Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja, better known by his stage name Dhanush, is an Indian film actor playback singer, and film producer. His filmography includes critically acclaimed films like Kadhal Kondein, Pudhupettai and Aadukalam, for which he won the National Film Award for Best Actor and commercially successful films like Thiruda Thirudi, Thiruvilayadal Arambam, Polladhavan, Yaaradi Nee Mohini and Padikathavan. He is the son Kasthuri Raja and the brother of Selvaraghavan, both directors in Tamil cinema.
Dhanush Biography / Wiki
Name | Dhanush |
Also Know | Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja, Danush, Thanush, தனà¯à®·à¯, Poetu Dhanush, धनà¥à¤·, ധനàµà´·àµ, ధనà±à°·à± |
Gender | Male |
Known For | Acting |
Place of Birth | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
Date of Birth | 1983-07-28 |
Age(as in 2022) | 39 |
Deathday |
Dhanush Acting Movies
Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
Aadukalam | K. P. Karuppu | 2011-01-14 | 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… |
Mappillai | Saravanan | 2011-04-08 | 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… |
Venghai | Selvam | 2011-07-08 | A young man supports his father in opposing a local MLA, who often gives them trouble…. |
Uthama Puthiran | Sivaramakrishnan / Dhandapani | 2010-11-05 | 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… |
Kutty | Kutty | 2010-01-14 | 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 … |
Padikathavan | Radhakrishnan (Rocky) | 2009-01-14 | 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…. |
Yaaradi Nee Mohini | Vasu | 2008-04-04 | 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… |
Polladhavan | Prabhu | 2007-11-08 | 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… |
Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram | Azhagu Sundaram (Parattai) | 2007-04-27 | 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… |
Pudhupettai | ‘Kokki’ Kumar | 2006-05-26 | After seeing his mother dead, a young boy runs away and is later recruited by a gangster. After becoming the right hand man of his employer, he makes … |
Devathayai Kanden | Babu | 2005-01-14 | 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 … |
Sullan | Subramani | 2004-07-23 | A man is forced to fight back when a moneylender goes after his family and friends…. |
Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan | Saravanan | 2004-01-14 | 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… |
Kadhal Konden | Vinod | 2003-07-04 | 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… |
Thulluvadho Ilamai | Mahesh | 2002-05-10 | Six high-school classmates, three boys and three girls, coming from different strata of society, who have each their own problems in their respective … |
Mayakkam Enna | Karthik Swaminathan | 2011-11-25 | Karthik splits his time between aimlessly hanging around his friends and dreams of being an assistant to his role model, an arrogant yet world renowne… |
Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam | Srinivasan | 2005-11-02 | 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… |
3 | Ram | 2012-03-30 | 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… |
Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam | Thirukumaran | 2006-12-15 | A reckless boy falls for a girl whose disapproving brother is a rich businessman…. |
Anegan | Ashwin, Murugappa and Kaali | 2015-02-13 | 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… |
Raanjhanaa | Kundan | 2013-06-21 | 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…. |
Maryan | Mariyaan | 2013-07-19 | 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… |
Naiyaandi | Chinna Vandu | 2013-10-11 | Chinna Vandu, the youngest of three brothers, falls in love with Vana Roja when she visits her grandmother, coinciding with the village carnival. Afte… |
Thiruda Thirudi | Vasu | 2003-09-05 | 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… |
Velaiyilla Pattathari | Raghuvaran | 2014-07-18 | 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?… |
Dreams | Shakti | 2004-11-01 | 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… |
Maari | Maari | 2015-07-17 | A local don locks horns with the new cop, who has come to his place, but both are not what they initially seem to be…. |
Thodari | Poochiappan | 2016-09-22 | 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… |
Thangamagan | Thamizh Vijayraghavan | 2015-12-18 | 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… |
Vada Chennai | Anbu | 2018-10-17 | A young carrom player in North Chennai becomes a reluctant participant in a war between two feuding gangsters…. |
