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R. Amarendran (also known as Amarendran Ramanan or Amar) is an Indian theatre director and actor who has directed and acted in several plays in English and French staged in Chennai and Pondicherry.


Career

R. Amarendran's love for acting started in the 1980s when he was a college student. He took part in the Loyola college production of Girish Karnad's ''Tughlaq'' which soon led him to get minor roles in Mithran Devanesan's
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musicals in Chennai, India. He later acted in English plays for several theatre groups in Chennai. In 1989 he was one of four Indians to be selected by the French government to go the L'ecole Nationale d'art Dramatique at the Theatre National de Strasbourg in France to train in acting and to act in a French play that was staged in Delhi, Calcutta and Strasbourg. On his return from France he decided to direct plays himself and in 1992 he founded the Theatre Arlequin. He staged more than 25 plays in English and French the most notable of which were ''
Tartuffe ''Tartuffe, or The Impostor, or The Hypocrite'' (; , ), first performed in 1664, is a theatrical comedy (or more specifically, a farce) by Molière. The characters of Tartuffe, Elmire, and Orgon are considered among the greatest classical theat ...
'' by Molière, ''
The Lesson ''The Lesson'' () is a one-act play by French-Romanian playwright Eugène Ionesco. It was first performed in 1951 in a production directed by Marcel Cuvelier (who also played the Professor). Since 1957 it has been in permanent showing at Pari ...
'' by Eugène Ionesco, ''
The Maids ''The Maids'' ( ) is a 1947 play by the French dramatist Jean Genet. It was first performed at the Théâtre de l'Athénée in Paris in a production that opened on 17 April 1947, which Louis Jouvet directed. The play has been revived in Fr ...
'' by Jean Genet and Tony Kushner's adaptation of Pierre Corneille's ''
L'Illusion Comique ''L'Illusion comique'' is a comedic play written by Pierre Corneille in 1636. In its use of meta-theatricality ( plays-within-the-play), it is far ahead of its time. It was first performed at the Hôtel de Bourgogne in 1636 and published in 16 ...
''. His film career started in 2008 when he landed a role in the movie '' Bale Pandya'' (2010) directed by Siddharth Chandrasekhar. Since then he has acted in negative, mad scientist and professor roles. He also played the role of the history teacher in the Hollywood film ''
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'' (2012). He has acted in a major role in the critically acclaimed '' Vidiyum Munn'' (2013), which was inspired by the British film ''
London to Brighton ''London to Brighton'' is a 2006 British neo-noir crime film written and directed by Paul Andrew Williams released to generally mixed to average critic reviews but was a box office failure, grossing $449,700 on a budget of $639,200. Plot The fi ...
''. He was a supporting actor yet he played an impactful role. Amarendran is also a story writer and his first children's book in English ''Siri's Smile,'' written in 2011, has been translated into several Indian languages. He is a children's author who through his writing has explored his childhood memories and has created a small, cheerful world for his young readers. One of his other book is ''Salim The Knife-Sharpener'' (2015), which is also a children's book. His other roles are in ''
Jil Jung Juk ''Jil Jung Juk'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language neo-Western post-apocalyptic black comedy film directed by Deeraj Vaidy as his debut film. The film was produced by Siddharth under Etaki Entertainment; Siddharth also acts in the film, along ...
'' (2016), ''
Kabali ''Kabali'' is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Pa. Ranjith and produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu under V Creations. The film stars Rajinikanth, Winston Chao, Radhika Apte, Sai Dhanshika, Kishore, Dinesh Ravi, Kalaiyar ...
'' (2016) and ''
Vikram Vedha ''Vikram Vedha'' is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language neo-noir action thriller film written and directed by Pushkar–Gayathri and produced by YNOT Studios. The film, which is inspired by the Indian folktale ''Baital Pachisi'', stars R. Madhava ...
'' (2017).


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Filmography


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