Arjun Chidambaram

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Arjun Chidambaram
Born
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
NationalityIndian
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Theatre Artist

Arjun Chidambaram is an Indian actor, who has appeared in Tamil language films. He made his debut as an actor in Moone Moonu Varthai (2015). He made a breakthrough appearing in Nerkonda Paarvai (2019). He has since appeared in leading and supporting roles in films.

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Career

Arjun is a theatre artist who acts in plays. Arjun himself wrote plays such as First Day, First Show. Arjun worked with the Evam and Stray Factory. [1] He got the opportunity as the protagonist of S. P. B. Charan's production, Moone Moonu Varthai . [2] In 2017, he signed onto Rum where he played a deaf and mute hacker. [3] [4]

Arjun got his break through role as Adhik in H. Vinoth's Nerkonda Paarvai alongside Ajith Kumar. [5] He played the antagonist of the film who attempts to abuse a woman and takes revenge once she refused. Arjun took the role as it will set an example of how men should not be and the film opens up discussion about sexual violence and consent. [6] [7] [8] Arjun has been officially cast in Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan: I . [9] [10]

Filmography

Films

YearFilmRoleNotes
2015 Moone Moonu Varthai ArjunDebut film
2017 Rum Kural
2019 Nerkonda Paarvai Adhik
2019 Enai Noki Paayum Thota Police OfficerUncredited
2020 Theeviram Ismail
2022 Ponniyin Selvan: I Varagunan
2023 Aneethi Ajee
2023 Kolai Arjun
2023 Raththam

Web series

YearTitleRolePlatformNotes
2018 America Mappillai Ganesh ZEE5 [11]
2019 Auto Shankar Inspector KathiravanZEE5 [12] [13] [14]
2019Behind Closed DoorsPrashanth VIU [15]
2020 Addham Ajith Aha Telugu series
Segment: "The Unwhisperable Secret". [16] [17] [18]
2023 The Village Pirakash Amazon Prime Video

Short films

YearFilmRoleRef(s)
2014The UnknownKumar [19]

Dubbing artist

YearFilmActorRef(s)
2021 Doctor Milind Soman

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