Shanthanu Bhagyaraj

Shanthanu Bhagyaraj
Born (1986-08-24) 24 August 1986
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Spouse(s) Keerthi Shanthanu (m. 2015)
Parent(s) K. Bhagyaraj
Poornima Bhagyaraj

Shanthanu Bhagyaraj is a Tamil film actor. He is the son of actor and director K. Bhagyaraj. He debuted as a lead actor in the film Sakkarakatti in 2008.[1] His sister is notable actress Saranya Bhagyaraj.

Career

He has acted as a child artist in his father's film Vettiya Madichu Kattu. He was also an assistant director in his sister, Saranya Bhagyaraj's debut, Parijatham. He then made his acting debut in Sakkarakatti, produced by S. Thanu and directed by Kala Prabhu which flopped at the box office, the song Taxi Taxi composed by A. R. Rahman was a chartbuster. His performance received mixed reviews, Behindwoods cited : "Shanthanu has to play a thinly sketched hero, but he puts energy and charm into everything he does. He is more than promising- he’s star material, and he’ll survive this wreck",[2] while Sify said: "Shantanoo has that star quality to him which is so rare to find these days. But he is wasted in a role in which he just romance his heroines and dances",[3] Nowrunning said: "Shanthanoo is fairly convincing as a cool college dude who metro audiences would love. He has not much to do beyond hanging out with his friends and cuddling the two heroines. Though the young hero seems bubbly, Prabhu is not able to tap his potential".[4] His next venture is Angel John, his debut film in Malayalam in which shared screen space with Mohanlal, In this film he played a youth who fedup of life tries to commit suicide but god saves and helps him. The film flopped. His next film was Siddu +2 which was directed by his father. The film didn't do well at the box-office, his performance is somewhat well received.[5][6] In 2011, his next release was Kanden which managed to do well, he had another release in 2011, Aayiram Vilakku in which he played an ordinary boy by shedding his chocolate boy image. Next he did Ammavin Kaipesi which got positive response.[7] Currently, he is doing Amali Thumali with Nakul and Telugu film Love in Hyderabad which is a remake of his own Tamil film Siddu +2 and Vaaimai.

In an interview in 2016, Shanthanu revealed that poor career choices had plagued his film career and would subsequently not take advice from his father regarding film offers. He mentioned his regret at missing out on potential projects he had been offered including Boys (2003), Kaadhal (2004) and Subramaniapuram (2008).[8][9]

Filmography

As actor
Year Movie Role Language Notes
1998 Vettiya Madichu Kattu Sonu Tamil Child artiste
2008 Sakkarakatti Yuvraj Tamil Winner, Filmfare Best South Male Debut
Winner, Vijay Award for Best Debut Actor
Winner, ITFA Best New Actor Award
2009 Angel John Maradona Malayalam
2010 Siddu +2 Siddu Tamil
2011 Kandaen Vasanth Tamil
Aayiram Vilakku Gopal Tamil
2012 Ammavin Kaipesi Annamalai Tamil
2014 Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam Himself Tamil Guest appearance
2016 Vaaimai Siddharthan Tamil
Mupparimanam Tamil Filming
Koditta Idangalai Nirappuga Tamil Filming
Television
Year Program Role Language Channel
2015let's Dance Season 2JudgeMalayalamAmrita TV
2015let's Dance Season 3JudgeMalayalamAmrita TV
As singer
Year Movie Song Composer Notes
2014 Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam "Live The Moment" S. Thaman along with Venkat Prabhu, Premji Amaran, Nakul
2014 Vaaimai "Hey Naadu" Augath along with S. P. Balasubramaniam

References

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