S. Michael Rayappan

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S. Michael Rayappan
Member of the Legislative Assembly
In office
16 May 2011 21 February 2016

Siluvai Michael Rayappan (born 19 March 1963) is an Indian politician and former Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Radhapuram constituency. He represented the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam party. [1] He is also a film producer and has produced such films like Nadodigal , Pattathu Yaanai , Eetti , and Miruthan under Global Infotainment's banner.

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Career

After producing the commercially successful films Nadodigal (2009), Thenmerku Paruvakaatru (2010), Goripalayam (2010), Pattathu Yaanai (2013), and Eetti (2015), Rayappan produced Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan (2017), a disaster at the box-office. Several months after the film's release, Rayappan criticised the unruly behaviour of film's lead actor Silambarasan for disrupting the film's shoot. [2]

Filmography

YearFilmDirectorCastNotes
2009 Nadodigal Samuthirakani M. Sasikumar, Bharani, Vijay Vasanth, Abhinaya, Ananya
2010 Goripalayam Rasu Madhuravan Vikranth, Harish, Ramakrishnan, Raghuvannan, Prakash
2010 Sindhu Samaveli Samy Harish Kalyan, Amala Paul
2010 Thenmerku Paruvakaatru Seenu Ramasamy Saranya Ponvannan, Vijay Sethupathi, Vasundhra Chiyertra
2011 Aadu Puli Vijay Prakash Aadhi, Prabhu, Poorna
2012 Aayiram Muthangaludan Thenmozhi ShanmugarajVenkatesh, Akshara
2013 Pattathu Yaanai Boopathy Pandian Vishal, Aishwarya Arjun, Santhanam
2014 Oru Oorla Rendu Raja R. Kannan Vimal, Priya Anand, Soori
2015 Eetti Ravi Arasu Atharvaa, Sri Divya
2016 Miruthan Shakti Soundar Rajan Jayam Ravi, Lakshmi Menon
2017 Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan Adhik Ravichandran Silambarasan, Shriya Saran, Tamannaah
2019 Kee Kalees Jiiva, Nikki Galrani, Anaika Soti, Govind Padmasoorya

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References

  1. "List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011" (PDF). Govt. of Tamil Nadu.
  2. "Producer Michael Rayappan's statement against Simbu for AAA loss". 30 November 2017.