Azhagam Perumal is a Tamil film director and actor.Azhagam Perumal
hails from the remote village Kulasekharapuram in Tamil Nadu. All his
family members were working in the government service and his parents
wanted him to be an engineer. Azhagam Perumal, however, after his
graduation, applied to the Adyar Film Institute in spite of stiff
opposition from his family. He graduated with a Gold Medal from the
Institute in 1991.Azhagam Perumal worked as an assistant to director
Mani Ratnam from Thalapathi to Iruvar, before leaving to make his
independent project. When Mani Ratnam was shooting Alaipayuthey, he
was looking for someone like Jagathy Sreekumar to play the quirky
house owner, which Azhagam Perumal eventually did, making his acting
debut.
hails from the remote village Kulasekharapuram in Tamil Nadu. All his
family members were working in the government service and his parents
wanted him to be an engineer. Azhagam Perumal, however, after his
graduation, applied to the Adyar Film Institute in spite of stiff
opposition from his family. He graduated with a Gold Medal from the
Institute in 1991.Azhagam Perumal worked as an assistant to director
Mani Ratnam from Thalapathi to Iruvar, before leaving to make his
independent project. When Mani Ratnam was shooting Alaipayuthey, he
was looking for someone like Jagathy Sreekumar to play the quirky
house owner, which Azhagam Perumal eventually did, making his acting
debut.
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