Sulile Kumar, also known by his stage name Tharun Kumar (also credited as Tarun Shatriya) is an Indian
actor
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
who has appeared in Tamil and Kannada films. He made his debut in a supporting role in
Tarun Gopi
Tarun Gopi (born 10 April) is an Indian film director, scriptwriter and film producer. His first film as director was ''Thimiru'' (2006), which became one of the year's top-grossing Tamil films. He later ventured into acting roles, but has sinc ...
's ''
Kaalai
''Kaalai'' ( ) is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Tarun Gopi. The film stars Silambarasan and Vedhika. Sangeetha, Seema, Santhanam, Lal and Sulile Kumar play supporting roles. The film's music was composed by ...
'' (2008), before going on to play the antagonist in films including ''
Kunguma Poovum Konjum Puravum'' (2009) and ''
Aanmai Thavarael'' (2011) and the lead role in ''Padam Parthu Kaadhal Sol'' (2012). Kumar went on to play more villains, such as in ''Nagaram'' (2010), ''Markandeyan'' (2011), ''Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal'' (2012) and many more, before playing the lead role in the romance action drama ''Padam Parthu Kaadhal Sol'' (2012). The film had a limited release.
Career
Kumar made his acting debut in a supporting role in
Tarun Gopi
Tarun Gopi (born 10 April) is an Indian film director, scriptwriter and film producer. His first film as director was ''Thimiru'' (2006), which became one of the year's top-grossing Tamil films. He later ventured into acting roles, but has sinc ...
's ''
Kaalai
''Kaalai'' ( ) is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Tarun Gopi. The film stars Silambarasan and Vedhika. Sangeetha, Seema, Santhanam, Lal and Sulile Kumar play supporting roles. The film's music was composed by ...
'' (2008), with director
Tarun Gopi
Tarun Gopi (born 10 April) is an Indian film director, scriptwriter and film producer. His first film as director was ''Thimiru'' (2006), which became one of the year's top-grossing Tamil films. He later ventured into acting roles, but has sinc ...
giving him a new stagename of Tarun Shatriya. He continued to portray antagonistic roles in ''
Kunguma Poovum Konjum Puravum'' (2009), ''
Nagaram'' (2010) and ''
Markandeyan'' (2011), before playing the lead role in the romantic comedy ''Padam Parthu Kaadhal Sol'' (2012) and the unreleased investigative thriller ''Kandupidi Kandupidi''. In the year 2015 Sulile Kumar debuted in the Kannada film ''Maarikondavaru'', where he played a real life character of Devanura Mahadeva, an award-winning novelist and writer in Kannada. Later he went on to work as a lead in a period drama, ''Kalathur Gramam'' and the unreleased investigative thriller ''Kandupidi Kandupidi''. In 2016, Kumar wrote, directed and acted in a short film ''The Broken Tide'', which revolves around troubled relationships.
In 2017, Kumar reverted to using his original name
and will be seen as the antagonist in the horror film ''
Dora'' and
Ameer's period drama ''Santhana Devan''.
Filmography
*''All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.''
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Indian male film actors
Male actors in Tamil cinema
Living people
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