Vagai Chandrasekar

Acting

Vagai Chandrasekar

Born

1956-05-03 (70)

Place of birth

Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India

Known for

Acting

Credits

61 titles

Chandrasekhar also known as Vagai Chandrasekhar, is an Indian stage, film and television actor working in Tamil language films, known for his histrionics. He played lead or supportive roles in Tamil films of the 1980s. He won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the 2002 film Nanba Nanba.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 7 titles

2010s · 2 titles

2000s · 12 titles

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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

Citizen poster
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Three prominent members of society, a judge, a police official and a district collector are kidnapped in broad daylight by a man who calls himself 'Citizen'. As CBI Officer Sarojini (Nagma) follows his trail she finds clues to a shocking mystery, of a village called Attipatthi which simply disappeared off the map of India, and to which each of these men is connected

Citizen

2001

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Periyar joins the Indian struggle for independence after being disgusted by the injustices of the Hindu caste system. Later, he begins fighting for the rights of Tamilians.

Periyar

2007

Mann poster
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Lakshmi, a young student, is engaged to be married to Raja, who is a family friend. But her life changes when she falls in love with Ponrasa, her classmate.

Mann

2006

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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

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A Sri Lankan woman extremist, Manimeghalai arrives in India for a medical treatment. She falls in love with the doctor of the clinic, who risks life and limb to save her from the cops.

Kaatrukkenna Veli

2001

Thirunelveli poster
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Thulasi, A Highly Respected Man In A Village, Is Known For His Truthfulness In All Circumstances. But The Real Testing Time Arrives When His Good Trait Brings A Lot Of Troubles To The Family.

Thirunelveli

2000

Kuttrapathirikai poster
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Ramakrishnan and Arun both are ACP’s and colleagues, Ramakrishnan fall in love with Divya, and Arun loves Geetha, these two couples get married, but due to some misunderstanding between Arun & Geetha makes them depart, in the flash back. Mean time the Rajiv Gandhi assassination was carried out by Sivarasan & co and they get hide in Bangalore. As a special officer Karthikeyan is taking in charge to find the odd peoples. With the help of two ACP’s Ramakrishnan & Arun, Karthikeyan tracking the network in Tamil Nadu, at last they able to find the Sivarasan gang hiding in Bangalore, in a successful operation Ramakrishnan tries to capture the Sivarasn allies, but unfortunately Ramakrishnan able to capture only the dead bodies of the terrorist organization. What transpires later forms the crux of the story. Based on True Events (Rajiv Gandhi's Assassination).

Kuttrapathirikai

2007

Ramachandra poster
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Due to his honesty and refusal to meet the demands of those in power, inspector Ramachandran is often transferred from one town to another. Soon, he finds himself in an area that is highly terrorised.

Ramachandra

2003

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After the death of his sister, Periyakaruppu vows not to marry and raise his niece, Poomayil. When Poomayil grows up, she finds out about her uncle's sacrifices for her and decides to marry him.

Veeranadai

2000

Devan poster
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When the movie opens Devan(Arun Pandiyan) murdering photographer Jeeva(Thalaivasal Vijay) in cold blood in his house. Jeeva strategically positions a video camera to capture the impending murder but Devan never shows his face to it. And when Jeeva shouts out the name of his killer before dying, the audio is lost at that point. While the police search for the killer, Devan zeroes in on Chetta (Saikumar) as his next target. He follows Chetta to Chandigarh but is apprehended by CBI officer Ratnavel(Vijayakanth). But once Ratnavel realises Chetta's true nature, he begins to help Devan, even hiring successful lawyer Chakravarthy(Karthik) to fight for him. The flashback shows that Devan's sister (Kausalya) was killed by Chetta, Devan wants to avenge the death of his sister. In the climax, villain is killed.

Devan

2002

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Sena, a hard working man, works for a criminal named Masthan, to help his brother Arvind in becoming a lawyer. Problems arise when Arvind is killed by Masthan for raising his voice against him.

Sena

2003

1990s · 16 titles

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Kadalora Kadhal

1993

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Kittan is raised by Mayandi and his family. When Mayandi's rival Kali tries to take revenge, Kittan clashes with them. Things gets messy when Mayandi's daughter falls in love with Kali's brother.

Panchalankurichi

1996

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Ammu, a young girl, falls in love with Veeraiyan, a pickpocket and marries him. Later, their past troubles with an evil politician catch up to them.

Pullakuttikaran

1995

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Siva lives with his father Soundarapandian, a police officer, and his little sister Geetha. Geetha gets engaged and Siva notes that his father will not invite his family to the wedding. Hence, Siva finds out his family's village and goes there. At his father's village, Siva is insulted by his uncle Sankarapandian, while his aunt Kamachi welcomes him. Soon, Kamachi's daughter Selvi and Siva fall in love with each other. How Siva reconciles his uncle and marries Selvi forms the rest of the story.

Periya Thambi

1997

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Bharath is framed for the murder of his elder brother by Gangadharan, a powerful businessman. In jail, he befriends three convicts who help him escape and take revenge against Gangadharan.

Bharathan

1992

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Thyagu, a singer and music instructor, lives as a tenant where a young woman is a co-tenant. Their lives change when Thyagu shares shocking information about his past.

Endrum Anbudan

1992

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Sethu falls in love with the village head's daughter. However, things are not all that smooth, as his elder brother is given the responsibility of protecting the girl's honour until she is married.

