He is named Thambi, Anna, and has a sister named Thangachi.
His father’s name is Kalimuthu and his mother’s name is Saraswathi. He was born in Tamil Nadu Raja Palayam to a middle-class Hindu family.
This film is also screened at the Shanghai International Film Festival in China. In 2011, he featured in the film Kaavalan which was a remake of the Malayalam film Bodyguard. This film becomes 1st Tamil film to run for complete 100 days in the theatre in Kerala. In 2004, his film Ghilli becomes 1st Tamil film to cross 500 million in the domestic box-office.Īfter that, he acted in Prabhu Deva’s Pokkiri in 2007 which became the 3rd highest-grossing film of the year 2007. After that, he starred opposite Priyanka Chopra in the film Thamizhan in 2002. Furthermore, he gave continuous super hits films including Kaalamellam Kaathiruppen, Vasantha Vasal, Maanbumigu Maanavan, and Selva.įor the films like Kadhalukku Mariyadhai, and Thulladha Manamum Thullum he awarded ‘Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor. He got his first breakthrough in 1996 with the film Poove Unakkaga. He made his debut with the film Naalaiya Theerpu as the main actor in 1992. Moreover, he acted in many films as a child artist such as Kudumbam, Vasantha Raagam, Sattam Oru Vilayaattu, and Ithu Engal Neethi, and in 1985 in the film, Naan Sigappu Manithan, starring Rajinikanth he also acted as a child artist. His first film was directed by his father S.
He commenced his career at the age of 10 years as a child artist with the film Vetri (1984).