Samuthirakani

Samuthirakani
Samuthirakani at the audio launch of Sandamarutham in 2015
Born (1973-04-26) 26 April 1973 (age 51)
Seithur, Rajapalayam, Tamil Nadu, India
Alma materDr. Ambedkar Government Law College
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Film director
Years active1998-present
SpouseJayalakshmi
Children2

Samuthirakani[1] (born 26 April 1973) is an Indian actor and film director who works predominantly in Tamil films besides few Telugu and Malayalam films. He worked as an assistant to director K. Balachander, in Paarthale Paravasam. He won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2016 for Visaranai,[2][3] he is also an recipient of three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, a Filmfare Award and a SIIMA award

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference tamilfilmdirectorsassociation was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Rao, Subha J. (16 October 2018). "Cinema must be useful to society, says Samuthirakani". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  3. ^ M, Ramakrishnan (8 April 2017). "Samuthirakani: The angry director". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.