C. S. Amudhan (born 19 July 1977) is an Indian

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and

lyricist A lyricist is a songwriter who writes lyrics (the spoken words), as opposed to a composer, who writes the song's music which may include but not limited to the melody, harmony, arrangement and accompaniment. Royalties A lyricist's income de ...

from the Tamil film industry.

Career

Amudhan made his cinematic debut as a lyricist with '' Minnale'' (2001), where he wrote the song "Maddy Maddy". He made his directorial debut with ''

Thamizh Padam ''Thamizh Padam'' () is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language parody film written and directed by C. S. Amudhan in his directorial debut. The film stars Shiva and Disha Pandey. Thamizh Padam was the first full-length spoof in Tamil cinema. It parodies ...

'', the first full-length spoof film on

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, with

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playing the lead role. The film, distributed by Dayanidhi Azhagiri's Cloud Nine Movies, released on 29 January 2010 and won critical acclaim and commercial success at the box office, earning cult status. In late 2010, he began work on a film titled ''Nakka Mukka'' starring Vijay Antony in the lead role describing that it would be another film in a "new genre", however the film failed to progress. Furthermore, in October 2011, it was rumoured that Amudhan was working on a film titled ''Thalavali'' which would feature lookalikes of leading actors Vijay and Ajith Kumar in the lead roles; the director later denied the claims. He later announced that his second film would be '' Rendavathu Padam'', another full-length comic entertainer, featuring Vimal, Remya Nambeesan,

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and

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in the lead roles, however despite completing production in 2014 it remains unreleased. The sequel '' Thamizh Padam 2'' got released in 2018.

Personal life

His wife is Ahalya, daughter of Dindigul Leoni.

Filmography

As director

As lyricist

As dubbing artist

References

1977 births Living people Film directors from Chennai Tamil film directors Tamil film poets {{India-film-bio-stub