Acting
Jul 5, 1968
Theni, Tamil Nadu, India
Singampuli
Acting
Biography
Singampuli is a Tamil film actor and director, especially appearing in supporting roles in films. Singampuli was born and brought up in Theni, Periyakulam and after studying engineering in Bangalore, he arrived in Chennai looking for a career in films. During his stint as an assistant director with Sundar C, Singampuli suggested the original plot point of Unnaithedi to the director and Sundar wrote the script of the film within a week, before discussing the line with actor Ajith Kumar. Ajith was initially unimpressed but agreed to do the romantic story anyway, mentioning that if the film became a success he would feature in a future film to be directed by Singampuli. Subsequently, he agreed terms to work in the 2002 action film Red, a story telling the tale of a Madurai-based revolutionary. The film opened to mixed reviews upon release and eventually the film had an average run at the box office but went on to gain cult status among ajith fans after some years. In 2005, he made the kidnap comedy film Maayavi featuring Suriya and Jyothika, winning acclaim for his work. Director Bala cast him in an acting role as a beggar in Naan Kadavul (2009) and since Singampuli has appeared in several films in supporting roles.
Feature Films (133)
A family of low-level crooks is mistaken for ghostbusters and asked to get rid of the ghosts haunting a bungalow.
Pei Mama
Two half-brothers decide to build a house in which they can live together with their respective brothers and families, but an evil man plots to create a rift between the families.
Anandham Vilayadum Veedu
A youngster who is still figuring out what his passion is gets into an engineering college where he clashes with a disciplinarian faculty.
Don
A flower seller's son ends up in a tussle with a ruthless rowdy in Dindigul, forcing him to become a policeman and fight the odds.
DSP
An intrepid and good-hearted son fights to make his arrogant father pay the price for his sins, which includes his mother's death, and save his brothers from the man's grip.
Viruman
Komboodhi is the leader of a tribe that steals from the rich to survive. He befriends Varipuli, unaware of his past, only to learn that his village has been hunting him to offer his life to god.
Aravaan
An arrogant yet righteous man decides to get married to a woman, who has been suffering at the hands of her relatives. Little does he realize that an enmity from his past is going to invite trouble in his personal life.
Katharbasha Endra Muthuramalingam
A kabadi champion, who breaks any rule to win anything in life crosses line with a police officer,who bends any rule to catch a criminal.
Kabadi Bro
Karthik and his wife Kannamma, whose dream is to buy a house on their own receive a property detail from a broker. While visiting the house mentioned in kodaikanal, they get astonished because the house they saw was already in a painting done by their daughter Kanmani.
Kanmani Paappa
A barber seeks vengeance after his home is burglarized, cryptically telling police his "Lakshmi" has been taken, leaving them uncertain if it's a person or object, jeer at his request until they learn what they're really looking for.
Maharaja
Television & Series (3)
Young Tamizhselvi dreams of becoming a doctor. But her village, Veerappannai, has fearsome age-old customs and traditions which inadvertently suppress women of the village. Will she be able to overcome them?
Ayali
A pair of ordinary slippers becomes the center of chaos when a diamond smuggler uses them as a hiding spot, triggering a frantic search across town.
Seruppugal Jaakirathai
A story of an man who becomes a legend, a Monster, and a Miracle, depending on the Storyteller.