Vadivelu

Acting

Vadivelu

Born

1960-10-10 (66)

Place of birth

Madurai, Tamilnadu, India

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Vadivelu is an Indian film actor, comedian and playback singer. Since the 1990s, he has acted mainly as a comedian in Tamil films and is renowned for his slapstick comedies. Vadivelu has won several Filmfare and Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 4 titles

2010s · 5 titles

2000s · 26 titles

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Sathya and Alex, who are assigned to catch a team of terrorists, stay with a tribe in a forest. However, things take a turn when someone begins killing the tribal women.

Nee Enthan Vaanam

2000

Chandramukhi poster
6.8

Creepy happenings in an abandoned mansion are attributed to the ghost of an ancient courtesan, back for revenge.

Chandramukhi

2005

Imsai Arasan 23rd Pulikecei poster
7.6

Set in the late 18th century during the early stages of the British Raj, the film tells the story of twin brothers separated at birth. Pulikesi XXIII, the foolish elder brother, becomes a puppet of his uncle, the Chief Minister, while Ukraputhan, the wise younger brother, becomes a patriot intent on saving his land and his brother.

Imsai Arasan 23rd Pulikecei

2006

Kanthaswamy poster
4.8

A CBI officer moonlights as a modern day Robin Hood in the guise of the masked Kanthaswamy, as he helps fight corruption and aid impoverished people.

Kanthaswamy

2009

Arasu poster
6.0

Arasu movie is the story of Thirunavukkarasu(Sarathkumar) who is a mild mannered, quiet man, arrives at the agrahaaram in Kumbakonam to take up the job of handling accounts at the temple. He is helped by the family of Velu Shastri('Delhi' Ganesh) and Velu Shastri's daughter Meera(Simran) falls for him too.But news of a dangerous rowdy being released from a nearby jail brings out the real Arasu - a man who is out to take revenge on the men responsible for several atrocities, including the murder of his parents(Sarathkumar and Roja).

Arasu

2003

Vallarasu poster
5.7

Vallarasu is the honest Deputy Commissioner of Police who has arrested Wasim Khan, a terrorist from Pakistan. His wife is Anjali, and they both have two children. Vallarasu kills his senior police officer and father-in-law because he knows the latter is working alongside terrorists.

Vallarasu

2000

Thimiru poster
5.6

Ganesh comes to Chennai to pursue his studies. A group of goons are on his pursuit. A kind hearted Ganesh is eventually forced to go back to his old ways to fight them and restore order.

Thimiru

2006

Chatrapathy poster
5.0

Chatrapathy movie tells the story of Saravanan(Sarathkumar) who works as the bus driver for a ladies college and Nikitha, one of the college students, has fallen for him. When four goondas belonging to a caste-based political party get off easy after causing the death of a young woman, Saravanan takes justice into his own hands and kills them.Eventually we learn of his past as Chatrapathi, a decorated major in the army and the reason behind his enmity with Chakravarthy(Mahadevan), the leader of the same political party.

Chatrapathy

2004

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

Sillunu Oru Kaadhal poster
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Gowtham and Kundhavi married then she finds a diary from his time at college, five years earlier. She thinks he would rather be married to Aishwarya, his college sweetheart, so she makes arrangements for them to meet again.

Sillunu Oru Kaadhal

2006

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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

Peranmai poster
6.4

A communist forest ranger from a tribal community is tasked with whipping five spoiled female cadets into shape. Their bonding trip into the woods turns deadly when they come across foreign mercenaries plotting to sabotage a government satellite launch.

Peranmai

2009

Manu Needhi poster
2.0

Muthazhagu, a true patriot, had fought against the British, had gone to jail, and is a man much honoured and respected by the villagers. So when he commits an indiscrete act the whole village is shocked. But they forgive him, for it was an act committed under the influence of liquor. The only disgruntled element in this scenario is the village girl's uncle Vellaiyan (Nasser) who would have married her but for this misfortune. The man vows revenge and gets his chance twenty years later . The nephew (Murali) ignorant of his uncle's motives finds out the truth later. His admiration for Muthazhagu, love for the girl, and attachment to his uncle makes him attempt to bring about a re-conciliation between the two warring factions, which were threatening to turn into a fight between the two villages.

Manu Needhi

2000

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Desiya Paravai

2006

Viyabari poster
5.2

A businessman who wants to be rich loses out on family and social life. He marries a girl who loves him only because she would prove profitable to his business. He realizes what he lost after the death of his mother.

Viyabari

2007

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Kumaresan is a rich landlord in a village who spends his wealth for the welfare of his village in Erode district. As Kumaresan's parents died when he was young, he has no one to care for except his sidekicks (Vadivelu, Manivannan and Halwa Vasu). Local Panchayath president Govindan also hails from the same village who has enmity with Kumaresan. Kumaresan does not respect Govindans growth from being a labor in his farm to a rich politician, and Govindan keeps interrupting often whenever Kumaresan wants to find a bride.

Sound Party

2004

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Rathi is a happily married woman and at the professional level also she is doing good as a music video director. Her husband is actually a criminal, but hides his doings from his wife.

Chinna Chinna Kannile

2000

Vaseegara poster
6.2

Bhupathi's father sends him to live under the guidance of his best friend, Viswanath, and find a job. He gets close to the family and falls in love with Viswanath's daughter, who is already engaged.

Vaseegara

2003

Friends poster
6.9

A man values his best friend more than anything else in the world. One day he confesses a dark secret from their childhood to his wife, which is overheard by another. Once the secret gets out, the friendship is destroyed.

Friends

2001

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

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

Bagavathi poster
5.5

Bagavathi, a tea vendor, has big dreams for his younger brother, Guna. However, when Guna's girlfriend's father kills him, Bagavathi must fight to protect Guna's unborn child.

