Udhayanidhi Stalin

Udayanidhi Stalin is an Indian film actor, producer, and politician who prominently works in Kollywood film industry.[2][3] He entered the film industry as a film producer and distributor with his production studio, Red Giant Movies, and made films including Kuruvi (2008), Aadhavan (2009) and Manmadan Ambu (2010). He subsequently made his debut as an actor through the romantic comedy, Oru Kal Oru Kannadi (2012) and has since continued producing and starring in his own films.

In this Indian name, the name Stalin is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Udhayanidhi.
Haha Udhayanidhi Stalin
Udhayanidhi in 2020
Youth Wing Secretary of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Assumed office
4 July 2019
PresidentM. K. Stalin
General SecretaryK. Anbazhagan
Durai Murugan
Preceded byM. P. Saminathan[1]
Personal details
Born
Udhayanidhi Stalin

(1977-11-27) 27 November 1977
Madras, Madras State (present-day Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India)
Political partyDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse(s)
Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi
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(m. 2002)​
RelationsM. Karunanidhi (grandfather)
M. K. Alagiri (uncle)
M. K. Kanimozhi (aunt)
Arulnithi Tamilarasu (cousin)
Dayanidhi Azhagiri (cousin)
Senthamarai Sabareesan (sister)
Sabareesan Vedamurthy (maternal-uncle)
ChildrenInbanithi (son)
Tanmaya (daughter)
MotherDurga Stalin
FatherM. K. Stalin
RelativesSee Karunanidhi family
Residence25/9, Chittaranjan Road, Alwarpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
EducationB.Sc.
Alma materLoyola College, Chennai
Occupation
  • Film producer
  • Film actor
  • Politician

Early life and family

Udhayanidhi Stalin is the son of former Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. K. Stalin and the grandson of former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidhi. He did schooling in Don Bosco and his degree BSc in Visual Communications from Loyola College in Chennai.[4] Several of his relatives have been actively involved in politics and Tamil cinema since the 1960s. His cousins Arulnithi and Dayanidhi Azhagiri are an actor and producer, respectively. He is married to Kiruthiga, who heads the lifestyle magazine Inbox 1305; she also directed the film Vanakkam Chennai (2013) for Red Giant Movies and Kaali.

Film career

Udhayanidhi Stalin's first film as a producer with Red Giant Movies was Kuruvi (2008), starring Vijay and Trisha, while he also produced two films directed by K. S. Ravikumar – "Aadhavan" (2009) and Manmadan Ambu (2010), starring Kamal Haasan. He produced AR Murugadoss's science fiction film 7aum Arivu (2011), while also working as a distributor, achieving success through his four 2010 releases: Gautham Menon's Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, Vijay's Madrasapattinam, Rajesh's Boss Engira Bhaskaran and Prabhu Solomon's Mynaa.

Stalin had featured in a cameo appearance as an actor in Aadhavan, while turning down the opportunity to feature as an actor in Pandiraj's village drama, Vamsam (2010), fearing he would not suit the role.[5] Stalin then began work as an actor on Mysskin's Yuddham Sei (2011) and participated in the shoot for a few days, before opting out of the film citing that he wanted to debut with a comedy film.[6] In 2012, Stalin debuted as a lead actor in M. Rajesh's romantic comedy Oru Kal Oru Kannadi (2012), co-starring with Hansika Motwani and Santhanam. Stalin received positive reviews for his performance of an unemployed youth. Behindwoods.com noted: "Udhay's portrayal of Saravanan is neat and enjoyable and he scores well in his debut heroic film", while Sify.com added: "Udhay's debut is promising and hats off to him to underplay his role".[7][8] Stalin won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut for his performance.[9]

The success of Oru Kal Oru Kannadi prompted Stalin to continue acting and he appeared in Idhu Kathirvelan Kadhal (2014) and Nanbenda (2015), both films featuring him opposite Nayantara. He worked on Gethu (2016), with Amy Jackson and then performed in the courtroom drama Manithan (2016), with Hansika Motwani, a remake of the Hindi film Jolly LLB.Then he acted in Psycho(2020) directed my Mysskin.

Filmography

As actor
YearTitleRoleNotes
2009AadhavanServantGuest appearance
2012Oru Kal Oru KannadiSaravananSIIMA Award for Best Male Debutant
Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South
Norway Tamil Film Festival Award for Best Newcomer Actor
2013Vanakkam ChennaiFlat tenantGuest appearance
2014Idhu Kathirvelan KadhalKathirvelan
2015NannbendaSathya
2016GethuSethu
ManithanSakthivel
2017Saravanan Irukka BayamaenSaravanan
Podhuvaga Emmanasu ThangamGanesh
Ippadai VellumMadhusoodhanan
2018NimirSelvam
2019 Kanne KalaimaaneKamala Kannan
2020PsychoGautham
2021 Kannai NambatheyArunFilming
2021 AngelTBAFilming

As producer

As distributor

References
  1. "Another son traces dad's footsteps, rises in the DMK". The Times of India. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  2. Scripting a family story. Indianexpress.com (10 February 2010). Retrieved on 18 June 2012.
  3. Udayanidhi Stalin's cameo in Aadhavan!. Sify.com (8 July 2009). Retrieved on 18 June 2012.
  4. "Udhayanidhi Stalin: Right Heir, Right Now". Lakshmi Subramanian. India Today. 25 September 2010. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  5. "Udhayanidhi was the first choice for Vamsam". Times of India. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  6. https://www.in.com/entertainment/regional/udhayanidhi-stalin-reveals-why-he-opted-out-of-mysskins-yuddham-sei-312073.htm
  7. "Review : Oru Kal Oru Kannadi". Sify.com. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  8. "Oru Kal Oru Kannadi Review – Oru Kal Oru Kannadi Movie Review". Behindwoods.com. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  9. http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/okok-immensely-watchable-fare/article3847867.ece
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