Kodi | Kodi & Anbu | 2016-10-28 | 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… |
Velaiyilla Pattathari 2 | Raghuvaran | 2017-08-11 | A cool-headed crusader for the struggling engineers, Raghuvaran faces the powerful and arrogant owner of a construction company Vasundhara Parameswara… |
Enai Noki Paayum Thota | Raghu | 2019-11-29 | Raghu, a normal college guy gets dragged into trouble when he falls in love with Lekha and their whirlwind romance changes the course of his life…. |
The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir | Ajatashatru Oghash Rathod | 2018-05-09 | The story of Ajatashatru Oghash Rathod, a fakir who tricks his local village in Rajasthan, India into believing he possesses special powers and into p… |
Maari 2 | Maariyappan aka Maari | 2018-12-21 | 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…. |
Asuran | Siva Saamy | 2019-10-02 | 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… |
Pattas | Sakthi (Pattas) & Thiraviyam Perumal | 2020-01-14 | 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… |
Jagame Thandhiram | Suruli | 2021-06-18 | 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… |
Karnan | Karnan | 2021-04-09 | Karnan, an angry young man, fights for the rights of his oppressed people. Can he save them from those who wield power and weapons?… |
Maaran | Mathimaaran | 2022-03-11 | An investigative journalist gets into trouble when he publishes an article that exposes bitter truths about a corrupt politician…. |
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Naane Varuvean | Prabhu/Kadhir | 2022-09-29 | 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… |
Thiruchitrambalam | Thiruchitrambalam | 2022-08-18 | 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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Shamitabh | Danish | 2015-02-06 | 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… |
Atrangi Re | Vishu | 2021-12-24 | 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… |
Seedan | Saravanan | 2011-02-25 | Seedan (Tamil: சீடனà¯) (English: Disciple) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Subramaniya Shiva. The film stars newcomer … |
Pa Paandi | Younger Paandian Pazhanisami (Power Paandi) | 2017-04-14 | ‘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 … |
The Gray Man | Avik San | 2022-07-13 | 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… |
Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath | Self | 2013-01-24 | 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… |
Kuselan | Special Appearance in “Cinema Cinema” Song | 2008-08-01 | Balakrishnan and Ashok are two childhood friends who lose touch with each other. One of them goes on to become a national figure and the other, a vill… |
Ethir Neechal | Special Appearance in “Local Boys” Song | 2013-05-01 | 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… |
Vai Raja Vai | Kokki Kumar (Guest appearance) | 2015-05-01 | 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… |
Dhanush Directing Movies
Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
Pa Paandi | Director | 2017-04-14 | ‘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 … |
Dhanush Production Movies
Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
Ethir Neechal | Producer | 2013-05-01 | 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… |
Velaiyilla Pattathari | Producer | 2014-07-18 | 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?… |
Kaaka Muttai | Producer | 2015-06-05 | Two slum kids yearn to taste a pizza after being enticed by the pizza shop that has opened near their locality. What happens when they manage to find … |
Kaaki Sattai | Producer | 2015-02-26 | Mathimaran, a police constable, wants to do something worthy of his job and stumbles upon an organ trafficking ring run by Durai that is exploiting im… |
Naanum Rowdydhaan | Producer | 2015-10-21 | Pandian, the son of a cop and a wannabe rowdy, falls in love with Kadambarai, a hearing-impaired girl, who wants him to take on Killivalavan, a gangst… |
Visaranai | Producer | 2016-02-04 | Pandi and his friends, immigrant workers in Andhra Pradesh, are picked up by cops for a crime they never committed. And thus begins their nightmare, w… |
Amma Kanakku | Producer | 2016-07-15 | A mother tries to persuade her daughter who has given up on her studies to pursue her education despite the financial burdens…. |
Shamitabh | Producer | 2015-02-06 | 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… |
Kaala | Producer | 2018-06-07 | A gangster from Tirunelveli, who is the King of Dharavi, fights for keeping the land safe from mighty politicians and the land mafia…. |
