Pavel Navageethan

Pavel Navageethan
Navageeethan
Born	(1984-01-17) 17 January 1984 (age 41) Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India
Other names	Madras Viji [1]
Years active	2014 – present

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

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 in his friend Pa. Ranjith's film Madras , where he played a henchman named Viji. His role in the film earned him the moniker Madras Viji. ^[1] Pavel Navageethan later played roles in several other films (including Kuttram Kadithal , Magalir Mattum , Vada Chennai , and Peranbu ) before turning to direction. ^{[1] [3] [4]} He made his directorial debut with the mystery thriller V1 (2019), after the editor was able to get a producer for the film. ^{[5] [6]}

In 2022, he marks the Telugu debut in Sridevi Soda Center played the main antagonist. ^[7] He played alongside Sathish in the crime thriller films Vithaikkaaran (2024) and Sattam En Kaiyil (2024). ^{[8] [9]}

Filmography

• All films are in Tamil except where noted.

As actor

Year	Film	Role	Notes
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	Anwar	Segment: Inmai / Fear
	Boomika	Dharman
	Sridevi Soda Center	Kasi	Telugu film
2022	Valimai	Selvam
	Taanakkaran	Kadar Basha
2023	Viduthalai Part 1	Journalist / Photographer
	Are You Ok Baby?	Ezhil
2024	Vithaikkaaran	Tyson
	Election
	Sattam En Kaiyil	ASI Basha	[10]
	Viduthalai Part 2	Journalist / Photographer

As director

Year	Film	Ref.
2019	V1 Murder Case	[11]

As dubbing artist

Year	Film	Actor
2019	Nerkonda Paarvai	Sujith Shankar
	Auto Shankar	Appani Sarath
	Jallikattu	Antony Varghese

References

1. Srivatsan, S (16 October 2018). "Vetri Maaran is a brilliant actor, says 'Vada Chennai' actor Pavel Navageethan". The Hindu.
2. Subramanian, Anupama (6 July 2019). "Versatile actor Pavel Navageethan turns filmmaker". Deccan Chronicle.
3. Joseph, Raveena (22 September 2015). "'Kuttram Kadithal, a labour of love'". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
4. "Vetri Maaran told me to continue acting: Vada Chennai actor Pavel Navageethan". New Indian Express. 31 October 2018.
5. Kumar, Pradeep (2 December 2019). "'Content-driven films also require stars as leads': Pavel Navageethan". The Hindu.
6. "இருட்டுக்கு பயம்: நடிகர் பாவெலின் புது அவதாரம்!".
7. "Pavel Navageethan on his Tollywood debut: I was under the pressure to deliver as the director had high expectations on me".
8. "Vithaikkaaran – A Trick Misplayed". 24 February 2024.
9. "Sattam En Kaiyil Movie Review: A spectacular second half makes up for a weak start". Cinema Express . 27 September 2024.
10. "Sathish's Sattam En Kaiyil gets release date". Cinema Express . 25 August 2024. Archived from the original on 25 August 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
11. "Vada Chennai-actor Pavel Navageethan to make directorial debut with crime thriller V1". Cinema Express . 5 July 2019.