Pasupathy is an Indian film actor. He has appeared in several critically acclaimed roles in many noted Tamil films, essaying supporting, antagonistic, comedic as well as protagonistic roles.

Early life and career

Pasupathy Ramasamy , born in 1969 near Maduravoyal

Maduravoyal

Maduravoyal is a suburb of Chennai in Thiruvallur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located 2 miles west of Chennai corporation limits. It is on the Chennai-Bangalore National highway. The second phase of Chennai Bypass cuts through Maduravoyal to reach the northern borders of...

, a suburb of Chennai

Chennai

Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...

, India, is a theatre artist by profession who fine-tuned his acting skills through the famous acting school "Koothu-P-Pattarai

Koothu-P-Pattarai

Koothu-P-Pattarai is a prominent Tamil theatre group that has organised plays for 31 years. The group has its base in Chennai, Tamil Nadu in South India....

" based in Chennai. In 1984, He joined `Kuthupattarai' where he was there till 1997. He studied and grew up there till he started to act in films.

He became friends with actor Nassar

Nassar

Nassar is a Tamil actor, producer, writer, director, lyricist, and singer. He has appeared in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi and English films. He is often cited as part of India's specialist character actors, along with the likes of Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri and Nana Patekar...

 who was in the film institute and later joined the `Kuthuppattarai'. When he was working in Marudhanayagam

Marudhanayagam

Marudhanayagam is a long-delayed high budget Tamil film directed and produced by Kamal Haasan. The film, which started in October 1997 with an exclusive launch by Queen Elizabeth II, originally pulled together several prominent names across Indian cinema as its principal cast and crew...

,' Nasar asked him whether he was interested in film. I said `yes' and he introduced him to Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan is an Indian film actor, screenwriter and director, considered to be one of the leading method actors of Indian cinema. He is widely acclaimed as an actor and is well known for his versatility in acting...

. He was given the villain role. That was the first time he was before the camera. But Nasser's `Mayan' was the first of his films to get released. Nasser helped him a lot.

He got his first major recognized role in Virumaandi

Virumaandi

Virumaandi is a 2004 Tamil film written and directed by, and starring Kamal Haasan. The film revolves around two criminals, Virumaandi and Kothala Thevar , being interviewed. They express how they feel about the direction their lives have taken and how they have ended up where they are. The film...

 as (Kothaala Thevar) and Kannathil Muthamittal

Kannathil Muthamittal

Kannathil Muthamittal is a 2002 Tamil drama film directed by Mani Ratnam. It stars P. S. Keerthana, R. Madhavan, Simran, Nandita Das, Pasupathy, J. D. Chakravarthy and Prakash Raj. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman. The film's title is a famous phrase from a poem...

where he played an LTTE

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam was a separatist militant organization formerly based in northern Sri Lanka. Founded in May 1976 by Vellupillai Prabhakaran, it waged a violent secessionist and nationalist campaign to create an independent state in the north and east of Sri Lanka for Tamil...

 freedom fighter. He later began appearing in negative roles in a number of films such as Dhool

Dhool

Dhool is a Blockbuster Tamil film directed by Dharani. As like other Dharani films it is a masala based entertainer. The movie stars Vikram, Jyothika, Reema Sen, Vivek, Sayaji Shinde, Telangana, Pasupathy, Paravai Muniyamma, Mayilsamy, Chitti Babu, Shakeela and Manoj K Jayan. The film's music...

, Virumaandi

Virumaandi

Virumaandi is a 2004 Tamil film written and directed by, and starring Kamal Haasan. The film revolves around two criminals, Virumaandi and Kothala Thevar , being interviewed. They express how they feel about the direction their lives have taken and how they have ended up where they are. The film...

, Thirupaachi

Thirupaachi

Thirupaachi is a 2005 Tamil action film written and directed by Perarasu. The film stars Vijay and Trisha Krishnan in the lead roles, with Mallika, Livingston, Pasupathy, Benjamin, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Vaiyapuri and Manoj K. Jayan in other roles. Chaya Singh made a guest appearance in a song...

. He is the only actor who refuses to act as a romantic hero. He later branched out into comedy with Mumbai Express

Mumbai Express

Mumbai Express is a Tamil film directed by Singeetham Sreenivasa Rao, starring Kamal Haasan and Manisha Koirala. This film was produced by Kamal Haasan himself and music was composed by Ilayaraaja. This movie, released on Tamil New Year 2005 along with Chandramukhi and Sachien surprisingly failed...

and Majaa

Majaa

Majaa is a 2005 Tamil film directed by Shafi, starring Vikram, Asin, Vadivelu, Pasupathy, Vijayakumar, Manivannan, Sindhu Tolani, Murali and Biju Menon. The music is composed by Vidyasagar. It tells the story of two adopted children changing from their old, mischievous ways of life...

