Vaiyapuri

Acting

Vaiyapuri

Born

1968-09-19 (58)

Place of birth

Theni, Tamil Nadu, India

Known for

Acting

Credits

63 titles

Vaiyapuri is an Indian film actor who has worked in Tamil language films. He rose to fame by appearing in supporting roles in the late 1990s and early 2000s, often portraying supporting comedic characters.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 8 titles

Leo poster
6.8

Parthiban, a cafe owner, lives with his family in Himachal Pradesh. Things take an absurd turn for him when he gets in the way of a drug cartel.

Leo

2023

Thug Life poster
5.0

In a world ruled by crime and betrayal, mafia kingpin Sakthivel and his brother Manikkam rescue a young boy, Amaran, during a violent police shootout and raise him as their own. Years later, when an assassination attempt shakes Sakthivel's empire, suspicion turns inward. Consumed by vengeance, Sakthivel sets out to destroy the very family he once built.

Thug Life

2025

Vaa Vaathiyaar poster
4.8

After being raised as the reincarnation of a famous actor, a man finds himself clashing with his grandfather's expectations of him.

Vaa Vaathiyaar

2026

TN 2026 poster
NR

Set in Pollachi, the story follows a powerful landlord, Sivalingam Mandradiyar, who becomes obsessed with a rising actor, Kukanth Kumar, believing he is the next M.G.R. He pours his wealth into shaping the actor's career and political future. But as ambition and fame grow, so does the risk of downfall. Will it lead to power or ruin?

TN 2026

2026

Aazhi poster
NR

Mukhila's Father Murthy comes to know about Arul and Mukhilas love affair. Murthy, who works as a boat mechanic, kidnaps Arul in a boat and beats him up. He plans to kill Arul so that he will not fall in love with his daughter. When the boat breaks down in the sea, Murthy, foot stuck in the motor and is both of them survived the rainstorm or not.

Aazhi

2026

Kaantha poster
6.6

Set in the backdrop of a film set, in the 1950’s in post colonial Madras, the film is centred around the professional rivalry between a film-maker trying to make his seminal film and the top reigning actor who the director once introduced. The rivalry spirals around the leading actress, a debutante and as the relationship between the three.

Kaantha

2025

Others poster
6.8

A detective investigates alarming health issues in IVF babies, revealing a dark plot involving illegal steroids, mystery donors, and corrupt fertility clinics - all orchestrated by someone exploiting people's desire for children.

Others

2025

Dawood poster
NR

An unsuspecting cab driver takes up a petty job, only to fall into the deadly trap of a ruthless gangster. Now, he must fight for surviva or accept that he was born to be hunted

Dawood

2025

2010s · 14 titles

Raavanan poster
7.0

After inspector Dev stirs the reign of Veeraiya, a tribal outlaw, the latter responds by kidnapping his wife, Ragini. While she tries to escape from him, Dev fights many resistances to find her.

Raavanan

2010

Mappillai poster
4.5

Rajeshwari agrees to get her daughter Gayathri married to her beau Saravanan, thinking him to be subservient. But her plans are foiled when she realises that he has a violent past.

Mappillai

2011

Irumbu Kottai Murattu Singam poster
5.0

Simhachalam, a watchman is sentenced to death for stealing a precious diamond. However, a group of cowboys save Simhachalam and offer him the diamond, only on a condition that he fulfills a promise.

Irumbu Kottai Murattu Singam

2010

Market Raja MBBS poster
1.5

An arrogant don is possessed by the ghost of a medical college student and turns meek. Now, his accomplices have hide this fact from the outside world and ensure the return of the actual don.

Market Raja MBBS

2019

Love Action Drama poster
6.1

Dineshan is in love with Shoba, but she insists he give up smoking and drinking before marriage. It’s easier said than done, but will love triumph?

Love Action Drama

2019

Osthe poster
4.0

A man hates his stepfather and his half-brother. Later as a police officer, he makes an enemy in a local politician, who uses the hostility between the stepbrothers to fulfill his own nefarious plans.

