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R. Amarendran's love for acting started in the 1980s when he was a college student. He took part in the Loyola college production of Girish Karnad's ''Tughlaq'' which soon led him to get minor roles in Mithran Devanesan's [[Gilbert and Sullivan]] musicals in Chennai, India. He later acted in English plays for several theatre groups in Chennai. In 1989 he was one of four Indians to be selected by the French government to go the L'ecole Nationale d'art Dramatique at the [[Theatre National De Strasbourg|Theatre National de Strasbourg]] in France to train in acting and to act in a French play that was staged in Delhi, Calcutta and Strasbourg. On his return from France he decided to direct plays himself and in 1992 he founded the Theatre Arlequin. He staged more than 25 plays in English and French the most notable of which were ''[[Tartuffe]]'' by Moliere, ''[[The Lesson]]'' by Eugene Ionesco, ''[[The Maids]]'' by Jean Genet and Tony Kushner's adaptation of Pierre Corneille's ''[[L'Illusion Comique]]''. | R. Amarendran's love for acting started in the 1980s when he was a college student. He took part in the Loyola college production of Girish Karnad's ''Tughlaq'' which soon led him to get minor roles in Mithran Devanesan's [[Gilbert and Sullivan]] musicals in Chennai, India. He later acted in English plays for several theatre groups in Chennai. In 1989 he was one of four Indians to be selected by the French government to go the L'ecole Nationale d'art Dramatique at the [[Theatre National De Strasbourg|Theatre National de Strasbourg]] in France to train in acting and to act in a French play that was staged in Delhi, Calcutta and Strasbourg. On his return from France he decided to direct plays himself and in 1992 he founded the Theatre Arlequin. He staged more than 25 plays in English and French the most notable of which were ''[[Tartuffe]]'' by Moliere, ''[[The Lesson]]'' by Eugene Ionesco, ''[[The Maids]]'' by Jean Genet and Tony Kushner's adaptation of Pierre Corneille's ''[[L'Illusion Comique]]''. | ||
His film career started in 2008 when he landed the main villain’s role in the movie [[Bale Pandiya (2010 film)|''Bale Pandya'']] directed by Siddharth Chandrasekhar. He has acted in a major role in the critically acclaimed ''[[Vidiyum Munn]]''<ref>{{cite web|author=Baradwaj Rangan |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/vidiyum-munn-in-the-mood-for-thrills/article5408389.ece |title=Vidiyum Munn: In the mood for thrills |publisher=The Hindu |date=2013-11-30 |accessdate=2014-05-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/vidiyum-munn-is-brilliant/20131130.htm |title=Vidiyum Munn is brilliant - Rediff.com Movies |publisher=Rediff.com |date=2013-11-30 |accessdate=2014-05-08}}</ref> which was inspired by the British film ''[[London to Brighton]]''. He also played the role of the history teacher in the multi-Oscar winner Hollywood film ''[[Life of Pi (film)|Life of Pi]]''. His most memorable roles are in ''[[Jil Jung Juk]]'', ''Vidiyum Munn'' | His film career started in 2008 when he landed the main villain’s role in the movie [[Bale Pandiya (2010 film)|''Bale Pandya'']] directed by Siddharth Chandrasekhar. He has acted in a major role in the critically acclaimed ''[[Vidiyum Munn]]''<ref>{{cite web|author=Baradwaj Rangan |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/vidiyum-munn-in-the-mood-for-thrills/article5408389.ece |title=Vidiyum Munn: In the mood for thrills |publisher=The Hindu |date=2013-11-30 |accessdate=2014-05-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/vidiyum-munn-is-brilliant/20131130.htm |title=Vidiyum Munn is brilliant - Rediff.com Movies |publisher=Rediff.com |date=2013-11-30 |accessdate=2014-05-08}}</ref> which was inspired by the British film ''[[London to Brighton]]''. He also played the role of the history teacher in the multi-Oscar winner Hollywood film ''[[Life of Pi (film)|Life of Pi]]''. His most memorable roles are in ''[[Jil Jung Juk]]'', ''Vidiyum Munn,'' [[Kabali (film)|''Kabali'']] and ''[[Vikram Vedha]]''. | ||
Amarendran is also a story writer and his first children´s book ''Siri´s Smile | Amarendran is also a story writer and his first children´s book in English ''Siri´s Smile,'' written in 2011, has been translated into several Indian languages. This book is recommended by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) for schools as part of the [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/early-literacy-programme Early Literacy Program]. In 2015,{{When|date=September 2020}} he authored another children's book called ''[https://www.tulikabooks.com/hindi/salim-the-knife-sharpener-dhaarwala-salim-hindi.html Salim the Knife-Sharpener]''. | ||
== Plays == | == Plays == | ||