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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name        = Delhi Kumar
| name        = Delhi Kumar
| birth_name  = A. Panchapakesan
| image        =  
| image        =  
| occupation  = [[Film]] and [[Television]] actor
| occupation  = Actor
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1955|12|19}}
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1942|05|09}}
| birth_place  = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| birth_place  =
| years_active = 1997–present
| years_active = 1974{{endash}}2020
| children    =  
| children = [[Arvind Swamy]] (son)<ref>{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vaL1VnLB6kw|title=Throwback to actor Delhi Kumar speaking about Aravind Swamy #SunTV #SunTVThrowback #DelhiKumar|work=Sun TV|via=YouTube}}</ref>
}}
}}
'''Delhi Kumar''' is a Born: (December 19, 1955) Tamil television and film actor who is known for performing supporting roles in teleserials like ''[[Metti Oli]]'' and ''Engey Brahmanan''. He has also acted in a few Tamil films, such as ''[[Dumm Dumm Dumm]]'' (2001), ''[[Kannathil Muthamittal]]'' (2002) and ''[[Enthiran]]'' (2010).


==Filmography ==
'''Delhi Kumar''' (born 9 May  1942) is an Indian  actor known for playing various roles in teleserials like ''[[Chithi (TV series)|Chithi]]'', ''[[Metti Oli]]'', ''[[Anandham (TV series)|Anandham]]'', ''[[Malargal]]'', ''Enge Brahmanan'' and ''[[Bommalattam (TV series)|Bommalattam]]''. He has also acted in a few Tamil films, such as ''[[Dumm Dumm Dumm]]'' (2001), ''[[Kannathil Muthamittal]]'' (2002) and ''[[Enthiran]]'' (2010).
 
==Partial filmography ==
===Actor===
;Films
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable"|Notes
! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable"|Notes
|-
|-
| 2000 || [[Kakkai Siraginile]] || Voice Artist || Dubbed for [[K Viswanath]]
|1974||''Onne Onnu Kannu Kannu'' || ||debut film
|-
| 1977 || ''Gaayathri'' || Gayathri's father ||
|-
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Dumm Dumm Dumm]]'' || Maruthu Pillai ||
| 2001 || ''[[Dumm Dumm Dumm]]'' || Maruthu Pillai ||
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| rowspan="2"|2002 || ''[[Kannathil Muthamittal]]'' || Ganesan ||
| rowspan="2"|2002 || ''[[Kannathil Muthamittal]]'' || Ganesan ||
|-
|-
| [[Samurai (2002 film)|Samurai]] || Medical college dean ||
| ''[[Samurai (2002 film)|Samurai]]'' || Medical college dean ||
|-
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Boys (2003 film)|Boys]]'' || Judge ||
| 2003 || ''[[Boys (2003 film)|Boys]]'' || Judge ||
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| 2007 || ''[[Veerappu]]'' || Puli's uncle ||
| 2007 || ''[[Veerappu]]'' || Puli's uncle ||
|-
|-
| 2008 || ''[[Thozha (2008 film)|Thozha]]'' || ||
| rowspan="2"|2008 || ''[[Thangam]]'' || ||
|-
|''[[Thozha (2008 film)|Thozha]]'' || ||
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Ainthaam Padai]]'' || ||
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|2010||[[Enthiran]]||Vaseegaran's father ||
|rowspan=2|2010||''[[Singam]]''|| Kavya's grandfather ||
|-
|-
| ''[[Singam]]'' || rowspan="3"|Kavya's grandfather ||
| ''[[Enthiran]]'' ||Vaseegaaran's father ||
|-
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Singam 2]]'' ||
| 2013 || ''[[Singam 2]]'' ||Kavya's grandfather ||
|-
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Si3 (film)|Singam 3]]'' ||
| 2017 || ''[[Si3 (film)|Singam 3]]'' ||Kavya's grandfather ||
|}
|}


