Shakthi Vasudevan

Shakthi Vasudevan
Born Prashanth Vasudevan
(1983-02-23) 23 February 1983[1]
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Other names Shakthivel
Years active 1991-present

Shakthi Vasudevan is a Tamil film actor. He is the son of director P. Vasu and began his career in his father's films as a child artist.[2]

Career

Vasudevan was featured as a child artist in his father's successful Chinna Thambi in 1991, portraying the younger version of the character played by Prabhu. He went on to star in Nadigan featuring Sathyaraj.

In 2007, he returned in the lead role in Thottal Poo Malarum again directed by his father P. Vasu; however, the film was average at the box-office. Since then he has featured in the romcom Mahesh Saranya Matrum Palar, another unsuccessful film. Vasudevan appeared in a supporting role in Ninaithale Inikkum where his role was appreciated by critics, and the film managed to break even.

His next film Aattanayagan, which released in December 2010, received highly negative review while the following films Vanjikottai Vaaliban, Kallachiripazhaga were shelved midway. His next release was Etho Seithai Ennai in 2012, was a box office office bomb.

Following a four years hiatus, his next film, Vasudevan returned with a new screen name Sakthivel Vasu in Tharkappu, which released in 2016. The film is directed by RP Ravi with music and cinematography by Failzal and Jones Anand respectively. The script is based on real incidents in Tamil Nadu.

The same year, he made his Kannada debut in his father's direction flick Shivalinga, where he plays a ghost. He reprised the same role in Tamil, again under his father's direction. He is currently a contestant in the Bigg Boss Tamil 1 reality show hosted by Kamal Haasan in Star Vijay.[3]

Personal life

Sakthi was born to film director P. Vasu and Shanthi. He also has a sister, Abhirami. His grandfather Peethambaram was a popular make-up artist for M. G. Ramachandran.[4] Sakthi's cousin Gautham and uncle Vimalkumar made their debut as writer and director with the film 7 Naatkal.[5] Sakthi got engaged to Smrithi, a B.Com graduate from Stella Maris College, Chennai. The engagement ceremony was held at a hotel in Chennai on 5 June 2011. The wedding took place on 31 October 2011, in Mayor Ramanathan Hall in Chennai.[6]

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
1990 Nadigan Child artist
1991 Chinna Thambi Child artist
1992 Rickshaw Mama Child artist
1992 Senthamizh Paattu Child artist
1992 Idhu Namma Bhoomi Child artist
2007 Thottal Poo Malarum Ravi Thyagarajan
2008 Mahesh, Saranya Matrum Palar Mahesh
2009 Ninaithale Inikkum Shakthi
2010 Aattanayagann Lingam
2011 Ko Himself Special appearance
2011 Yuvan Yuvathi Shakthi Guest appearance
2012 Etho Seithai Ennai Arjun
2016 Tharkappu Shakthivel
2016 Shivalinga Raheem Kannada film
2017 Shivalinga Raheem
2017 7 Naatkal Gautham Krishna

TV Shows

Year TV show Chanel Notes
2017 Bigg Boss Tamil Star Vijay He gained popularity as Trigger Star as he uses the word "Trigger"often in this show[7].

References

  1. ↑ "Shakthi Vasudevan Birthday, Biography, Age, Family & Wiki". www.celebrityborn.com.
  2. ↑ "Thottal Poomalarum Tamil Movie Preview". nowrunning.com. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
  3. ↑ "Bigg Boss Tamil: Kamal Haasan’s new reality show and its 15 contestants".
  4. ↑ "P. Vasu's Father Peethambaram Passes Away - P Vasu - M Peethambaram - Ntr - Mgr - Tamil Movie News - Behindwoods.com". www.behindwoods.com.
  5. ↑ "Sakthi P.Vasu Nikesha Patel Ganesh Venkatraman new film 7 Naatkal - Tamil Movie News - IndiaGlitz".
  6. ↑ "Free IN Classifieds - Online Classified IN - Business Ads Listings - 88DB IN Classifieds".
  7. ↑ https://twitter.com/dancersatz/status/889730789956435973
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