Pavel Navageethan

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Pavel Navageethan
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Navageeethan
Born (1984-01-17) 17 January 1984 (age 39)
Other namesMadras Viji [1]
Years active2014 – present

Pavel Navageethan (born 17 January 1984) is an Indian actor and filmmaker who works in Tamil cinema.

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Acting career

Pavel Navageethan's dream was to be a director, so he wrote scripts for films, but was unable to get producers. [2] [3] He then moved to acting debuting under his friend, Pa. Ranjith's Madras , where he played a henchman named Viji. His role in the film earned him the name Madras Viji. [1] Pavel Navageethan later played roles in several other films (including Kuttram Kadithal , Magalir Mattum , Vada Chennai , and Peranbu ) before turning director. [1] [3] [4] He made his directorial debut with a mystery thriller V1 , after the editor was able to get a producer for the film. [5] [6]

Filmography

As actor

YearFilmRoleNotes
2014 Madras Viji
2015 Kuttram Kadithal Udhayan
2017 Munnodi Jeyaveeran
Theru Naaigal Vinoth
Magalir Mattum Karthi Gothandaraman
2018 Vada Chennai Siva
2019 Peranbu Babu
2021 Thittam Irandu Bharani
Navarasa AnwarSegment: Inmai / Fear
Boomika Dharman
Sridevi Soda Center KasiTelugu film
2022 Valimai Selvam
Taanakkaran Kadar Basha
2023 Viduthalai Part 1 Journalist / Photographer
Are You Ok Baby? Ezhil

As director

YearFilmNotesRef.
2019 V1 Murder case Debut movie as Director [7]

As dubbing artist

YearFilmActor
2019 Nerkonda Paarvai Sujith Shankar
Auto Shankar Appani Sarath
Jallikattu Antony Varghese

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