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Elango Kumaravel is an Indian actor and writer known for his contribution to the Tamil film industry. He made his film debut in the 2001 Tamil flick Maayan directed by Nassar. Elango gained fame for his portrayal of a beggar in the Abhiyum Naanum movie. As a co-founder of the Chenani-based theatre group Magic Lantern, he made a positive impact on the performing arts. Besides acting Elango wrote the story for the 2010 film Kattradhu Kalavu. Elango signed up for GV Prakash’s next project, Kingston which has huge anticipation among the audience.

Did You Know?

• Elango Kumaravel is a graduate of the Sankaradas Swamigal School of Performing Arts at Pondicherry University and the Chennai-based theatre workshop Koothuppattarai.
• He contributed to the creation of Ey Aa O a musical fusion piece featuring Indian classical and folk musicians.
• He worked as a dubbing artist in the 2007 Tamil film Mozhi for actor Brahmanandam.
• Elango worked as the screenplay writer for the epic films Ponniyin Selvan I & II.
• In addition to his work in Tamil cinema, he appeared in several other language films like Gaganam (Telugu), John Luther (Malayalam), Sam Bahadur (Hindi), and more.
• Elango has also performed numerous stable dramas, including Ponniyin Selvan.

Movies

Tamil films

Year	Title	Role
2001	Maayan
2002	Azhagi	Kaakaiyan
2003	Iyarkai	Mastaan
2004	Azhagiya Theeye	Gopi (Chithappa)
2005	Ponniyin Selvan	Pandiya
2005	Sandakozhi	Balu and Kartik's friend
2008	Velli Thirai	Hamid Mustafa
2008	Abhiyum Naanum	Ravi Shasthri
2008	Mudhal Mudhal Mudhal Varai	Gopal
2010	Madrasapattinam	Taxi driver
2010	Irandu Mugam	Parthasarathy's friend
2011	Payanam	Subash
2011	Vaagai Sooda Vaa	Kuruvikaarar
2013	Gouravam	Maasi
2013	Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam	Constable
2014	His Wife	Father Godwin
2014	Un Samayal Arayil	Kalidas's uncle
2015	Dharani	Mahesh
2015	Ivanuku Thannila Gandam	James
2015	Uppu Karuvaadu	Manja alias Karnan
2017	Kurangu Bommai	Sekar
2017	12-12-1950	Jail wardern
2017	Richie	'Kaaka' Peter
2018	Diya	Police officer
2018	60 Vayadu Maaniram	Rajappan
2018	Kaatrin Mozhi	Kumbakarai Krishnamurthy aka 'Kumki'
2019	Sarvam Thaala Mayam	Johnson
2019	Natpe Thunai	B. C.
2019	Aruvam	Jagan's friend
2019	Hero	Mathi's father
2020	Asuraguru	Kumaravel
2021	Jai Bhim	Police officer
2022	Veeramae Vaagai Soodum	Parishuddam
2022	Vikram	Lawrence
2022	Jothi	Muthu
2022	Karotiyin Kadhali
2022	Rathasaatchi	Murugesan
2024	Captain Miller	Kannaya
2024	Blue Star	Ranjith and Sam's father
2024	Nanban Oruvan Vantha Piragu	Ravi
2024	Kadaisi Ulaga Por	Bhai
TBA	Kingston	TBA

Other language films

Year	Title	Role	Languages
2011	Gaganam	Subash	Telugu
2013	Gouravam	Baachi	Telugu
2019	Ninu Veedani Needanu Nene	Subha Reddy	Telugu
2022	John Luther	Prasad	Malayalam
2023	Sam Bahadur	V. K. Krishna Menon	Hindi
2024	Ajayante Randam Moshanam	–	Malayalam

Web series

Year	Title	Role
2022	Suzhal: The Vortex	Guna
2024	Inspector Rishi	Irfan
2024	Chutney Sambar	Peter

Dubbing Artist

Year	Title	Role
2007	Mozhi	Ananthakrishnan

Writer

Year	Title	Role
2010	Kattradhu Kalavu	Story
2022	Ponniyin Selvan: I	Screenplay
2023	Ponniyin Selvan: II	Screenplay

Theatre Plays

Actor

• Vaali Vadham (2006)
• Bheeshma (2007)
• Ravana (2008)
• Kurukshetra (2009)
• Raghuvamsam (2010)
• Krishna the Soul Seeker (2011)
• Sundara Kaandam (2012)
• Chakravyuh (2013)
• Hanuman (2014)
• Parasurama: Wielder of the Axe of Justice (2018)

Other roles

• Camus’ Caligula in Tamil (1993)
• Molière’s Tartuffe in Tamil (1997)
• Philip Minyana’s Ou Va Tu Jeremie? In Tamil (1998)
• Kalki’s Ponniyin Selvan performed in 1999

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