Arvind Swamy

Acting

Arvind Swamy

Born

1970-06-18 (56)

Place of birth

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Known for

Acting

Credits

41 titles

Arvind Swamy (born June 18, 1970) is an Indian film actor, model, entrepreneur and television presenter known for his work in Tamil cinema. He was introduced as an actor by Mani Ratnam with the film Thalapathi (1991) and subsequently starred in successful films such as Roja (1992), Bombay (1995), Minsaara Kanavu (1997) and Alaipayuthey (2000). Swamy also starred in other ventures, including the Telugu film Mounam (1995), the Malayalam film Devaraagam (1996), and the Bollywood film Saat Rang Ke Sapne (1998). Swamy spent a decade in businesses ranging from software engineering, construction, international trade to global outsourcing, before returning to acting with works such as Kadal (2013…

Known for

Cooku with Comali poster
8.4

Cooku with Comali, also known by the acronym CWC, is an Indian Tamil-language comedy-based cooking competition show aired on Star Vijay and streams on Disney+ Hotstar where the contestants are paired each week with comedians (comalis) who are amateur cooks. The first season premiered on 16 November 2019 and ended on 23 February 2020. The second season was premiered on 14 November 2020 and ended on 14 April 2021. The third season was premiered on 22 January 2022 and ended on 24 July 2022. The contestants along with their comalis are challenged every week and judged by Chef Damu and Chef Venkatesh Bhat.

Cooku with Comali

2019

IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack poster
6.3

When IC 814 gets hijacked on its way to Delhi, hundreds of lives are at stake as the country faces its longest and most alarming aviation crisis.

IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack

2024

Gandhi Talks poster
7.3

A young, unemployed graduate Mahadev's struggles to land a job through any means possible and crosses paths with a businessman and petty thief.

Gandhi Talks

2026

Navarasa poster
5.4

From amusement to awe, the nine human emotions of Indian aesthetic theory are explored in this anthology series.

Navarasa

2021

Meiyazhagan poster
8.2

Twenty-two years after losing his home, Arulmozhi Varman returns to his native Thanjavur to attend his cousin's wedding. Amidst the celebrations, Arul is reintroduced to an upbeat man whom he cannot recall. With the help of the unknown man, Arul reconnects with his past.

Meiyazhagan

2024

Alaipayuthey poster
7.4

Karthik and Shakthi marry against the wishes of their families and start their new life. However, they soon realize that marriage is not the bed of roses they had imagined it would be.

Alaipayuthey

2000

Film credits

2020s · 8 titles

Gandhi Talks poster
7.3

A young, unemployed graduate Mahadev's struggles to land a job through any means possible and crosses paths with a businessman and petty thief.

Gandhi Talks

2026

Meiyazhagan poster
8.2

Twenty-two years after losing his home, Arulmozhi Varman returns to his native Thanjavur to attend his cousin's wedding. Amidst the celebrations, Arul is reintroduced to an upbeat man whom he cannot recall. With the help of the unknown man, Arul reconnects with his past.

Meiyazhagan

2024

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Monster

2027

Tanvi the Great poster
6.2

Autistic young Tanvi Raina learns of her deceased Indian Army father's dream to salute the flag at Siachen Glacier. Despite barriers facing those neurodivergent in military service, she resolves to complete his mission.

Tanvi the Great

2025

Thalaivii poster
4.7

The biopic charts the life of actor-turned-chief minister J. Jayalalitha and the relationship paving her rapid yet complicated path to power, who served five terms as the Chief Minister for the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Thalaivii

2021

Custody poster
5.1

Siva, a police officer, has to escort a witness to the court. He learns that all the police service wants to kill the witness. An escape begins.

Custody

2023

Ottu poster
5.5

Kichu takes up an assignment to befriend a gangster David, who has lost his memories to learn about a valuable gold shipment that has gone missing. Will Kichu pull off the task, or end up waking the monster in the gangster?

Ottu

2022

Singapore Saloon poster
6.2

In a village, friends Kathir and Basheer have big dreams. Inspired by Sacha, the owner of a local hairdressing salon, Kathir decides to become a hairdresser.

Singapore Saloon

2024

2010s · 7 titles

1990s · 15 titles

Bombay poster
7.3

A Hindu man and a Muslim woman fall in love in a small village and move to Mumbai, where they have two children. However, growing religious tensions and erupting riots threaten to tear the family apart.

