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{{short description|Indian film director (born 1972)}}
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{{infobox person
| name = Karu Pazhanaiappan
| image = Karu Pazhaniappan at the Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam Audio Launch.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1972|3|6}}<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20121023222039/http://tamilfilmdirectorsassociation.com/profile.php?sno=1340</ref>
| birth_place = [[Kanadukathan]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| spouse = Pia
| occupation = Actor, director, journalist
| yearsactive = 2003–present
}}
'''Karuppaih Pazhaniappan''', credited on-screen as '''Karu Pazhaniappan''', is an Indian film director, actor, and television host who works in the Tamil film industry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-slide-shows/movie-2/top-directors/directors-25-21.html |title=Kollywood's Top 25 Directors – Directors – Vetrimaran Balaji Sakthivel Lingusamy Vasanth Karu Pazhaniappan Simbudevan |publisher=Behindwoods.com |access-date=2008-11-06}}</ref>He has also hosted the show Thamizha Thamizha on Zee tamil.

==Biography==
Pazhaniappan hails from [[Karaikudi]]. His parents are Chinna Karuppaiya and Thirumathi Naagammai, and Pazhaniappan is the eldest among their three children.

Books appealed to Pazhaniappan right from childhood. His father Chinna Karuppiah, a trader, is an ardent reader. He showed interest in reading classics of popular writers like [[Kannadasan]], [[Jayakanthan]], and [[Ashokamitran]]. Following the saying ‘Like father like son’, Pazhaniappan inherited this ‘love of reading’ from his father right from childhood.

Pazhaniappan's passion for reading books spread its wings to learning languages, writing, acting and elocution. His innate style of starting midway through a debate and expressing his thoughts with eloquence, charismatically grabbing the attention of the audience and keeping them spellbound, winning their applause and admiration presented him with countless trophies, certificates and accolades.

After his schooling in Madurai Seventh Day Adventist, Pazhaniappan studied English Literature in the renowned [[American College, Madurai]] (undergrad) and mastered in Literature in Madurai Thiyagaraja College. His intense pursuit of Tamil literature secured him the covetable student training course in Vikatan Group of Magazines.

Pazhaniappan sustained reading and movie-watching with zest and zeal created an affiliation to cinema within himself, thus inspiring his first toddler steps into Kollywood in 1994. Though he is acclaimed as director [[Parthiban]]'s protégé, Pazhaniappan worked under two other directors. With Parthiban, he worked in [[Pullakuttikaran]] and [[Housefull (1999 film)|Housefull]]. His grey cells contributed to director [[Dharani (director)|Dharani]]'s stories that did not get transformed into films in the sandwiched time frame between the latter's films ''[[Edhirum Pudhirum]]'' and [[Dhill]]. He worked under director [[Ezhil]] in ''[[Thulladha Manamum Thullum]]'', ''[[Pennin Manathai Thottu]]'', and [[Poovellam Un Vasam]].

==Career==
Pazhaniappan's directorial debut was ''[[Parthiban Kanavu (2003 film)|Parthiban Kanavu]]'', starring [[Srikanth (Tamil actor, born 1979)|Srikanth]] and [[Sneha (actress)|Sneha]]. The film become one of the biggest hits of the year. Pazhaniappan's second film, ''[[Sivappathigaram]]'', starring [[Vishal (actor)|Vishal]], released in 2006 and fared well at the box office. His 2008 film ''[[Pirivom Santhippom]]'' got major attention of the family audience. His fourth directorial film, ''[[Mandhira Punnagai (2010 film)|Mandhira Punnagai]]'', saw him making his debut as a hero. His second film with Srikanth called ''[[Sadhurangam (2011 film)|Sadhurangam]]'', was finished in 2006 and remained unreleased for a long time. At last, the film released in 2011. Srikanth's character in the film was named after [[Thirupathisamy]], Pazhaniappan's close friend who died in 2001. He directed the 2013 film ''[[Jannal Oram]]'', a remake of the Malayalam film ''[[Ordinary (film)|Ordinary]]''. 2019 saw him acting in a negative role in the movie ''[[Natpe Thunai]]''.

