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Thambi Ramaiah - Wikipedia

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Thambi Ramaiah

Born	Thambi Ramaiah Jagannathapillai (1956-06-19) 19 June 1956 (age 68) Pudukottai, Tamil Nadu, India^[1]
Occupation(s)	Actor, comedian, director, lyricist
Years active	1998–present
Spouse	Shanthy Ramaiah
Children	Umapathy Ramaiah

Thambi Ramaiah is an Indian actor, director and comedian who works in the Tamil film industry. He has also worked occasionally as a lyricist.^[2] He directed three films, Manu Needhi (2000), Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan (2008) and Maniyaar Kudumbam (2018). He has won one National Film Award, two SIIMA Awards, two Tamil Nadu State Film Award and one Filmfare Award South in his career.

Career

Thambi Ramaiah was born in Rarapuram village in Pudukkottai, and initially entered the film industry hoping to become a screenwriter. His father was a poet and a fiction writer and his mother was a housewife, while Ramaiah was their eldest child. He earned pocket money during his school days by writing love letters for his classmates.^[3] He also had an interest in lyric writing, often writing lyrics for parody versions of popular songs, while becoming trained in various instruments including the harmonium and guitar. At the age of 20, he moved to Chennai and tried to make a breakthrough into the film industry, but was hindered by his lack of contacts and instead worked for a private company for nine years.^[4] He got a break in 1994 and took up a job as a dialogue writer for a serial on Sun TV, doubling up as an assistant director, script writer and lyricist. He then earned opportunities to work as an assistant director in films directed by T. Rajender and P. Vasu, and he considers the latter his teacher of screenplay-writing.^[3] He made a cameo acting appearance in Vasu's film Malabar Police (1999) in a scene featuring Goundamani. The following year, he made his directorial début with Manu Needhi (2000), which starred Murali and Napolean. He carried on playing supporting roles in films as well as writing comedy tracks, also directing the Vadivelu-starrer Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan (2008).

He made a breakthrough as an actor portraying a friendly cop in Prabhu Solomon's romantic film Mynaa (2010) and won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance. He subsequently won positive reviews for his performances in films including Saattai, Kumki (2012) and Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam (2014). At the peak of his career in 2013–2014, he worked for up to four films a day, while being on locations for close to 25 days a month. He also served as his own manager and often was in charge of his own make-up and costumes in films.^[3]

In 2014, he announced plans to introduce his son, Umapathy Ramaiah, as an actor. His son later made his debut in Adhagappattathu Magajanangalay (2016).^[5] He made his comeback as a director after a gap debut after a 10-year hiatus with the film, Maniyaar Kudumbam (2018), starring his son Umapathy in the lead role. He also marks the debut of Thambi Ramaiah as a music director.^[6]