Bagavathi

2002

Looty poster
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A childless couple adopts a child, but the wife becomes convinced her husband sired the child with another woman. The son decides to seek out his birth mother to find out the truth.

Looty

2001

Aaru poster
6.1

A thug, with his partners, is chosen to work for a criminal gang and he becomes the left-hand man of the leader. The leader declares a war against another criminal and the thug has to protect him despite losing his friends.

Aaru

2005

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

Ottran poster
7.2

A group of terrorists kidnaps Sudha and takes over her apartment to save their employer Robert. Karthik, a RAW agent, pretends to be a cook and goes to her house to capture the entire gang.

Ottran

2003

1990s · 23 titles

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Sevatha Ponnu

1994

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Saathi Sanam

1997

Aranmanai Kili poster
8.5

Raasaiyya, who works as a house help for a wealthy family, is unaware of Poongodi's feelings for him. Things take a turn when he saves Chellamma after she is abducted and dragged into the flesh trade.

Aranmanai Kili

1993

Muthu poster
6.8

The story concerns Muthu, a charismatic, well-respected and loyal servant and charioteer of Raja Malayasimman, a wealthy zamindar. While Muthu and Raja's exploits lead them to fall in love with the same woman, an actress and dancer named Ranganayaki, Raja's materal uncle Ambalathar is keen on assuming control of the family's property.

Muthu

1995

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When Valli learns of her husband, Chettiar's affair with her sister, she commits suicide. Thirukkaval, her son, vows to take revenge on Chettiar.

Sindhu Nathi Poo

1994

Kummi Paattu poster
8.0

A son assumes that his father killed his mother and in a fit of rage, he also rapes the woman who was to marry his step-brother. However, the woman decides to help him overcome his misgivings.

Kummi Paattu

1999

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A man loves his cousin but circumstances force him to leave home. Years later, when he learns that she loves someone else, he tries to help her reunite with her lover.

Sundara Purushan

1996

Vasantha Vaasal poster
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Vasantha Vaasal starring by vijay and Swathi. Vijay comes to the city with an ambition to star in the movies. He is totally mad about cinema. He lives as a tenant in Swathi's house. He tries acting out film scenes and speaking film dialogues in a loud fashion thus disturbing her studies.So both of them get off on the wrong foot. But finally they fall in love with each other. Mansur Ali Khan is her maternal uncle who also wants to marry Swathi. So the villain starts disturb the lovers. But the hero fight for his love and finally wins his lady love's hand.

Vasantha Vaasal

1996

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Pandi is raised with a lot of care by Nesamani. He treats Nesamani's daughter like his own sister, but when he finds out that someone is planning to kill her, he goes out of the way to save her.

Pasamulla Pandiyare

1997

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Pandithurai and Naachchiyaa are a childless couple in a village. When Pandithurai saves Panchavarnam, a pregnant girl, from being killed, she decides to give her child to him.

Thalaimurai

1998

Ratchagan poster
7.7

A girl falls for a violent man, who keeps taking law in his hands and beats people up. She wants to marry to him and eventually even he says yes, but her father has a condition that he should control his anger and work with him in his factory.

Ratchagan

1997

Mr. Romeo poster
5.3

Romeo lives a wealthy lifestyle in Bangalore, India, along with his widowed mother. He had received considerable assistance and encouragement from Raj Mohan to dance and sing, and as a result gets very popular with young women. He meets and is attracted to Madhu, who is also his fan. His mother meets with Madhu's grandfather and both arrange their wedding. Then Romeo finds out that Raj Mohan has been stealing body parts, especially kidneys, from patients in the Satya Moorthy Hospital, and then getting them killed via bus accidents. He meets with Raj and warns him that he is going to expose him publicly. Before he could that Romeo is shot, taken by ambulance, and thrown off of a cliff.

Mr. Romeo

1996

Panchalankurichi poster
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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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Upili, a dedicated person towards serving the village temple, marries Arasaee who plans to embarrass him while joining hands with Sundaralingam, a fraudster.

Koyil Kaalai

1993

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Pandiamma gets close to Muniyandi's family and eventually falls in love with her. But Muniyandi's mother tries her best to get her married to an affluent person and causes trouble between them.

Atha Maga Rathiname

1994

Thevar Magan poster
7.0

London-educated Saktivelu returns to India and wants to open a chain of restaurants in Chennai. His father, however, wishes that he would stay back and help the villagers.

Thevar Magan

1992

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

Poovellam Kettuppar poster
6.6

A young couple needs to get the rivalry between their families sorted out so that they can get married with full consent of their parents.

Poovellam Kettuppar

1999

Kadhal Desam poster
7.2

Two boys from rival colleges, one rich and the other poor, become good friends after an incident. A new girl in college makes both their hearts melt but neither realises that they love the same girl.

Kadhal Desam

1996

Naan Petha Magane poster
9.0

Possessive mother, Andal , sabotages her son Ravi's love life. She engineers his marriage to a docile village girl, Uma , but later becomes jealous of the attention he gives his wife, leading to conflict and further manipulation.

Naan Petha Magane

1995

Mudhalvan poster
7.0

A man accepts a challenge to act as the Chief Minister for one day only, and makes such a success of it that soon he is embroiled in political intrigue.

Mudhalvan

1999

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Kannathal is the eldest of five sisters and believed to possess divine powers. A man offers to relieve the family of their debts if Kannathal marries him. But he shows his true colours after marriage.

Kannathal

1998

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Both Vaidehi and Selvi, who happen to be Rajakumaran's cousins, are in love with him. When Vaidehi decides to commit suicide, Rajakumaran is left heartbroken.

Rajakumaran

1994