Dhanush
Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja, known professionally as Dhanush, is an Indian actor, producer, director, lyricist and playback singer who works mainly in Tamil cinema. One of the most recognizable stars of contemporary South Indian cinema, his accolades include 4 National Film Awards (two as actor and two as producer), 14 SIIMA Awards, 9 Vijay Awards, 7 Filmfare Awards South, 5 Vikatan Awards, 5 Edison Awards and a Filmfare Award. After initially gaining recognition as a versatile character actor in films such as Kadhal Konden and Pudhupettai, Dhanush came to further prominence as a popular leading man in Polladhavan and Yaaradi Nee Mohini, both of which were critically acclaimed and commercially successful. His role as a rooster fight jockey in Aadukalam won him the National Film Award for Best Actor and the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. He saw continued critical and commercial success with hit films such as Mayakkam Enna, Velaiilla Pattadhari, Vadachennai, Asuran, Karnan and Thiruchitrambalam. Vadachennai emerged as the highest-grossing A-rated Tamil film of all time, while Thiruchitrambalam entered the 100 Crore Club within a month of its release. Dhanush also gained recognition in the Bollywood film industry through his performance as an obsessive one-sided lover in the film Raanjhanaa, which won him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut in addition to a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. He is also well known as a playback singer and lyricist, often contributing to the soundtracks of his own films. In 2011, his song "Why This Kolaveri Di" from the romantic psychological thriller film Moonu became the first Indian music video to cross 100 million views on YouTube.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 12.223 |
| Birthday | 1983-07-28 |
| Place of Birth | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Also Known As | Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja, Danush, Thanush, தனுஷ், Poetu Dhanush, धनुष, ധനുഷ്, ధనుష్, |
2011
Aadukalam
7.616/43
Pettaikaaran is famous in his town for an impeccable track record of successes in rooster fights. When one of his aides, Karuppu, goes against his wor...
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Aadukalam
2009
Padikathavan
4/13
Rocky is looked down upon by his father and spends all his time in a mechanic shop. Problems arise in his life after he falls in love with Gayathri.
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Padikathavan
2005
Devathayai Kanden
5.7/9
Babu, a tea vendor, loves Uma, a rich girl. She too loves him for his sincerity. When she receives a proposal from a doctor, she accepts for the sake...
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Devathayai Kanden
2004
Sullan
4.9/4
A man is forced to fight back when a moneylender goes after his family and friends.
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Sullan
2011
Mappillai
4.7/17
Rajeshwari agrees to get her daughter Gayathri married to her beau Saravanan, thinking him to be subservient. But her plans are foiled when she realis...
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Mappillai
2010
Kutty
5.4/14
Kutty, a kind young man, falls in love with Geeta, but she does not reciprocate his love. He continues to love her even after learning that she is in...
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Kutty
2008
Yaaradi Nee Mohini
7/23
Vasu falls in love with Keerthi, but when he expresses his feelings to her, she turns him down and says that her marriage has already been arranged. H...
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Yaaradi Nee Mohini
2007
Polladhavan
7.3/22
Prabhu is dejected when he learns that his bike has been stolen. He decides to find the people who stole the bike, but lands in trouble when he realis...
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Polladhavan
2011
Venghai
6.7/10
A young man supports his father in opposing a local MLA, who often gives them trouble.
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Venghai
2010
Uthama Puthiran
6.3/15
Siva is asked to help a friend in a love marriage. Siva kidnaps Pooja on a mistaken identity from the marriage hall. When Pooja is kidnapped, her uncl...
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Uthama Puthiran
2007
Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram
3.2/4
A man arrives in Chennai with a simple wish of buying gold bangles for his mother. However, an event changes his life completely and he becomes famous...
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Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram
2004
Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan
4.8/5
Saravanan comes to Singapore for a job but lands in trouble, loses his passport and is on the run. Desperate to get back home, he accepts the job of t...
