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Murali (Tamil actor)
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Murali (Tamil actor)

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Actor
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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Bangalore
Place of death
Chennai
Age
46 years
Family
Father:
Siddalingaiah
Children:
Adharvaa
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Biography

Murali (19 May 1964 – 8 September 2010) was an Indian film actor who appeared in leading and supporting roles in Tamil and Kannada films. Murali has acted with many stars including Vijayakanth, Prabhu, Sathyaraj, Karthik, Prabhu Deva, Surya, Parthiban, Sarath Kumar, Mammootty and Sivaji Ganesan. In the 1990s, He has also acted with famous heroines including Meena, Simran, Roja, Devayani, Laila and Rambha.
His son, Adharvaa, debuted as an actor in the 2010 Tamil film Baana Kaathadi.

Early life

Murali was the son of Kannada director Siddalingaiah and started acting in Kannada films in 1984.

Career

Murali started his acting career in 1984 with the Kannada film Prema Parva,directed by his father director S. Siddalingaiah. Ajeya, Prema Gange, Thayikotta Thali, Sambhavami Yuge Yuge, Ajay-Vijay are the Kannada movies he did before entering into Tamil film industry. Poovilangu was his first Tamil movie. He earned a good name with that film. He then acted in Pagal Nilavu, along with actress Revathi. The movie introduced the director Mani Ratnam to the Tamil film industry. Though this movie garnered Murali great recognition he could not sustain his success much longer. His movies started failing at the Box Office one after another. Interestingly,the angry young man image that Murali portrayed in his first few films disappeared after Pagal Nilavu and he appeared more as a soft natured, turning violent only when required, in his subsequent films. He did a lot of romantic drama roles and was remarkably subtle -something distinctly different from his first film - Poovilangu or even Pagal Nilavu. Many of these movies were small and moderate successes and he continued as hero in a number of films every year. Then came 'Idhayam - the movie where he portrayed the soft romantic hero pining and longing to reveal his love to his lady. This character appeared perfectly consistent with his image and many remember him as hero of this movie (the movie had hit songs which remind many of Murali) much more than the angry young man of Poovilangu. In 1990, he starred in Vikraman's Pudhu Vasantham along with Sithara and Anand Babu. where he played one among four friends who find themselves unexpectedly saddled with a young woman. The movie was such a big hit that it re-wrote Tamil movie history, sparking a whole range of "friendship" films and also propelling his career.

