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{{Short description|Indian film director}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Yugi Sethu
| image = Actor Yugi Sethu (cropped).jpg
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1964|01|09}}
| birth_place = [[Chennai]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| occupation = Film actor, screenwriter, director, writer, producer, talk show host, academician, critic, art historian
| website =
| footnotes =
| othername = Yuki Sethu
| years active = 1986–present
| spouse = Amritha Kalyani
| children = Vaasav, Anaasanaa
}}

'''Yugi Sethu'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nettv4u.com/latest-tamil-celebrity-news/yugi-sethu-becomes-dr-yugi-sethu|title = Yugi Sethu Becomes, 'Dr. Yugi Sethu'!}}</ref><ref>http://www.vikatan.com/anandavikatan/2015-sep-16/cinema-news/110234.art</ref> is an Indian actor, filmmaker, writer, entrepreneur, television presenter, academician, critic and art historian who has worked in the Tamil film industry.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article2074751.ece|title='Rasigan Express' bus flagged off|date=4 June 2011|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=14 July 2011}}</ref> An extremely versatile personality, he has been conferred doctorate (PhD) in cinema by the Madras University in July 2015, for his Thesis entitled: ‘Development of a new box office predictability model’.<ref>http://www.vikatan.com/anandavikatan/2015-sep-16/cinema-news/110234.art</ref><ref>http://entertainment.chennaipatrika.com/post/2015/08/13/Madras-University-confers-doctorate-on-Yuhi-Sethu.aspx</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nettv4u.com/latest-tamil-celebrity-news/yugi-sethu-becomes-dr-yugi-sethu|title = Yugi Sethu Becomes, 'Dr. Yugi Sethu'!}}</ref> He has appeared in a few films in main and supporting roles and has contributed to films as a screenwriter.He has hosted close to 1000 T.V. talk shows [''Nayyandi Darbar, Sethuvudan Darbar, Yugiyudan Yugiyungal,etc...''] and has been a jury since inception for popular "[[Vijay Awards|Star Vijay TV Movie Awards]]". He has played memorable stellar roles in Tamil blockbuster hit movies- [[AR Murugadoss|AR Muragadoss]]' ''[[Ramanaa|Ramana]]'' [with [[Vijayakanth|Vijaykanth]]], [[K. S. Ravikumar|KS Ravikumar]]'s ''[[Panchathantiram|Panchathanthiram]] with [[Kamal Haasan|Kamal Hassan]].

He is an academician, a critic, art historian, and is engaged in restoration and preservation of Tamil and other south Indian Vintage movies. He is now involved in ground work for spawning Independent movies in India.

==Early life==
He is a native of [[Oothukadu]], Tamil Nadu, India. He completed a [[Bachelor of Commerce]] degree and finished post-graduate studies in political science.

He was awarded a gold medal during his time at the [[M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute|Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu]] for his student project film, ''The Rhetoric of the Continuity'', which had the distinction of being the only Indian film selected among 45 other international entries at the 1984 [[International Film Festival of India]] in New Delhi and Music,courtesy by [[Satyajit Ray]].

== Movie and Television works ==
He wrote the Story for the Tamil box office hit [[K.S.Ravikumar]]'s "Villain", starring [[Ajithkumar]].He has acted in the lead in an Italian-English Telefilm, "Pidgin" (1995), which won an award at the [[Nanni Moretti]]'s [[:fr:Sacher Festival|Sacher Film Festival]] in Rome [''Regia: Andrea Gropplero, Interpreti: Yuhi Sethu & Anna Scaglione; Fotografia: Gianenrico Bianchi, Montaggio: Daniela Bassani'']. He has acted in a cameo in the Iranian director [[Mohsen Makhmalbaf]]'s, Scream of the Ants (2006) in [[Persian language|Persian]]/English. He was the line producer for the French production of the docu-film "Kalaiyur" Directed by Sophie Martre.He has visited the Cannes Film festival several times since 1994 and has imported European films to India [''[[Tales of Erotica]];''[[Katya Ismailova]]]. He distributed [[Shekar Kapur]]'s "[[Bandit Queen]]" in Tamil Nadu state.He also trades in Film rights for Satellite TV, Home video, Internet and mobile.

==Filmography==

===As actor===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Year !! Film !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Kavithai Paada Neramillai]]'' || Guna ||
|-
| 1989 || ''Jana'' || Jana || Television film
|-
| 1993 || ''Maathangal 7'' || Raja ||
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Pidgin]]'' || || Italian film
|-
| rowspan="3"|2002|| ''[[Pammal K. Sambandam]]'' || Yugi Sethu ||
|-
| ''[[Panchathantiram]]'' ||Vedham ||
|-
| ''[[Ramanaa (film)|Ramanaa]]'' || Saravanan||
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Anbe Sivam]]'' || Utthaman ||
|-
| 2006 || ''Scream of the Ants'' || || Persian film
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Asal (film)|Asal]]'' || Don Samsa ||Also writer
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Haridas (2013 film)|Haridas]]'' || Ravi ||
|-
| rowspan="3"|2015 || ''[[Trisha Illana Nayanthara]]'' || Yugi Sethu ||Guest appearance
|-
| ''[[Thoongaa Vanam]]'' || Mani ||
|-
| ''[[Oru Naal Iravil]]'' || Sethu Barathi ||
|-
| 2021 || ''[[Kasada Thapara]]'' || Lord Krishna ||
|-
|}

===As screenwriter===

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Year !! Film !! Notes
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Villain (2002 film)|Villain]]'' || V4 Award for Best Writer
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Asal (film)|Asal]]'' ||
|-
|}

===As director/producer===

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Year !! Film !! Notes
|-
| 1984 || ''[[The Rhetoric of the Continuity]]'' || Short film
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Kavithai Paada Neramillai]]'' || Film Fans Association Special Commendation Award
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Water Flourosis]]'' || Short film
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Indra Avaz Yojana]]'' || Short film
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Maadhangal Ezhu]]'' ||
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Tamil film directors]]
[[Category:Tamil-language film directors]]
[[Category:Film directors from Chennai]]
[[Category:Television personalities from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Film producers from Chennai]]
[[Category:Screenwriters from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:People from Thanjavur district]]
[[Category:1964 births]]

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