Udhaya is an Indian actor who has acted in Tamil language films. He is the son of noted producer A. L. Azhagappan and the brother of director

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Personal life

Udhaya got married in August 2007 to Keerthika.

Career

Udhaya began his acting career in 1998 under his original name of Senthilkumar, by appearing in ''

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'' (1998) produced by his father. Udhaya then starred in

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's ''Thirunelveli'' playing a lead role alongside

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and

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and being paired opposite

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. The film won poor reviews, with Udhaya's performance being described as "average". He was next seen opposite

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in ''Kalakalappu'', which also featured

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and

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, with a critic noting that "he plays his role well, but has to improve his voice modulation." He also thereafter appeared in ''Shakkalaka Baby'', while another film titled ''Poonguyile'', featuring him alongside

and

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, was shelved after several schedules. In 2001, his father

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attempted to launch Udhaya as the main lead in a film titled ''Ennil Kalanthavalae'', but the project did not develop. In 2004, the actor announced a project titled ''Asamy'', and held a grand launch event, but the film failed to progress. During this period, he was also working on two projects which remain unreleased - the

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-starrer ''Kaadhal Jaathi'' and ''Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa'', with the latter being used as the title for an unrelated project in 2010 by

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. ''Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa'' was later released as '' Unnai Kann Theduthe'' in 2009, while in 2011, the actor hit out at ''Kaadhal Jaathi''s director

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, claiming that the director himself was blocking the release of the film. Udhaya's 2011 venture '' Raa Raa'' won positive reviews, but went unnoticed at the box office, while his other release ''Poova Thalaiya'', alongside Sherin also met with an average response. He later played a supporting role in his brother's ''

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'' (2013), before working on the low-budget horror film ''Aavi Kumar''.

Filmography

Films

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References

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