M. Thirumalai (director)

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M. Thirumalai
Born1977
Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, India
OccupationFilm director
Years active2007-present

M. Thirumalai is an Indian film director and producer, who has directed Tamil language films. He became known for the action drama Thee Nagar (2007), and has gone on to make feature films including Agam Puram (2010) and Kasethan Kadavulada (2011). [1]

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Career

M. Thirumalai was born in 1977 in Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. He completed a degree in Tamil literature from Nandanam Arts College, and his master's degree at Pachaiyappa's College. Upon graduation, he worked as an assistant director, notably assisting K. Subhash. Thirumalai made his directorial debut through Thee Nagar (2007), an action drama starring Karan in the lead role. His second film, Agam Puram (2010) began production at the end of January 2008 with Shaam playing the lead role and M. Gopalakrishnan financing the film. [2] The film was titled Agam Puram due to the director's passions for literature and also due to the fact that "Agam Puram" means "two-sided", which relates to Shaam's double sided character. [3] Shaam eventually became the film's producer in 2010 after M. Gopalakrishnan left the film. [4] [5] However, Thirumalai later produced the film under his banner T. Creations and it had a delayed release in December 2010. [6]

In February 2010, he began working on a project titled Maan Vettai starring Seeman, the son of a DMK politician. [7] The film progressed slowly throughout the 2010s with several changes of cast, and eventually had a delayed release in March 2023. [8] In the early 2010s, he also worked on the comedy drama Kasethan Kadavulada (2011) starring Charan and Kamna Jethmalani in the lead roles, and an unreleased project titled Malaysia Nanban, where he played the lead role. [9] [10]

In October 2022, he started work on a new film starring Nakul, Natty and Srikanth in the lead roles. [11]

Personal life

Thirumalai married Nadhiya at a ceremony in Tirupathi in June 2008. [12]

Filmography

As director
YearFilmNotes
2007 Thee Nagar
2010 Agam Puram
2011 Kasethan Kadavulada
2023Maan Vettai
As producer only

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