Senathipathi

1996

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1.0

Kottai Vaasal is a 1992 Indian Tamil film, directed by Selva Vinayagam and produced by Mohan Natarajan and Tharangai V. Shanmugam. The film stars Arun Pandian, Sukanya, Saranya and Goundamani in lead roles. The film had musical score by Deva.

Kottai Vaasal

1992

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Bhagat Singh, an honest poor man, makes his living by selling used goods. His quiet life turns nightmarish when he refuses to act as a henchman to a local politician.

Vaazhga Jananayagam

1996

Thirupathi Ezhumalai Venkatesa poster
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Thirupathi (Vadivelu), Ezhumalai (S. Ve. Shekher) and Venkatesa (Prabhu) are poor friends who tried to become rich. Nachiappan (Venniradai Moorthy), a bungalow watchman, has three daughters : Lalitha (Kovai Sarala), Padmini (Urvashi) and Ragini (Roja). When his owner left the bungalow on vacation, Nachiappan's daughters decide to live there. Then, Nachiappan rents his owner's top portion bungalow to Thirupathi, Ezhumalai and Venkatesa who lied about their job.

Thirupathi Ezhumalai Venkatesa

1999

Maharasan poster
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Vadivelu, who belongs to a small rural community and leads a carefree existence with his friends, but also takes a strong stand against injustice and exploitation.

Maharasan

1993

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Seevalaperi Pandi is a 1994 Tamil drama film directed by Prathap K. Pothan. The film features Napoleon in lead role making his debut as hero. The film, produced by P. G. Srikanth, had musical score by Adithyan and was released on 23 June 1994. The film is based on the life of 'Seevalaperi' Pandi.

Seevalaperi Pandi

1994

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A 1994 Tamil language romantic drama film written and directed by Manivannan.

Rasa Magan

1994

Pudhu Paadagan poster
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Pudhu Paadagan

1990

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Raja and Ramu decide to help Durga, a little girl, against her evil uncle. In the meanwhile, the evil uncle finds Mallika, Durga's lookalike, and uses her to confuse everyone and kill Durga.

Durga

1990

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Maravan starring Prabhu, Khushboo and others.Directed by Manoj Kumar,Music by Ilayaraja.

Maravan

1993

1980s · 21 titles

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Prem, a police officer, and Vidhya, his colleague, fall in love and get married. When Vidhya's brother-in-law is falsely accused of a murder, the couple tries to find the real culprit.

Dharma Pathini

1986

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Soru

1986

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A police officer helps a criminal run a brothel. When Ratna, a female policewoman, learns about this, she decides to bring him to justice with the help of her fiance, who is a lawyer.

Paarthal Pasu

1988

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10.0

To repay his debts, Mayilsamy decides to sell one of his houses by getting rid of the tenants. However, Sharada, the tenant, refuses to vacate the house.

Illam

1988

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Paadatha Thenikkal

1988

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Thangarasu and Shenbagam love each other; however, their fathers, though close relatives, are bitter enemies. Despite this, the two lovers decide to get married.

Shenbagamae Shenbagamae

1988

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Five friends hailing from different social backgrounds have their own ambitions and responsibilities. But their friendship seems to fall apart when a beautiful girl moves in to their locality.

Palaivana Solai

1981

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Raja Gopuram

1985

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A rich man, gets fed up of his gambling brother and his spoilt son, Vijay. Upon his death, his son and brother learn that the property will be inherited by Rakayi, a poor girl, if she marries Vijay.

Sakkarai Panthal

1988

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A woman with limited means faces defamation from the villagers and manages to find shelter at a swindler's house. However, the situation goes awry when she starts falling in love with him.

Inimai Idho Idho

1983

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Gokila, an orphan, learns music from the man who adopted her. She goes to a different village where she works as a music teacher to earn a living.

Maragatha Veenai

1986

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Gopi and his brother Satyam get married but Gopi's wife is not treated well in the family. Lakshmi, Satyam's wife, realizes the same and tries to teach her mother-in-law a lesson.

Marumagale Vazhga

1982

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When lawyer Raghupathi kills Maari, his brother decides to take revenge on him. He kidnaps his son, kills his wife in a skirmish while she tries to stop him and raises the son to become a criminal.

Engal Kural

1985

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Echchil Iravugal

1982

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Directed by Gokula Krishnan.

Archanai Pookal

1982

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Two honest workers start a revolution against their village chiefs and the owner of a factory in the neighboring village.

Sivappu Malli

1981

Ingeyum Oru Gangai poster
8.0

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Ingeyum Oru Gangai

1984

Thenpandi Seemaiyile poster
5.0

An archaeologist learns about a village that is under the reign of three brothers. He decides to destroy their power and end their influence on the villagers.

Thenpandi Seemaiyile

1988

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Kunguma Chimil

1985

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Surya, an unemployed man, comes across Manga, his neighbour, and falls in love with her. In order to succeed, he must prove himself worthy.

Kootu Puzhukkal

1987

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A story of three young friends who are unemployed and stricken by poverty finding it hard to make ends meet. They are endowed with the never-say-die spirit and refuse to heed their parents advice to look for menial jobs. They continue to pursue their dreams no matter what comes. The shadows of these youngsters can be found abundantly in our society.

Nizhalgal

1980

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