Vagai Chandrasekhar

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Chandrasekhar
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Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
In office
2016–2021
Awards National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
2002 Nanba Nanba

Chandrasekhar (born 3 May 1956), [2] also known as Vagai Chandrasekhar, [3] is an Indian stage, film and television actor working in Tamil language films, known for his histrionics. He is currently the Chairman of Tamil Nadu Eyal Isai Nataka Mandram. [4] He played lead or supportive roles in Tamil films of the 1980s. [5] He won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the 2002 film Nanba Nanba . He contested and won from Velachery constituency in State legislative assembly election 2016 from DMK party. [6]

Contents

Filmography

Actor

Films

Television

  • Appa (Sun TV)
  • Veppilaikkari [7] (Sun TV)
  • Therkathi Ponnu (Kalaignar TV)
  • Vasantham (Sun TV)
  • Priyamanaval (Sun TV)

Dubbing artist

ActorFilmNotes
Vijayan Chinna Thambi Periya Thambi,
Ramana
Ajay Rathnam Gunaa
Annu Kapoor Siraichaalai Dubbed version of Malayalam film Kalapani
Mammootty Narasimha Naicker Dubbed version of Malayalam film Dhruvam

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References

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  2. "300 படங்களில் நடித்து சந்திரசேகர் சாதனை" [Chandrasekhar charts record by performing in about 300 films]. Maalai Malar (in Tamil). 13 July 2013. Archived from the original on 19 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
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