Dhanush

Dhanush

1983-07-28 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India 124 Credits

Biography

Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja, known professionally as Dhanush, is an Indian actor, producer, director, screenwriter, lyricist and singer who works mainly in Tamil cinema. One of the most recognizable stars of contemporary South Indian cinema, he is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two National Film Awards for Best Actor. One of the highest paid actors in Indian cinema, he has been included in the Forbes India Celebrity 100 list six times.

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Tere Ishk Mein

Tere Ishk Mein

2025

as Shankar Gurrukkal

Acting
Idly Kadai

Idly Kadai

2025

as Sivanesan

Acting
Idly Kadai

Idly Kadai

2025

Writer, Director, Producer

Writing Directing Producing
Kuberaa

Kuberaa

2025

as Deva Kallam

7.3
Acting

A ruthless billionaire, Neeraj, uses beggars as benamis to launder money, with the help of a disgraced civil submit servant, Deepak. One of the beggar...

Kuberaa

Kuberaa

2025

Playback Singer

7.3

A ruthless billionaire, Neeraj, uses beggars as benamis to launder money, with the help of a disgraced civil submit servant, Deepak. One of the beggar...

Nilavuku En Mel Ennadi Kobam

Nilavuku En Mel Ennadi Kobam

2025

as Cameo

5.8
Acting

Prabhu, a young chef, is ready to move forward with an arranged marriage when his past love, Nila, unexpectedly reenters his life, challenging his pla...

Nilavuku En Mel Ennadi Kobam

Nilavuku En Mel Ennadi Kobam

2025

Director, Screenplay, Playback Singer

5.8
Directing Writing

Prabhu, a young chef, is ready to move forward with an arranged marriage when his past love, Nila, unexpectedly reenters his life, challenging his pla...

Project One

Project One

2024

Original Concept

Raayan

Raayan

2024

as Kathavaraayan 'Raayan'

6.3
Acting

Raayan, a simpleton patriarch has to protect his family when they inadvertently get muddled in a violent world with whirlpool of murder, debauchery, f...

Raayan

Raayan

2024

Writer, Director, Playback Singer

6.3
Writing Directing

Raayan, a simpleton patriarch has to protect his family when they inadvertently get muddled in a violent world with whirlpool of murder, debauchery, f...

Captain Miller

Captain Miller

2024

as Analeesan "Easa" / Captain Miller

6.8
Acting

In the 1930s, during the British Raj, Analeesan "Eesa", a former soldier of the British Indian Army called Captain Miller, is on a mission to protect ...

Viduthalai: Part I

Viduthalai: Part I

2023

Playback Singer

8.0

Kumaresan, a police constable, gets recruited for an operation implanted to capture Perumal Vaathiyar, who leads a separatist group dedicated to fight...

Vaathi

Vaathi

2023

as Balamurugan

6.7
Acting

An assistant maths teacher takes up a tedious task of transforming underprivileged students despite the politics around education in the 90s.

Vaathi

Vaathi

2023

Lyricist

6.7

An assistant maths teacher takes up a tedious task of transforming underprivileged students despite the politics around education in the 90s.

Naane Varuvean

Naane Varuvean

2022

as Prabhu/Kadhir

6.0
Acting

A father finds out that his teenager daughter is possessed, and the only way he can save her is by doing the ghost's bidding, which will mean an encou...

Naane Varuvean

Naane Varuvean

2022

Story

6.0
Writing

A father finds out that his teenager daughter is possessed, and the only way he can save her is by doing the ghost's bidding, which will mean an encou...

Thiruchitrambalam

Thiruchitrambalam

2022

as Thiruchitrambalam

7.4
Acting

A guy-next-door tries to find romance in his life while also dealing with his personal problems. How long will it be before he realises what he is loo...

Thiruchitrambalam

Thiruchitrambalam

2022

Lyricist, Playback Singer

7.4

A guy-next-door tries to find romance in his life while also dealing with his personal problems. How long will it be before he realises what he is loo...

The Gray Man

The Gray Man

2022

as Avik San

6.9
Acting

When a shadowy CIA agent uncovers damning agency secrets, he's hunted across the globe by a sociopathic rogue operative who's put a bounty on his head...

