Dhanush
Dhanush is an Indian actor, producer, director and playback singer acclaimed for his versatility. He made his debut with Thulluvadho Ilamai (2002) and earned early recognition through Kadhal Kondein (2003) and Pudhupettai (2006). His performance in Aadukalam (2011) won him the National Film Award for Best Actor, marking a major milestone in his career.
Dhanush gained wider popularity in Hindi cinema with Raanjhanaa (2013) and continued to balance commercial and critically acclaimed films such as Velaiilla Pattadhari (2014), Vada Chennai (2018), Asuran (2019), and Thiruchitrambalam (2022). He made his Hollywood debut with The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir (2018) and his directorial debut with Pa Paandi (2017), showcasing his range as a filmmaker.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.9643 |
| Birthday | 1983-07-28 |
| Place of Birth | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Also Known As | Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja, தனுஷ், धनुष, ധനുഷ്, ధనుష్, دنوش, |
2023
Vaathi
6.759/29
An assistant maths teacher takes up a tedious task of transforming underprivileged students despite the politics around education in the 90s.
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Vaathi
2011
Aadukalam
7.7/54
Pettaikaaran is famous in his town for an impeccable track record of successes in rooster fights. When one of his aides, Karuppu, goes against his wor...
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Aadukalam
2011
Seedan
4.5/2
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Seedan
2011
Mappillai
4.4/20
Rajeshwari agrees to get her daughter Gayathri married to her beau Saravanan, thinking him to be subservient. But her plans are foiled when she realis...
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Mappillai
2011
Venghai
5.9/16
A young man supports his father in opposing a local MLA, who often gives them trouble.
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Venghai
2010
Uthama Puthiran
6.3/19
Siva is asked to help a friend in a love marriage. Siva kidnaps Pooja on a mistaken identity from the marriage hall. When Pooja is kidnapped, her uncl...
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Uthama Puthiran
2010
Kutty
5.4/16
Kutty, a kind young man, falls in love with Geeta, but she does not reciprocate his love. He continues to love her even after learning that she is in...
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Kutty
2009
Padikathavan
4/15
Rocky is looked down upon by his father and spends all his time in a mechanic shop. Problems arise in his life after he falls in love with Gayathri.
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Padikathavan
2008
Yaaradi Nee Mohini
7/30
Vasu falls in love with Keerthi, but when he expresses his feelings to her, she turns him down and says that her marriage has already been arranged. H...
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Yaaradi Nee Mohini
2007
Polladhavan
7.2/27
Prabhu is dejected when he learns that his bike has been stolen. He decides to find the people who stole the bike, but lands in trouble when he realis...
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Polladhavan
2007
Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram
3.2/4
A man arrives in Chennai with a simple wish of buying gold bangles for his mother. However, an event changes his life completely and he becomes famous...
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Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram
2006
Pudhupettai
7.5/43
The story of ‘Kokki’ Kumar, a carefree teenager from a Chennai slum who runs away from home in the wake of his mother’s death, gets recruited into a l...
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Pudhupettai
2005
Devathayai Kanden
5.7/9
Babu, a tea vendor, loves Uma, a rich girl. She too loves him for his sincerity. When she receives a proposal from a doctor, she accepts for the sake...
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Devathayai Kanden
2004
Sullan
5.667/6
A man is forced to fight back when a moneylender goes after his family and friends.
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Sullan
2004
Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan
4.8/5
Saravanan comes to Singapore for a job but lands in trouble, loses his passport and is on the run. Desperate to get back home, he accepts the job of t...
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Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan
2003
Thiruda Thirudi
6.1/8
Vasu is a prankster who whiles away his time teasing girls and getting scolded by his father. But when one of his pranks results in his brother gettin...
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Thiruda Thirudi
2003
Kadhal Konden
7.773/22
A genius-yet-introverted orphan, raised by a church priest, is sent to college where he turns out to be a social outcast. Although he is shunned by th...
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Kadhal Konden
2002
Thulluvadho Ilamai
7/3
Six high-school classmates, three boys and three girls, coming from different strata of society, who have each their own problems in their respective...