==Television==
;Dubbing artist
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Actor !! Film
|-
| [[K. Viswanath]] || ''[[Kakkai Siraginile]]''
|}
===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! style="background:#ccc;"| Year
! Year
! style="background:#ccc;"| Title
! Title
! style="background:#ccc;"| Role
! Role
! style="background:#ccc;"| Channel
! Channel
|-
|rowspan=2|1997||''Premi''|| ||[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]], [[Star Vijay|Vijay TV]]
|-
|[[Nimmathi Ungal choice-2|''Nimmathi Ungal Choice-2'']]|| ||[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]
|-
|1999||[[Kasalavu Nesam|''Kasalavu Nesam'']]||Sundaram ||[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]], [[Raj TV]] 
|-
|-
|1997 || Premi || ||[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]], [[Vijay TV]]
|1999–2001||[[Chithi (TV series)|''Chithi'']]||Mahalingam||rowspan=5|[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]  
|-
|-
|1997||[[Nimmathi Ungal choice-2]]|| ||[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]
|2000–2001||''Anandha Bhavan''||Parameshwar Iyer
|-
|-
|1999|| [[Kasalavu Nesam]] ||Sundaram ||[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]], [[Raj TV]] 
|2000–2002|| [[Chinna Papa Periya Papa|''Chinna Papa Periya Papa'']] ||  
|-
|-
|1999–2001||[[Chithi (TV series)|Chithi]]||Mahalingam||rowspan=5|[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]
|2002–2005||[[Metti Oli|''Metti Oli'']]||Chidambaram
|-
|-
|2000-2001 || Anandha Bhavan || Parameshwar Iyer
|2002||[[Annamalai (2002 TV series)|''Annamalai'']]||Seshadri
|-
|-
|2000–2002|| [[Chinna Papa Periya Papa]] || Periya Papa's Father
|2002–2004 || ''Agni Saatchi''|| || [[Star Vijay]]
|-
|-
|2002–2005||[[Metti Oli]]||Chidambaram
|2003||''Gopura Vaasal''|| || 
|-
|-
|2002||[[Annamalai (2002 TV series)|Annamalai]]|| Seshadri
|2003–2009||[[Anandham (TV series)|''Anandham'']]||Radha Krishnan "RK"||rowspan=2|[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]
|-
|-
|2002–2004 || Agni Saatchi || || [[Star Vijay]]
|2005–2007||''[[Malargal]]''||Nataraja Gounder
|-
|-
|2003||Gopura Vaasal|| ||
|2005–2008||[[Aarthi (TV series)|''Aarthi'']]|| ||[[Raj TV]]
|-
|-
|2003–2009||[[Anandham (TV series)|Anandham]]||RK ||rowspan=2|[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]  
|2008–2009||[[Gokulathil Seethai (2008 TV series)|''Gokulathil Seethai'']]|| ||[[Kalaignar TV]]
|-
|-
|2005–2007||Malargal|| Nataraj Gounder
|2009–2010||''Enge Brahmanan''|| ||[[Jaya TV]]
|-
|-
|2008–2009||[[Gokulathil Seethai (2008 TV series)|Gokulathil Seethai]]||Sita's father||rowspan=2|[[Kalaignar TV]]
|2009 ||[[Vilakku Vacha Nerathula|''Vilakku Vacha Nerathula'']]|| Astrologer||[[Kalaignar TV]]
|-
|-
|2009 ||[[Vilakku Vacha Nerathula]]|| Astrologer
|2009 ||[[Kalyanam (2009 TV series)|''Kalyanam'']] || || [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]
|-
|-
|2009 ||[[Kalyanam (2009 TV series)|Kalyanam]] || || [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]  
|2010–2015||[[Mundhanai Mudichu (2010 TV series)|''Mudhanai Mudichu'']]||Kandaswamy||[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]  
|-
|-
|2010–2015||[[Mundhanai Mudichu (2010 TV series)|Mudhanai Mudichu]]||Kandaswamy||[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]  
|2010 || ''Poovilangu''|| || [[Star Vijay]]
|-
|-
|2010 || Poovilangu || || [[Star Vijay]]
|2010–2011 || [[En Peyar Meenakshi|''En Peyar Meenakshi'']] || Meenakshi's father || [[Vijay TV]]
|-
|-
|2010-2011 || [[En Peyar Meenakshi]] || Meenakshi's father || [[Vijay TV]]
|2012||[[My Name Is Mangamma|''My Name Is Mangamma'']]|| KMR||rowspan=2|[[Zee Tamil]]  
|-
|-
|2012||[[My Name Is Mangamma]]|| KMR||rowspan=2|[[Zee Tamil]]
|rowspan=2|2012–2014||[[Puguntha Veedu|''Puguntha Veedu'']]||Ramanathan
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|2012–2014||[[Puguntha Veedu]]||Ramanathan
|[[Paartha Gnabagam Illayo (TV series)|''Paartha Gnabagam Illayo'']]|| ||[[Kalaignar TV]]
|-
|-
|[[Paartha Gnabagam Illayo (TV series)|Paartha Gnabagam Illayo]]|| ||[[Kalaignar TV]]
|2012–2016||[[Bommalattam (TV series)|''Bommalattam'']]||Chidambaram Periyaswamy||[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]  
|-
|-
|2012–2016||[[Bommalattam (TV series)|Bommalattam]]||Chidambaram Periyaswamy||[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]  
|2013–2014||[[Ranga Vilas|''Ranga Vilas'']]|| ||[[Jaya TV]]
|-
|-
|2013–2014||[[Ranga Vilas]]|| ||[[Jaya TV]]
|2016–2018||[[Thalayanai Pookal|''Thalayanai Pookal'']]||Ramanathan||[[Zee Tamizh]]
|-
|-
|2016–2018||[[Thalayanai Pookal]]||Ramanathan||[[Zee Tamizh]]
|2017–2019 ||[[Mahalakshmi (TV series)|''Mahalakshmi'']]||Subramani||[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]  
|-
|-
|2017–2019 ||[[Mahalakshmi (TV series)|Mahalakshmi]]||Subramani||rowspan=3|[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]  
|2018–2020||rowspan="2"|[[Lakshmi Stores|''Lakshmi Stores'']]||Thillainathan||[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]
|-
|-
|2018–2020||[[Lakshmi Stores]]||Thillainathan
|2019||Swaminathan|| [[Gemini TV]]
|-
|-
|2019–present||[[Pandavar Illam]]||Periya Sundaram
|2019–2020||[[Pandavar Illam|''Pandavar Illam'']]||Periya Sundaram||[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]
|}
|}


