Siluvai Michael Rayappan (born 19 March 1963) is an Indian politician and former Member of the

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It has a strength of 234 members of whom are democratically elected using the First-past-the-post voting, First-past-the-post system. The pres ...

from the Radhapuram constituency. He represented the

Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam The Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (; DMDK) is an Indian regional political party in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is a Dravidian party founded by the former leader of the opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Vijayakant (Captain ...

party. He is also a film producer and has produced such films like ''

Nadodigal ''Naadodigal'' () is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Samuthirakani and produced by S. Michael Rayappan under banner of Global Infotainment. The film stars Sasikumar along with Vijay Vasanth and Bharani, ...

'', ''

Pattathu Yaanai ''Pattathu Yaanai'' () is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film written and directed by Boopathy Pandian and produced by Michael Rayappan. The film stars Vishal and Aishwarya Arjun with Santhanam playing a supporting role. Music was ...

'', ''

Eetti ''Eetti'' () is a 2015 Tamil-language sports action film written and directed by Ravi Arasu and produced by S. Michael Rayappan. The film stars Atharvaa and Sri Divya, while G. V. Prakash Kumar composed the film's music. The film was release ...

'', and ''

Miruthan ''Miruthan'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action horror film written and directed by Shakti Soundar Rajan, starring Jayam Ravi, Lakshmi Menon and Anikha Surendran. D. Imman composed the music, while Venkatesh S. handled the cinematograph ...

'' under Global Infotainment's banner.

Career

After producing the commercially successful films ''

'' (2009), ''

Thenmerku Paruvakaatru ''Thenmerku Paruvakatru'' () is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Seenu Ramasamy and produced by Shibu Issac. The film is named after a song composed by A. R. Rahman for the film, Karuthamma. It stars Vijay Sethupat ...

'' (2010), ''

Goripalayam ''Goripalayam'' is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by ''Mayandi Kudumbathar'' fame Rasu Madhuravan. The film stars Vikranth, Harish, Ramakrishnan of '' Kunguma Poovum Konjum Puravum'' fame, Manivannan's son R ...

'' (2010), ''

'' (2013), and ''

'' (2015), Rayappan produced ''

Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan ''Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan'' (), also known as ''AAA'', is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film, written and directed by Adhik Ravichandran and produced by S. Michael Rayappan. The film stars Silambarasan in a triple role, ...

'' (2017), a disaster at the box-office. Several months after the film's release, Rayappan criticised the unruly behaviour of film's lead actor

Silambarasan Silambarasan Thesingu Rajendar, nicknamed as Simbu or his initials S. T. R., is an Indian actor, filmmaker and musician in Tamil cinema. He began his acting career by playing roles as a child artist in films directed by his father T. Rajendar, b ...

for disrupting the film's shoot.

Filmography

References

Living people Members of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Tamil film producers Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam politicians 1963 births People from Tirunelveli district Film producers from Tamil Nadu {{DMDK-politician-stub