Maaran

Maaran

2022

as Mathimaaran

4.9
Acting

An investigative journalist gets into trouble when he publishes an article that exposes bitter truths about a corrupt politician.

Atrangi Re

Atrangi Re

2021

as Vishu

6.6
Acting

Runaway Rinku gets forcefully married to already engaged Vishu. Both don't want this marriage and make a deal to go on their separate ways. The equati...

Atrangi Re

Atrangi Re

2021

Playback Singer

6.6

Runaway Rinku gets forcefully married to already engaged Vishu. Both don't want this marriage and make a deal to go on their separate ways. The equati...

Jail

Jail

2021

Playback Singer

3.0

Three youngsters in a resettlement colony that houses people displaced from their neighbourhood because of gentrification try to chart out a life for ...

Jagame Thandhiram

Jagame Thandhiram

2021

as Suruli

5.7
Acting

When a clever, carefree gangster is recruited to help an overseas crime lord take down a rival, he is caught off guard by the moral dilemmas that foll...

Jagame Thandhiram

Jagame Thandhiram

2021

Lyricist, Playback Singer

5.7

When a clever, carefree gangster is recruited to help an overseas crime lord take down a rival, he is caught off guard by the moral dilemmas that foll...

Karnan

Karnan

2021

as Karnan

7.4
Acting

Karnan, an angry young man, fights for the rights of his oppressed people. Can he save them from those who wield power and weapons?

Karnan

Karnan

2021

Playback Singer

7.4

Karnan, an angry young man, fights for the rights of his oppressed people. Can he save them from those who wield power and weapons?

Nenjam Marappathillai

Nenjam Marappathillai

2021

Playback Singer

6.1

A god-fearing young woman who takes up the job of a caretaker in a rich household tries to take revenge on her lustful employer.

Yaadhumagi Nindraai

Yaadhumagi Nindraai

2020

Playback Singer

This is based on several true stories that happen in the daily lives of background dancers. This is the first film in Tamil to give an insight into th...

Pattas

Pattas

2020

as Sakthi (Pattas) & Thiraviyam Perumal

6.1
Acting

A petty thief learns about his father's illustrious legacy and decides to attack the man who murdered him in order to bring the ancient martial art fo...

Pattas

Pattas

2020

Playback Singer

6.1

A petty thief learns about his father's illustrious legacy and decides to attack the man who murdered him in order to bring the ancient martial art fo...

Enai Noki Paayum Thota

Enai Noki Paayum Thota

2019

as Raghu

5.5
Acting

A college student’s life takes an unexpected turn when he falls for an actress caught in a dangerous web of control. As their love story unfolds, he i...

Asuran

Asuran

2019

as Siva Saamy

7.7
Acting

A family from the underprivileged class is on the run after the teenaged son kills a rich man from the upper caste. Can the pacifist father be able to...

Asuran

Asuran

2019

Playback Singer

7.7

A family from the underprivileged class is on the run after the teenaged son kills a rich man from the upper caste. Can the pacifist father be able to...

Brother's Day

Brother's Day

2019

Playback Singer, Lyricist

3.9

One day Rony meets an unexpected guest Chandy and they become very close, however, Chandy does not disclose his true identity. Over time Chandy disclo...

Petta

Petta

2019

Lyricist

7.2

A hostel warden becomes the target of a dreaded politician and his gangster son, but little do they realise that it is they who should fear him.

Maari 2

Maari 2

2018

as Maariyappan aka Maari

5.5
Acting

After falling off the radar for a few years, Maari is back in the fray doing what he does best: taking trouble by the horns and being a total bad-ass....

Maari 2

Maari 2

2018

Producer, Playback Singer, Lyricist

5.5
Producing

After falling off the radar for a few years, Maari is back in the fray doing what he does best: taking trouble by the horns and being a total bad-ass....

Ezhumin

Ezhumin

2018

Playback Singer

4.0

A few children who are adept in martial arts are kidnapped by a bunch of goons to stop them from participating in a sports competition. The kids use a...

Vada Chennai

Vada Chennai

2018

as Anbu

7.9
Acting

Anbu, a young carrom player in North Chennai becomes inadvertently involved in an ongoing conflict between two local gangsters.

