Thirumurugan (director)

Thirumurugan is an Indian Tamil film and television director.^[1] He holds a Guinness World Record for the longest continuous TV camera shot live.^[2]^[3]

Career[edit]

Thirumurugan, a Kollywood director, began his career on television in Doordarshan with the teleserial Gokulam Colony. He then directed and acted in Metti Oli. His entry into the Kollywood film industry was with Em Magan (2006), which was also much talked about. After the success of Em Magan, he partnered with actor Bharath, in a film titled Muniyandi Vilangial Moonramandu.

He also directed the drama, Nadhaswaram where he also played the role of the lead actor. During a live episode, he directed a continuous camera shot lasting 23 minutes and 25 seconds, which is listed as a Guinness World Record.^[4]^[5]

Filmography[edit]

Films[edit]

Year	Film	Language	Notes
2006	Emtan Magan	Tamil
2008	Muniyandi Vilangial Moonramandu	Tamil

Serials[edit]

Year	Film	Role	Episodes	Language	Channel	Notes
1998-1999	Akshaya	Bala	50	Tamil	Sun TV	Actor and Director
1998	Gokulam Colony		13	Tamil	DD Podhigai	Director only
1999	Nallur Kaaval Nilayam			Tamil	DD Podhigai	Director only
1999-2000	Panchavarnakkili			Tamil	Sun TV	Director only
2001-2002	Aanandha Bhavan		60	Tamil	Sun TV	Director only
2001	Appu Kuppu		33	Tamil	DD Podhigai	Actor and Director
2001	Thuru Pidikkum Manasu		10	Tamil	Raj TV	Part of K. Balachanderin Chinnathirai: Micro Thodargal Macro Sinthanaigal Director only
2001-2002	Sathya			Tamil	Sun TV	Director only
2001-2002	Kaveri		65	Tamil	Sun TV	Director only
2002-2005	Metti Oli	Gopikrishnan	811	Tamil	Sun TV	Actor, Writer and Director
2010-2015	Nadhaswaram	Gopikrishnan	1356	Tamil	Sun TV	Actor, Writer, Producer and Director
2012-2012	Andha Pathu Naatkal		10	Tamil	Sun TV	Producer only
2012-2013	Karthigai Pengal		266	Tamil	Sun TV	Producer only
2013-2014	Then Nilavu	Kalyanam	90	Tamil	Sun TV	Actor, Writer, Producer and Director
2014	Meendum Varuven		19	Tamil	Sun TV	Part of 10 Mani Kathaigal Producer only
2014	Ethir Veetu Paiyan		18	Tamil	Sun TV	Part of 10 Mani Kathaigal Producer only
2015–2018	Kula Deivam		897	Tamil	Sun TV	Writer, Producer and Director
2018–2020	Kalyana Veedu	Gopikrishnan	682	Tamil	Sun TV	Actor, Writer, Producer and Director

Short Films[edit]

Year	Film	Language	Notes
2019	Thuppukettavan	Tamil	Actor, Writer, Producer and Director
2021	Amma	Tamil	Director
2021	Sabalam	Tamil
2021	Nanbenda	Tamil
2021	Pei Veedu	Tamil
2021	Gethi Chutney	Tamil
2021	Pochhu Mannan	Tamil

Awards & Honours[edit]

Year	Awards	Category	Film/Series	Role	Result	Notes
2006	Tamil Nadu State Film Awards^[6]	Best Director	Em Magan		Won
2008	Kalaimamani Awards				Won
2010	Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal	Best Director (Special Prize)	Metti Oli	Gopikrishnan	Won
2012	Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal
		Best Actor	Nadhaswaram	Gopikrishnan	Won
		Best Director	Nadhaswaram	Gopikrishnan	Nominated
		Best Screenwriter	Nadhaswaram	Gopikrishnan	Nominated
		Best Jodi	Nadhaswaram	Gopikrishnan Malarkodi	Nominated	Nominated with Srithika
2014	Guinness World Records	Longest Continuous TV Camera Shot Live	Nadhaswaram	Gopikrishnan	Won
	Mylapore Academy Awards	Best Tele Serial for Entertainment Value	Nadhaswaram	Gopikrishnan	Won
	Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal	Best Actor	Nadhaswaram	Gopikrishnan	Nominated
2018	Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal	Best Screenwriter	Kalyana Veedu	Gopikrishnan	Won
		Best Brother	Kalyana Veedu	Gopikrishnan	Won
		Multi-Talented	Kalyana Veedu	Gopikrishnan	Won
2019	Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal	Best Screenwriter	Kalyana Veedu	Gopikrishnan	Won
2019	Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal	Best Brother	Kalyana Veedu	Gopikrishnan	Won

References[edit]

↑ Kollywood's Top 25 Directors - Directors - Vetrimaran Balaji Sakthivel Lingusamy Vasanth Karu Pazhaniappan Simbudevan. Behindwoods.com. Retrieved on 2012-05-22.
↑ "Sun TV Creates Guinness World Record". Indian Television Dot Com. 10 March 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
↑ "Longest television shot (live)". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
↑ "Sun TV Creates Guinness World Record". Indian Television Dot Com. 10 March 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
↑ "Longest television shot (live)". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
↑ "Tamil Nadu state government's film awards for the year 2005 and 2006". Behindwoods. 16 October 2007. Retrieved 3 January 2021.

External links[edit]

Thirumurugan on IMDb

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[1] Kollywood's Top 25 Directors - Directors - Vetrimaran Balaji Sakthivel Lingusamy Vasanth Karu Pazhaniappan Simbudevan. Behindwoods.com. Retrieved on 2012-05-22.

[2] "Sun TV Creates Guinness World Record". Indian Television Dot Com. 10 March 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2018.

[3] "Longest television shot (live)". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 4 March 2018.

[4] "Sun TV Creates Guinness World Record". Indian Television Dot Com. 10 March 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2018.

[5] "Longest television shot (live)". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 4 March 2018.

[6] "Tamil Nadu state government's film awards for the year 2005 and 2006". Behindwoods. 16 October 2007. Retrieved 3 January 2021.

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v t e Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Director
1967–1980	C. N. Shanmugam (1967) Krishnan–Panju (1968) P. Neelakantan (1969) P. Madhavan (1970) Not awarded (1971) Not awarded (1972) Not awarded (1973) Not awarded (1974) Not awarded (1975) Not awarded (1976) Bharathiraja (1977) Durai (1978) S. P. Muthuraman (1979) K. Balachander (1980)
1981–2000	Bharathiraja (1981) Muktha Srinivasan (1982) Not awarded (1983) Not awarded (1984) Not awarded (1985) Not awarded (1986) Not awarded (1987) P. R. Devaraj (1988) K. Balachander (1989) Vikraman (1990) P. Vasu (1991) Mani Ratnam (1992) Shankar (1993) K. S. Ravikumar (1994) Vasanth (1995) Agathiyan (1996) Vikraman & Cheran (1997) R. Parthiepan (1998) Bala (1999) Vikraman (2000)
2001–present	Susi Ganesan (2001) Mani Ratnam (2002) Karu Pazhaniappan (2003) Cheran (2004) Shankar (2005) Thirumurugan (2006) Thangar Bachan (2007) Radha Mohan (2008) Vasanthabalan (2009) Prabhu Solomon (2010) A. L. Vijay (2011) Balaji Sakthivel (2012) Ram (2013) N. Ragavan (2014)