Dhanush filmography

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Dhanush is an Indian actor, film producer, screenwriter and film director known for his work in Tamil cinema. He has also appeared in some Hindi, English and Telugu films. He made his acting debut in 2002 with the coming of age drama, Thulluvadho Ilamai , directed by his father Kasthuri Raja. [1] His role as a mentally-disturbed man in Kaadhal Kondein (2003)—directed by his brother Selvaraghavan —won him critical acclaim. The following year, he starred in Subramaniam Siva's Thiruda Thirudi , a commercial success. [2] This was followed by a series of commercial failures— Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan (2004), Sulaan (2004) and Dreams (2004). [3] He had two releases in 2005— Devathaiyai Kanden and Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam .

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In 2006, Dhanush starred in the gangster film Pudhupettai , which was critically acclaimed and moderately successful at the box-office. [2] He next collaborated with debutant director Vetrimaaran in Polladhavan (2007). [4] It was critically acclaimed and commercially successful. [5] [6] His subsequent releases— Yaaradi Nee Mohini (2008) and Padikkadavan —were box-office successes. [2] He collaborated with Vetrimaaran for the second time in Aadukalam (2011). His role as a rooster fight jockey in the film won him that year's National Film Award for Best Actor and the Best Tamil Actor Award at the 60th Filmfare Awards South. [7] In 2012, he received international attention with the song "Why This Kolaveri Di", which was recorded for Aishwarya R. Dhanush's directorial debut 3 . [8] His role as a man who is suffering from bipolar disorder in the film won him his second Filmfare Award. [9]

Dhanush made his Bollywood debut with Aanand L. Rai's Raanjhanaa (2013). His performance as an obsessive one-sided lover in the film won him the Best Male Debut Award and earned a Best Actor nomination at the 59th Filmfare Awards. [10] [11] [12] The same year he was seen in the survival film Maryan , which won him Best Actor Award (Critics) at the 61st Filmfare Awards South. [13] In 2014, he produced and starred in cinematographer R. Velraj's directorial debut, Velaiilla Pattadhari , [14] which was critically acclaimed as well as a box-office success. [15] His performance as an unemployed graduate won a third Filmfare Award in the Best Tamil Actor category. [16]

In 2015, Dhanush co-starred with Amitabh Bachchan in R. Balki's Shamitabh , where he played a mute superstar. [17] The following year Dhanush played three roles in K. V. Anand's romantic thriller Anegan (2015) and a gangster in Balaji Mohan's Maari (2015), both becoming moderately success at the box office. He collaborated with Velraj's Thanga Magan (2015), which did not perform well at the box office when compared to his previous film. [18] Dhanush had two releases in 2016— Prabhu Solomon's Thodari , a critical and commercial failure; [19] and the political drama Kodi , where he played dual roles. The latter earned him a Best Tamil Actor nomination at the 64th Filmfare Awards South. [20] The following year, he made his directorial debut with Pa Paandi . [21] In 2018, Dhanush made his first international film appearance with the English-language French film The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir . [22] For his performance in Asuran (2019), he won his second National Film Award for Best Actor. [23]

