Atharvaa

Atharvaa

Born      Atharvaa Murali

May 7, 1989 (age 26)

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Residence           Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Occupation         Film actor

Years active        2010–present

Relatives              Murali (Father)

Siddalingaiah (grandfather)

Atharvaa (Tamil: அதர்வா; born May 7, 1989) is an Indian film actor working in Tamil language films. The son of late actor Murali, Atharvaa began his acting career with Baana Kaathadi (2010). [1] He then garnered critical acclaim for his performance as a youngster suffering from delusion in the romantic thriller Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal (2012), before signing on to feature inBala's period film Paradesi (2013). His role as a rural villager held as a slave in a tea plantation became his breakthrough performance, earning Atharvaa a Filmfare Award in the Best Actor category amongst unanimous critical acclaim.

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•             1 Early life and career

•             2 Career

•             3 Filmography

•             4 References

•             5 External links

Early life and career[edit]

Atharva was born as the second child to film actor Murali and his wife, Shobha, on May 7, 1989 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.[2] He also has an elder sister, Kavya, and a younger brother, Aakash.[3] His grandfather Siddalingaiah is a famous Kannada film director.

Career[edit]

After completing school, Atharvaa chose to pursue a career in films and began to undertake classes with stunt choreographers to prepare himself physically as an actor. In 2009, his father found him an offer to play the lead role in a film to be produced by Sathya Jyothi Films and directed by Badri Venkatesh. Titled Baana Kaathadi, the film launched in March 2009 and had Atharvaa pair up with fellow rookie actress Samantha. Portraying a youngster from the Royapuram slum area, he stayed in the locality for forty five days to learn about their lifestyle, while he also learnt to fly a kite for the film, canning scenes at the Gujarat Kite Festival.[4] The film, which also had Murali making a special appearance, released in August 2010 to positive reviews and his performance was praised, with Sify.com writing he "makes a promising debut and he dances and emotes well".[5] Similarly a critic from Rediff.com added "romance is a cake-walk" for the actor, drawing comparison with his father's performances in romantic roles, though noted "his dialogue delivery is a little too melodramatic".[6] He subsequently gained recognition at the Edison Awards for Best Debut Actor, while also receiving a nomination from the Vijay Awards in the same category. The success of the film prompted Murali to begin pre-production on a Tamil and Kannada language bilingual film which would feature Atharvaa. However, a month after Baana Kaathadi's release, his father Murali died after suffering cardiac arrest. Atharvaa consequently took a break to spend time with his family, before beginning work on a different venture.[7]

Gautham Menon had previously shown interest in directing Adharavaa for a film.[8] Year later, his next release was Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal where he played a youngster suffering from hallunication, film did well and his performance was well received.[9] His recent movie was Paradesi under the direction of Bala.

He has three films under production, with Eetti, a sports drama film produced by Vetrimaaran, most likely to be his earliest release. He has also shot for the thriller Kanithan in which he features alongside Catherine Tresa, while having also agreed terms to star in director Sargunam's next venture Chandi Veeran alongside actress Anandhi.

Filmography[edit]

Key

                Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year       Film        Role       Notes

2010       Baana Kaathadi

Ramesh                Edison Award for Best Male Debutant

Nominated - Vijay Award for Best Debut Actor

2011       Ko

Himself Special appearance in the song "Aga Naga"

2012       Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal

Ramachandran  screened at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival

2013       Paradesi

Raasa    Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil

Norway Tamil Film Festival Award for Best Actor

Techofes Award for Best Actor

Edison Award for Extreme Performance

11th Chennai International Film Festival - Special Jury Award

Nominated - Vijay Award for Best Actor

Nominated—Best Lead Actor at London International Film Festival

2014       Irumbu Kuthirai

Michael Prithviraj            

2015       Eetti 

                Filming

                Kanithan 

                Filming

                Chandi Veeran 

                Filming