Arjunan (actor)

Arjunan
Born	Arjunan Nandakumar (1986-08-08) 8 August 1986 (age 38) Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2012–present
Spouse	Gayathri
Children	3

Arjunan is an Indian actor known for his supporting roles in predominantly Tamil-language films. He made a breakthrough as Siva, a hopeless romantic collage student, in Balaji Mohan's bilingual film, Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi (2012), receiving 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).

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][8]

Filmography

• All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2011	Uyarthiru 420	Doctor
2012	Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi	Siva
2013	Jabardasth	Bairraju's friend	Telugu film
	Oruvar Meethu Iruvar Sainthu
	Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer	Jai
2014	Bramman	Lakshmi's Ex lover
	Samsaaram Aarogyathinu Haanikaram	Sathish	Malayalam film
	Vaayai Moodi Pesavum
	Arima Nambi	Raj
	Yaan	Siva
	Kappal	Kalyanasundaram
2016	Aviyal	Dosa	Acted in segment Kanneer Anjali
	Aagam	Sai's friend
	Darling 2	Shankar
	Oyee	Krish's Uncle
	Idhu Namma Aalu	Shiva's friend
	Nambiar	Arjun
	Meendum Oru Kadhal Kadhai	Abu
	Kadavul Irukaan Kumaru
2017	Senjittale En Kadhala
	Bongu	Bhaskar
	Vanamagan	Arjun
	Ivan Yarendru Therikiratha	Arivu's friend
	Puriyaadha Pudhir	DJ
	Nenjil Thunivirundhal	Janani's lover
	C/o Surya		Telugu film
2018	Tik Tik Tik	Appu
2019	Bodhai Yeri Budhi Maari	Joy
2021	Chakra	Hacker
	Gaadi Ulla Body
2022	Oke Oka Jeevitham	Santhosh	Telugu film
	Kanam
	O2
	Nitham Oru Vaanam	Shiva
	Oh My Ghost	Pushpa
2023	Theerkadarishi
2023	Uyir Thamizhukku	Admin
2024	Emakku Thozhil Romance	Prashanth

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. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
2. Mohan, Balaji. "Postmortem - Love Failure". idlebrain.com. Idlebrain. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
3. Subramanian, Karthik (18 February 2012). "Kadhalil Sodhapuvadhu Yeppadi: Simple is beautiful". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 16 September 2018. 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. Archived from the original on 12 June 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
6. Karthik, Janani (2 January 2014). "Anirudh to do a cameo in Aakko". Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. 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.
8. "Father of Leo's child artist thanks Vijay and team: 'You made her feel very comfortable and safe'". The Indian Express. 25 October 2023. Archived from the original on 11 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.

External links

• Arjunan at IMDb