Sundar C.
Born
Vinayagar Sundar Vel

(1968-01-21) January 21, 1968
Erode, Madras State, India,[1] (present day Erode, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupations
  • Film director
  • Actor
  • Film producer
  • Screenwriter
Years active1990–present
Spouse
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(m. 2000)​
[2]

Vinayagar Sundar Vel, known professionally as Sundar C., is an Indian film director, actor and producer. He has directed over 34 films in Tamil and acted in 17 movies as the protagonist. He remains one of the successful and most wanted director in the Industry for the last 3 decades.

His notable films include Ullathai Allitha, Arunachalam, Unnai Thedi, Anbe Sivam, Winner, Giri, Kalakalappu, Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru, Aranmanai, Aambala, Aranmanai 2, Action, Kalakalappu 2, Aranmanai 3 and Coffee With Kadhal.

Sundar C is one of the few directors who directed Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan in Arunachalam and Anbe Sivam respectively.

He took a short break from direction, after his initial launch as an actor in 2006, with the film Thalai Nagaram, which became a commercial success.[3][4] He returned to direction with his trade mark comedy roller coaster in the movie Kalakalappu in 2012 and it went on to become a success.

His successful career as a director continued with the 2014 Aranmanai film series.

He also produced the TV series Nandini (2017-2018), along with his wife ( the actress Khushbu) aired on Sun TV. He also produced movies like Hello Naan Pei Pesuren (2016), Meesaya Murukku (2017), Natpe Thunai (2019), Naan Sirithal (2020), Naanga Romba Busy (2020) and Pattampoochi (2022).

Career

Sundar C started his career as an assistant director to Manivannan and made his directorial debut with the movie Murai Maman (1995). Sundar revealed that he initially wanted a leading action hero to play the lead role in his film and approached Sarathkumar, but the producer was unable to sign the actor. Subsequently, the director chose Jayaram to play the lead role in the film and also said that he tapped into his innate sense of humour, as Jayaram was very famous for his humour in Malayalam.[5] Murai Maman did well at the box office and Sundar went on to direct many humour themed films such as Ullathai Allitha (1996), Mettukudi (1996) and Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga (1999) with Karthik. In 1997, he directed his highest-profile project till date, Arunachalam, with Rajinikanth. He has also occasionally directed action and thriller films such as Unnai Kann Theduthey (2000), Rishi (2001) and Chinna (2005).[6] His favourite heroine was actress Rambha; as a Director he made her as his lead heroine in his 6 movies.

In the late 1990s, Sundar C had a brief career slump, where several of his films became stuck or did not have a theatrical release. Projects including collaborations with Karthik in Athai Magan featuring Ramya Krishnan, Kadhal Solla Vanthen featuring Isha Koppikar, and Vaazhkkai Vaazhvatharkke were affected.[7][8][9] Likewise, a proposed projects titled Paarvai with Jayaram and Khushbu, was also shelved.[10][11]

In 2003, he directed two films Anbe Sivam and Winner. Winner was successful and the comedy scenes from that film became hugely popular. However, Anbe Sivam, despite being critically acclaimed, under performed at the box office, but became a cult classic. Anbe Sivam remains his only humane realism movie till today out of his regular commercial cinema genre.[12] After directing Rendu (2006), Sundar took a break from directing in order to concentrate on his acting career. He made his acting debut as lead actor with Thalai Nagaram (2006), which was well received. Then he went on to play lead roles with the commercially successful Veerappu (2007), directed by Badri and Sandai (2008) by Sakthi Chidambaram. He then made a comeback as a director with Nagaram Marupakkam (2010).

In 2012, written and directed Madha Gaja Raja but the film remains unreleased. Following Kalakalappu in 2012, he directed film like Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru (2013), Aranmanai (2014), Aranmanai 2 (2016) and Kalakalappu 2 (2018). He acted in lead role in the horror thriller, Iruttu (2019) directed by V. Z. Durai. The film was released to positive reviews.[13] And directed Vishal's film, Action (2019).[14] His next release as a director and actor is Aranmanai 3, produced by Avni Cinemax , with his own production house. The film received negative reviews from critics, but becomes a box-office success, and marked as Hat-trick hit of his Aranmanai series.[15] And he also signed a new film as an lead actor in Thalai Nagaram 2 with V. Z. Durai. A sequel to the successful film Thalai Nagaram (2006).[16] Sundar also officially confirmed that he is going to make his fourth installment in Aranmanai series on 2023, will begin as Aranmanai 4.[17]