Vada Chennai

Vada Chennai

2018

Producer, Playback Singer

7.9
Producing

Anbu, a young carrom player in North Chennai becomes inadvertently involved in an ongoing conflict between two local gangsters.

Kaala

Kaala

2018

Producer

6.6
Producing

Karikaalan consistently fights to keep the people of Dharavi, a slum in Mumbai, safe from the clutches of mighty politicians and the land mafia don, H...

The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir

The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir

2018

as Ajatashatru Lavash Patel

6.9
Acting

Ajatashatru Lavash Patel has lived all his life in a small Mumbai neighborhood tricking people with street magic and fakir stunts. He sets out on a jo...

Padai Veeran

Padai Veeran

2018

Playback Singer

A care-free youngster sets out to become a cop and comes back to his village to control a riot. He realises that he has to take on people, who are clo...

Tharangam

Tharangam

2017

Producer

6.5
Producing

Kallan Pavithran is in negotiation with God to save his great grandchild, who is the latest victim of the curse the Maker had imposed on Pavithran's s...

Velaiyilla Pattathari 2

Velaiyilla Pattathari 2

2017

as Raghuvaran

5.7
Acting

A cool-headed crusader for the struggling engineers, Raghuvaran faces the powerful and arrogant owner of a construction company Vasundhara Parameswara...

Velaiyilla Pattathari 2

Velaiyilla Pattathari 2

2017

Story, Producer, Dialogue

5.7
Writing Producing

A cool-headed crusader for the struggling engineers, Raghuvaran faces the powerful and arrogant owner of a construction company Vasundhara Parameswara...

Cinema Veeran

Cinema Veeran

2017

Producer

Producing

An ode to the fighters and stunt coordinators of Tamil cinema, this documentary, with a voice-over by Rajinikanth, showcases the life of these unsung ...

Pa Paandi

Pa Paandi

2017

as Younger Paandian Pazhanisami (Power Paandi)

7.0
Acting

‘Power’ Paandi, once a legendary stunt master who ruled the world of film stunts in his prime years is now content in living a peaceful life with his ...

Pa Paandi

Pa Paandi

2017

Director, Story, Screenplay

7.0
Directing Writing Producing

‘Power’ Paandi, once a legendary stunt master who ruled the world of film stunts in his prime years is now content in living a peaceful life with his ...

Yaakkai

Yaakkai

2017

Playback Singer

3.6

When the chairman of a multi-specialty hospital dies mysteriously, a cop begins an investigation which leads him to find more bodies.

Kodi

Kodi

2016

as Kodi & Anbu

6.1
Acting

A young politician finds himself in a position where he has to contest against his girlfriend, who is ambitious. Circumstances force his look-alike tw...

Kodi

Kodi

2016

Playback Singer, Lyricist

6.1

A young politician finds himself in a position where he has to contest against his girlfriend, who is ambitious. Circumstances force his look-alike tw...

Thodari

Thodari

2016

as Poochiappan

4.6
Acting

A pantry boy falls in love with the touch-up girl of an actress travelling on his train, but an incident turns the train into an unstoppable force pos...

Thikka

Thikka

2016

Playback Singer

4.0

Aditya and Anjali are a couple who are in love with each other. However, due to certain problems, they break up and Aditya calls for a breakup party w...

Amma Kanakku

Amma Kanakku

2016

Producer

5.9
Producing

A mother tries to persuade her daughter who has given up on her studies to pursue her education despite the financial burdens.

Visaranai

Visaranai

2016

Producer

8.0
Producing

Pandi and his friends, immigrant workers in Andhra Pradesh, are picked up by cops for a crime they never committed. And thus begins their nightmare, w...

Thangamagan

Thangamagan

2015

as Thamizh Vijayraghavan

5.8
Acting

The happiness of Tamizh and his middle-class family is shattered when his dad commits suicide. The youngster tries to understand why his father took t...

Thangamagan

Thangamagan

2015

Producer, Playback Singer, Lyricist

5.8
Producing

The happiness of Tamizh and his middle-class family is shattered when his dad commits suicide. The youngster tries to understand why his father took t...

