Yugi Sethu [1] [2] is an Indian actor, filmmaker, writer, entrepreneur, television presenter, academician, critic and art historian who has worked in the Tamil film industry. [3] He has been conferred doctorate (PhD) in cinema by the Madras University in July 2015, for his Thesis entitled: 'Development of a new box office predictability model'. [2] [4] [1] He has appeared in a few films in main and supporting roles and has contributed to films as a screenwriter. He has hosted close to 1,000 TV talk shows, [Nayyandi Darbar, [5] Sethuvudan Darbar, Yugiyudan Yugiyungal, etc...] and has been a jury since inception for popular "Star Vijay TV Movie Awards".
He is an academician, a critic, art historian, and is engaged in restoration and preservation of Tamil and other south Indian Vintage movies.[ citation needed ] He is involved in Independent movies in India.
He is a native of Oothukadu, Tamil Nadu, India. He completed a Bachelor of Commerce degree and finished post-graduate studies in political science. [6]
He was awarded a gold medal during his time at the Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu for his student project film, The Rhetoric of the Continuity, which had the distinction of being the only Indian film selected among 45 other international entries at the 1984 International Film Festival of India in New Delhi and Music, courtesy of Satyajit Ray. [6] [7]
HE directed two films Kavithai Paada Neramillai and Maadhangal Ezhu. [6] [7] He wrote the Story for the Tamil box office hit K.S.Ravikumar's Villain , starring Ajith Kumar. He has acted in the lead in an Italian-English short Telefilm, "Pidgin" (1997), which won an award at the Nanni Moretti's Sacher Film Festival in Rome. [8] He has acted in a cameo in the Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf's, Scream of the Ants (2006) in Persian/English. He was the line producer for the French production of the docu-film "Kalaiyur" Directed by Sophie Martre. He has visited the Cannes Film festival several times since 1994 and has imported European films to India [ Tales of Erotica; Katya Ismailova]. He distributed Shekar Kapur's "Bandit Queen" in Tamil Nadu state. He also trades in Film rights for Satellite TV, Home video, Internet and mobile.[ citation needed ]
Year | Title | Credited as | Role | Notes | Ref. | ||
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Actor | Writer | Director | |||||
1987 | Kavithai Paada Neramillai | Yes | Yes | Yes | Guna | Film Fans Association Special Commendation Award[ citation needed ] | [9] |
1989 | Jana | Yes | Jana | Television film | |||
1993 | Maadhangal Ezhu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Raja | [9] | |
2002 | Pammal K. Sambandam | Yes | Yugi Sethu | ||||
Panchathantiram | Yes | Vedham | [10] | ||||
Ramanaa | Yes | Saravanan | [9] | ||||
Villain | Yes | — | V4 Award for Best Writer[ citation needed ] | [9] | |||
2003 | Anbe Sivam | Yes | Utthaman | ||||
2006 | Scream of the Ants | Yes | Persian film | [11] | |||
2010 | Asal | Yes | Yes | Don Samsa | [9] | ||
2013 | Haridas | Yes | Ravi | ||||
2015 | Trisha Illana Nayanthara | Yes | Vikram | ||||
Thoongaa Vanam | Yes | Mani | [12] | ||||
Cheekati Rajyam | Yes | Telugu film | |||||
Oru Naal Iravil | Yes | Sethu Barathi | [13] | ||||
2021 | Kasada Thapara | Yes | Lord Krishna | ||||
2022 | Sardar | Yes | Agent Karapanpoochi | [14] |
Year | Film | Notes | Ref. |
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1984 | The Rhetoric of the Continuity | ||
1989 | Water Flourosis | ||
1989 | Indra Avaz Yojana | ||
1997 | Pidgin | Italian short film | [8] |
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