Filmography

As an actor

YearFilmRole NotesRef.
1990 Vaazhkai Chakkaram Constable Cameo appearance
1993Moondravadhu KannStudio assistant Cameo appearance
1995Murai MamanPanchayat villager Cameo appearance[18]
1997ArunachalamReporter Cameo appearance
2006Thalai NagaramSubramaniam (Right) Lead debut[19]
2007VeerappuPulippandi [20]
2008SandaiKathiresan (Kaththi) [21]
Aayudham SeivomSaidai Sathya [22]
2009PerumalPerumal [23]
TheeACP Sarathy (Samy) [24]
Aiyantham PadaiPrabhakaran [25]
2010Guru SishyanEeti [26]
VaadaaVetrivel [27]
Nagaram MarupakkamSelvam [28]
2012Murattu KaalaiKaalaiyan [29]
2014Ninaithathu YaaroHimself Cameo appearance[30]
AranmanaiRavi [31]
2016Aranmanai 2Ravi [32]
Muthina KathirikaiMuthupandi [33]
2019ActionPassenger Cameo appearance[34]
IruttuInspector Chezhiyan [35]
2021 Aranmanai 3 Ravi [36]
2022 Pattampoochi Inspector Kumaran [37]
2023 Thalainagaram 2 Right [38]
2024 Aranmanai 4 † Ravi Filming [39]25th film
One 2 One † TBA Filming [40]
Vallan † TBA Post-production [41]

As a director and writer

Year Film Credited as Notes
Director Writer
1995Murai MamanGreen tickGreen tickDirectional debut
Murai MappillaiGreen tickGreen tick
1996Ullathai AllithaGreen tickGreen tick
MettukudiGreen tickGreen tick
1997ArunachalamGreen tickRed XTamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film
JanakiramanGreen tickGreen tick
1998Naam Iruvar Namakku IruvarGreen tickGreen tick
1999Unnai Thedi Green tickGreen tick
SuyamvaramGreen tickRed XDirected by fourteen directors
Unakkaga Ellam UnakkagaGreen tickGreen tick
2000AzhagarsamyGreen tickRed X
Kannan VaruvaanGreen tickGreen tick
Unnai Kann ThedutheyGreen tickGreen tick
2001Ullam Kollai PoguthaeGreen tickGreen tick
RishiGreen tickRed X
Azhagana NaatkalGreen tickGreen tick
2003Anbe SivamGreen tickRed X
WinnerGreen tickGreen tick
2004GiriGreen tickGreen tick
2005LondonGreen tickRed X
Thaka Thimi ThaGreen tickRed X
ChinnaGreen tickRed X
2006RenduGreen tickGreen tick
2010Nagaram MarupakkamGreen tickGreen tick
2012KalakalappuGreen tickGreen tick25th Film as a director; also narrator
2013Theeya Velai Seiyyanum KumaruGreen tickGreen tickPartially reshot in Telugu as Something Something
2014AranmanaiGreen tickGreen tick
2015AambalaGreen tickGreen tick
2016Aranmanai 2Green tickGreen tick
2018Kalakalappu 2Green tickGreen tick
2019Vantha Rajavathaan VaruvenGreen tickRed X
ActionGreen tickGreen tick
2021Aranmanai 3Green tickGreen tick
2022Coffee With KadhalGreen tickGreen tick
2024 Aranmanai 4 † Green tick Green tick Post-production[42]

As a Singer

YearFilmSongComposerNotes
2008Sandai"Vaadee En Kappakezhungu"Dhina1ST sung
2010Guru Sishyan"Subbaiyaa Subbaiyaa"Sung with Sathyaraj

As a producer

Films

YearFilm Cast Director
2016Aranmanai 2 (Co Producer) Siddharth, Sundar C, Hansika Motwani, Trisha, Poonam Bajwa Sundar C.
2016Hello Naan Pei Pesuren Vaibhav Reddy, Aishwarya Rajesh, Oviya, Karunakaran S. Bhaskar
2017Meesaya Murukku Hip Hop Adhi, Aathmika, Vivek, Vigneshganth Hip Hop Adhi
2019Natpe Thunai Hip Hop Adhi, Anagha, Karu Pazhaniyappan, Harish Uthaman Desingu Parthiban
2020Naan Sirithal Hip Hop Adhi, Iswarya Menon, K. S. Ravikumar, Sha Ra Raana
Naanga Romba Busy Ashwin Kakumanu, Rittika Sen, Prasanna, Yogi Babu Badri
2021 Aranmanai 3 (Co Producer) Sundar C., Arya, Raashii Khanna, Vivek, Andrea Jeremiah, Sakshi Agarwal Sundar C.
2022 Pattampoochi Sundar C, Jai, Honey Rose Badri
2023 Aranmanai 4 Sundar C., Raashii Khanna, Tamannaah Sundar C.

Television

Serials

Year Serial Credited as Channel
Producer Writer
2017–2018NandiniGreen tickGreen tickSun TV
Udaya TV
2018MayaGreen tickGreen tickSun TV
2018–2020Lakshmi StoresRed XGreen tickSun TV
Gemini TV
2021JothiGreen tickGreen tickSun TV
TBANandini S2Green tickGreen tickSun TV

Shows

Year Serial Role Channel
2014 Ninaithale Innikum Guest Vendhar TV
2016Simply Khushbu Zee Tamil
2018Nandhini Kudumbam Special ShowHimselfSun TV
2019Vanakkam TamizhaGuest
2022Dance Jodi Dance - Reloaded & Super Mom Maha SangamamZee Tamil

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