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Samuthirakani
Samuthirakani at the audio launch of Sandamarutham in 2015
Born	(1973-04-26) 26 April 1973 (age 51) Seithur, Rajapalayam, Tamil Nadu, India
Alma mater	Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College
Occupations	Actor Film director
Years active	1998-present
Spouse	Jayalakshmi
Children	2

Samuthirakani (born 26 April 1973) is an Indian actor and film director who works predominantly in Tamil films besides few Telugu and Malayalam films. He worked as an assistant to director K. Balachander, in Paarthale Paravasam. He won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2016 for Visaranai, he is also an recipient of three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, a Filmfare Award and a SIIMA award

Early life

Samuthirakani was born on 26 April 1973 in Seithur, Rajapalayam, Tamil Nadu., He did his B.Sc. in Mathematics from the Rajapalayam Rajus College and he also earned a Bachelor of Law from Ambedkar Law College. However, he aimed to become an actor. He has said that people used to tell him that he did not have the physical appearance or talent necessary to be an actor.

Career

In 1997, he joined as an assistant director under Sundar K. Vijayan. He was then noticed by K. Balachander and was recruited as assistant director for Balachander's 100th film Paarthale Paravasam. He also assisted Balachander in the mega-serial Anni telecasted by Jaya TV. Samuthirakani recalled that the work experience he gained under Balachander helped him in many ways while shooting Arasi and Selvi, the mega-serial telecasted in Sun TV, which were massive hits among housewives.

In the early 2000s, Samuthirakani began his career as a director. He notably launched a shelved film titled Uyir Nanbanukku starring Cheran, before making Unnai Charanadaindhen (2003) for S. P. B. Charan.

He worked as an assistant director for K. Balachander in Parthale Paravasam (2001) and Poi (2006) and for Ameer in Paruthiveeran (2007).

However, it was the success of Naadodigal (2009) that established Samuthirakani as a director. Since then he has directed films such as Poraali (2011), Nimirndhu Nil (2014) and Appa (2016). All these films have been remade in Telugu and Kannada. He gained appreciation for his acting in Velaiilla Pattadhari (2014) as Dhanush's father and in Visaranai (2016) as a police inspector.

He also played important role in Rajinikanth's film Kaala (2018).

In 2020, he appeared in Telugu film, Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo. Samuthirakani's returned to directing with Naadodigal 2, a film that takes up the topic of equality. He played the main role in the Telugu film, Aakashavaani (2021). He also directed two fantasy comedy Vinodhaya Sitham (2021) and Bro (2023).

Filmography

Tamil films

Other language films

Television

Dubbing artist

As director

Films

Television

Singer

Narrator

• Eye of the Leopard (2006) - Tamil version - National Geographic
• Sundarapandian (2012)
• Roar of the Royals (2020) - Tamil version - National Geographic
• Serndhu Polama (2015)
• Anandham Vilayadum Veedu (2021)
• The Way Of The Cheetah (2021) Tamil version - National Geographic

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External links

• Media related to Samuthirakani at Wikimedia Commons
• Opera king
• His still dreams to make it
• Samuthirakani on Instagram

• Living people
• Tamil film directors
• Tamil male actors
• 1973 births
• Tamil Nadu State Film Awards winners
• Best Supporting Actor National Film Award winners
• Indian male voice actors
• Male actors in Tamil cinema
• Male actors in Malayalam cinema
• Indian male film actors
• Male actors from Tamil Nadu
• People from Virudhunagar district
• 20th-century Indian male actors
• 21st-century Indian people
• Film directors from Tamil Nadu
• Kannada film directors
• Malayalam film directors
• Male actors in Telugu cinema
• 21st-century Indian male actors
• Tamil male television actors