Ilancheran, better known as Lollu Sabha Maaran, is an Indian actor and comedian known for his work in

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films. He became a well-known face when he started acting in the television show Comedy Bazaar, which aired on

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Career

He started his career as an art director for television shows. After that, he got a chance to work with the television shows ''Comedy Bazaar'' and ''

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'' and to play a supporting role in the ''

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'' movie. In 2014, after acting in

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's ''Rendavathu Padam'', he tried to become a director, but due to financial problems, he approached his friend

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to refer a producer. However, at the time, the Lollu Sabha duo Muruganand (Murugan and Prem Anand) were making their debut as film directors with the film ''

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''. They asked him to help with the additional improvements to the dialogues, so he worked on that film. In 2016, his friend Mahendran Rajamani also started making a film named ''

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'', so he asked Maaran to work on his debut film, so he acted in the film and also wrote the lyrics for the film. After that, he started to act in small roles that were offered by his friend Santhanam. In 2021, ''

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'' was released on

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. The film received mostly negative reviews, and the dialogues of Maaran were praised. And then he got chances to work on projects like ''

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'', ''

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'', ''J Baby'', and ''

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''.

Filmography

As actor

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, unless otherwise noted.''

Films

Television

As lyricist

Controversy

In May 2021, actor

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died due to a

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infection. Some print and media posted a photo of Lollu Saba Maaran and published the news. Maaran then explained via video that he was fine and that all people should be aware of

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