Osthe

2011

Sura poster
2.6

When a corrupt politician tries to seize the land of his villagers, a brave and powerful fisherman sets out to fight against him.

Sura

2010

Uttama Villain poster
6.8

Superstar Manoranjan learns that he has only a few days to live and approaches his mentor, director Margadarisi to direct his next project — a folklore-ish comedy about a man who keeps cheating death and his role in saving a kingdom. Meanwhile, he has to sort out his personal lives, which involves an estranged son and a daughter from the love of his life.

Uttama Villain

2015

No artwork available
3.7

An NRI comes to Chennai and starts a real estate business. Even as his venture picks up, he learns that he is being cheated by a person he trusts the most and is jailed for fraud. How does he get out the web of deceit?

Adhibar

2015

Velayudham poster
5.2

An ordinary milkman is forced to become the fictional character Velayudham who takes on the scum of the earth.

Velayudham

2011

Machan poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Machan

2016

Papanasam poster
7.8

A cinephile tries to protect his family by hiding a heat-of-the-moment murder committed by his daughter by taking cues from the films he has watched. With the victim the son of a cop, can he get away with it?

Papanasam

2015

Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaaran poster
5.6

Murugan is the go-to man for MLA 'Jacket' Janakiraman who is in the good books of the minister of state. Murugan falls in love with an aspiring cop, Archana and tries to make her a cop using his rapport with Jacket. The minister on his deathbed, confides with Jacket where he has stashed billions of cash but an irked relative leads him into an accident that wipes out his memory. Murugan and Jacket's attempts wriggle out of the situation is what the rest of the movie has in store.

Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaaran

2016

Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA poster
3.7

Amavasai (Sathyaraj) turns Nagaraja Cholan, a successful politician. Corrupt to the core, the movie begins from where the first part ended. He rises to become a Deputy Chief Minister. The tantrums and political game played by Nagaraja Cholan forms the movie's crux.

Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA

2013

2000s · 28 titles

Vasool Raja MBBS poster
6.8

A goon, Rajaraman, enrols himself in a medical college to fulfil his father's dream. He defies the college rules and creates problems for Dr Vishwanathan.

Vasool Raja MBBS

2004

Hey Ram poster
7.1

Saketh Ram's wife is raped and killed during direct action day riots in Calcutta. He is convinced that Mahatma Gandhi is responsible for all the problems happening in the country. He sets out to kill him.

Hey Ram

2000

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mullil Roja

2003

Parasuram poster
8.0

ACP Parasuram helps Siva's mother, a widow, in recouping their wealth. Brainwashed by Akash, a terrorist, Siva works against the police and the government and believes they killed his brother.

Parasuram

2003

Sudhandhiram poster
5.0

Vishwa, a goon and an aspiring boxer, works for Sopraj, a gangster. When Sopraj brutally kills a social worker in front of Vishwa, he decides to turn approver against his boss.

Sudhandhiram

2000

Enakku 20 Unakku 18 poster
5.5

Sridhar and Preeti begin to like each other, but part ways without confessing their feelings. Over the years, they search for each other in vain while fate keeps working its own magic. The film was also simultaneously shot and released in Telugu with a slightly different cast as Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu.

Enakku 20 Unakku 18

2003

Dasavatharam poster
6.7

Bio-technologist Govind K Somaiyya sets about on a precarious journey to India to retrieve a vial containing a deadly virus and prevent it from reaching the wrong hands of an ex-CIA agent and deadly assassins.

Dasavatharam

2008

Piriyadha Varam Vendum poster
8.5

Sanjay and Nithi are best friends since childhood. Soon, Sanjay realises that he is in love with Nithi but does not confess his feelings as he fears it would break their friendship.

Piriyadha Varam Vendum

2001

No artwork available
NR

A college student is against the unruly behaviour of his co-students. He meets a girl on the city bus and falls in love with her but a misunderstanding between the two causes a rift.

Ilaiyavan

2000

Ezhumalai poster
6.2

A young woman falls in love with a man and wishes to marry him. However, everything changes when she learns about her father's involvement in his first wife's death.