Filmography

As actor

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1999	Malabar Police	Perumal	Credited as Ramaiah
2001	Manu Needhi	Broker Dharmalingam
2003	Kovilpatti Veeralakshmi	Tea Shop Owner
2004	Arul	Sethupathy's assistant
2004	Jore
2005	Kodambakkam
	Bambara Kannaley		Uncredited role
	Vetrivel Sakthivel	Selvi's father-in-law
	Aaru	Subbu
2006	Kovai Brothers	Astrologer
	Imsai Arasan 23m Pulikesi	priest
	Nee Venunda Chellam	special appearance
	Sillunu Oru Kadhal	Vellaichaamy's assistant
	Thalaimagan
	Vathiyar	Flower seller
	Nenjil
	Thagapansamy
2007	Maa Madurai	Osamma's husband
	Thottal Poo Malarum	Kabaaleeswaran's friend
	Oram Po	Rani's father
	Piragu
2008	Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan	Chithraguptan	Also director
	Theekuchi	Kurangu Ramasamy
	Arjunan Kadhali		Unreleased
	Kee Mu
2009	Guru En Aalu	Lawyer
	Malai Malai
	Odipolama	Visu's uncle
2010	Magane En Marumagane	Singaram's sidekick
	Kaadhal Solla Vandhen	College Principal
	Vaada
	Mynaa	Ramaiah	Winner, Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actor Winner, National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor Winner, Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Comedian Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor - Tamil
	Mandhira Punnagai	Manmadhan Naidu
2011	Nanjupuram	Village President
	Aayiram Vilakku
	Vaagai Sooda Vaa	Twonaalettu (2×4=8)
	Osthe	Maasaana Moorthy
	Rajapattai	Shanmugham
2012	Vettai	Constable
	Ambuli	Vethagiri
	Kazhugu	Shanmugam (Chittappa)
	Pechiyakka Marumagan
	Pandi Oliperukki Nilayam	Muthiah
	Mannaru		Also writer
	Saattai	Singaperumal	Winner, Norway Tamil Film Festival Award for Best Villain Nominated, SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Villain
	Thaandavam	Thappachae Mama
	Neerparavai	Joseph Bharathi
	Kumki	Kothali	Winner, SIIMA Award for Best Comedian Winner, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor - Tamil
2013	Lokpal	SI Ramdas	Malayalam film
	Mathil Mel Poonai
	Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal	Thiruvengadam
	Keeripulla
	Neram	Saravanar
	Summa Nachunu Irukku	Chinniah
	Apple Penne	Aarumugam
2014	Jilla	Shivan's aide
	Veeram	Savarimuthu
	Pulivaal	Valliappan
	Vu	Ganesh
	Nimirndhu Nil	Head constable
	Nedunchaalai	Master
	Ennamo Nadakkudhu	Burma's friend
	Un Samayal Arayil	Krishna
	Athithi	Ondipuli
	Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam	Seenu	Winner, Vijay Award for Best Comedian Winner, Ananda Vikatan Cinema Award for Best Comedian Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor - Tamil
	Amara Kaaviyam	Gnanam
	Aindhaam Thalaimurai Sidha Vaidhiya Sigamani	Silambu Chinnadurai
	Vanavarayan Vallavarayan	Vanavarayan & Vallavarayan's father
	Rettai Vaalu	Ramasamy Padayatchi
	Yaan	Chinna
	Nerungi Vaa Muthamidathe	Rajagopalan
	Gnana Kirukkan	Selvamani
	Oru Oorla Rendu Raja	Good Samaritan
	Kaaviya Thalaivan	Koduvaai
	Kaadu	Chettiar
2015	Isai	Church priest
	Sandamarutham	Nirukalathan
	Vajram	Ramaiah
	En Vazhi Thani Vazhi
	Serndhu Polama	Kumaran
	Komban	Rajakili
	Kangaroo	Thakapan Swami Nadar
	Inimey Ippadithan	Ulaganathan
	Thani Oruvan	Sengalvarayan	SIIMA Award for Best Comedian
	Adhibar	Siva's uncle
	Strawberry	Arnold's friend
	Yatchan	Sotta Mani
	Maanga
	Puli	Kodangi
	Sivappu
	Thiraipada Nagaram
	Vedalam	Thamizh's father
2016	Azhagu Kutti Chellam	Orphanage owner
	Peigal Jaakkirathai	Pazhaivel Annachi
	Saagasam	ACP Seetharaman
	Vetrivel	Othasai
	Appa	Singaperumal
	Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum	Manikandan
	Iru Mugan	Muthaiah
	Thodari	Chandrakanth
	Virumandikum Sivanandikum	Ganduchamy
2017	Bairavaa	Narayanan
	Koditta Idangalai Nirappuga
	Enakku Vaaitha Adimaigal	Muthu Vinayagam
	Kuttram 23	Thirupathi
	Mupparimanam	Santhosh
	Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva	Home Minister
	Dora	Vairam
	Sangili Bungili Kadhava Thorae	Jambulingam
	Thondan	Income tax officer
	Vanamagan	Pandian
	Vizhithiru
	12-12-1950	Vanangamudi
	Palli Paruvathile
	Velaikkaran	Stella Bruce
2018	Thaanaa Serndha Koottam	Iniyan's father
	Maniyaar Kudumbam	Narthanga Saamy	also director and composer
	Billa Pandi
2019	Viswasam	Rosamani
	Thirumanam	Kumaraguru
	Vilambaram	Gem Ad Agency owner
	Pottu	Arjun's father
	Aghavan
	Mr. Local	Lakshman
	Thiruttu Kalyanam
	100% Kadhal	Ramasamy
	Adutha Saattai	Singaperumal
2021	Bhoomi	Velusaamy	Released on Disney+ Hotstar
	Michaelpatty Raja	Magician
	Devadas Brothers
	Thalaivii	Madhavan	Bilingual film (Tamil and Hindi)
	Rudra Thandavam	Police Constable Joseph Murray
	Vinodhaya Sitham	Parasuram	Released on ZEE5
	Enemy	'Risk' Ramalingam
	Raajavamsam	Kalyanasundaram
	Thanne Vandi
	Velan	Ananda Kuttan
2022	Maha	Constable Alex Pandian
	The Legend	Thulasi's father
	Lilly Rani	Moorthy
	Sembi	Anbu
2023	Thalainagaram 2	Malik
2023	Kick
2024	Inga Naan Thaan Kingu	Jaameen
	Indian 2	Thangavel
	Rajakili †	Murugappa	Also, writer and composer

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Network
2022	Victim	Kandan, Sikkandar	SonyLIV

As director

Year	Film	Cast
2000	Manu Needhi	Murali, Prathyusha
2008	Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan	Vadivelu, Yamini Sharma
2018	Maniyaar Kudumbam	Umapathy, Mrudula Murali

As singer

Year	Film	Song	Composer	Lyrics	Notes
2013	Vu	"Oru Padi Mela"	Abhijith Ramasamy	Murugan Manthiram
2015	Asurakulam	"Polladhavaa"	C. Sathya	Yugabharathi	^[7]
2010	Oru Koodai Mutham	"Nongala Enakku"	Shanthan	Thambi Ramaiah	^[8]
2010	Oru Koodai Mutham	"Pappa Poranthathu"	Shanthan	Thambi Ramaiah	^[8]

References

^ "Tickling the funny bone". The Hindu. 27 December 2010. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
^ "He says that he does not read books, but read people". The Hindu. 31 October 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c Neelima Menon (18 November 2014). "Life of the Party: The Thambi Ramaiah Interview". Silverscreen.in. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
^ "Thambi Ramaiah - Tamil Cinema Actor Interview - Thambi Ramaiah | Kumki | Saattai | Kazhugu - Behindwoods.com". Videos.behindwoods.com. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
^ Subramanian, Anupama (6 August 2015). "Thambi Ramaiah's advice to his son". Deccan Chronicle.
^ "Thambi Ramaiah's Maniyar Kudumbam sneak peek featuring his son Umapathy".
^ CR, Sharanya (14 January 2017). "Thambi Ramaiah sings a folk song for Asurakulam". The Times of India.
^ ^a ^b "Oru Koodai Mutham Tamil Songs Download: Oru Koodai Mutham Tamil MP3 Odia Songs Online Free on". Gaana. Retrieved 23 August 2022.

External links

Thambi Ramaiah at IMDb

National Film Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

1984–2000

2001–present

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