Bombay

1995

Roja poster
7.0

Roja, a simple girl from a village in Tamil Nadu, makes desperate efforts to find her husband, Rishi, after he is kidnapped by militants during a secret undercover mission in Kashmir.

Roja

1992

No artwork available
NR

Dr Revathi comes to her village to help people and yearns for the love of a simple but renowned village man, who detests her and cannot wait to humiliate her.

Thalattu

1993

Thalapathi poster
8.0

Surya, a courageous man who was raised in the slums, fights for the rights of the poor and befriends Deva, who hires him as his commander and changes his life completely.

Thalapathi

1991

Saat Rang Ke Sapne poster
6.5

Forced into marriage with a mentally deranged man, Yashoda (Farida Jalal) gives birth to a child, only to have her husband kill himself and the child, leaving her devastated and alone. This leaves her brother, Bhanu (Anupam Kher) angry and bitter at this loss, and swears to avenge this humiliation. His vengeance is satisfied every year when he asks his employee and close friend, Mahipal (Arvind Swamy) to run a bullock-cart race, and defeat his sister's in-laws, and every year Mahipal wins. Bhanu, in his mid forties, has still not married, although he used to actively woo a village belle (Aruna Irani), who still has feelings for him.

Saat Rang Ke Sapne

1998

Minsara Kanavu poster
6.6

Priya decides that she wants to be a nun, much to the horror of her father and Thomas, the boy who is in love with her. Thomas decides to enlist the help of Deva to change her mind.

Minsara Kanavu

1997

Indira poster
7.2

A group of villagers from Maranur, India, and their clash with a neighbouring village leader as their community begins to prosper. Soon, money and greed threaten a will for peaceful coexistence between the two rivalling communities.

Indira

1995

Duet poster
7.1

Two musical brothers look for love, only to have their quest end in tragedy for one.

Duet

1994

Daddy poster
8.0

Daddy is a 1992 Indian Malayalam-language (semi hit) film starring Arvind Swamy, Gouthami Tadimalla and Suresh Gopi.

Daddy

1992

Devaraagam poster
8.0

Life for Lakshmi turns head over heels when Vishnu the new priest's son, shows up in her village. Lakshmi is instantly intrigued by the new young man in town, and strives to start a relationship with him. Antics and innocent clashes follow and both of them fall in love. Later, problems arise due to Vishnu's status in society. Meanwhile, Lakshmi's marriage is fixed with her cousin.

Devaraagam

1996

Pudhayal poster
6.7

Madhu steals the map to a treasure during an archaelogical expedition and couriers it to the baddies in the movie. Kodiswaran begins work in this courier firm owned by Tiruchitrambalam. He rents a room in a house where Vijayakumari, Goundamani & Senthil, and Sundari stay. Captain Vishwanath, Vijayakumari's son is Aamni's murai maapillai, but refuses to marry her because of his loyalty to the country. By chance Arvind, who is pursued by Swapna, gets hold of the treasure map and goes hunting - during a crossfire between the army and the baddies.

Pudhayal

1997

En Swasa Kaatre poster
5.7

A seemingly down-to-earth guy Arun leads a life of a computer hacker by day and thief by night. When he meets Madhu whom he fancies, he wishes to turn over a new leaf.

En Swasa Kaatre

1999

Paasamalargal poster
NR

In order to earn goodwill, a businessman adopts 6 orphan girls. After the initial friction, he does warm up to them. Meanwhile, a young girl falls in love with him. All goes well till tragedy strikes.

Paasamalargal

1994

Marupadiyum poster
10.0

Thulasi is a wife caught up in marital discord. Her husband Muralikrishna, is a movie director who has an extra-marital affair with his star heroine, Kavitha.

Marupadiyum

1993

No artwork available
10.0

In the Southern part of India, there are two communities living - separated by caste and hatred of each other. The lower caste community has a young woman named Priyanka, who would like to reform and build relationship with both the communities. However, when the leader of the upper caste community proposes that she marry his younger brother, Priyanka refuses, for she loves Raju, an educated village orphan, As a result, the division between the two communities grows, so much so that Priyanka's dad is killed, and she herself is assaulted. Then the communities are hit by heavy torrential rain and floods, which lead to the collapse of the upper caste community, and the question remains: will the lower caste, who have always been oppressed by the upper caste people, forgo their differences and assist them, or will they stand by and watch them being swept away.

Priyanka

1994

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