Ezhumalai

2002

Sivakasi poster
5.6

Muthappa is forced to leave his house at a young age for a crime that his older brother, Udayappa, committed. When he returns home, he learns about his brother's antics and decides to punish him.

Sivakasi

2005

Rhythm poster
7.5

Karthikeyan, a photo editor in Mumbai, is a widower whose parents wish to see him settled and happy. Chitra, a widow with a son, gives them hope, unaware that their pasts are intertwined.

Rhythm

2000

Manasellam poster
NR

While Bala is traveling, his stuff is stolen and he's left with no money or identification. A gracious shop owner allows him to stay in an apartment above his home where three men already live. Worried that their new roommate will steal the heart of their striking neighbor Malar, they hire some thugs to beat up Bala. But Malar comes to his rescue and they fall in love.

Manasellam

2003

Pokkiri poster
6.8

Amidst gang warfare and police crackdowns, mob hitman Tamizh falls for Shruthi, a nice girl unaware of his true identity. But she may not be the only one Tamizh is hiding secrets from...

Pokkiri

2007

No artwork available
NR

A poor mute man and a rich deaf-mute girl fall in love, their love supported by one family but opposed with a vengeance by another family. Both flee their hometown together, Will their love succeed?

En Mana Vaanil

2002

Mumbai Xpress poster
5.9

A young man's journey in Mumbai as a kidnapper.

Mumbai Xpress

2005

Pammal K. Sambandam poster
6.7

When Sambandham gets hurt, Dr Janaki performs a surgery in order to heal him. However, during the surgery, Janaki accidentally leaves her wrist watch in Sambandham's stomach.

Pammal K. Sambandam

2002

Thirupaachi poster
6.1

Sivagiri, a blacksmith from a village, visits Chennai to meet his sister and her husband. When he sees the city is not a safe residence for commoners, he takes the matter into his own hands.

Thirupaachi

2005

Good Luck poster
7.0

Surya (Prashanth) is a carefree youth living in Malaysia with his brother Chandramohan (Raghuvaran) and sister-in-law Devi (Sukanya). Chandramohan and Devi are childless because of a problem with Chandramohan. Surya falls in love with dancer Priya (Riya Sen) and manages to steal her heart too. Just when things seem happy, a bombshell is dropped by a Sister Mary who tells Surya that he is the father of a small girl Pooja. Pooja must undergo an operation to save her life but insists on seeing her dad before agreeing to the operation. Surya agrees to pose as her dad and is forced to do so on a more permanent basis even after the operation is done.

Good Luck

2000

Sachein poster
6.7

A happy-go-lucky college student falls in love with a beautiful young woman at first sight, but decides to use a unique approach to get close to her, as she has many admirers in the college. How will their relationship evolve?

Sachein

2005

No artwork available
NR

Karuthaiya and Peter are inseparable friends. They marry each other's sisters and decide to take revenge against a man who abandons Peter's sister after impregnating her.

Kadal Pookkal

2001

Uyirile Kalanthathu poster
4.8

A man, who is the youngest in the family and much pampered, is detested by his elder brother. He falls for a girl and decides to meet her family, but out of animosity, his brother damages his image in front of them.

Uyirile Kalanthathu

2000

Arul poster
6.5

Arul, who works in a mill, is the youngest of four brothers in a family of goldsmiths. Once, Arul's brother stole a chain due to financial circumstances. As Arul had taken the blame for it, he was labelled as a "thief" and seen as a black sheep by his father. Thus, he vows never to make a gold ornament ever again. Kanmani, who moves into the opposite house, begins by playing tricks on him, but eventually falls for his character. Arul doesn't believe in love, and keeps his distance from her. One day, when Arul's father scolds him in the temple,

Arul

2004

Villu poster
3.8

A son decides to avenge his father, an army officer, who was falsely framed and killed by three corrupt officers. Fatefully, he also ends up falling in love with the daughter of one of the killers.

Villu

2009

Military poster
NR

Madhavan is known as Military due to his strict attitude towards his five sisters. However, when he is forced to get his first sister married to a widowed professor, his other sisters alienate him.