== Awards ==
== Awards ==
*Sun Kudumbam 2012 Life Achievements Awards for [[Metti Oli]]
*Sun Kudumbam 2012 Life Achievements Awards for ''[[Metti Oli]]''
*Sun Kudumbam 2018 Best Maamanaar (Shared with [[Poovilangu Mohan]]) for [[Mahalakshmi (TV series)|Mahalakshmi]]
*Sun Kudumbam 2018 Best Maamanaar (Shared with [[Poovilangu Mohan]]) for ''[[Mahalakshmi (TV series)|Mahalakshmi]]''
*Sun Kudumbam 2019 Best Grandfather for [[Pandavar Illam]]
*Sun Kudumbam 2019 Best Grandfather for ''[[Pandavar Illam]]''


== References ==
== References ==
* {{cite news|title=TV's famous father|author=Malathi Rangarajan|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/07/31/stories/2004073100010200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040911150615/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/07/31/stories/2004073100010200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 September 2004|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=31 July 2004}}
* {{cite news|title=TV's famous father|author=Malathi Rangarajan|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/07/31/stories/2004073100010200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040911150615/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/07/31/stories/2004073100010200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 September 2004|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=31 July 2004}}
* {{cite news|title=`Entertainment mustn't erode values'|author=Chitra Swaminathan|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/04/08/stories/2006040800090300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016135800/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/04/08/stories/2006040800090300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 October 2008|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=4 August 2006}}
* {{cite news|title='Entertainment mustn't erode values'|author=Chitra Swaminathan|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/04/08/stories/2006040800090300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016135800/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/04/08/stories/2006040800090300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 October 2008|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=4 August 2006}}


