Magizh Thirumeni

Morgan Antony also known by his stage name Magizh Thirumeni (born 9 October 1978), is an Indian film director, screenwriter, dubbing artist and actor who works primarily in Tamil cinema. After working as an assistant to directors Selvaraghavan and Gautham Vasudev Menon, he directed six films, including one romantic film and five action thrillers Mundhinam Paartheney, Thadaiyara Thaakka (2012), Meaghamann (2013), Thadam (2019), Kalaga Thalaivan (2022) and Vidaamuyarchi (2025).

Career

Early career As a teenager, Magizh Thirumeni was an avid reader of Tamil and Russian literature, and often wrote poetry and short stories revealing he found the experience "fulfilling". He thus moved on to attempting novels and writing scripts, before being smitten by film-making. In the early 2000s, hoping to make a breakthrough in the film industry as a director, Magizh often visited the offices of directors, including P. Vasu and T. Rajender, hoping to join their teams. Director Kasthuri Raja signed on Magizh to work on his son Selvaraghavan's first film, but delays meant he first worked as an assistant director in the team of their coming-of-age film Thulluvadho Ilamai (2002). Magizh then met his mentor Gautham Vasudev Menon at editor Suresh Urs's office while working on the post-production of another film and offered to work with Menon, being signed up to join him during the production of Kaakha Kaakha (2003). Despite the positive reviews from critics and making profits, Magizh revealed that the film would have done better with a wider release and more publicity. He stated that the "Adults only" censor certificate meant that the film could not stay in the cinema halls for a long period of time. However, it went on to gain a cult following after it was uploaded on YouTube. His next film, Thadam, was his second collaboration with Arun Vijay. It was released in March 2019, to highly positive reviews from both the critics and audience, alike. It went on to become his first blockbuster, and is considered to be one among Arun Vijay's best films. Thadam was remade in Telugu as Red (2021) starring Ram Pothineni and in Hindi as Gumraah (2023) starring Aditya Roy Kapur. He collaborated with Udhayanidhi Stalin, Nidhi Agerwal, and Arav for his next film, Kalaga Thalaivan. Upon release, in 2022, it received positive reviews from the critics. His latest film, Vidaamuyarchi starring Ajith Kumar, was released in 2025.

Filmography

As director

As dubbing artist

As Actor