Tharangam | Producer | 2017-09-29 | Kallan Pavithran is in negotiation with God to save his great grandchild, who is the latest victim of the curse the Maker had imposed on Pavithran’s s… |
Velaiyilla Pattathari 2 | Producer | 2017-08-11 | A cool-headed crusader for the struggling engineers, Raghuvaran faces the powerful and arrogant owner of a construction company Vasundhara Parameswara… |
Maari 2 | Producer | 2018-12-21 | 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…. |
Vada Chennai | Producer | 2018-10-17 | A young carrom player in North Chennai becomes a reluctant participant in a war between two feuding gangsters…. |
Cinema Veeran | Producer | 2017-06-22 | An ode to the fighters and stunt coordinators of Tamil cinema, this documentary, with a voice-over by Rajinikanth, showcases the life of these unsung … |
3 | Producer | 2012-03-30 | 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… |
Maari | Producer | 2015-07-17 | A local don locks horns with the new cop, who has come to his place, but both are not what they initially seem to be…. |
Thangamagan | Producer | 2015-12-18 | 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… |
Pa Paandi | Producer | 2017-04-14 | ‘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 … |
Writing
Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
Pa Paandi | Screenplay | 2017-04-14 | ‘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 … |
Pa Paandi | Story | 2017-04-14 | ‘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 … |
Pa Paandi | Dialogue | 2017-04-14 | ‘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 … |
Velaiyilla Pattathari 2 | Story | 2017-08-11 | A cool-headed crusader for the struggling engineers, Raghuvaran faces the powerful and arrogant owner of a construction company Vasundhara Parameswara… |
Velaiyilla Pattathari 2 | Dialogue | 2017-08-11 | A cool-headed crusader for the struggling engineers, Raghuvaran faces the powerful and arrogant owner of a construction company Vasundhara Parameswara… |
Brother’s Day | Lyricist | 2019-09-06 | One day Rony meets an unexpected guest Chandy and they become very close, however, Chandy does not disclose his true identity. Over time Chandy disclo… |
Mayakkam Enna | Lyricist | 2011-11-25 | Karthik splits his time between aimlessly hanging around his friends and dreams of being an assistant to his role model, an arrogant yet world renowne… |
3 | Lyricist | 2012-03-30 | 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… |
Ethir Neechal | Lyricist | 2013-05-01 | 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… |
Maryan | Lyricist | 2013-07-19 | 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… |
Velaiyilla Pattathari | Lyricist | 2014-07-18 | 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?… |
Vai Raja Vai | Lyricist | 2015-05-01 | 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… |
Thangamagan | Lyricist | 2015-12-18 | 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… |
Maari | Lyricist | 2015-07-17 | A local don locks horns with the new cop, who has come to his place, but both are not what they initially seem to be…. |
Pa Paandi | Lyricist | 2017-04-14 | ‘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 … |
Kodi | Lyricist | 2016-10-28 | 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… |
Maari 2 | Lyricist | 2018-12-21 | 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…. |
Petta | Lyricist | 2019-01-10 | A hostel warden becomes the target of a dreaded politician and his gangster son, but little do they realise that it is they who should fear him…. |
Jagame Thandhiram | Lyricist | 2021-06-18 | 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… |
Thiruchitrambalam | Story | 2022-08-18 | 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… |
Thiruchitrambalam | Screenplay | 2022-08-18 | 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… |
Thiruchitrambalam | Dialogue | 2022-08-18 | 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… |
Thiruchitrambalam | Lyricist | 2022-08-18 | 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… |
Naane Varuvean | Story | 2022-09-29 | 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… |
Sound
Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
Maari 2 | Playback Singer | 2018-12-21 | 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…. |
Jail | Playback Singer | 2021-12-09 | Three youngsters in a resettlement colony that houses people displaced from their neighbourhood because of gentrification try to chart out a life for … |
Asuran | Playback Singer | 2019-10-02 | 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… |