. His first lead role was in the National Film Award winning film Veyyil. He later received several other supporing and lead roles in the films Raman Thediya Seethai

Raman Thediya Seethai

Raman Thediya Seethai is a Tamil drama film written and directed by K. P. Jegannath, starring Cheran, Pasupathy, Nithin Sathya in the lead male roles whilst Vimala Raman, Remya Nambeeshan, Navya Nair, Gajala and Karthika play parallel female roles.-Plot:The first few scenes themselves set the...

and Kuselan

Kuselan

Kuselan is a 2008 Tamil drama film directed by P. Vasu, which was simultaneously made in Telugu as Kathanayakudu . Both remake of the Malayalam film Kadha Parayumbol, the film is directed by P. Vasu and produced by Pushpa Kandaswamy, Aswani Dutt and G. P. Vijayakumar in two languages...

.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1999	Housefull Housefull (1999 film) Housefull is a 1999 Tamil film directed by Parthiban. The film stars himself, Vikram and Suvalakshmi in the lead roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Ilaiyaraaja.-Plot:...
2001	Aalavandhan Aalavandhan Aalavandhan is a Indian Tamil Thriller film released in 2001. Directed by Suresh Krishna, it stars Kamal Haasan in a dual role, with Raveena Tandon and Manisha Koirala as his love interests. The film's soundtrack was composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and the background score by late Mahesh Mahadevan...
2001	Maayan Maayan Maayan is an Israeli magazine for poetry, literature, art, and ideas. Its first issue appeared in the fall of 2004.-History:...	Dominic Raj
2002	Kannathil Muthamittal Kannathil Muthamittal Kannathil Muthamittal is a 2002 Tamil drama film directed by Mani Ratnam. It stars P. S. Keerthana, R. Madhavan, Simran, Nandita Das, Pasupathy, J. D. Chakravarthy and Prakash Raj. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman. The film's title is a famous phrase from a poem...
2003	Dhool Dhool Dhool is a Blockbuster Tamil film directed by Dharani. As like other Dharani films it is a masala based entertainer. The movie stars Vikram, Jyothika, Reema Sen, Vivek, Sayaji Shinde, Telangana, Pasupathy, Paravai Muniyamma, Mayilsamy, Chitti Babu, Shakeela and Manoj K Jayan. The film's music...	Aathi
2003	Iyarkai Iyarkai Iyarkai is an award-winning debut film in Tamil directed by S. P. Jananathan. N. K. Ekambaram, also a relatively newcomer in the field of cinematography, served as the film's cinematographer. The film stars Shaam, Arun Vijay, Kutti Radhika and Seema Biswas. This film was a low-budget production...	Fernandez
2004	Veede Veede Veede is a Telugu film directed by Ravi Raja Pinisetty. This film stars Ravi Teja, Reema Sen, Arti Agarwal, and Sayaji Shinde. This film is a remake of 2003 Tamil film "Dhool".-Plot:...		telugu
2004	Virumaandi Virumaandi Virumaandi is a 2004 Tamil film written and directed by, and starring Kamal Haasan. The film revolves around two criminals, Virumaandi and Kothala Thevar , being interviewed. They express how they feel about the direction their lives have taken and how they have ended up where they are. The film...	Kothalathdevar
2004	Sullan Sullan Sullan is a South Indian Tamil film released in 2004 with a soundtrack written by Vidyasagar.This film was later dubbed into Hindi as 'Tezaab-The terror'.-Plot:...	Soori
2004	Madhurey Madhurey Madhurey is a Tamil film which released on 29 August 2004 and was directed by Ramana Madhesh. This film stars Joseph Vijay in the lead role. Sonia Agarwal, Rakshitha and Tejashree are also in the cast.-Story:...	K. T. R.
2004	Machi Machi -Mythology and religious tradition:*Machi, a minor Biblical figure appearing in Numbers 13:15*Machi , the shaman of the Mapuche indigenous culture.*Machi, a Japanese neighborhood district 田丁 or address.-Popular culture:...	Narayanan
2005	Thirupaachi Thirupaachi Thirupaachi is a 2005 Tamil action film written and directed by Perarasu. The film stars Vijay and Trisha Krishnan in the lead roles, with Mallika, Livingston, Pasupathy, Benjamin, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Vaiyapuri and Manoj K. Jayan in other roles. Chaya Singh made a guest appearance in a song...	Pattaasu Balu