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Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan
2006
Pudhupettai
7.6/28
After seeing his mother dead, a young boy runs away and is later recruited by a gangster. After becoming the right hand man of his employer, he makes...
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Pudhupettai
2003
Kadhal Konden
7.9/16
A genius-yet-introverted orphan, raised by a church priest, is sent to college where he turns out to be a social outcast. Although he is shunned by th...
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Kadhal Konden
2002
Thulluvadho Ilamai
7/3
Six high-school classmates, three boys and three girls, coming from different strata of society, who have each their own problems in their respective...
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Thulluvadho Ilamai
2011
Seedan
1/1
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Seedan
2011
Mayakkam Enna
6.4/23
Karthik splits his time between aimlessly hanging around his friends and dreams of being an assistant to his role model, an arrogant yet world renowne...
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Mayakkam Enna
2005
Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam
5/3
When a lorry driver realises that he is helping an escaped convict, he threatens to hand him over to the police. The convict begins to narrate the cir...
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Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam
2012
3
6.673/52
Ram and Janani are high school sweethearts who eventually get married. However, Janani is mystified when Ram commits suicide all of a sudden and she t...
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2013
Ethir Neechal
6.4/18
Kunchithapatham's unique name becomes the butt of joke and ridicule for others. He relates his failures to his name and wants to change it. He meets a...
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Ethir Neechal
2006
Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam
6.5/12
A reckless boy falls for a girl whose disapproving brother is a rich businessman.
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Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam
2015
Anegan
6.313/32
Madhumitha is convinced that she and her colleague Ashwin were lovers in their past lives and have been brought together by fate. Is there any truth t...
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Anegan
2013
Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath
3.3/10
Raja Raja Kammath and Deva Raja Kammath are two brothers who owns a chain of restaurants that specializes in making Dosa. The story begins when they c...
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Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath
2013
Raanjhanaa
6.569/137
A small-town boy needs to break through the class divide to gain acceptance from his childhood sweetheart who is in love with big city ideals.
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Raanjhanaa
2013
Maryan
6.1/29
The film is an emotional journey of a common man to an unknown place with the hope to come home and lead a better life. The film revolves around a sto...
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Maryan
2013
Naiyaandi
3.4/12
Chinna Vandu, the youngest of three brothers, falls in love with Vana Roja when she visits her grandmother, coinciding with the village carnival. Afte...
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Naiyaandi
2003
Thiruda Thirudi
6.1/7
Vasu is a prankster who whiles away his time teasing girls and getting scolded by his father. But when one of his pranks results in his brother gettin...
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Thiruda Thirudi
2014
Velaiilla Pattadhari
7.54/62
Raghuvaran, who is unemployed for years, gets his dream job but a powerful rival is keen to put him down. Can he take on his adversary?
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Velaiilla Pattadhari
2004
Dreams
0/0
A young man is spoilt to the hilt by his father due to which he leads a wayward life. At one point in time he finds love and reforms, hopefully for th...
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Dreams
2015
Maari
6.3/42
A local don locks horns with the new cop, who has come to his place, but both are not what they initially seem to be.
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Maari
2015
Shamitabh
6.31/50
A mute, aspiring actor joins forces with a man who has a powerful voice. Together they take the film industry by storm, but will their egos get in the...
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Shamitabh
2015
Vai Raja Vai
5.9/10
Karthik, who has ESP, helps his friend Panda win a betting game with his power, but this lands him in trouble with Randhai, the gangster who funded th...
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Vai Raja Vai
2016
Thodari
4.8/13
A pantry boy falls in love with the touch-up girl of an actress travelling on his train, but an incident turns the train into an unstoppable force pos...
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Thodari
2015
Thangamagan
6.172/29
The happiness of Tamizh and his middle-class family is shattered when his dad commits suicide. The youngster tries to understand why his father took t...
