Sashikumar Subramani
Sashikumar Subramony | |
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Born | 7 September 1982 |
Other names | Sashikumar |
Occupation(s) | Actor, producer |
Sashikumar Subramony, better known as Sashi Kumar, is an Indian actor who has worked in Tamil language films, stage and serials. He made a breakthrough as an actor with his performances in Mani Ratnam's Kannathil Muthamittal (2002) and Balu Mahendra's Thalaimuraigal (2013), playing the lead role in the later. Currently Creative Producer for PD Studios Kakkai Siraginiley
Career
Sashikumar was born in Coimbatore,
Sashikumar worked on the pre-production of a feature film with Balu Mahendra during 2000 but the pair were unable to find a producer, so Sashikumar began acting in Tamil films as a supporting actor. He first appeared as
Sashikumar returned to star in Sri Ramakrishna Darshanam (2012) starring as Indian yogi Ramakrishna for the venture.[3] In 2013, he was cast in the lead role in Balu Mahendra's final film, Thalaimuraigal, portraying an estranged son of the character portrayed by the director. Produced by director Sasikumar, the film opened to positive reviews in December 2013 but did not garner publicity to perform well at the box office. The Hindu called the film "good cinema" and added Sashikumar's "appreciable underplay is his asset" and "sadly, cinema has not used him enough".[4] Rediff.com called the film "brilliant" and Behindwoods.com labelled the film as "an artistic piece of parallel cinema". Balu Mahendra died two months after the film's release.[5][6]
Filmography
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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2001 | Aanandham | Renuka's brother | |
Shahjahan | Giri | ||
2002 | Kannathil Muthamittal | Suicide bomber | |
Shree |
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2003 | Julie Ganapathi | Ivan | |
Nala Damayanthi | Kicha | ||
Jay Jay | Guna | ||
2005 | Thirupaachi | Ravi's brother | |
2006 | Thambi | ||
Thalai Nagaram | Sashi | ||
2007 | Lee | Sashi | |
Sringaram | |||
2008 | Thozha | ||
Dhanam | |||
Arai En 305-il Kadavul | |||
2009 | Padikkadavan | Kasi's brother | |
Newtonin Moondram Vidhi | Raghu | ||
2012 | Sri Ramakrishna Darshanam | Sri Ramakrishna | |
2013 | Mouna Mazhai | Sashi | |
Thalaimuraigal | Sivaraman | ||
2014 | Megha | Mani | |
2017 | Yazh | Sasi | |
2020 | Kakkai Siraginiley |
References
- ^ "Tamil Supporting Actor Sasi Kumar Subramani – Nettv4u".
- ^ Peppers TV (10 January 2014). "Interview with Kollywood Personalities – Thalaimuraigal- Sashikumar and Ramya – 30 Minutes" – via YouTube.
- ^ a b c Thandora (22 July 2015). "Exlusive (sic) Interview Sasikumar Subramani – Sri Ramakrishna Darshanam" – via YouTube.
- ^ Rangarajan, Malathi (21 December 2013). "Thalaimuraigal: For generations to come" – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^ "Review: Thalaimuraigal is brilliant".
- ^ "Thalaimuraigal (aka) Thalaimuraigal review". www.behindwoods.com.
External links
- Sashikumar Subramani at IMDb