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Thulluvadho Ilamai
2024
Raayan
6.086/35
Raayan, a simpleton patriarch has to protect his family when they inadvertently get muddled in a violent world with whirlpool of murder, debauchery, f...
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Raayan
2011
Mayakkam Enna
6.712/26
Karthik is a freelance photographer with big dreams of becoming a famous wildlife photographer, but faces constant struggle in advancing his career....
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Mayakkam Enna
2025
Tere Ishk Mein
5.5/14
A psychology student attempts to rehabilitate a volatile young man, before evolving into a doomed romance.
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Tere Ishk Mein
2004
Dreams
0/0
A young man is spoilt to the hilt by his father due to which he leads a wayward life. At one point in time he finds love and reforms, hopefully for th...
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Dreams
2005
Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam
6/4
When a lorry driver realises that he is helping an escaped convict, he threatens to hand him over to the police. The convict begins to narrate the cir...
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Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam
2012
3
6.682/66
Ram and Janani are high school sweethearts who eventually get married. However, Janani is mystified when Ram commits suicide all of a sudden and she t...
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2006
Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam
6.2/14
A reckless boy falls for a girl whose disapproving brother is a rich businessman.
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Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam
2013
Ethir Neechal
6.5/27
Kunchithapatham's unique name becomes the butt of joke and ridicule for others. He relates his failures to his name and wants to change it. He meets a...
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Ethir Neechal
2013
Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath
3.5/11
Raja Raja Kammath and Deva Raja Kammath are two brothers who owns a chain of restaurants that specializes in making Dosa. The story begins when they c...
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Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath
2024
Captain Miller
6.8/78
In the 1930s, during the British Raj, Analeesan "Eesa", a former soldier of the British Indian Army called Captain Miller, is on a mission to protect...
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Captain Miller
2013
Raanjhanaa
6.602/162
A small-town boy needs to break through the class divide to gain acceptance from his childhood sweetheart who is in love with big city ideals.
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Raanjhanaa
2013
Maryan
6.2/32
The film is an emotional journey of a common man to an unknown place with the hope to come home and lead a better life. The film revolves around a sto...
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Maryan
2025
Kuberaa
6.95/20
A ruthless billionaire, Neeraj, uses beggars as benamis to launder money, with the help of a disgraced civil submit servant, Deepak. One of the beggar...
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Kuberaa
2013
Naiyaandi
3.1/17
Chinna Vandu, the youngest of three brothers, falls in love with Vana Roja when she visits her grandmother, coinciding with the village carnival. Afte...
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Naiyaandi
2014
Velaiyilla Pattathari
7.521/72
Raghuvaran, who is unemployed for years, gets his dream job but a powerful rival is keen to put him down. Can he take on his adversary?
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Velaiyilla Pattathari
2015
Anegan
6.3/36
Madhumitha is convinced that she and her colleague Ashwin were lovers in their past lives and have been brought together by fate. Is there any truth t...
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Anegan
2015
Maari
6.048/52
A feared local rowdy, known for his dominance in the streets and pigeon racing, finds himself at odds with a newly appointed police officer. As tensio...
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Maari
2015
Shamitabh
6.114/57
A mute, aspiring actor joins forces with a man who has a powerful voice. Together they take the film industry by storm, but will their egos get in the...
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Shamitabh
2015
Vai Raja Vai
5.7/14
Karthik, who has ESP, helps his friend Panda win a betting game with his power, but this lands him in trouble with Randhai, the gangster who funded th...
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Vai Raja Vai
Ilaiyaraaja
0/0
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Ilaiyaraaja
Pudhupettai 2
0/0
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Pudhupettai 2
2015
Thangamagan
5.8/36
The happiness of Tamizh and his middle-class family is shattered when his dad commits suicide. The youngster tries to understand why his father took t...
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Thangamagan
2016
Thodari
4.4/19
A pantry boy falls in love with the touch-up girl of an actress travelling on his train, but an incident turns the train into an unstoppable force pos...
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Thodari
2016
Kodi
6.1/45
A young politician finds himself in a position where he has to contest against his girlfriend, who is ambitious. Circumstances force his look-alike tw...
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Kodi
2018
Vada Chennai
7.838/105
Anbu, a young carrom player in North Chennai becomes inadvertently involved in an ongoing conflict between two local gangsters.
