumar [45]
2010 Ye Maaya Chesave Himself Guest appearance
Telugu film 		[46]
2011 Vaanam Thillai Raja ("Cable" Raja/Raj)[b] [18]
2011 Osthe Osthi Velan [19]
2012 Podaa Podi Arjun [47]
2013 Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya Himself Guest appearance [48]
2014 Inga Enna Solluthu Raghu Guest appearance [49]
2015 Dongaata Himself Guest appearance
Telugu film 		[50]
2015 Kaaka Muttai Himself Guest appearance [51]
2015 Vaalu Sakthi (Sharp)[b] [52]
2016 Idhu Namma Aalu Shiva [21]
2016 Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada Rajinikanth Muralidharan [22]
[53]
2017 Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan Madura Michael, Ashwin Thatha, Thikku Siva[c] Triple role [54]
2018 Chekka Chivantha Vaanam Ethirajan Senapathi [55]
2018 Kaatrin Mozhi Himself Cameo appearance [56]
2019 Vantha Rajavathaan Varuven Adithya (Raja)[b] [57]
2019 90 ML Himself Special appearance [58]
2021 Eeswaran Eeswaran [59]
2021 Maanaadu Abdul Khaaliq [60]
2022 Maha dagger Malik Completed; Special appearance [61]
2022 Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu dagger Muthu Filming [62]
2022 dagger TBA Filming [63]
2022 Corona Kumar dagger Corona Kumar Pre-production [64]

Short film[]

  • All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.
Films that have not yet been released Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Role(s) Notes Ref.
2020 Karthik Dial Seytha Yenn Karthik Sivakumar Short film [65]

Voice over[]

Year Title Voiced for Notes Ref.
2009 Naanum Kodeeswaran Dev Patel Tamil version [66]
2017 Katha Nayagan N/A Narrator [67]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Silambarasan played two different characters.
  2. ^ a b c d e Silambarasan played a single character with two or more names.
  3. ^ Silambarasan played three different characters.

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