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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = C. S. Amudhan<br />
| birthname = Sebastian Amudhan<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1977|7|19}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]<br />
| occupation = [[Film director|Director]], [[screenwriter]]<br />
| yearsactive = 2001–present<br />
| spouse = Ahalya<br />
| relatives = [[Dindigul I. Leoni]]<br> (father-in-law )<br />
}}<br />
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'''C. S. Amudhan''' (born 19 July 1977) is an Indian [[filmmaker]] and [[lyricist]] from the Tamil film industry.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Amudhan made his cinematic debut as a lyricist with ''[[Minnale]]'' (2001), where he wrote the song "Maddy Maddy".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/funny-once-more/article6688970.ece|title=Funny once more|last=Srinivasan|first=Sudhir|date=2014-12-13|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-10-30|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He made his directorial debut with ''[[Thamizh Padam]]'', the first full-length spoof film on [[Tamil cinema]], with [[Shiva (actor)|Shiva]] playing the lead role. The film, distributed by [[Dayanidhi Azhagiri]]'s [[Cloud Nine Movies]], released on 29 January 2010 and won critical acclaim and commercial success at the box office, earning cult status. In late 2010, he began work on a film titled ''Nakka Mukka'' starring [[Vijay Antony]] in the lead role describing that it would be another film in a "new genre", however the film failed to progress.<ref>[http://www.videos.behindwoods.com/videos-q1-09/director-interview/cs-amudhan.html C S Amudhan - Tamil Cinema Director Interview - C S Amudhan | Nakka Mukka | Tamizh Padam - Behindwoods.com]</ref> Furthermore, in October 2011, it was rumoured that Amudhan was working on a film titled ''Thalavali'' which would feature lookalikes of leading actors [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]] and [[Ajith Kumar]] in the lead roles; the director later denied the claims.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/amudhan-s-new-spoof-with-ajith-vijay-news-tamil-lk5toFdcfhe.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103192359/http://www.sify.com/movies/amudhan-s-new-spoof-with-ajith-vijay-news-tamil-lk5toFdcfhe.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-11-03 |title=Amudhan's new spoof with Ajith & Vijay! |publisher=Sify.com |date=2011-11-01 |accessdate=2013-05-10}}</ref><br />
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He later announced that his second film would be ''[[Rendavathu Padam]]'', another full-length comic entertainer, featuring [[Vimal (actor)|Vimal]], [[Remya Nambeesan]], [[Aravind Akash]] and [[Richard Rishi|Richard]] in the lead roles, however despite completing production in 2014 it remains unreleased.<ref>{{cite news |title=Latest on Amudhan's 'Rendavadhu Padam' |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/73864.html |newspaper=IndiaGlitz |date=11 November 2011 |accessdate=11 November 2011}}</ref> The sequel ''[[Thamizh Padam 2]]'' got released in 2018.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
His wife is Ahalya, daughter of Dindigul Leoni.<br />
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==Filmography==<br />
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===As director===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"<br />
! Year !! Film !! Language !! Notes<br />
|-<br />
| 2010 || ''[[Thamizh Padam]]'' || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] || <br />
|-<br />
| 2018 || ''[[Thamizh Padam 2.0|Tamizh Padam 2]]'' || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] || <br />
|-<br />
|2022 ||''Ratham'' || Tamil ||<br />
|-<br />
|{{Mdash}}<br />
|''[[Rendavathu Padam]]''<br />
|[[Tamil language|Tamil]]<br />
|Unreleased<br />
|}<br />
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===As lyricist===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"<br />
! Year !! Film !! Song !! Composer<br />
|-<br />
| 2001 || ''[[Minnale]]'' || "Maddy Maddy" || [[Harris Jayaraj]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2010 || ''[[Thamizh Padam]]'' || "Oh Mahazeeya" || Kannan<br />
|-<br />
| 2014 || ''[[Anegan]]'' || "YOLO (You Only Live Once)" || [[Harris Jayaraj]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2018 || ''[[Thamizh Padam 2.0|Tamizh Padam 2]]'' || "Evada Unna Petha", "Naan Yaarumilla", "Chella Penney" ||[[Kannan (music director)|Kannan]]<br />
|}<br />
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===As dubbing artist===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"<br />
! Year !! Film !! Character !! Notes<br />
|-<br />
|2018||''Thamizh Padam 2''||Bodhidharman||<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1977 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Film directors from Chennai]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil film directors]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil film poets]]<br />
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