Filmography

YearNoFilmRoleLanguageDirectorNotes
19841Prema ParvaKannadaS. Siddalingaiah
2Bili GulabiKannadaG. Shivamurthy
3PoovilanguPandianTamilAmeerjan
4Ingeyum Oru GangaiKathamuthuTamilManivannan
5PudhiavanManoharTamilAmeerjan
19856Pagal NilavuSelvamTamilMani Ratnam
7GeethanjaliJamesTamilK.Rangaraj
8AnthasthuTamilR. Thyagarajan
9AjeyaKannadaS. Siddalingaiah
10IlanganruTamilAmeerjan
198611Prema GangeKannadaGururaju
12PuthirTamilS. Siddalingaiah1st dual role
13Oru Malarin PayanamTamilMuktha Srinivasan
14Kaalamellam Unn MadiyilTamilRajasekar
15Mannukkul VairamTamilManoj Kumar
198716Kudumbam Oru KoyillTamilA. C. Tirulokchandar
17Vanna KanavugalMoorthyTamilAmeerjan
18Valayal SathamTamilJeevabalan
19ThulasiSivaTamilAmeerjan
20Meendum MahaanTamilUthaman
21Puyal Paadum PaattuTamilManivannan
22Thayi Kotta ThaliKannadaRavindranath
198823Sambhavami Yuge YugeKannadaS. Siddalingaiah
24Aval Mella SirithalTamilM. N. Jai Sundar
25Thappu KanakkuTamilJeevabalan
198926Thangamani RangamaniRangamaniTamilRama Narayanan
27Kai Veesamma Kai VeesuTamilVinodh
28Ninaivu ChinnamTamilAnu Mohan
29Padma VyuhaKannadaA. T. Raghu
199030Ajay VijayAjayKannadaA. T. Raghu
31Pudhu VasanthamBaluTamilVikraman
32PaalamJeevaTamilKarvannan
33Vetri MalaiTamilV. S. Shanmugam
34SilambuTamilNethaji
35Naanum Indha OoruthanTamilSekar Raja
36Nangal PuthiyavargalTamilR. G. Elavalagan
37Sirayil Sila RaagangalTamilRajendrakumar
38Pudhiya KaatruTamilKarvannan
39Namma Ooru PoovathaTamilManivasagam
199140Sami Potta MudichuTamilR. Sundarrajan
41Iravu SooriyanTamilS. Nathan
42IdhayamRajaTamilKathir
43KurumbukkaranTamilAmeerjan
199244Thanga ManasukkaranMurugesh (Murugan)TamilRajavarman
45Chinna Pasanga NaangaMuthukaalaiTamilRaj Kapoor
46ThangarasuThangarasuTamilK. Alexander
47Endrum AnbudanTamilBhagyanathan
48Thaali Kattiya RaasaTamilVijaya Kanna
199349ManikuyilMuthuveluTamilRajavarman
50ThangakkiliMoorthyTamilRajavarman
199451Manju VirattuTamilL. S. Valaiyapathy
52AdharmamTamilRamesh Balakrishnan
53En Aasai MachanSubramaniTamilR. Sundarrajan
54SathyavanDiwakarTamilRaj Kapoor
199555Aahaya PookalTamilDeenadayal
56ThondanJeevaTamilKarvannan
199657Poove UnakkagaMuraliTamilVikramanSpecial appearance
58PoomaniPoomaniTamilMu. Kalanjiyam
199759Kaalamellam Kadhal VaazhgaJeevaTamilR. Balu
60PorkkalamManikkamTamilCheran
61Roja MalareKannanTamilJayamurugan
199862Kaadhale NimmadhiMohanTamilIndiran
63DhinamdhorumTamilNagarajan
64Veera ThalattuTamilKasthuri Raja
65RathnaRathna, MuthuvelTamilIlanchezhian
66PoonthottamMoorthyTamilMu. Kalanjiyam
67En Aasai RasaveTamilKasthuri Raja
68UnnudanSanthoshTamilR. Balu
70Desiya GeethamTamilCheran
199971Poo VaasamKannaTamilSree Bharathi
72Kanave KalaiyadheAnandTamilV. Gowthaman
73OotyBalakumarTamilAnwar
74IraniyanIraniyanTamilVincent Selva
200075Vetri Kodi KattuSekharTamilCheran
76Manu NeedhiChinnakannuTamilThambi Ramaiah
200177Kannukku KannagaDharmaTamilS. Dhayalan
78Sonnal Thaan KathalaMuraliTamilT.Rajendar
79AanandhamMadhavanTamilN. Lingusamy
80SamuthiramThangarasuTamilK. S. Ravikumar
81Alli Thandha VaanamMadhavanTamilSridhar Prasad
82Kadal PookkalKaruthayyaTamilBharathirajaTamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor
200283Sundhara TravelsGopikrishnanTamilThaha
84KamarasuKamarasuTamilP. C. Anbazhagan
85Namma Veetu KalyanamRaviTamilV. Sekhar
200386KadhaludanKalyanTamilRajakumaran
200487ArivumaniArivumaniTamilM. K. Kennedy
200688Pasa KiligalSevathayyaTamilAmirtham
200989Enga Raasi Nalla RaasiVijayTamilRaviraja
90Nee Unnai ArindhalGopalTamilRishiraj
201091Baana Kaathadi'Idhayam' RajaTamilBadri VenkateshGuest appearance

Death

He died in the early hours of 8 September 2010 from a sudden massive heart attack in Chennai.

He was survived by his wife Shobha, daughter Kaavya and sons Adharvaa and Akash.

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