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Vada Chennai
2025
Idli Kadai
6.643/21
A simple man's search for success leads him to rediscover his roots.
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Idli Kadai
2019
Enai Noki Paayum Thota
5.3/18
A college student’s life takes an unexpected turn when he falls for an actress caught in a dangerous web of control. As their love story unfolds, he i...
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Enai Noki Paayum Thota
2017
Pa Paandi
7/33
‘Power’ Paandi, once a legendary stunt master who ruled the world of film stunts in his prime years is now content in living a peaceful life with his...
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Pa Paandi
2017
Velaiyilla Pattathari 2
5.678/45
A cool-headed crusader for the struggling engineers, Raghuvaran faces the powerful and arrogant owner of a construction company Vasundhara Parameswara...
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Velaiyilla Pattathari 2
2018
The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir
6.887/310
Ajatashatru Lavash Patel has lived all his life in a small Mumbai neighborhood tricking people with street magic and fakir stunts. He sets out on a jo...
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The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir
2018
Maari 2
5.514/36
After falling off the radar for a few years, Maari is back in the fray doing what he does best: taking trouble by the horns and being a total bad-ass....
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Maari 2
2019
Asuran
7.6/104
A family from the underprivileged class is on the run after the teenaged son kills a rich man from the upper caste. Can the pacifist father be able to...
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Asuran
2021
Atrangi Re
6.462/65
Runaway Rinku gets forcefully married to already engaged Vishu. Both don't want this marriage and make a deal to go on their separate ways. The equati...
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Atrangi Re
2020
Pattas
6/18
A petty thief learns about his father's illustrious legacy and decides to attack the man who murdered him in order to bring the ancient martial art fo...
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Pattas
2021
Jagame Thandhiram
5.537/54
When a clever, carefree gangster is recruited to help an overseas crime lord take down a rival, he is caught off guard by the moral dilemmas that foll...
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Jagame Thandhiram
2021
Karnan
7.3/66
Karnan, an angry young man, fights for the rights of his oppressed people. Can he save them from those who wield power and weapons?
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Karnan
2022
Maaran
4.8/15
An investigative journalist gets into trouble when he publishes an article that exposes bitter truths about a corrupt politician.
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Maaran
2022
The Gray Man
6.901/4186
When a shadowy CIA agent uncovers damning agency secrets, he's hunted across the globe by a sociopathic rogue operative who's put a bounty on his head...
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The Gray Man
2022
Naane Varuvean
5.9/24
A father finds out that his teenager daughter is possessed, and the only way he can save her is by doing the ghost's bidding, which will mean an encou...
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Naane Varuvean
2022
Thiruchitrambalam
7.421/57
A guy-next-door tries to find romance in his life while also dealing with his personal problems. How long will it be before he realises what he is loo...
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Thiruchitrambalam
D55
0/0
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D55
Vada Chennai II : Anbuvin Ezhichi
0/0
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Honest Raj
0/0
Venky Atluri's next directorial with Dhanush.
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Honest Raj
D56
0/0
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D56
2025
Nilavuku En Mel Ennadi Kobam
6.4/8
Prabhu, a young chef, is ready to move forward with an arranged marriage when his past love, Nila, unexpectedly reenters his life, challenging his pla...
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Nilavuku En Mel Ennadi Kobam
2026
Kara
0/0
A man shaped by violence and survival finds himself pulled back into danger he cannot escape. As hostile forces close in, past decisions begin demandi...
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Kara
Untitled Dhanush Film
0/0
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Untitled Dhanush Film
D56
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D56
Aayirathil Oruvan 2
0/0
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Aayirathil Oruvan 2
Kalam: The Missile Man of India
0/0
Biography of APJ Abdul Kalam
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Kalam: The Missile Man of India
Untitled Dhanush - Venu Udugula Film
0/0
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Untitled Dhanush - Venu Udugula Film
Untitled Aanand L. Rai/Dhanush Film
0/0
Anand L. Rai teams up with Dhanush once again after Tere Ishk Mein for his next directorial.
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Untitled Aanand L. Rai/Dhanush Film
Velpari
0/0
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Velpari
Untitled Dhanush - PS Mithran Film
0/0
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