Pala. Karuppiah

Film career Karuppiah started his film career with Thiruvannamalai (2008). He rose to fame for his role in Sarkar (2018) as Masilamani, the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and one of the antagonists. He has gone on to play political and character roles in films such as Action (2019) and Sembi (2022).

Political career On 28 January 2016 Pala was expelled from AIADMK by party general secretary J. Jayalalithaa after being accused of indulging in activities contrary to party ideology and bringing it into disrepute. A day later, he resigned from his assembly constituency. His house was attacked by unknown assailants following it. He later met the media and accused the AIADMK government of corruption.

Filmography

Actor

Producer Indru Nee Nalai Naan (1983) Andha Oru Nimidam (1985) Maamiyargal Jakkirathai (1986) Theertha Karaiyinile (1987) Poruthathu Pothum (1988) Vaa Vaa Vasanthamey (1992) (also director) Naadi Thudikkuthadi (2020)