Rajmohan Arumugam

Rajmohan Arumugam also popularly known as Put Chutney Rajmohan is an Indian Tamil actor, standup comedian, director, television anchor, content creator, orator, and motivational speaker & politician. He is well known for his contents focusing on social awareness and for his fluency in Tamil-language during his motivational speeches.^[1]

Rajmohan Arumugam
Other names	Put Chutney Rajmohan
Occupations	Actor standup comedian director television anchor content creator orator motivational speaker politician
Years active	2008–present
Political party	Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam

Career

He took part in television reality program Tamil Pechu Engal Moochu aired in Star Vijay, and he shot to fame where he gained breakthrough by being adjudged as the title winner in its second season during the 2008–09 season.^[2][3] His participated in Tamil Pechu Engal Moochu.^[4]

In 2017, following the suicide of medical aspirant Anitha who opposed the NEET exam, Rajmohan released a widely circulated video titled Who Killed Anitha on the YouTube channel Put Chutney. In the video, he criticized the political establishment, questioned systemic inequalities in education, and condemned societal apathy, calling Anitha's death a result of collective failure.^[5] One of his notable video contents which he uploaded in Put Chutney tackled the subject matter pertaining to the political blame game between the two southern Indian states Tamil Nadu and Karnataka which was on the peak surrounding around the 2018 Tamil Nadu protests for Kaveri water sharing.^[4] In 2018, Vijay Devarakonda collaborated with Rajmohan for a promotional video ahead of the former's theatrical release of film NOTA, which was unveiled in the Put Chutney YouTube channel.^[6]

He also had stint as a judge and as a mentor in standup comedy oriented show Comicstaan Semma Comedy Pa which was a Tamil version of the original version of Hindi-language comedy show Comicstaan.^[2] During the onset of the peak COVID-19 pandemic, he switched his focused on activism by launching a YouTube channel specially dedicated towards the college students whose studies were impacted by the global pandemic.^[2] He began the YouTube channel with the aim of conveying the prevalence of the most pressing social issues and documenting them in a simple and in a convenient style by adapting the routine conversation style.^[2]

Film career

He had a role in Marina Puratchi (2019).^[7] In 2023, he made his directorial debut with the film Baba Black Sheep, which opened to mixed to negative reviews criticising the outdated storyline and illogical scenarios about the school life.^[8][9]

Filmography

Films

As actor

• Velaiilla Pattadhari 2 (2017)
• Nenjamundu Nermaiyundu Odu Raja (2019)
• Ispade Rajavum Idhaya Raniyum (2019)
• Natpe Thunai (2019)
• Marina Puratchi (2019)
• Naan Sirithal (2020)

As director

• Baba Black Sheep (2023)

Television

• Tamil Pechu Engal Moochu (2008-09)
• Batman Returns... To Chennai | The Middle Ages (2015)
• Comicstaan Semma Comedy Pa (2020)
• Fall (2022)