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Thangamagan
2018
Vada Chennai
7.8/86
A young carrom player in North Chennai becomes a reluctant participant in a war between two feuding gangsters.
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Vada Chennai
2016
Kodi
6.09/38
A young politician finds himself in a position where he has to contest against his girlfriend, who is ambitious. Circumstances force his look-alike tw...
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Kodi
2017
Pa Paandi
7/31
‘Power’ Paandi, once a legendary stunt master who ruled the world of film stunts in his prime years is now content in living a peaceful life with his...
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Pa Paandi
2017
Velaiyilla Pattathari 2
5.776/38
A cool-headed crusader for the struggling engineers, Raghuvaran faces the powerful and arrogant owner of a construction company Vasundhara Parameswara...
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Velaiyilla Pattathari 2
2019
Enai Noki Paayum Thota
5.5/11
Raghu, a normal college guy gets dragged into trouble when he falls in love with Lekha and their whirlwind romance changes the course of his life.
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Enai Noki Paayum Thota
2018
The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir
6.928/284
Ajatashatru Lavash Patel has lived all his life in a small Mumbai neighborhood tricking people with street magic and fakir stunts. He sets out on a jo...
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The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir
2018
Maari 2
5.45/30
After falling off the radar for a few years, Maari is back in the fray doing what he does best: taking trouble by the horns and being a total bad-ass....
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Maari 2
2019
Asuran
7.74/77
A family from the underprivileged class is on the run after the teenaged son kills a rich man from the upper caste. Can the pacifist father be able to...
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Asuran
2021
Atrangi Re
6.644/44
Runaway Rinku gets forcefully married to already engaged Vishu. Both don't want this marriage and make a deal to go on their separate ways. The equati...
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Atrangi Re
2020
Pattas
6.6/14
A petty thief learns about his father's illustrious legacy and decides to attack the man who murdered him in order to bring the ancient martial art fo...
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Pattas
2021
Jagame Thandhiram
5.825/40
When a clever, carefree gangster is recruited to help an overseas crime lord take down a rival, he is caught off guard by the moral dilemmas that foll...
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Jagame Thandhiram
2021
Karnan
7.208/48
Karnan, an angry young man, fights for the rights of his oppressed people. Can he save them from those who wield power and weapons?
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Karnan
2022
Maaran
5.1/11
An investigative journalist gets into trouble when he publishes an article that exposes bitter truths about a corrupt politician.
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Maaran
2022
The Gray Man
6.965/3476
When a shadowy CIA agent uncovers damning agency secrets, he's hunted across the globe by a sociopathic rogue operative who's put a bounty on his head...
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The Gray Man
2022
Naane Varuvean
6.1/17
A father finds out that his teenager daughter is possessed, and the only way he can save her is by doing the ghost's bidding, which will mean an encou...
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Naane Varuvean
2022
Thiruchitrambalam
7.432/37
A guy-next-door tries to find romance in his life while also dealing with his personal problems. How long will it be before he realises what he is loo...
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Thiruchitrambalam
2023
Vaathi
6.4/18
An assistant maths teacher takes up a tedious task of transforming underprivileged students despite the politics around education in the 90s.
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Vaathi
2024
Captain Miller
7.125/53
In the 1930s, during the British Raj, Analeesan "Eesa", a former soldier of the British Indian Army called Captain Miller, is on a mission to protect...
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Captain Miller
2024
Raayan
0/0
After his family is killed, a young man trains to avenge their murders. Seeking those responsible, his quest leads him through the criminal underworld...
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Raayan
Tere Ishk Mein
0/0
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Tere Ishk Mein
Kubera
0/0
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Kubera
Ilaiyaraaja
0/0
Biopic of Ilaiyaraaja
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Ilaiyaraaja
Dhanush's Next
0/0
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Dhanush's Next
Pudhupettai 2
0/0
Upcoming sequel to the original officially announced by the makers
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Pudhupettai 2
Entre penas
0/0
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