As actor

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
List of Dhanush film credits as actor
YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2002 Thulluvadho Ilamai Mahesh [24]
2003 Kaadhal Kondein Vinod [25]
Thiruda Thirudi Vasudevan [26]
2004 Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan Saravanan [27]
Sulaan Subramani (Sulaan) [a] [28]
Dreams Sakthi [29]
2005 Devathaiyai Kanden Babu [30]
Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam Srinivasan [31]
2006 Pudhupettai Kokki Kumar [32]
Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam Thiru Kumaran [33]
2007 Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram Azhagu Sundaram alias Parattai [a] [34]
Polladhavan Prabhu Shankar [35]
[36]
2008 Yaaradi Nee Mohini Vasudevan [37]
Kuselan HimselfGuest appearance in the song "Cinema Cinema" [38]
2009 Padikkadavan Radhakrishnan "Rocky" [a] [39]
2010 Kutty Kutty [40]
Uthamaputhiran Siva Ramakrishnan [41]
2011 Aadukalam K. P. Karuppu [42]
Seedan SaravananCameo [43]
Mappillai Saravanan [44]
Venghai Selvam [45]
Mayakkam Enna Karthik Swaminathan [46]
2012 3 Ramachandran "Ram" [47]
2013 Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath Himself Malayalam film; Guest appearance [48]
Ethir Neechal HimselfGuest appearance in the song "Local Boys" [49]
[50]
Raanjhanaa Kundan Shankar Hindi film [51]
Maryan Maryan [52]
Naiyaandi Chinna Vandu [53]
2014 Velaiilla Pattadhari Raghuvaran "Raghu"25th film [54]
2015 Shamitabh Danish alias "Shamitabh"Hindi film [55]
Anegan Ashwin, Murugappa, Kaali [b] [56]
Vai Raja Vai Kokki KumarCameo [57]
Maari Maari [58]
Thanga Magan Thamizh [59]
2016 Thodari Poochiyappan [60]
Kodi Kodi, Anbu [c] [61]
2017 Pa Paandi Pandian Palanisamy [d] Also director and screenwriter [21]
Velaiilla Pattadhari 2 Raghuvaran "Raghu"Also screenwriter [e] [65]
2018 The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Ajatashatru Lavash Patel English film [66]
Vada Chennai Anbu [67]
Maari 2 Maariyappan "Maari" [68]
2019 Asuran Sivasaamy [69]
Enai Noki Paayum Thota Raghu [70]
2020 Pattas Sakthi alias "Pattas", Dhiraviyaperumal [c] [71]
2021 Karnan Karnan [72]
Jagame Thandhiram Suruli [73]
Atrangi Re S. Venkatesh Vishwanath "Vishu" IyerHindi film [74]
2022 Maaran Mathimaaran "Maaran" Sathyamoorthy [75]
The Gray Man Avik San alias "Lone Wolf"English film [76]
Thiruchitrambalam Thiruchitrambalam Jr. alias "Pazham" [77]
Naane Varuvean Kathir, Prabhu [c] Also screenwriter [78]
2023 Vaathi Balamurugan "Bala"Bilingual film [79]
SirBal Gangadhar Tilak "Balu"
2024 Captain Miller Analeesan "Easa" / Captain Miller [a] [80]
Raayan Kathavaraayan "Raayan"50th film; Also writer and director [81]
Kubera †TBATrilingual film [82] [83]
2025 Idly Kadai †TBAAlso writer, director and producer

As producer

List of Dhanush film credits as producer
YearTitleNotesRef.
2012 3 [84]
2013 Ethir Neechal [85]
2014 Velaiilla Pattadhari [54]
2015 Kaaki Sattai [86]
Kaaka Muttai [87]
Maari [88]
Naanum Rowdy Dhaan [89]
2016 Visaranai [90]
Amma Kanakku [91]
2017 Cinema Veeran [92]
Pa Paandi [21]
Velaiilla Pattadhari 2 [93]
Tharangam Malayalam film [94]
2018 Kaala [95]
Vada Chennai [96]
Maari 2 [97]
2024 Nilavuku En Mel Ennadi Kobam † [98]
2025 Idly Kadai † [99]

As director

List of Dhanush film credits as director
YearTitleRef.
2017 Pa Paandi [21]
2024 Raayan [81]
Nilavuku En Mel Ennadi Kobam † [98]
2025 Idly Kadai †

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Dhanush plays a character with two names.
  2. ↑ Dhanush plays three characters.
  3. 1 2 3 Dhanush plays two characters.
  4. ↑ Dhanush plays the younger version of the title character played by Rajkiran. [62]
  5. ↑ Some of Dhanush's scenes were reshot in Telugu while the other actors only shot the film in Tamil. [63] [64]

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