Pattas | Playback Singer | 2020-01-14 | 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… |
Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan | Playback Singer | 2004-01-14 | 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… |
Pudhupettai | Playback Singer | 2006-05-26 | After seeing his mother dead, a young boy runs away and is later recruited by a gangster. After becoming the right hand man of his employer, he makes … |
Devathayai Kanden | Playback Singer | 2005-01-14 | 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 … |
Aayirathil Oruvan | Playback Singer | 2010-01-14 | Anitha, a government official, embarks on a journey to find Chandramouli, an archaeologist, who went to Vietnam to search for any existence of the pri… |
Mayakkam Enna | Playback Singer | 2011-11-25 | Karthik splits his time between aimlessly hanging around his friends and dreams of being an assistant to his role model, an arrogant yet world renowne… |
3 | Playback Singer | 2012-03-30 | 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… |
Vajrakaya | Playback Singer | 2014-11-17 | Vajrakaya is a 2014 Kannada film directed by Harsha A and produced by C. R. Manohar and C R Gopi. The film stars and Shivaraj Kumar in lead roles. Mu… |
Thikka | Playback Singer | 2016-08-13 | Aditya and Anjali are a couple who are in love with each other. However, due to certain problems, they break up and Aditya calls for a breakup party w… |
Ezhumin | Playback Singer | 2018-10-18 | A few children who are adept in martial arts are kidnapped by a bunch of goons to stop them from participating in a sports competition. The kids use a… |
Naiyaandi | Playback Singer | 2013-10-11 | Chinna Vandu, the youngest of three brothers, falls in love with Vana Roja when she visits her grandmother, coinciding with the village carnival. Afte… |
Velaiyilla Pattathari | Playback Singer | 2014-07-18 | 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?… |
Anegan | Playback Singer | 2015-02-13 | 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… |
Irandam Ulagam | Playback Singer | 2013-11-22 | A young man’s lover dies in a freak accident, saddened by this he tries to kill himself by driving his car over a hilltop. A portal opens through an a… |
Maari | Playback Singer | 2015-07-17 | A local don locks horns with the new cop, who has come to his place, but both are not what they initially seem to be…. |
Thangamagan | Playback Singer | 2015-12-18 | 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… |
Nenjam Marappathillai | Playback Singer | 2021-03-05 | A god-fearing young woman who takes up the job of a caretaker in a rich household tries to take revenge on her lustful employer…. |
Kodi | Playback Singer | 2016-10-28 | 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… |
Yaakkai | Playback Singer | 2017-03-03 | When the chairman of a multi-specialty hospital dies mysteriously, a cop begins an investigation which leads him to find more bodies…. |
Pa Paandi | Playback Singer | 2017-04-14 | ‘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 … |
Yaadhumagi Nindraai | Playback Singer | 2020-06-19 | This is based on several true stories that happen in the daily lives of background dancers. This is the first film in Tamil to give an insight into th… |
Velaiyilla Pattathari 2 | Playback Singer | 2017-08-11 | A cool-headed crusader for the struggling engineers, Raghuvaran faces the powerful and arrogant owner of a construction company Vasundhara Parameswara… |
Vada Chennai | Playback Singer | 2018-10-17 | A young carrom player in North Chennai becomes a reluctant participant in a war between two feuding gangsters…. |
Padai Veeran | Playback Singer | 2018-02-02 | A care-free youngster sets out to become a cop and comes back to his village to control a riot. He realises that he has to take on people, who are clo… |
Brother’s Day | Playback Singer | 2019-09-06 | One day Rony meets an unexpected guest Chandy and they become very close, however, Chandy does not disclose his true identity. Over time Chandy disclo… |
Jagame Thandhiram | Playback Singer | 2021-06-18 | 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… |
Karnan | Playback Singer | 2021-04-09 | Karnan, an angry young man, fights for the rights of his oppressed people. Can he save them from those who wield power and weapons?… |
Atrangi Re | Playback Singer | 2021-12-24 | 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… |
Viduthalai: Part I | Playback Singer | Upcoming Vetrimaaran film based on Jeyamohan’s short story Thunaivan…. | |
Thiruchitrambalam | Playback Singer | 2022-08-18 | 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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