Naanum Rowdydhaan

Naanum Rowdydhaan

2015

Producer

6.5
Producing

Pandian, the son of a cop and a wannabe rowdy, falls in love with Kadambarai, a hearing-impaired girl, who wants him to take on Killivalavan, a gangst...

Maari

Maari

2015

as Maari

6.2
Acting

A feared local rowdy, known for his dominance in the streets and pigeon racing, finds himself at odds with a newly appointed police officer. As tensio...

Maari

Maari

2015

Producer, Playback Singer, Lyricist

6.2
Producing

A feared local rowdy, known for his dominance in the streets and pigeon racing, finds himself at odds with a newly appointed police officer. As tensio...

Vajrakaya

Vajrakaya

2015

Playback Singer

4.3

Vajrakaya is a Kannada film directed by Harsha A and produced by C. R. Manohar and C R Gopi. The film stars and Shivaraj Kumar in lead roles. Music w...

Kaaka Muttai

Kaaka Muttai

2015

Producer

7.8
Producing

Two slum kids yearn to taste a pizza after being enticed by the pizza shop that has opened near their locality. What happens when they manage to find ...

Vai Raja Vai

Vai Raja Vai

2015

as Kokki Kumar (Guest appearance)

5.8
Acting

Karthik, who has ESP, helps his friend Panda win a betting game with his power, but this lands him in trouble with Randhai, the gangster who funded th...

Vai Raja Vai

Vai Raja Vai

2015

Lyricist

5.8

Karthik, who has ESP, helps his friend Panda win a betting game with his power, but this lands him in trouble with Randhai, the gangster who funded th...

Kaaki Sattai

Kaaki Sattai

2015

Producer

5.4
Producing

Mathimaran, a police constable, wants to do something worthy of his job and stumbles upon an organ trafficking ring run by Durai that is exploiting im...

Anegan

Anegan

2015

as Ashwin, Murugappa and Kaali

6.3
Acting

Madhumitha is convinced that she and her colleague Ashwin were lovers in their past lives and have been brought together by fate. Is there any truth t...

Anegan

Anegan

2015

Playback Singer

6.3

Madhumitha is convinced that she and her colleague Ashwin were lovers in their past lives and have been brought together by fate. Is there any truth t...

Shamitabh

Shamitabh

2015

as Danish

6.1
Acting

A mute, aspiring actor joins forces with a man who has a powerful voice. Together they take the film industry by storm, but will their egos get in the...

Shamitabh

Shamitabh

2015

Producer

6.1
Producing

A mute, aspiring actor joins forces with a man who has a powerful voice. Together they take the film industry by storm, but will their egos get in the...

Velaiyilla Pattathari

Velaiyilla Pattathari

2014

as Raghuvaran

7.5
Acting

Raghuvaran, who is unemployed for years, gets his dream job but a powerful rival is keen to put him down. Can he take on his adversary?

Velaiyilla Pattathari

Velaiyilla Pattathari

2014

Producer, Playback Singer, Lyricist

7.5
Producing

Raghuvaran, who is unemployed for years, gets his dream job but a powerful rival is keen to put him down. Can he take on his adversary?

Irandam Ulagam

Irandam Ulagam

2013

Playback Singer

4.7

A young man's lover dies in a freak accident, saddened by this he tries to kill himself by driving his car over a hilltop. A portal opens through an a...

Naiyaandi

Naiyaandi

2013

as Chinna Vandu

3.2
Acting

Chinna Vandu, the youngest of three brothers, falls in love with Vana Roja when she visits her grandmother, coinciding with the village carnival. Afte...

Naiyaandi

Naiyaandi

2013

Playback Singer

3.2

Chinna Vandu, the youngest of three brothers, falls in love with Vana Roja when she visits her grandmother, coinciding with the village carnival. Afte...

Maryan

Maryan

2013

as Mariyaan

6.2
Acting

The film is an emotional journey of a common man to an unknown place with the hope to come home and lead a better life. The film revolves around a sto...

Maryan

Maryan

2013

Lyricist

6.2

The film is an emotional journey of a common man to an unknown place with the hope to come home and lead a better life. The film revolves around a sto...

