Arvind Swamy
Biography
Arvind Swamy (born June 18, 1970) is an Indian film actor, model, entrepreneur and television presenter known for his work in Tamil cinema. He was introduced as an actor by Mani Ratnam with the film Thalapathi (1991) and subsequently starred in successful films such as Roja (1992), Bombay (1995), Minsaara Kanavu (1997) and Alaipayuthey (2000).
Swamy also starred in other ventures, including the Telugu film Mounam (1995), the Malayalam film Devaraagam (1996), and the Bollywood film Saat Rang Ke Sapne (1998). Swamy spent a decade in businesses ranging from software engineering, construction, international trade to global outsourcing, before returning to acting with works such as Kadal (2013), Thani Oruvan (2015), Dear Dad (2016), Dhruva (2016), and Bogan (2016). He is the host of the third season of Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi on STAR Vijay.
Filmography
Bombay
as Shekhar Narayanan Pillai 1995
Roja
as Rishikumar 1992
Thalapathi
as Arjun 1991
Chekka Chivantha Vaanam
as Varadarajan aka Varadan 2018
Alaipayuthey
as Collector 2000
Meiyazhagan
as Arulmozhi Varman 2024
Dhruva
as Siddarth Abhimanyu / Venkanna 2016
Bogan
as Adithya Maravarman 2017
Kadal
as Sam Fernando 2013
Thalaivii
as M. J. Ramachandran 2021
Minsara Kanavu
as Thomas Thangadurai 1997
Ottu
as David 2022
Custody
as Rajasekhar "Raju" aka "Razoo" 2023
Bhaskar Oru Rascal
as Bhaskar 2018
Dear Dad
as Nitin Swaminathan 2016
Duet
as Guest appearance 1994