Pawan (actor)

Pawan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1997–present

Pawan is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. He made his debut in Raasi , supporting role in Thimiru , before playing leading roles in Sengathu Bhoomiyilae and Thagaraaru .

Career

Pawan ventured into Tamil films with Vetrimaaran's Polladhavan . He also played the villain role in the Vijay-starrer Kuruvi (2008), with his work for the film preventing him from accepting offers for roles in Aegan and Silambattam . ^[1]

Pawan next featured in Rathnakumar's family drama film Sengathu Bhoomiyilae (2012) as the film's lead character but the film met with a low key release and mixed reviews. ^[2] He then appeared as one of the four lead actors in Thagaraaru (2013), winning critical acclaim for his performance. ^{[3] [4]} Pawan also appeared in a small role in the Ajith Kumar starrer Veeram (2014). He starred in Vetrimaaran's Vada Chennai (2018) and Asuran (2019). ^[5]

Filmography

Tamil films

List of Tamil-language film credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Raasi	Kumar's friend	Uncredited role
1998	Ulavuthurai	dancer in song "Kandu Pudithaya"	uncredited role [6]
2002	Bala	Jeyamani's henchman	Uncredited role
2003	Alaudin	Gangadhar's henchman	Uncredited role
2005	Englishkaran	Padma's son
	Kasthuri Maan	Kasi
	Ji	Chezhiyan
2006	Thimiru	Bavani
	Kalabha Kadhalan	Dhana
2007	Polladhavan	Out
2008	Kuruvi	Soori
	Dindigul Sarathy
	Bheemaa	Pawan IPS
2009	Maasilamani	Inspector Boopathy
	Suriyan Satta Kalloori	Thiruchelvan, Kalaichelvan
2012	Sengathu Bhoomiyilae	Vallarasu
	Mayanginen Thayanginen	Muthukumar's friend
2013	Thagaraaru	Senthil
	Ragalaipuram	Burma Kumar
2014	Veeram	Nallasivam's son
	Theriyama Unna Kadhalichitten	Prakash
	Vilaasam	Shiva (Seesa)
2016	Kathakali	Sambantham
2017	Vaigai Express	Ajay
2018	Maniyaar Kudumbam	Thanrasu
	Azhagumagan
	Vada Chennai	Velu
2019	Sathru	Kathiresan's brother
	Asuran	Venkatesan
2020	Naadodigal 2	Soumya's uncle
2022	Therkathi Veeran
2024	Maya Puthagam
	Pogumidam Vegu Thooramillai	Esakkimuthu

Telugu films

List of Telugu film credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Kurradu	Satya's right hand
2017	Yuddham Sharanam	Jogi
2022	Acharya	Obulu
2022	Crazy Fellow	Chinni's Brother
2023	Meter	Kantham Byreddy	Credited as Dhanush Pawan
2024	Raajadhani Files	Andhra Pradesh CM	[7]

Malayalam films

List of Malayalam film credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	July 4	Williams
	Janmam
2009	Robin Hood	Goonda
2010	Black Stallion	Perumal
	The Thriller	Udayabhanu
	Chaverpada

Web series

List of web series credits

Year	Title	Role	Network	Ref.
2023	Sengalam		ZEE5	[8]

References

1. "Actor Pawan – A new star in the rise – Kollywood Today". kollywoodtoday.net. 21 May 2008. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
2. "Sengathu Bhoomiyile Review – Sengathu Bhoomiyile Movie Review". behindwoods.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
3. "Thagararu Movie Review – Top10 Cinema". top10cinema.com. 6 December 2013. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
4. "Movie Review : Thagararu". Sify . Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
5. "Pawan apologises to Thalapathy Vijay for his controversial statement on 'Kuruvi'". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 16 January 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
6. Kandu Piditthaya 4K Video Song | Ulavuthurai Movie Songs | Shah | Vijayakanth, Meena | Vairamuthu. Pyramid Audio. 23 October 2025. Event occurs at 1:05 to 1:08. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
7. "Interesting trailer of Rajadhani Files released". 5 February 2024. Archived from the original on 5 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
8. அரசியல் திரில்லராக உருவாகியுள்ள 'செங்களம்' இணையத் தொடர்! – மார்ச் 24 ஆம் தேதி ஜீ5 தளத்தில் வெளியாகிறது ['Sengalam' web series which has become a political thriller! – Releasing on 24th March on Zee5 platform]. Cinema Inbox (in Tamil). 19 March 2023. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.

External links

• Pawan at IMDb