2005	Mumbai Express Mumbai Express Mumbai Express is a Tamil film directed by Singeetham Sreenivasa Rao, starring Kamal Haasan and Manisha Koirala. This film was produced by Kamal Haasan himself and music was composed by Ilayaraaja. This movie, released on Tamil New Year 2005 along with Chandramukhi and Sachien surprisingly failed...	Chidambaram
2005	Sye Sye Sye may refer to:* Erromangan, a language spoken in Vanuatu* Sye , a 2004 Telegu film...	Inspector Musale	Kannada Film
2005	Majaa Majaa Majaa is a 2005 Tamil film directed by Shafi, starring Vikram, Asin, Vadivelu, Pasupathy, Vijayakumar, Manivannan, Sindhu Tolani, Murali and Biju Menon. The music is composed by Vidyasagar. It tells the story of two adopted children changing from their old, mischievous ways of life...	Mathi
2006	Veyyil	Murugesan
2006	E E (film) E is a 2006 Tamil film directed by S.P.Jananathan, who won the Indian National Award in 2004 for his debut, Iyarkai. Jeeva, Nayantara, Karunaas and Pasupathy play lead roles...	Nellai Mani	Winner, Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Villain Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Villain The Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Villain is given by the state government as part of its annual Tamil Nadu State Film Awardss for Tamil films. The award was first given in 1997, with Prakash Raj being the first recipient.-The list:... Winner, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
2007	Big B Big B (film) Big B is a 2007 Malayalam action-thriller film co-written and directed by Amal Neerad, starring Mammootty in the title role. The cinematography was done by Samir Thahir, and the original score was composed by Gopi Sundar, with Alphons Joseph doing the songs....	Balaji Sakthivel	Malayalam film
2007	Manikanda Manikanda Manikanda is an Indian film in the Tamil language. Arjun plays a dual role, that of father and son. Uma has since been added to the cast, and while she is paired with the senior Arjun, Jyothika is paried with the son. There's Malavika too and one can expect an item number from her. The 'Action...
2008	Raman Thediya Seethai Raman Thediya Seethai Raman Thediya Seethai is a Tamil drama film written and directed by K. P. Jegannath, starring Cheran, Pasupathy, Nithin Sathya in the lead male roles whilst Vimala Raman, Remya Nambeeshan, Navya Nair, Gajala and Karthika play parallel female roles.-Plot:The first few scenes themselves set the...	Nedumaran
2008	Kuselan Kuselan Kuselan is a 2008 Tamil drama film directed by P. Vasu, which was simultaneously made in Telugu as Kathanayakudu . Both remake of the Malayalam film Kadha Parayumbol, the film is directed by P. Vasu and produced by Pushpa Kandaswamy, Aswani Dutt and G. P. Vijayakumar in two languages...	Balakrishnan	Winner, ITFA Best Supporting Actor Award ITFA Best Supporting Actor Award The ITFA Best Supporting Actor Award is given by the state government as part of its annual International Tamil Film Awards for Tamil films.-The list:Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won....
2009	TN-07 AL 4777	Mani
2009	Vedigundu Murugesan Vedigundu Murugesan Vedigundu Murugesan is a Tamil language film released in 2009. It stars Pasupathy and Jyothirmayi in the lead roles.Vadivelu's comedy in this movie is outstanding and he steals the show by his superb comedy....	Murugesan
2009	Vairam: Fight For Justice Vairam: Fight For Justice Vairam: Fight For Justice is a 2009 Malayalam film directed by M. A. Nishad under the banner of Cinema NSR India Pvt Ltd. The main cast includes Pasupathy, Suresh Gopi, Mukesh, Jayasurya, Dhanya Mary Varghese and Samvrutha Sunil.-Plot:...	Sivarajan	Malayalam film
2011	The Last Vision		english film
2011	Madurai Bus		malayalam film; filming
2011	Aravaan Aravaan Aravaan is an upcoming Indian Tamil period film directed by Vasanthabalan, based on Su. Venkatesan's novel Kaaval Kottam. It stars Aadhi, Dhansika, Malayalam actress Archana Kavi and Pasupathy in the lead roles, with Kabir Bedi playing a prominent role, and Bharath appearing in a cameo role...	Komodi	Filming
2012	Karikalan Karikalan (film) Karikalan is an upcoming Tamil-language action film directed by L. I. Kannan featuring Vikram and Zarine Khan in the lead roles. The film which has been reported as a "period cum contemporary drama" is likely to release in 2012.-Cast:* Vikram...		Filming
2012	SMS Nagar		pre-production

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