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'''Erode Mahesh''' is an Indian Tamil television anchor, actor, writer, video jockey and an educator. He is well known for his works in the television field and is currently serving as one of the judges in the comedy premiere show, ''Kalakka Povathu Yaaru?'' which is broadcast on [[Star Vijay]] alongside Thadi Balaji, Priyanka Deshpande, [[Mimicry Sethu]] and [[Aarthi (actress)|Aarthi]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/tv/news/tamil/politicians-seeman-and-nanjil-sampath-visit-kpy-7-sets/articleshow/63126229.cms|title=Politicians Seeman and Nanjil Sampath visit KPY 7 sets - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-04-01}}</ref> Mahesh has also acted in supportive roles through few Tamil films after making his film acting debut in the 2013 film, ''[[Summa Nachunu Irukku]]''. He also appeared as a lead actor in the 2017 film, ''[[Inayathalam]]'' alongside [[Ganesh Venkatraman]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2017/may/20/inayathalam-movie-review-a-bad-movie-with-a-good-heart-1607024.html|title=Inayathalam movie review: A bad movie with a good heart|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=2018-04-01}}</ref> Erode Mahesh is also known for his Tamil phrase, ''Adra Adra'' when encouraging the performers in television shows.

== Career ==

=== Teaching career ===

Mahesh previously worked as a Tamil school teacher before entering into television and film industry. He has also mentioned that being friendly with his students paved a successful way to his career as a professor and also hinted out that he would not regret his teaching career instead of being a media professional.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/tv/news/tamil/i-am-devoted-to-stand-up-comedy-erode-mahesh/articleshow/62948563.cms|title=I am devoted to stand-up comedy: Erode Mahesh - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-04-01}}</ref> During his teaching career, he gave an emotional speech in Visu'win Arattai Arangam.

=== Television career ===

He made his television debut when he joined as a contestant for the show, ''[[Asatha Povathu Yaaru?]]'' which was aired in [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]] and performed as a standup comedian. He later joined Vijay TV after gaining fame through Asathapovathu Yaaru? and went onto become an anchor through the television show, ''[[Jodi Number One]]'' during its [[Jodi Number One#Season 8|8th season]] along with Ramya. He also served as an anchor in the breakthrough Vijay TV premiere show ''60 Nodi! Are You Ready?'' and was nominated for the [[Vijay Television Awards|Vijay Television Awards for Favourite Anchor Male]] for the particular show at the [[Vijay Television Awards|2014 Vijay Television Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://awardsandwinners.com/category/Vijay-Awards/|title=Vijay Awards - Winners {{!}} Nominations|website=awardsandwinners.com|language=en|access-date=2018-04-01}}</ref> Mahesh along with Ramya were nominated for the [Vijay Television Awards|[Vijay Television Awards for Favourite Anchor Pair Non Fiction]] at the [[Vijay Television Awards|2015 Vijay Television Awards]].

Apart from anchoring he also served as one of the primary judges in the Vijay TV show, ''Kalakka Povathu Yaaru?'' in the [[Kalakka Povathu Yaaru? (season 5)|5th]], 6th and 7th editions of the premiere show.

== Filmography ==

=== Films ===

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== References ==

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== External links ==

*{{IMDb name|nm6722039|Erode Mahesh}}

*[https://www.moviebuff.com/erode-mahesh Erode Mahesh] on Moviebuff

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