Elango Kumaravel

Elango Kumaravel is an Indian actor and writer. He is also a co-founder of the Chennai based theatre group "Magic Lantern".^[1][2][3][4] He is an alumnus of Pondicherry University's Sankaradas Swamigal School of Performing Arts and the Chennai-based theatre workshop koothuppattarai.^[5][6] He has also worked as a casting assistant for the 2007 film Loins of Punjab Presents and wrote the script for the 2008 film Kattradhu Kalavu.^[7] He was involved in the production of "Ey Aa O!" a musical fusion work of collaboration between Indian folk and classical musicians.^[8]

Elango Kumaravel
Other names	Kumaravel
Occupations	Actor writer
Years active	2001–present

Career

When Kumaravel was staging Kalki's Ponniyin Selvan, he was spotted by Nassar and approached to star in his film Maayan.^[9] While Vishwanathan met Kumaravel on the sets of the play Minnal Ravi (Virtuous Burglar), he was introduced to Radha Mohan and starred in Azhagiya Theeye.^[10][11] Kumaravel became a regular in Radha Mohan's films.^[9] He garnered acclaim for his role in Abhiyum Naanum as a beggar named Ravi Shastri.^[12][9]

Filmography

• All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.

Tamil films

List of Elango Kumaravel Tamil film acting credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Maayan
2002	Azhagi	Kaakaiyan
2003	Iyarkai	Exorcist
2004	Azhagiya Theeye	Gopi (Chithappa)
2005	Ponniyin Selvan	Pandiya
	Sandakozhi	Balu and Kartik's friend	uncredited role
2008	Velli Thirai	Hamid Mustafa
	Abhiyum Naanum	Ravi Shasthri
	Mudhal Mudhal Mudhal Varai	Gopal
2010	Madrasapattinam	Taxi driver
	Irandu Mugam	Parthasarathy's friend
2011	Payanam	Subash
	Vaagai Sooda Vaa	Kuruvikaarar
2013	Gouravam	Maasi
	Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam	Constable
2014	His Wife	Father Godwin
	Un Samayal Arayil	Kalidas's uncle
2015	Dharani	Mahesh
	Ivanuku Thannila Gandam	James
	Uppu Karuvaadu	Manja alias Karnan
2017	Kurangu Bommai	Sekar
	12-12-1950	Jail wardern
	Richie	'Kaaka' Peter
2018	Diya	Police officer
	60 Vayadu Maaniram	Rajappan
	Kaatrin Mozhi	Kumbakarai Krishnamurthy aka 'Kumki'
2019	Sarvam Thaala Mayam	Johnson
	Natpe Thunai	B. C.
	Aruvam	Jagan's friend
	Hero	Mathi's father
2020	Asuraguru	Kumaravel
2021	Jai Bhim	Police officer
2022	Veeramae Vaagai Soodum	Parishuddam
	Vikram	Lawrence
	Jothi	Muthu
	Karotiyin Kadhali
	Rathasaatchi	Murugesan
2024	Captain Miller	Kannaya
	Blue Star	Ranjith and Sam's father
	Nanban Oruvan Vantha Piragu	Ravi
	Kadaisi Ulaga Por	Bhai
2025	Kingston	Martin
	Tourist Family	Gunasekar

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Other language films

List of Elango Kumaravel other language film acting credits

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2011	Gaganam	Subash	Telugu	Bilingual films
2013	Gouravam	Baachi
2019	Ninu Veedani Needanu Nene	Subha Reddy
2022	John Luther	Prasad	Malayalam
2023	Sam Bahadur	V. K. Krishna Menon	Hindi

Streaming television

List of Elango Kumaravel streaming television acting credits

Year	Title	Role	Platform
2022	Suzhal: The Vortex	Guna	Amazon Prime Video
2024	Inspector Rishi	Irfan
2024	Chutney Sambar	Peter	Disney+ Hotstar

Dubbing artist

List of Elango Kumaravel film dubbing credits

Year	Title	Role	Actor
2007	Mozhi	Ananthakrishnan	Brahmanandam

Writer

List of Elango Kumaravel film writing credits

Year	Title	Writer
2010	Kattradhu Kalavu	Story
2022	Ponniyin Selvan: I	Screenplay
2023	Ponniyin Selvan: II	Screenplay

Plays

Actor

• Vaali Vadham (2006)
• Bheeshma (2007)
• Ravana (2008)
• Kurukshetra (2009)
• Raghuvamsam (2010)
• Krishna the Soul Seeker (2011)
• Sundara Kaandam (2012)
• Chakravyuh (2013)
• Hanuman (2014)
• Parasurama: Wielder of the Axe of Justice (2018)^[13]

Other including roles

• Camus' Caligula in Tamil (1993)
• Molière's Tartuffe in Tamil (1997)
• Philip Minyana's Ou Va Tu Jeremie? In Tamil (1998)
• Kalki's Ponniyin Selvan performed in 1999 (Tamil historical play)