Military

2003

Nala Damayanthi poster
6.8

A village cook Ramji goes to Australia to become a chef at a multi-millionaire Indian's home. Unfortunately, the millionaire dies of indigestion the day Ramji arrives, leaving him jobless with an expired visa. Desperate to stay and earn, he starts working illegally as a cook, but to stay on, he needs to get legal. A solution comes up when Damayanthi, a free-spirited biker, agrees to marry the docile cook for a price.

Nala Damayanthi

2003

Vel poster
6.2

Two sons that are separated as children grow up in drastically different environments.

Vel

2007

Kuselan poster
5.2

Balakrishnan and Ashok are two childhood friends who lose touch with each other. One of them goes on to become a national figure and the other, a village barber.

Kuselan

2008

1990s · 10 titles

Kallazhagar poster
NR

Kallazhagar is a 1999 Tamil film directed by Bharathi featuring Vijaykanth and Laila in the lead roles.

Kallazhagar

1999

Hello poster
6.2

Chandru's friends make fun of him as he does not have a girlfriend. He points out at a girl claiming that she is his girlfriend, due to which a number of unfortunate events take place in her life.

Hello

1999

Unnai Thedi poster
NR

Unnai Thedi (Tamil: உன்னை தேடி) is a 1999 Tamil film directed by Sundar C. The film features Ajith Kumar and Malavika in the lead roles, while an ensemble supporting cast includes Karan, Vivek, Sivakumar, and Srividya.

Unnai Thedi

1999

Raasi poster
4.0

Raasi (Tamil: ராசி ) (English: Luck) is a 1997 Tamil film directed by Murali-Abbas and produced by S. S. Chakravarthy. The film features Ajith Kumar and Rambha in the lead roles with Prakash Raj and Vadivelu playing supporting roles. The film was released on 14 April 1997 to negative reviews and reception.

Raasi

1997

Amarkalam poster
6.5

Vasu is a tough street crook who lives at a movie theater. One day while transporting the reels of a new film, he clashes with a music student Mohana. Mohana is the daughter of the Police Commissioner, who Tulsidas an ex-gang leader released from jail has an old grudge against. He tells Vasu to kidnap Mohana for two days in order to ruin the family's honor. While being held captive by Vasu, Mohana falls in love with him after hearing him sing. Vasu rejects her love, but on learning of it, Tulsidas pays him to pretend to be in love with her. By the time Tulsidas learns that his enmity with the police commissioner is false and tells Vasu to stay away from Mohana it is too late, Vasu's love has become real.

Amarkalam

1999

No artwork available
6.7

Suyamvaram is directed by a host of directors.Kuselan (Vijayakumar) and Suseela (Manjula) have 9 children: 3 boys (Satyaraj, Prabhu and Abbas) and 6 girls (Rambha, Roja, Kasturi, Maheswari, Preitha and Suvalakshmi). Parthiban is the family's loyal servant but he is treated as one of their own and Napolean is the family doctor.The movie opens with Kuselan's 60th birthday celebrations and Kuselan gets a heart attack. At the hospital, the family is informed that Kuselan will not live long and to keep him comfortable in his last days. From the devastated family, Kuselan asks for one...

Suyamvaram

1999

Udan Pirappu poster
7.0

Best friends Sathya and Viji are against selling their colony to a land grabber. Their friendship is put to the test after Viji falls in love with Sumathi and marries her.

Udan Pirappu

1993

Periyanna poster
7.0

Suriya kills the people who murdered his family and goes to jail. A young girl learns music and singing from Suriya and they elope. They witness a murder when they move to a village.

Periyanna

1999

Kadhala Kadhala poster
6.9

Two friends, both with the name of Lingam, create a comedy of errors and consequent chaos with their girlfriends and their families.

Kadhala Kadhala

1998

Ullasam poster
5.5

Two boys grow up being influenced by each other's respective fathers. While one becomes a singer, the other becomes a local goon. Incidentally, both love the same girl in college.

Ullasam

1997

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