C. S. Amudhan (born 19 July 1977) is a film director, screenwriter and lyricist from the

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in India.

Career

Amudhan made his cinematic debut as a lyricist with ''

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'' (2001), where he wrote the song "Maddy Maddy". He made his directorial debut with ''

Thamizh Padam ''Tamizh 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. The film is the first full-length spoof in Tamil cinema. It parodies contempo ...

'', the first full-length spoof film on

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, with

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playing the lead role. The film, distributed by

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, 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

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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

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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,

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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 ''Tamizh Padam 2: Police Athiyayam'' (), or simply ''Tamizh Padam 2'', is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language parody film written and directed by C. S. Amudhan and produced by S. Sashikanth and Ramachandra of YNOT Studios. A sequel to the successful ...

'' got released in 2018.

Personal life

His wife is Ahalya, daughter of ''pattimanram'' anchor and orator Dindigul I. Leoni.

Filmography

As director

As lyricist

As dubbing artist

References

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