Thirumurugan

Thirumurugan (born November 4, 1980) is an Indian actor and a politician of the Naam Tamilar Katchi party

Career Thirumurugan was born in a small village in Thanjavur to Sadasivam, a retired teacher, and Ramalakshmi, a housewife. In the early 2000s, Thirumurugan moved to Chennai to pursue his dreams of becoming a film director and was initially financially supported by his father and sister, S.Padmarangam. He then befriended director Sargunam, who introduced him to the director A. L. Vijay, with whom Thirumurugan worked as an assistant in more than 50 commercials and some of his films. When Sargunam got a chance to direct Kalavani (2010), Thirumurugan became his co-director, before then being asked to appear as the antagonist in the film.

After more supporting roles in projects including Aravaan (2012) and Eetti (2015), Thirumurugan was cast in the lead role in Onan (2017) by director Sennan Palassery.

Politics Political Induction into Naam Tamilar Katchi Thirumurugan has been a long time accquaintance and supporter for Seeman and Naam Tamilar Katchi for its Tamil nationalism and environmentalism ideologies.

On August 27 2024, Thirumurugan was publicly inducted into the party and has been a strong campaigner for them.

2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

On February 21, 2026, Seeman announced Thirumurugan as the official Naam Tamilar Katchi candidate for the Orathanad Assembly constituency in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election. Thirumurugan actively campaigned across the Orathanad Assembly constituency, participating in the Orathanad Road Rally alongside Seeman and engaging in door-to-door canvassing to increase voter support and engagement.

Thirumurugan ended up losing in the Constituency receiving 5.06% and failing to retain the deposit. Although Thirumurugan increased the vote share of the Naam Tamilar Katchi, he didn't receive the double-digit percentage figures that he had expected.

Although the Naam Tamilar Katchi in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election had decreased in vote share from about 6% to 4%, Thirumurugan had managed to increase the party's vote share in Orathanad by 1.06%.

Electoral Performance + PartyElectionConstituencyResultVotesVote% NTK Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 2026 Orathanad 10,135 5.19

Filmography Year Film Role Notes 2010 Kalavani Ilango 2011 Mudhal Idam Suresh Gopi 2012 Aravaan Veeranna 2013 Ennamo Nadakkudhu Manimaaran 2014 Parankimala Murukeshan Malayalam debut 2015 Naalu Policeum Nalla Irundha Oorum President 49-O Karikalan 2016 Eetti Dinesh Venugopal 2016 Pencil Sridhar 2017 Kattappava Kanom Sura Puyala Kilambi Varom Villager Onan Mariyappan Attu Gangster 2018 Torchlight Abdul Makween 2025 Suzhal: The Vortex Maarappan Web series (Season 2) Diesel Sivaputhran 2026 Salliyargal army commander

Awards and nominations