N. Azhagamperumal

Career overview

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Name: Azhagam Perumal (also known as Alagam Perumal, N. Azha, N. Azhagamperumal).
Profession: Tamil film director and actor.
Assistant work: Worked as an assistant to director Mani Ratnam from Thalapathi to Iruvar.
Acting debut: Played the quirky house owner in Alaipayuthey, a role Mani Ratnam was looking for someone like Jagathy Sreekumar to play.
Directorial debut attempt: Announced Mudhal Mudhalaaga in 1998, a romantic film starring Arvind Swamy and Karisma Kapoor (failed to take off).
Other project: Started shooting Udhaya in 1999 with Vijay and Simran in lead roles; faced massive delays.
Personal info: Born May 25, 1965, in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India.
Paragraph 1: Early career and assistant work.
Azhagam Perumal is a Tamil film director and actor born on May 25, 1965, in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India. He began his career working as an assistant to director Mani Ratnam, serving on projects ranging from Thalapathi to Iruvar. After this period, he left to pursue his own independent projects.
Paragraph 2: Acting debut and directorial attempts.
Perumal made his acting debut in the film Alaipayuthey. While shooting the film, Mani Ratnam sought an actor similar to Jagathy Sreekumar to portray the role of a quirky house owner, a part that Perumal eventually played. Regarding his directorial career, he initially announced his debut in 1998 with a romantic film titled Mudhal Mudhalaaga, which featured Arvind Swamy and Karisma Kapoor in the lead roles, though the project failed to take off. In 1999, he began filming Udhaya with Vijay and Simran in the lead roles, but the production experienced massive delays.
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"Azhagam Perumal is a Tamil film director and actor born on May 25, 1965, in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India. He began his career working as an assistant to director Mani Ratnam, serving on projects ranging from Thalapathi to Iruvar. After this period, he left to pursue his own independent projects.

Perumal made his acting debut in the film Alaipayuthey. While shooting the film, Mani Ratnam sought an actor similar to Jagathy Sreekumar to portray the role of a quirky house owner, a part that Perumal eventually played. Regarding his directorial career, he initially announced his debut in 1998 with a romantic film titled Mudhal Mudhalaaga, which featured Arvind Swamy and Karisma Kapoor in the lead roles, though the project failed to take off. In 1999, he began filming Udhaya with Vijay and Simran in the lead roles, but the production experienced massive delays."
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Names: Alagam Perumal, N. Azha, N. Azhagam