Sunder Ramu

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Sunder Ramu
Occupation(s)Film actor, Theatre artist, photographer
Years active20112021
Relatives Jaggesh (brother-in-law) [1]

Sunder Ramu is an Indian film and stage actor, who is also a professional photographer, and has worked in predominately Tamil-language films. He has worked in the Dhanush-starrers Mayakkam Enna (2011) and 3 (2012).

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Career

After completing his secondary education at The Valley School, Bengaluru, Sunder went to and consequently dropped out of the National School of Drama in Delhi halfway because he could not cope with Hindi. He returned to Chennai to join the Visual Communication course at Loyola College and happened to shoot a portfolio for model Sunita Punjabi who reached the semi-finals of the Femina Miss India competition. [2] This began a career in fashion photography and he has since gone on to work for several different brands. [3] He juggled this with a career as a stage actor, featuring in pantomimes for The Little Theatre for over 10 years. Since the early 1990s, Sunder has acted in about 600 shows with 12 different groups. [2]

Sunder then collaborated with actor and friend Dhanush in acting with him in short films, one of which Selvaraghavan took over and turned into Mayakkam Enna . [2] Sunder played a key role in the film alongside Dhanush and Richa Gangopadhyay, and the film released in November 2011 to critical acclaim with a critic from The Hindu mentioning that "Sundar was impressive". [4] In 3 , Sunder played Dhanush's friend and also was as a part of the popular Why This Kolaveri Di song. [5] [6] He co-starred with his childhood friend Udhayanidhi Stalin in Idhu Kathirvelan Kadhal . [7] [8] [9] Then he featured in Balaji Mohan's web series As I'm Suffering From Kadhal as one of the leads. He transitioned to Malayalam films before taking a hiatus from acting. [10]

. [11] In 2015, he planned to go on a date every day of the year and donated the money he saved during meals to local charities in order to raise awareness about women's rights. He said the Delhi gang rape case was the breaking point for him. Due to the Chennai floods, he stopped 30 dates short of his goal. [10] [12] [13]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleNotes
2011 Mayakkam Enna SundarNominated, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Tamil
2012 3 Senthil
2013 David The Man who stabs the politicianGuest appearance [14]
2014 Idhu Kathirvelan Kadhal Gautham
Naan Sigappu Manithan Karuna
2016 Kanithan Senthil
2019 Love Action Drama Venkit Malayalam film
2021 Saajan Bakery Since 1962 MichelMalayalam film
Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum Mani

Web series

YearTitleRolePlatformNotes
2017 As I'm Suffering From Kadhal Bala Kumar Hotstar

References

  1. Sharadhaa, A. (10 January 2018). "Jaggesh, Ganesh and P Vasu team up, to have you ROFL". The New Indian Express.
  2. 1 2 3 Sudhish Kamath (15 December 2011). "Arts / Cinema : Now, in the picture!". The Hindu. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  3. Shenoy, Sonali (31 October 2018). "Indulge one-on-one: Sunder Ramu and Sandesh Reddy on friendship, hunger and reinvention". Indulgexpress.
  4. R. Aarathy (30 November 2011). "Life & Style / Nxg : Mayakkam Enna - Stellar performances". The Hindu. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  5. "Sunder Ramu off to New York". The Times of India. 30 January 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  6. "Now, in the picture!". 15 December 2011 via www.thehindu.com.
  7. "Sunder Ramu with Udhayanidhi Stalin". 15 January 2017 via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
  8. "Identify This Actor With Udhayanidhi Stalin From Their Childhood Photo". News18.
  9. "Sunder Ramu joins Udhayanidhi for IKK". 15 January 2017 via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
  10. 1 2 "365 dates: Indian serial dater Sunder Ramu still looking to meet his target". 12 August 2021 via www.bbc.com.
  11. Jaggesh, Parimala [@27parims] (23 December 2017). "A memorable evening with my younger brother @sunderramu😍ha ha...how time flies...😍 I can still the recall the day when my dad came to my UKG class & announced the birth of my little brother..😍😙" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 August 2025 via Twitter.
  12. Das, Monalisa (21 April 2015). "Meet the Chennai guy who is dating 365 women this year". The News Minute.
  13. "This Man Is Dating 365 Women This Year, And Goes On A Date Every Day". MensXP. 24 April 2015.
  14. Gupta, Rinku (28 February 2013). "Sundar Ramu with Udhayanidhi Stalin". The New Indian Express.