FamousFor
Alibaba (Tamil), Kalugu (Tamil),
Krishna Biography
Career
He first faced the camera for Mani Ratnam’s Anjali and later appeared in Iruvar and Santosh Sivan’s The Terrorist. He was also chosen to play the younger version of Rajinikanth’s character in Thalapathi, but the character was later scrapped because it affected the film’s length.
He played his first lead role in Ali Baba, which was produced by his father. The film met with favourable reviews, but was not a commercial success. After his first film, he wanted to do a gangster film based on a true incident in North Madras, called Madras to be directed by Five Star Krishna, but it was shelved because of misunderstandings between the director and producer.
His next two films Kattradhu Kalavu and Kazhugu were also produced by his father. In Kazhugu, he played someone who recovers bodies of suicide victims who jump off a cliff. It received a positive response.