Visu

Visu (born July 1, 1945) is a Tamil writer, director, stage, film and television actor and talk show host from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Visu fine tuned his directorial skills under the mentor-ship of legendary K. Balachander until becoming a full fledged director. He ventured into acting in his self-directed Tamil Movie, Kudumbam Oru Kadambam meaning family is a mixture, which was a talk of the period for its crisp story line, sensitive story, sensational dialogues and timed jokes. Further on, he directed movies like Samsaram Adhu Minsaaram which was remade in almost in all Indian languages based on a short story, Thirumathi oru Vegumathi, Manal Kayiru etc.

A philanthropist, Visu had been supporting the needy thorough his own foundation. The Program at Jaya TV "Visuvin Makkal Arangam" had been serving for a genuine cause since its inception. The same type of program Arratai Arangam was hosted by him in Sun TV. Though he could serve thorough a registered foundation, he had been using the program as a tool/media to reach the common man.^[2]

Filmography

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Year	Title	Credited as			Role	Notes
		Director	Writer	Actor
1981	Thillu Mullu	N	Y	Y	As a film crew	Voice-Over Actor (Dubbing)
1981	Netrikkann	N	Y	N
1981	Kudumbam Oru Kadambam	N	Y	Y	Srinivasa Raghavan
1982	Kanmani Poonga	Y	Y	Y
1982	Manal Kayiru	Y	Y	Y	Uthramerur Narathar Naidu
1983	Dowry Kalyanam	Y	Y	Y	Ganesh
1984	Nallavanuku Nallavan	N	Y	Y
1984	Puyal Kadantha Boomi	Y	Y	Y
1984	Rajathanthiram]]	Y	Y	Y
1984	Vaai Sollil Veeranadi	Y	Y	Y
1984	Nanayamillatha Nanayam	Y	Y	Y	Veerapandi
1985	Aval Sumangalithan	Y	Y	Y	Watchman Aarumugam
1985	Puthiya Sagaptham	Y	Y	Y	Ramadasaradan
1985	Ketti Melam	Y	Y	Y
1986	Chidambara Rahasiyam	Y	Y	Y	Beemarao
1986	Oomai Vizhigal	N	N	Y	Rathnasabapathy
1986	Mr. Bharath	N	Y	Y	Kumaresa Gounder
1986	Mella Thirandhathu Kadhavu	N	N	Y	Thulasi's father
1986	Samsaram Adhu Minsaaram	Y	Y	Y	Ammaiyappa Mudaliyar	National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment
1987	Adade Adharam	Y	Y	Y		Telugu film
1987	Thirumathi Oru Vegumathi	Y	Y	Y	Naagarkoil Naadhamuni
1987	Kavalan Avan Kovalan	Y	Y	Y
1988	Penmani Aval Kanmani	Y	Y	Y	Radio Mama
1988	Veedu Manaivi Makkal	Y	Y	Y	Subbaiah Pillai
1988	Mapillai Sir	N	N	Y	Sock Puppet
1988	Sagalakala Sammandhi	Y	Y	Y
1990	Varavu Nalla Uravu	Y	Y	Y		Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Story Writer
1992	Vedikkai En Vadikkai	Y	Y	Y	Kakkisattai Kandasamy
1992	Mannan	N	N	Y	Viswanathan
1992	Urimai Oonjaladugirathu	Y	Y	Y
1992	Neenga Nalla Irukkanum	Y	Y	Y		National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues
1993	Uzhaippali	N	N	Y	Barrister
1993	Chinna Mapillai	N	N	Y	Marriage Broker
1994	Pattukottai Periyappa	Y	Y	Y	Pattukottai Periyappa
1994	Vanaja Girija	N	N	Y	Business man Ramanathan
1994	Vaanga Partner Vaanga	N	N	Y	Ganapathi
1995	Mayabazar	N	N	Y
1996	Irattai Roja	N	N	Y		Guest appearance
1996	Meendum Savithri	Y	Y	Y	Narayana Moorthy
1997	Nesam	N	N	Y
1997	Aravindhan	N	N	Y
1997	Adimai Changili	N	N	Y
1997	Arunachalam	N	N	Y	Adv. Rangachari
1997	Sishya	N	N	Y
1999	Anbulla Kadhalukku	N	N	Y
1999	Mannavaru Chinnavaru	N	N	Y
2001	Sigamani Ramamani	Y	Y	Y	Sundaramoorthy
2001	Krishna Krishna	N	N	Y	Advocate Viswanathan	Guest appearance
2001	Middle Class Madhavan	N	N	Y	Advocate
2004	Maha Nadigan	N	N	Y
2005	Ji	N	N	Y	Raghavan
2007	Cheena Thaana 001	N	N	Y	Governor	Guest role
2008	Ellam Avan Seyal	N	N	Y
2009	Innoruvan	N	N	Y
2013	Alex Pandian	N	N	Y	Chief Minister
2013	Oruvar Meethu Iruvar Sainthu	N	N	Y	Judge

References

External links

• Visu at the Internet Movie Database