Udhayabhanu Maheswaran (born February 21 st 1970) is an Indian actor and director. He directed two Tamil

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films: ''

Naalai ''Naalai'' ( Tomorrow) is a 2006 Indian Tamil language film directed by Udhayabhanu Maheswaran and produced by Nallamuthu. The film stars Richard Rishi, Natarajan Subramaniam, Madhumitha, and Nassar. The music was composed by Karthik Raja, and ...

'' (2006) and '' Chakkara Viyugam'' (2008). As an actor, he is best known for his portrayal of Vishwanathan in the

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television series ''

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''. His recent portrayal of the character, Chellam Sir in ''

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'' series is currently trending all over social media.

Career

Udhayabhanu made his directorial debut with ''

'' starring

Richard Rishi Richard Rishi is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Tamil and Telugu films and few Malayalam and Kannada films. He is known for Koottu, ''A Film by Aravind'' and his controversial caste movies with director Mohan G, namely '' Draupat ...

and

Madhumitha Madhumitha (born Swapna Madhuri on 20 August 1981) is an Indian actress who appears in Telugu and Tamil films. Career Madhumitha started her acting career under her birth name Swapna Madhuri with the 2002 Telugu film ''Sandade Sandadi'' (2002 ...

, film introduced cinematographer

Natarajan Subramaniam Natarajan Subramanian, better known as Natty, is an Indian cinematographer who has worked on Tamil films. He has also worked as an actor in Tamil films and achieved recognition through his performance as a conman in ''Sathuranga Vettai'' (2014) ...

as an actor. The film, a gangster subject was released in 2006 to mixed reviews and became average grosser. He again directed Natraj in '' Chakkara Viyugam'', a crime thriller which was completely shot around

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. The film was briefly delayed due to Natrajan's cameraman assignments and also crew complained the behaviour of film's actress

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. The film was released in 2008 to mixed reviews. As an actor, he played a small role in critically acclaimed ''

Moodar Koodam ''Moodar Koodam'' () is a 2013 Tamil language black comedy film written, produced and directed by Naveen. The film stars the director himself alongside Sendrayan, Kuberan, and Rajaj in lead roles. Oviya, Anupama Kumar, Jayaprakash, Five Star Kri ...

''. His portrayal of IT company Country Head Vishwanathan in

series ''

'' had received critical acclaim and gained accolades from audience.

Filmography

As director

As writer only

*''

Yahaan ''Yahaan'' () is a 2005 Indian Hindi war drama, romance film jointly produced by Sahara One Motion Pictures and Red Ice Films with Shoojit Sircar as the director in his directorial debut. The film stars Jimmy Sheirgill, Minissha Lamba (in her ...

'' (2005) (Hindi) *''

Abhiyum Anuvum ''Abhiyum Anuvum'' ''(in Tamil)'' / Abhiyude Katha Anuvinteyum ''(in Malayalam)'' is a 2018 Indian bilingual romantic drama film directed by B. R. Vijayalakshmi, written by Uday Mahesh and starring Tovino Thomas and Piaa Bajpai. The film was ...

'' (2018) (Tamil)

As actor

;Web series *''

'' (2021) as Chellam ;Television *''

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'' *''

'' - Vishwanathan *'' Pagal Nilavu: Andal Azhagar Adutha Thalaimurai-'' Sakthivel *''

Mouna Raagam (TV Series) Mouna Raagam () is a Indian Tamil language Musical drama series which premiered on 24 April 2017 which premiered on Star Vijay and digitally streams on Disney+ Hotstar. The show is produced by actress Chippy Renjith under Global Villagers. The ...

''-'' Manohar

References

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