C. S. Amudhan (born 19 July 1977) is an Indian

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and

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from the Tamil film industry.

Career

Amudhan made his cinematic debut as a lyricist with ''

Minnale ''Minnale'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon. The story was written by Menon and Vipul D. Shah, starring Madhavan, Abbas, Reema Sen (in her Tamil debut), Vivek and Nagesh. The film tells the ...

'' (2001), where he wrote the song "Maddy Maddy". He made his directorial debut with ''

Thamizh Padam ''Thamizh Padam'' () is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language parody film written and directed by C. S. Amudhan in his directorial debut. The film stars Shiva and Disha Pandey. Thamizh Padam was the first full-length spoof in Tamil cinema. It parodies co ...

'', the first full-length spoof film on

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, with

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playing the lead role. The film, distributed by

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, released on 29 January 2010 and won critical acclaim and commercial success at the box office, earning cult status. In late 2010, he began work on a film titled ''Nakka Mukka'' starring

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in the lead role describing that it would be another film in a "new genre", however the film failed to progress. Furthermore, in October 2011, it was rumoured that Amudhan was working on a film titled ''Thalavali'' which would feature lookalikes of leading actors Vijay and

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in the lead roles; the director later denied the claims. He later announced that his second film would be '' Rendavathu Padam'', another full-length comic entertainer, featuring Vimal,

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, Aravind Akash and

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in the lead roles, however despite completing production in 2014 it remains unreleased. The sequel ''

Thamizh Padam 2 ''Tamizh Padam 2: Police Athiyayam'' () is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language parody film written and directed by C. S. Amudhan and produced by S. Sashikanth and Ramachandra of YNOT Studios. A sequel to the successful '' Thamizh Padam'' (2010), the ...

'' got released in 2018.

Personal life

His wife is Ahalya, daughter of Dindigul Leoni.

Filmography

As director

As lyricist

As dubbing artist

References

1977 births Living people Film directors from Chennai Tamil film directors Tamil film poets {{India-film-bio-stub