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Elango Kumaravel
Indian actor, writer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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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]
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Filmography
- All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.
Tamil films
| † | Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released |
Other language films
- Streaming television
- Dubbing artist
- Writer
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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)
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