Nandha Periyasamy

Nandha Periyasamy
Born	January 9 Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter, Film actor
Years active	2005 - present

Nandha Periyasamy is an Indian film director, who has worked in Tamil cinema.

Career

During his period as an assistant director, Nandha Periyasamy shared was a room mate of director N. Lingusamy and the pair often narrated their scripts to one another. In 2002, he was given the opportunity by producer S. S. Chakravarthy to make a police thriller film titled Mahaa with Ajith Kumar, Sneha and Kiran Rathod in the lead roles. However, the failure of the producer's Red (2002), meant that Mahaa was shelved after a month of shoot. His first film Oru Kalluriyin Kathai (2005) was a college romance starring Arya and Sonia Agarwal and opened to average reviews, with a critic noting "the story of Nandha Periyasamy is unbelievable and the narration is slow paced." The film had a lukewarm response at the box office, and the director then wanted to do a film that would strike an instant chord with the audience. With a script in hand, he wanted to rope in established artistes but nothing materialised for nearly two years and he thus decided to come up with another script where he would not have to rely on big stars. He then briefly worked on the pre-production of a film titled Ardhanari starring Karan in the lead role of a transgender, but the project was later shelved.

In his second film Maathi Yosi, the director dared to touch upon sensitive issues like untouchability and casteism. Featuring a predominantly new cast and inspired by the rural milieu renaissance started by Sasikumar in Subramaniyapuram (2008), his film opened to mixed reviews with a critic noting "starting promisingly by focusing on the casteist problem, the films goes wayward and loses its opportunity to be a unique movie." During the period he took up acting roles, notably appearing in Mayandi Kudumbathar (2009) alongside nine other directors. He returned in 2013 with a venture titled Azhagan Azhagi.

Filmography

As director

Year	Title	Cast	Notes
2005	Oru Kalluriyin Kathai	Arya, Sonia Agarwal
2010	Maathi Yosi	Harish, Shammu, Gopal
2013	Azhagan Azhagi	Jack Michael, Aarushi
2015	Vanna Jigina	Vijay Vasanth, Sanyathara

As actor

• Mayandi Kudumbathar (2009) as Chinna Virumaandi
• Yogi (2009)
• Milaga (2010)
• Goripalayam (2010) as Karutha Pandi
• Raa Raa (2011)
• Azhagan Azhagi (2013)

External links

• Nandha Periyasamy at the Internet Movie Database