Ashok Selvan

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Ashok Selvan
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Selvan in 2017
Born (1989-11-08) 8 November 1989 (age 34)
Chennimalai, Tamil Nadu, India
Alma mater Loyola College
Occupation Actor
Years active2010–present
Spouse
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(m. 2023)​
Relatives Arun Pandian (father-in-law)

Ashok Selvan (born 8 November 1989) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. He made his breakthrough playing one of the lead roles in Soodhu Kavvum (2013), before gaining critical acclaim for his performances in C. V. Kumar's productions Pizza II: Villa (2013) and Thegidi (2014).

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Early life

Ashok Selvan was born to Panneerselvam and Malar on 8 November 1989 in Chennimalai, Erode, Tamil Nadu, India. He moved to Chennai at age three, and completed his schooling at Santhome Higher Secondary School, Chennai before graduating in Visual Communication from Loyola College. [1] In college, Ashok Selvan participated in short films, completing a dozen short films as an actor as well as directing a few, including Green, which won Best Film at the 2012 International Tamil Youth Conference held in Singapore. [2]

Career

After graduating from college, Ashok Selvan sought opportunities in films as an actor and auditioned for roles including in Prakash Raj's production Inidhu Inidhu and Bharat Bala's 19th Step but was rejected. [3] During the period, he applied to work as an assistant director to S. J. Surya and was given the opportunity to feature in a few scenes as Suriya's friend in the director's venture 7aam Arivu , though his scenes did not make the final version. He was also featured in the title card of Chakri Toleti's Billa 2 , with a childhood picture of Ashok Selvan used to represent a younger version of Ajith Kumar's titular character. [4] He then also auditioned unsuccessfully for a role in Pizza , before Nalan Kumarasamy offered him the role of Kesavan in his black comedy film, Soodhu Kavvum (2013) after seeing him in a commercial. Featuring alongside an ensemble cast including Vijay Sethupathi, Bobby Simha and Sanchita Shetty, Soodhu Kavvum became a commercial success, with Ashok Selvan being described as "fantastic" in his role of an unemployed graduate. [5] [6]

Ashok Selvan was then selected to replace Vaibhav in Deepan Chakravarthy's psychological thriller Pizza II: Villa , a second film in C. V. Kumar's Pizza franchise. Portraying an English novel writer in the film, the film told the story of eerie happenings in a villa owned by Ashok Selvan's character. In order to portray the role of a 30-year-old writer, he gained weight and grew a beard within two weeks. [7] The film opened to positive reviews and above average box office collections, with a critic noting that "Ashok delivers an outstanding performance". [8] [9] He collaborated with C. V. Kumar again in his third film, Thegidi , a murder mystery story directed by another newcomer P.Ramesh. Portraying a detective, Ashok Selvan featured opposite Janani Iyer, and won positive reviews for his acting in the film. A critic from Sify.com noted he "is subtle and conveys a lot through his body language and pleasing face", while another reviewer wrote "he seems to be quite proficient". [10] [11] In 2017, he starred in Kootathil Oruthan , which deals with the love story of a middle bencher and its trailer has had a very positive reaction from the audience and the media. [12] His film Sila Samayangalil directed by Priyadharshan was released in Netflix and made its way to the final round at Golden Globes. The film tells the story of eight characters who arrive at a pathology lab at 9 a.m. to give their blood for an AIDS test. However, it all ends at 5 p.m. when the results arrive. [13] [14] He is acting in a movie titled Oxygen directed by Ananda Krishnan and Nenjamellam Kadhal directed by Nirman. Oh My Kadavule was released on 14 Feb 2020 and was produced by his own banner Happy High Pictures in association with Axess Film Factory. Oh My Kadavule received positive reviews from critics and was a blockbuster hit at the box office. [15] [16] [17] The movie star cast also includes Ritika Singh and Vani Bhojan. [18] [19]

Ashok Selvan made his Telugu cinema debut with the film Ninnila Ninnila along directed by Ani. I. V. Sasi in 2021. [20] The movie star cast also includes Ritu Varma, Nithya Menen. [21] He made his Malayalam cinema debut with an antagonistic role through Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham in 2021. [22]

In 2022, Ashok Selvan delivered a solid performance in Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal , which both received a positive response from critics, followed by the adult comedy film Manmadha Leelai , directed by Venkat Prabhu. [23] [24] He also appeared in the comedy horror, Hostel [25] and the mystery thriller Vezham . [26] He has play a triple role in the romantic drama Nitham Oru Vaanam . [27] He starred in Por Thozhil (2023), which was well received, Saba Nayagan (2023) and Blue Star (2024) with versatile performances in each film. [28]

Personal life

On 13 September 2023, Ashok Selvan married Keerthi Pandian in a traditional Tamil wedding ceremony in Tirunelveli. [29] [30] Keerthi was the executive producer of Savaale Samaali (2015). [31] They co-starred in the film Blue Star (2024). [32]

Filmography

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†Denotes films that have not yet been released

Films

YearFilmRoleNotes
2013 Soodhu Kavvum Kesavan
Pizza II: Villa Jebin M. Jose
2014 Thegidi Vetri
2015 Orange Mittai Hospital ParamedicCameo appearance
Savaale Samaali Karthik
144 Madan
2017 Kootathil Oruthan Arvind
2018 Sila Samayangalil Bala Murugan
2020 Oh My Kadavule Arjun Marimuthu
2021 Ninnila Ninnila Dev Telugu film
Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea Achuthan Mangattachan Malayalam film
2022 Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal Vijay Kumar
Manmadha Leelai Satya
Hostel Kathir
Ashoka Vanamlo Arjuna Kalyanam VikramTelugu film; cameo appearance
Vezham Ashok Chandrasekar
Nitham Oru Vaanam Arjun, Veera, Prabhakaran (Prabha) Triple role
Estate Michael DevrajCameo appearance
2023 Por Thozhil Prakash [33]
Saba Nayagan Saba (Aravind) [34]
2024 Blue Star Ranjith [32]
Pon Ondru Kanden Siva

Web series

YearTitleRoleNetworkNotesRef
2020 Time Enna Boss Kabir Kannan Amazon Prime Video Guest appearance [35]
2021 Navarasa Varun Netflix Segment: Edhiri [36]
2023 Modern Love Chennai NithiyaAmazon Prime VideoSegment: Imaigal [37]

Television

YearTitleRolePlatformNotes
2017Neeya NaanaGuest Vijay Television As a Part of Kootathil Oruthan Movie Promotions
2018 Bigg Boss Tamil Season 2 To Support Janani Iyer
2019Spot Light Sun Music
Vanakkam Tamizha Sun TV Special Show
2020As a Part of Oh My Kadavule Movie Promotions
Oh My Kadavule Special Show Kalaignar TV
2023 Cooku with Comali (season 4) Vijay Television As a Part of Por Thozhil Movie Promotions

Music video

YearTitleCo StarSingerNotes
2016Aviyal Bobby Simha, Karunakaran Anthony Daasan Promotional song for Aviyal [38]
2022Maayam Seidhai PooveMalavika JayaramPranav GiridharanDuet song

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