Aadhavan (anchor)

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Aadhavan
Born
Aadhavan Kesavamurthi

(1980-10-01) 1 October 1980 (age 43)
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India
Education SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur
Occupation(s)Film actor, Radio Jockey, video jockey, mimicry artist
Years active2005 – current
Known forVocals

Aadhavan Kesavamurthi (born 1 October 1980), known professionally as Aadhavan, is an Indian mimicry artist. [1] He has been working as RJ (Radio Jockey) and VJ (Video Jockey), in Tamil Nadu. He has made appeared in television comedy shows including "Konjam Nadinga Boss", [2] "Super Challenge", "Comedy Junction", "Savaale samaali", "Galatta rani", "Lollu pa", and "Maanga Idiots".[ citation needed ] Aadhavan has also acted in movies predominantly in Tamil, [3] [4] and often performs in live orchestras.

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Early life

Aadhavan was born in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. He did his schooling in Thanjavur, Madurai, Udumalaipettai and Chennai as his father, S Kesavamurthi, who was working as an officer in a bank, was being posted in these places. In 2001, he completed his BE (Electrical and Electronics) in SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur. His use of mimicry was inspired by his mother, Dr P Umavathy, who was working as a doctor and narrated the way her colleagues spoke at work. [5]

Radio jockey

After completing his higher studies in Electrical and Electronics, Aadhavan worked in the banking, and information technology (IT) sectors. A turning point in his professional career came, when Sujith Kumar, HR Head of Infosys and, Founder of Maatram Foundation, invited Aadhavan to perform mimicry during a cultural program at Infosys, Chennai. Shiva, who was working in Radio Mirchi, was the chief guest of that cultural function, where Aadhavan performed mimicry with variety of voices. [6] Impressed by his performance, Shiva invited Aadhavan to join Radio Mirchi as RJ (Radio Jockey). [7] In 2007, Aadhavan, then, started a new career at Radio Mirchi as RJ, and also hosted a show "Kollyudans", [8] where instant updates, interviews, special shows, and information about newly released movies were given to listeners.

For Radio Mirchi, Aadhavan interviewed number of celebrities including Amitabh Bachchan, Ilaiyaraaja, A. R. Rahman, Kamal Haasan, Bharathiraja, Shyam Benegal, Sathyaraj, Prabhu, Asin, Dhanush, Manobala and Ravichandran Ashwin. Popular playback singers including K. J. Yesudas, Malaysia Vasudevan, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vijay Prakash, Velmurugan, Tippu, Haricharan and Karthik were also his guests in Radio Mirchi programs.[ citation needed ]

Video jockey

While Aadhavan was working at Radio Mirchi, he participated as a contestant in "Kalakka Povathu Yaaru?" (KPY), Season 4, a Tamil language comedy reality TV show on Vijay TV in 2008. With his ability to mimic voices of celebrities and sense of humor, Aadhavan was adjudged as the title winner of "Kalakka Povathu Yaaru" Season 4. Participation in "Kalakka Povathu Yaaru" gave him an opportunity to show his skills. Aadhavan's talent was noticed by a leading Tamil channel Adithya TV. [9] When Adithya TV, a 24-hour Tamil comedy channel of Sun TV Network was launched on 8 February 2009, Aadhavan was invited to join and host comedy program. [10] He, then, joined Aditya TV on 15 February 2009, and remained in the Sun TV Network for more than a decade. Aadhavan hosted a comedy show called "Konjam Nadinga Boss" in Adithya TV. [11] This show is the first one of its kind in which random strangers were asked to repeat famous movie dialogues with similar tone as the actor in the movie, and turns it into a comedy. This show made Aadhavan popular. [12] [13]

Aadhavan was chosen to be one of the Judges sharing the space with Madurai Muthu for Comedy Junction, [14] which is a Tamil-language comedy talk show broadcast on Sun TV. He presented a number of live shows including "Vaanga sirikalaam" and "Idhudhaanda Sirippu". Aadhavan has also anchored some of the super hit shows namely "Natchathiram", "Super Challenge" and "Savaale samaali" (Sun TV), "Galatta Rani" (Kalaignar TV) and "Sun Kudumba Virudhugal 2019." Aadhavan was one of the Judges [15] of "Kalakka Povadhu Yaaru" Season 9 on Vijay TV, which marked his return to Vijay TV after a gap of 11 years. [16]

Film career

His association with celebrities, along with his mimicry skills, [17] have helped Aadhavan to make an entry into Tamil film industry as an Actor and an assistant director. [18] Aadhavan lent his voice to Raghuvaran, after his demise, for the 2008 Tamil film Ellam Avan Seyal . He also lent voice for a golden retriever in the movie Enga Kattula Mazhai (2018). [19] In the beginning, Aadhavan started his career as an assistant director with Dharani, one of the directors in Tamil movies.

Filmography

Actor

YearFilmRole
2013 Onbadhule Guru
Biriyani
2014Madhavanum Malarvizhiyum
Irukku Aana Illai Meenakshi Sundaram
2015Manadhil Oru Maatram
Chikkiku Chikkikkichu Venky
Sandamarutham Aadhavan
2016 Ka Ka Ka Po
Ennama Katha Vudranunga
2017 12-12-1950 Ejamaan
2021 Eeswaran Mayakannan
Ikk
2022Narai Ezhuthum Suyasaritham
Powder
2024 Haraa

Assistant director

YearFilmDirector
2015 3 Aishwarya R

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