Raanjhanaa

Raanjhanaa

2013

as Kundan

6.6
Acting

A small-town boy needs to break through the class divide to gain acceptance from his childhood sweetheart who is in love with big city ideals.

Ethir Neechal

Ethir Neechal

2013

as Special Appearance in "Local Boys" Song

6.4
Acting

Kunchithapatham's unique name becomes the butt of joke and ridicule for others. He relates his failures to his name and wants to change it. He meets a...

Ethir Neechal

Ethir Neechal

2013

Producer, Lyricist

6.4
Producing

Kunchithapatham's unique name becomes the butt of joke and ridicule for others. He relates his failures to his name and wants to change it. He meets a...

Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath

Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath

2013

as Self

3.5
Acting

Raja Raja Kammath and Deva Raja Kammath are two brothers who owns a chain of restaurants that specializes in making Dosa. The story begins when they c...

3

3

2012

as Ram

6.6
Acting

Ram and Janani are high school sweethearts who eventually get married. However, Janani is mystified when Ram commits suicide all of a sudden and she t...

3

3

2012

Producer, Playback Singer, Lyricist

6.6
Producing

Ram and Janani are high school sweethearts who eventually get married. However, Janani is mystified when Ram commits suicide all of a sudden and she t...

Mayakkam Enna

Mayakkam Enna

2011

as Karthik Swaminathan

6.6
Acting

Karthik splits his time between aimlessly hanging around his friends and dreams of being an assistant to his role model, an arrogant yet world renowne...

Mayakkam Enna

Mayakkam Enna

2011

Playback Singer, Lyricist

6.6

Karthik splits his time between aimlessly hanging around his friends and dreams of being an assistant to his role model, an arrogant yet world renowne...

Venghai

Venghai

2011

as Selvam

6.0
Acting

A young man supports his father in opposing a local MLA, who often gives them trouble.

Mappillai

Mappillai

2011

as Saravanan

4.5
Acting

Rajeshwari agrees to get her daughter Gayathri married to her beau Saravanan, thinking him to be subservient. But her plans are foiled when she realis...

Seedan

Seedan

2011

as Saravanan

4.5
Acting

Seedan (Tamil: சீடன்) (English: Disciple) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Subramaniya Shiva. The film stars newcomer Unni Mukun...

Aadukalam

Aadukalam

2011

as K. P. Karuppu

7.6
Acting

Pettaikaaran is famous in his town for an impeccable track record of successes in rooster fights. When one of his aides, Karuppu, goes against his wor...

Uthama Puthiran

Uthama Puthiran

2010

as Sivaramakrishnan / Dhandapani

6.3
Acting

Siva is asked to help a friend in a love marriage. Siva kidnaps Pooja on a mistaken identity from the marriage hall. When Pooja is kidnapped, her uncl...

Kutty

Kutty

2010

as Kutty

5.4
Acting

Kutty, a kind young man, falls in love with Geeta, but she does not reciprocate his love. He continues to love her even after learning that she is in ...

Aayirathil Oruvan

Aayirathil Oruvan

2010

Playback Singer

6.6

Anitha, a government official, embarks on a journey to find Chandramouli, an archaeologist, who went to Vietnam to search for any existence of the pri...

Padikathavan

Padikathavan

2009

as Radhakrishnan (Rocky)

4.0
Acting

Rocky is looked down upon by his father and spends all his time in a mechanic shop. Problems arise in his life after he falls in love with Gayathri.

Yaaradi Nee Mohini

Yaaradi Nee Mohini

2008

as Vasu

7.0
Acting

Vasu falls in love with Keerthi, but when he expresses his feelings to her, she turns him down and says that her marriage has already been arranged. H...

Polladhavan

Polladhavan

2007

as Prabhu

7.1
Acting

Prabhu is dejected when he learns that his bike has been stolen. He decides to find the people who stole the bike, but lands in trouble when he realis...

Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram

Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram

2007

as Azhagu Sundaram (Parattai)

3.2
Acting

A man arrives in Chennai with a simple wish of buying gold bangles for his mother. However, an event changes his life completely and he becomes famous...

Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam

Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam

2006

as Thirukumaran

6.2
Acting

A reckless boy falls for a girl whose disapproving brother is a rich businessman.

