G. M. Sundar is an Indian actor and film producer who has acted in a number of Tamil films. He turned producer for the film '' Urumattram''.

Career

He studied acting at the Film and Television institute, Adyar. He was given his first role by director K. Balachander in the film ''

Punnagai Mannan ''Punnagai Mannan'' () is a 1986 Indian Tamil-language musical romantic drama film written and directed by K. Balachander. The film stars Kamal Haasan and Revathi in the lead roles, with Srividya, Rekha, Delhi Ganesh, Sudarshan and Sundar Kri ...

''. Later, Sundar was cast by

Kamal Haasan Parthasarathy Srinivasan (born 7 November 1954), known professionally as Kamal Haasan, is an Indian actor, filmmaker and politician who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Considered as one of the most accomplished actors of Indian Cinema, Haas ...

in the film ''

Kadamai Kanniyam Kattupaadu ''Kadamai Kanniyam Kattupaadu'' () is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film directed by Santhana Bharathi and produced by Kamal Haasan, starring Sathyaraj, Geetha and Captain Raju. The film had no songs, though the score was compos ...

'' and ''

Sathyaa ''Sathyaa'' is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language gangster film directed by Suresh Krissna in his directorial debut and produced by Kamal Haasan under Raaj Kamal Films International. A remake of the 1985 Hindi film '' Arjun'', the film stars Kamal H ...

'', produced by Raaj Kamal Films. Apart from mainstream films, Sundar played the lead role in the national award-winning film ''

Ooruku Nooruper ''Ooruku Nooruper'' () is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language film directed by film editor B. Lenin and starring Hans Kaushik and G. M. Sundar. Based on a 1979 novel of the same name by Jayakanthan, the film focuses on capital punishment. The film w ...

'' directed by

B. Lenin Bhimsingh Lenin is an Indian film editor, writer and director who works in Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi films. The son of Tamil film maker A. Bhimsingh, Lenin entered the film industry as an assistant editor and went on to work in numerous projec ...

. He also acted in and produced a short film, '' Urumattram'', which won the national award for the Best Environmental Film. After a brief hiatus, Sundar has entered into the second phase of his acting career through

Nalan Kumarasamy Nalan Kumarasamy (born 25 October 1980) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in the Tamil film industry. He started his career as a short filmmaker and won the title of the first season of ''Naalaya Iyakunar''. He made his featu ...

's '' Kadhalum Kadanthu Pogum'', starring

Vijay Sethupathi Vijaya Gurunatha Sethupathi Kalimuthu (born 16 January 1978) is an Indian actor and film producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema, Tamil films. Sethupathi is the recipient of several accolades, including a National Film Awards, National F ...

and

Madonna Sebastian Madonna Sebastian (19 May 1992) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Tamil and Malayalam films. She made her acting debut with the 2015 Malayalam film ''Premam,'' and Tamil debut with ''Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum'' (2016), and in Telugu wi ...

. It was a critical and box office success.

Filmography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sundar, GM Living people Male actors in Tamil cinema Tamil film producers Tamil male actors Year of birth missing (living people)