Pawan (actor)

Pawan is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. He made his debut in Raasi, supporting role in Thimiru, before playing leading roles in Sengathu Bhoomiyilae and Thagaraaru.

Pawan
OccupationActor
Years active1997–present

Career

Pawan ventured into Tamil films by playing Out in Vetrimaaran's Polladhavan before starring as a police officer trying to outwit Nakul in Manohar's 2009 comedy Maasilamani, with both film going on to become successful ventures. He also played the villain role in the Vijay-starrer Kuruvi (2008), with his work for the film preventing him from accepting offers for roles in Aegan and Silambattam.[1]

Pawan next featured in Rathnakumar's family drama film Sengathu Bhoomiyilae (2012) as the film's lead character but the film met with a low key release and mixed reviews.[2] He then appeared as one of the four lead actors in Thagaraaru (2013) alongside Arulnithi, Tarun Shatriya and Aadukalam Murugadoss, winning critical acclaim for his performance.[3][4] Pawan also appeared in a small role in the Ajith Kumar starrer Veeram (2014) portraying the role of the murdered son of the character played by Nassar. He starred in Vetrimaaran's Vada Chennai (2018) and Asuran (2019).[5]

Filmography

Tamil films
List of Tamil-language film credits
Year Title Role Notes
1997RaasiKumar's friendUncredited role
2002BalaJeyamani's henchmanUncredited role
2003AlaudinGangadhar's henchmanUncredited role
2005EnglishkaranPadma's son
Kasthuri MaanKasi
JiChezhiyan
2006ThimiruBavani
Kalabha KadhalanDhana
2007PolladhavanOut
2008KuruviSoori
Dindigul Sarathy
BheemaaPawan IPS
2009MaasilamaniInspector Boopathy
Suriyan Satta KallooriThiruchelvan,
Kalaichelvan
2012Sengathu BhoomiyilaeVallarasu
Mayanginen ThayanginenMuthukumar's friend
2013ThagaraaruSenthil
RagalaipuramBurma Kumar
2014VeeramNallasivam's son
Theriyama Unna KadhalichittenPrakash
VilaasamShiva (Seesa)
2016KathakaliSambantham
2017Vaigai ExpressAjay
2018Maniyaar KudumbamThanrasu
Azhagumagan
Vada ChennaiVelu
2019SathruKathiresan's brother
AsuranVenkatesan
2020Naadodigal 2Soumya's uncle
2022Therkathi Veeran

Other language films
List of other language film credits
Year Title Role Language Notes
2007July 4WilliamsMalayalam
Janmam
2009Robin HoodGoonda
2010Black StallionPerumal
The ThrillerUdayabhanu
Chaverpada
2017Yuddham SharanamJogiTelugu
2022AcharyaObulu
2023MeterKantham Byreddycredited as Dhanush Pawan
2024Raajadhani FilesAruna Pradesh CM[6]

Web series
List of web series credits
Year Title Role Network Ref.
2023 Sengalam ZEE5 [7]

References
  1. "Actor Pawan – A new star in the rise – Kollywood Today". kollywoodtoday.net. 21 May 2008. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  2. "Sengathu Bhoomiyile Review – Sengathu Bhoomiyile Movie Review". behindwoods.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  3. "Thagararu Movie Review – Top10 Cinema". top10cinema.com. 6 December 2013. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. "Movie Review : Thagararu". Sify. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  5. "Pawan apologises to Thalapathy Vijay for his controversial statement on 'Kuruvi'". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 16 January 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  6. "Interesting trailer of Rajadhani Files released". 5 February 2024. Archived from the original on 5 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  7. அரசியல் திரில்லராக உருவாகியுள்ள 'செங்களம்' இணையத் தொடர்! – மார்ச் 24 ஆம் தேதி ஜீ5 தளத்தில் வெளியாகிறது ['Sengalam' web series which has become a political thriller! – Releasing on 24th March on Zee5 platform]. Cinema Inbox (in Tamil). 19 March 2023. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.


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