==Unfinished projects==
In 2005, Pazhaniappan began work on a film with [[Dhanush]] and [[Gopika]] titled ''Ashokamithran,'' but the film ran production troubles and was subsequently shelved.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tamilguardian.com/article.asp?articleid%3D296 |title=Name game |work=Tamil Guardian |access-date=2015-11-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014811/http://www.tamilguardian.com/article.asp?articleid=296 |archive-date=2016-03-05 }}</ref> He later began work on that film in 2012 with a new crew and [[Arulnithi]] in the lead role; however, after two months of shooting, the film was again cancelled. The director and actor tried to revive the project in late 2013, but were again unsuccessful.<ref>http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/apr-12-03/arulnidhi-ashokamitran-21-04-12.html</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cineulagam.com/tamil/news/cinema/karu-pazhaniappans-ashokamitran-to-be-resumed-finally/ |title=Karu's Pazhaniappan's Ashokamitran to be resumed finally ?|work=Cineulagam |access-date=2015-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609072148/http://www.cineulagam.com/tamil/news/cinema/karu-pazhaniappans-ashokamitran-to-be-resumed-finally/ |archive-date=2015-06-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Likewise, another project, a family drama ''Pandiya Vamsam'' starring [[Ameer Sultan|Ameer]] and [[Rajkiran]], was called off soon after production started.<ref>http://www.kollyinsider.com/2012/07/karu-palaniappans-next-pandiya-vamsam.html</ref>

In 2016, Pazhaniappan spent time on pre-production for a film titled ''Gramophone'' featuring [[R. Madhavan|Madhavan]] and [[Rajkiran]] in the lead roles. Despite working on it for a year, the film failed to materialise owing to Madhavan's busy schedule.<ref>{{cite news | title=Madhavan to share screen space with Rajkiran | date=3 June 2016 | url =http://chennaivision.com/madhavan-share-screen-space-rajkiran/| work =chennaivision| access-date = 3 June 2016}}</ref> In September 2017, he announced his next film would be a political thriller film titled ''Pugazhenthi Enum Naan'' featuring Arulnithi and [[Bindu Madhavi]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/arulnithi-to-play-the-lead-role-in-a-poltical-sattire/articleshow/60084240.cms | title=Arulnithi to play the lead role in a poltical sattire{{sic|hide=y}} | date=16 August 2017 | newspaper=The Times of India | access-date=1 August 2020 }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Pazhaniappan is married to Pia and has two children, Iniya (daughter) and Dhaya (son).<ref>[http://www.karupalaniappan.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=54 Biography]. Karupalaniappan.com. Retrieved on 2012-02-22.</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Film
!Director
! Actor
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Housefull (1999 film)|Housefull]]'' || {{no}} || {{yes}} || Journalist || uncredited role
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Thulladha Manamum Thullum]]'' || {{no}} || {{yes}} || Auto driver || uncredited role
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Pennin Manathai Thottu]]'' || {{no}} || {{yes}} || Man giving change || uncredited role
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Parthiban Kanavu (2003 film)|Parthiban Kanavu]]'' || {{yes}}||{{no}}|| || Winner, State Award for Best Director
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Sivappathigaram]]'' || {{yes}} ||{{no}} || ||
|-
| 2008 ||''[[Pirivom Santhippom]]'' || {{yes}} || {{no}} || ||
|-
| 2010 ||''[[Mandhira Punnagai (2010 film)|Mandhira Punnagai]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || Kathir ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Sadhurangam (2011 film)|Sadhurangam]]'' || {{yes}} || {{no}} || ||Winner, State Award for Best Script Writer
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Jannal Oram]]'' || {{yes}} ||{{no}} || ||
|-
| 2019 ||''[[Natpe Thunai]]'' || {{no}} || {{yes}} || Harichandran ||
|-
|2020||''[[Kallan]]''||{{no}}||{{yes}} || ||
|-
|}

==Television==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Show
! language
! Network
! Notes
|-
|2018–present || [[Tamizha Tamizha]] || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] || [[Zee Tamizh]] || Talk show presenter
|-
|}

==Awards==
* Best Director Award
[[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Director]] for ''[[Parthiban Kanavu (2003 film)|Parthiban Kanavu]]'' – 2003

* Best Story Writer Award
Tamil Nadu State Film Award
''[[Sadhurangam (2011 film)|Sadhurangam]]'' – 2011

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|1493873}}

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