K. G. Senthil Kumar

K.G.Senthil Kumar
Born	Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Film Actor Film Director Film Producer Screenwriter
Years active	2014 – Present

K.G.Senthil Kumar is an Indian Film Actor, Director, Producer and Screenwriter known for his works in the Tamil film Vizhi Moodi Yosithaal. ^[1][2][3]

Personal life

K.G.Senthil Kumar was born in Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu, India to K.Govindaswamy and G.Amsavalli. He completed his schooling in St.Joseph Matriculation Higher Secondary School - Tirupur, Perks School - Coimbatore and Prema Matriculation Higher Secondary School - Tirupur. After his schooling he completed Diploma in Computer Technology in Nanjappa Institute of Technology - Karumathampatti, Coimbatore. Later he completed his Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science in Kumaraguru College of Technology - Coimbatore. After his engineering graduation he worked as Software Engineer for Wipro Technologies in Bangalore and Chennai, coding software for Nike, Inc.. Since his father has to retire from business due to health reasons, upon his father's request he took up his family business of textile garment manufacturing and marketing in domestic and international markets. His father died on 23 December 2010 and his mother died on 26 November 2011. ^{[4] [5]}

Early life

K.G.Senthil Kumar has always wanted to be a Creator and Performer in the Film Industry since his childhood. He has learnt the art of Acting, Directing and Film Making in New York Film Academy (Los Angeles). He has worked in over 20 Short Films and Music Videos as Producer, Director, Actor, Assistant Director, Assistant Editor, Screenwriter and Dialogue Writer. Two of his short films namely Simplicity(2009) and Dew Drop(2010) has won the Award of Merit in American International Film Festival called "Accolade Competition". ^{[6] [7]}

After the demise of his parents, K.G.Senthil Kumar moved to Chennai - the tinsel town of Tamil Nadu in 2012 and tried his level best to get an offer for Acting and Directing, but in vain. So, he decided to Produce the film himself.

Career

In 2013, K.G.Senthil Kumar started the Pre-Production work of his debutant film "Vizhi Moodi Yosithaal" as Film Producer, Director, Actor and Screenwriter through his own Production Company Twister Films. The Shooting of the film was started on 2 March 2013 and was wrapped up by end of May 2013. It took him 7 months to complete the Post-Production work of the film and he got the Censor Certificate for the film from the Central Board of Film Certification on 27 December 2013. Being new to the film industry, casting newcomers, with unproven track record, he was unable to get screens to release the film. After going through enormous struggle and challenges he finally released the film on 21 November 2014 over 110 Screens all over Tamil Nadu. The film turned out to be a decent hit with good response and reviews from the audience and the critics. ^{[8] [9] [10]}

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

As Actor

Year	Film	Language	Role	Director	Notes
2014	Vizhi Moodi Yosithaal	Tamil	K.G.	Himself
2016	Untitled Action/Thriller	Tamil		Himself	Pre-Production

As Director

Year	Film	Language	Cast	Notes
2014	Vizhi Moodi Yosithaal	Tamil	K.G.Senthil Kumar, Nikita, Urvashi, Srinivasan, Bala Singh
2016	Untitled Action/Thriller	Tamil	Undisclosed	Pre-Production

As Screenwriter

Year	Film	Language	Cast	Notes
2014	Vizhi Moodi Yosithaal	Tamil	K.G.Senthil Kumar, Nikita, Urvashi, Srinivasan, Bala Singh
2016	Untitled Action/Thriller	Tamil	Undisclosed	Pre-Production

As Producer

Year	Film	Language	Cast	Notes
2014	Vizhi Moodi Yosithaal	Tamil	K.G.Senthil Kumar, Nikita, Urvashi, Srinivasan, Bala Singh

References

1. "Vizhi Moodi Yosithaal is a Tamil movie Produced by Twister Films and Directed by K.G.Senthil Kumar". Behindwoods.com.
2. "Vizhi Moodi Yosithaal Trailer". Behindwoods.com.
3. "Vizhi Moodi Yosithaal Trailer". iflickz.com.
4. "Vizhi Moodi Yosithaal Team Interview". Raj Tv. 12 December 2014.
5. "Producer turned Hero K.G.Senthil Kumar at Vizhi Moodi Yosithaal Special Screening". Sulekha.com. 10 December 2014.
6. "Simplicity(2009) Award of Merit to Senthil Kumar KG". Accolade Competition. August 2009.
7. "Dew Drop(2010) Award of Merit to Senthil Kumar KG". Accolade Competition. November 2010.
8. "Vizhi Moodi Yosithaal Audio Launch Stills". pluzcinema.com.
9. "Vizhi Moodi Yosithaal Release Date". sify.com. 2014-11-21.
10. "Vizhi Moodi Yosithaal Movie official Facebook Page and Fan Comments". facebook.com.

External links

• K. G. Senthil Kumar at the Internet Movie Database