Thiagarajan Sivanandam

Biography:

Indian actor, director, and producer of Tamil cinema Thiagarajan Sivanandam was born on June 21, 1946. His acting credits include various Malayalam, Kannada, and Telugu movies in addition to Tamil ones. Tamil actor Vikram’s maternal uncle and the father of actor Prashanth are both named him.

Thiagarajan, who is essentially a businessman, made his acting debut in Alaigal Oivathillai, where he played the older brother of Radha, the lead actress. After the movie became popular, he received a ton more offers. He had a significant professional breakthrough in Malaiyoor Mambattiyan, where he played a jungle robber.

He appeared in several popular movies, including Paayum Puli and Neengal Kettavai He acted in the critically acclaimed Malayalam movie New Delhi, where he played a goon that won praise.

Thiagarajan’s directorial debut, Salem Vishnu, was inspired by the character he had portrayed in the movie and was made possible by its success. Subsequently, he directed Aanazhagan, featuring his son Prashanth in the principal part.

In a drag role, Prashanth disclosed that his mother had helped him and that the most difficult parts of the role were “waxing, the threading, the works” in addition to “wearing a sari in summer, doing a bharatanatya sequence in a woman’s costume, and getting the nuances and variations right were the other challenges.”

Prashanth claimed that the movie grossed an average amount of money. Subsequently, Thiagarajan avoided the spotlight, giving his son the opportunity. Later, he went back to acting and had a brief cameo as a father to his kid in Jai

Subsequently, Thiagarajan directed Shock, a 2004 Hindi cinema adaptation of Bhoot. In addition to serving as the film’s director and producer, Thiagarajan oversaw the art and costume departments and made an appearance as a police inspector.

The film’s shoot took place over the course of twenty-six days, and Thiagarajan organized extensive pre-planning. Positive reviews for the movie said that the creators “should be commended for their genuine and honest effort on screen.”

Thiagarajan released Police, a 2004 remake of the Hindi film Khakee, in September. Following their approaches to Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai for major roles, the film garnered media attention.

Thiagarajan discussed the ambitious scope of the project in interviews at the time, adding that portions will also be shot overseas, but the movie didn’t get very far. After that, he went back to acting in the movies Vaaimai, Drohi, and Bodyguard.

With plans to film his adaptation of the Ponnar Shankar epic that he had written in the late 1970s, Thiagarajan approached M. Karunanidhi at the beginning of 2007. The latter agreed with Thiagarajan’s choice to cast his son Prashanth in the dual main role and accepted his offer.

The movie made mediocre business when it was released in 2011 to a mixed reception. He acted in and directed Mambattiyan, a hit 1983 film, the following year. In the lead part was his son. Critics gave the movie mixed reviews, and while it opened well at the box office.

Its commercial performance was mediocre and it was unable to recoup its large budget. He declared in 2014 that he will be directing the four south Indian languages’ versions of the Hindi movies Special 26 and Queen.