Shanmuga Pandian (born 6 April 1993) is an Indian actor who has worked in

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language films. He is the son of Tamil actor and politician

Vijayakanth Narayanan Vijayaraj Alagarswami (born 25 August 1952), better known by his stage name Vijayakanth, is an Indian politician and former actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil cinema. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Leg ...

Career

Shanmuga Pandian made his debut as a leading actor in ''

Sagaptham ''Sagaptham'' () is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film directed by Surendran and produced by L. K. Sudhish. The film stars newcomer Shanmuga Pandian, with Neha Hinge and Shubra Aiyappa. The film shows a village youth who travels to ...

'' (2015), co-starring

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and

Shubra Aiyappa Shubra Aiyappa (born 24 April) is an Indian actress who has appeared in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada language films. After making her debut in the Telugu film ''Prathinidhi'' (2014), she went on to appear in ''Sagaptham'' (2015) and ''Vajrakaya'' ...

, but the film was heavily panned by critics and failed at the box office. Pandian moved on to work on ''Thamizhan Endru Sol'', again co-starring his father

in a pivotal role, but his father's ill health meant that the project was postponed. Thus ''

Madura Veeran ''Madura Veeran'' () is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by cinematographer P. G. Muthiah. Viji Subramaniam produced the film along with the director, under the banners of V Studios and PG Media Works. Sha ...

'' (2018), based on the issues and politics associated with

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, became his second release and won critical acclaim. The song Enna nadakudhu nattula became viral due to its questioning of current happenings in the country.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pandian, Shanmuga Living people Indian male film actors Male actors in Tamil cinema Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Indian male actors Male actors from Tamil Nadu 1992 births