Sethu Vinayagam was an Indian stage and film actor who worked in Tamil films. He is the member of Visu's drama troupe and mostly seen in all

Visu Meenakshisundaram Ramasamy Viswanathan (1 July 1945 – 22 March 2020), best known by his stage name Visu, was an Indian writer, director, stage, film and television actor and talk-show host. Visu initially worked as an assistant to director K ...

's movies. He has acted more over 100 films and plays and has made his mark as a villain, supporting roles in many films. His notable movies such as

Thillu Mullu ''Thillu Mullu'' () is a 1981 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language comedy film directed by K. Balachander and written by Visu. A remake of the 1979 Hindi film ''Gol Maal'', it stars Rajinikanth, with Thengai Srinivasan, Nagesh, Poornam Viswana ...

, Puthiya Theerpu, Oor Kavalan, Sathya,

Mangai Oru Gangai ''Mangai Oru Gangai'' is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language legal drama film directed by T. Hariharan and produced by Kovaithambi. The film stars Saritha and Nadhiya. It was released on 24 July 1987. Plot Radha Ranganathan, an advocate, becomes ...

Penmani Aval Kanmani ''Penmani Aval Kanmani'' is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by Visu and produced by Rajam Balachander and Pushpa Kandaswamy. The film stars Pratap Pothen, Seetha, Visu and Kishmu. It was released on 11 March 1988. The film was remade ...

Palaivana Paravaigal ''Palaivana Paravaigal'' () is a 1990 Indian Tamil language crime film directed by Senthilnathan. The film stars Sarathkumar, Anandaraj, newcomer Udhayan and newcomer Dharini. The film, produced by K. S. Srinivasan and K. S. Sivaraman, had mu ...

, Magalir Mattum,

Baashha ''Baashha'' is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language gangster action film written and directed by Suresh Krissna. The film stars Rajinikanth, Nagma and Raghuvaran, with Janagaraj, Devan, Shashi Kumar, Vijayakumar, Anandaraj, Charan Raj, Kitty, Sath ...

Film career

He has played one of Rajinikanth's friends in a small scene in the movie Thillumullu. He also played a small villain role in the movie "Baashha".

Family

Sethu Vinayagam has a wife and 3 daughters.

Death

Sethu Vinayagam died on 20 September 2009 at the age of 60 due to prolonged sickness.

Filmography

''This is a partial filmography. You can expand it.''

1980s

1990s

2000s

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Uyirile Kalanthathu ''Uyirile Kalanthathu'' is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by K. R. Jaya which stars Suriya, Jyothika and Raghuvaran, with Sivakumar and Raadhika in supporting roles. The film opened in September 2000, to mixed rev ...

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Mugavaree ''Mugavaree'' () is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language musical romantic drama film written and directed by V. Z. Durai and produced by S. S. Chakravarthy. The film stars Ajith Kumar and Jyothika, with Raghuvaran, Vivek, Manivannan, and K. Viswanath p ...

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Sigamani Ramamani ''Sigamani Ramamani'' is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film, written and directed by Visu. The film stars S. V. Shekhar, Urvashi, Manorama and Srividya. The film had musical score by Chandrabose. This was Visu's final film as dir ...

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Aanandham ''Aanandham'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by N. Lingusamy and produced by R. B. Choudary. The film features an ensemble cast including Mammootty, Murali, Abbas, Devayani, Rambha, Sneha, Delhi Ganesh a ...

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Galatta Ganapathy ''Galatta Ganapathy'' is a 2003 Tamil language comedy film directed by Karthik Kumar. The film stars Pandiarajan and Sanghavi, with Vennira Aadai Moorthy, Vinu Chakravarthy, Vadivukkarasi, Chitti Babu, Sethu Vinayagam, Keerthana, Pandu and Mah ...

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Saamy ''Saamy'' ( God) is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language action masala film written and directed by Hari. The film was presented by K. Balachander and produced by Pushpa Kandasamy under banner Kavithalayaa Productions. The film stars Vikram and Trisha ...

, Aarusaamy's suitor's father , , - , 2004 ,

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Mazhai ''Mazhai'' () is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language romantic action film directed by Rajkumar. It is a remake of the 2004 Telugu film '' Varsham'', and stars Jayam Ravi and Shriya, while Vadivelu, Rahul Dev, and Kalabhavan Mani play supporting roles ...

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Ippadikku En Kadhal ''Ippadikku En Kadhal'' is a 2007 Indian Tamil language romantic drama film directed by B. Kishore. The film stars newcomers Ravi Kalyan and Thanuja, with J. Livingston, Sethu Vinayagam, Ajay Rathnam, Kovai Senthil, S. Ramakrishnan, Balasubrama ...

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Sadhu Miranda ''Sadhu Mirandaa'' () is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language comedy thriller film directed by Siddique, starring Prasanna, Abbas, and Kavya Madhavan. Karunas and Manoj K. Jayan play supporting roles. The music was composed by Deepak Dev, and cinema ...

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Pattaya Kelappu ''Pattaya Kelappu'' () is a 2008 Tamil language action comedy film written, produced and directed by Ponnambalam, making his directorial debut. The film stars Sriman, Payal and Ponnambalam, with Janagaraj, Dhamu, Pandu, Vasu Vikram, Kazan Khan ...

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References

External links

* https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1302977/ 1949 births 2009 deaths