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[[Category:Tamil television presenters]]
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Latest revision as of 04:11, 17 January 2026


Delhi Kumar
Born
A. Panchapakesan

(1942-05-09) 9 May 1942 (age 84)
OccupationActor
Years active1974–2020
ChildrenArvind Swamy (son)[1]

Delhi Kumar (born 9 May 1942) is an Indian actor known for playing various roles in teleserials like Chithi, Metti Oli, Anandham, Malargal, Enge Brahmanan and Bommalattam. He has also acted in a few Tamil films, such as Dumm Dumm Dumm (2001), Kannathil Muthamittal (2002) and Enthiran (2010).

Partial filmography[edit | edit source]

Actor[edit | edit source]

Films
Year Title Role Notes
1974 Onne Onnu Kannu Kannu debut film
1977 Gaayathri Gayathri's father
2001 Dumm Dumm Dumm Maruthu Pillai
2002 Kannathil Muthamittal Ganesan
Samurai Medical college dean
2003 Boys Judge
2006 Aavani Thingal Periyavar
Stalin Chief Minister Telugu film
2007 Veerappu Puli's uncle
2008 Thangam
Thozha
2009 Ainthaam Padai
2010 Singam Kavya's grandfather
Enthiran Vaseegaaran's father
2013 Singam 2 Kavya's grandfather
2017 Singam 3 Kavya's grandfather
Dubbing artist
Actor Film
K. Viswanath Kakkai Siraginile

Television[edit | edit source]

Year Title Role Channel
1997 Premi Sun TV, Vijay TV
Nimmathi Ungal Choice-2 Sun TV
1999 Kasalavu Nesam Sundaram Sun TV, Raj TV
1999–2001 Chithi Mahalingam Sun TV
2000–2001 Anandha Bhavan Parameshwar Iyer
2000–2002 Chinna Papa Periya Papa
2002–2005 Metti Oli Chidambaram
2002 Annamalai Seshadri
2002–2004 Agni Saatchi Star Vijay
2003 Gopura Vaasal
2003–2009 Anandham Radha Krishnan "RK" Sun TV
2005–2007 Malargal Nataraja Gounder
2005–2008 Aarthi Raj TV
2008–2009 Gokulathil Seethai Kalaignar TV
2009–2010 Enge Brahmanan Jaya TV
2009 Vilakku Vacha Nerathula Astrologer Kalaignar TV
2009 Kalyanam Sun TV
2010–2015 Mudhanai Mudichu Kandaswamy Sun TV
2010 Poovilangu Star Vijay
2010–2011 En Peyar Meenakshi Meenakshi's father Vijay TV
2012 My Name Is Mangamma KMR Zee Tamil
2012–2014 Puguntha Veedu Ramanathan
Paartha Gnabagam Illayo Kalaignar TV
2012–2016 Bommalattam Chidambaram Periyaswamy Sun TV
2013–2014 Ranga Vilas Jaya TV
2016–2018 Thalayanai Pookal Ramanathan Zee Tamizh
2017–2019 Mahalakshmi Subramani Sun TV
2018–2020 Lakshmi Stores Thillainathan Sun TV
2019 Swaminathan Gemini TV
2019–2020 Pandavar Illam Periya Sundaram Sun TV

Awards[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  • Malathi Rangarajan (31 July 2004). "TV's famous father". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 11 September 2004.
  • Chitra Swaminathan (4 August 2006). "'Entertainment mustn't erode values'". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 16 October 2008.
  1. ↑ Throwback to actor Delhi Kumar speaking about Aravind Swamy #SunTV #SunTVThrowback #DelhiKumar. Sun TV – via YouTube.
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