Pudhupettai

Pudhupettai

2006

as 'Kokki' Kumar

7.8
Acting

After running away from home, a young man from the slums falls in with a gang and slowly rises through the ranks of the criminal underworld, transform...

Pudhupettai

Pudhupettai

2006

Playback Singer

7.8

After running away from home, a young man from the slums falls in with a gang and slowly rises through the ranks of the criminal underworld, transform...

Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam

Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam

2005

as Srinivasan

5.0
Acting

When a lorry driver realises that he is helping an escaped convict, he threatens to hand him over to the police. The convict begins to narrate the cir...

Devathayai Kanden

Devathayai Kanden

2005

as Babu

5.7
Acting

Babu, a tea vendor, loves Uma, a rich girl. She too loves him for his sincerity. When she receives a proposal from a doctor, she accepts for the sake ...

Devathayai Kanden

Devathayai Kanden

2005

Playback Singer

5.7

Babu, a tea vendor, loves Uma, a rich girl. She too loves him for his sincerity. When she receives a proposal from a doctor, she accepts for the sake ...

Dreams

Dreams

2004

as Shakti

Acting

A young man is spoilt to the hilt by his father due to which he leads a wayward life. At one point in time he finds love and reforms, hopefully for th...

Sullan

Sullan

2004

as Subramani

4.9
Acting

A man is forced to fight back when a moneylender goes after his family and friends.

Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan

Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan

2004

as Saravanan

4.8
Acting

Saravanan comes to Singapore for a job but lands in trouble, loses his passport and is on the run. Desperate to get back home, he accepts the job of t...

Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan

Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan

2004

Playback Singer

4.8

Saravanan comes to Singapore for a job but lands in trouble, loses his passport and is on the run. Desperate to get back home, he accepts the job of t...

Thiruda Thirudi

Thiruda Thirudi

2003

as Vasu

6.1
Acting

Vasu is a prankster who whiles away his time teasing girls and getting scolded by his father. But when one of his pranks results in his brother gettin...

Kadhal Konden

Kadhal Konden

2003

as Vinod

7.7
Acting

A genius-yet-introverted orphan, raised by a church priest, is sent to college where he turns out to be a social outcast. Although he is shunned by th...

Thulluvadho Ilamai

Thulluvadho Ilamai

2002

as Mahesh

7.0
Acting

Six high-school classmates, three boys and three girls, coming from different strata of society, who have each their own problems in their respective ...

Ilaiyaraaja

Ilaiyaraaja

N/A

as Ilaiyaraaja

Acting

Biopic of Ilaiyaraaja

Pudhupettai 2

Pudhupettai 2

N/A

Acting

Story of Kokki Kumar's son who grew up unaware of the identity of his biological father.

D55

D55

N/A

Acting

Dhanush's next with Rajkumar Periasamy

Vada Chennai II : Anbuvin Ezhichi

N/A

as Anbu

Acting

Sequel to Vada Chennai

Honest Raj

N/A

Acting

Venky Atluri's next directorial with Dhanush.

Dhanush & Tamizharasan pachamuthu Movie

N/A

Acting

Dhanush and Lubber Pandhu Fame Tamizharasan Pachamuthu Joining Hands For a New Film

Untitled Lokesh Kanagaraj Next Project

N/A

Acting

Lokesh Kanagaraj's next Pan-Indian film under LCU.

Aruvadai

N/A

Acting

Dhanush & H.Vinoth Film

N/A

Acting

Dhanush and H.Vinoth Collaborating for a Film under 7 Screen Studio

D56

D56

N/A

Acting

Dhanush & Mari Selvaraj Joins Hands for an Periodic Film.

Aayirathil Oruvan 2

Aayirathil Oruvan 2

N/A

Acting
Kalam: The Missile Man of India

Kalam: The Missile Man of India

N/A

as Kalam

Acting

Biography of APJ Abdul Kalam

Jalsa

N/A

Playback Singer

Retta Thala

Retta Thala

N/A

Playback Singer

Retta Thala is a Tamil movie starring Arun Vijay, Siddhi Idnani, Yogesh Samy and John Vijay in prominent roles. It is written and directed by Kris Thi...