C. S. Amudhan

C. S. Amudhan (born 19 July 1977) is a film director, screenwriter and lyricist from the Tamil film industry in India.

Career Amudhan made his cinematic debut as a lyricist with Minnale (2001), where he wrote the song "Maddy Maddy". He made his directorial debut with Tamizh Padam, the first full-length spoof film on Tamil cinema, with Shiva playing the lead role. The film, distributed by Dayanidhi Azhagiri's Cloud Nine Movies, released on 29 January 2010 and won critical acclaim and commercial success at the box office, earning cult status. In late 2010, he began work on a film titled Nakka Mukka starring Vijay Antony in the lead role describing that it would be another film in a "new genre", however the film failed to progress. Furthermore, in October 2011, it was rumoured that Amudhan was working on a film titled Thalavali which would feature lookalikes of leading actors Vijay and Ajith Kumar in the lead roles; the director later denied the claims.

He later announced that his second film would be Rendavathu Padam, another full-length comic entertainer, featuring Vimal, Remya Nambeesan, Aravind Akash and Richard in the lead roles, however despite completing production in 2014 it remains unreleased. The sequel Tamizh Padam 2 got released in 2018.

Personal life His wife is Ahalya, daughter of pattimanram anchor and orator Dindigul I. Leoni.

Filmography

As director Year Film Notes 2010 Tamizh Padam 2018 Tamizh Padam 2 2023 Raththam

As lyricist Year Film Song Composer 2001 Minnale "Maddy Maddy" Harris Jayaraj 2010 Tamizh Padam "Oh Mahazeeya" Kannan 2014 Anegan "YOLO (You Only Live Once)" Harris Jayaraj 2018 Tamizh Padam 2 "Evada Unna Petha", "Naan Yaarumilla", "Chella Penney" Kannan

As dubbing artist