R Amarendran

R Amarendran (known also as Amarendran Ramanan or Amar) is a theatre director and actor who has directed and acted in several plays in English and French staged in Chennai and Pondicherry and other locations. He has also acted in major roles in the Tamil films Bale Pandya and the critically acclaimed Vidiyum Munn^[1][2][3] and played a small role as Pi´s school teacher in the multi-Oscar winner Hollywood film Life of Pi.^[4] Amarendran is based in Chennai, India and founded the theatre group Theatre Arlequin. Amarendran has also authored the children´s book Siri´s Smile in English which has been translated into several Indian languages.Recently he authored another childen's book called Salim the Knife-Sharpener. His latest work was in Jil Jung Juk .

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2010	Bale Pandiya	AKP
2010	Va	Gnani
2012	Life of Pi	History teacher	English film which won one Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score and four Academy Awards for Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects and Best Original Score
2013	Vidiyum Munn	Saloon Singaram
	Papparapaam	A senior actor	Not released
	Andhra Mess	Pannaiyaar	Not released
2015	Yatchan	Jack the travel fixer
2016	Jil Jung Juk	Deivanayagam
	Kabali		Post-production
	Maayavan		Filming

References

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1. "Vidiyum Munn (2013)". IMDb. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
2. Baradwaj Rangan (2013-11-30). "Vidiyum Munn: In the mood for thrills". The Hindu. Retrieved 2014-05-08.
3. "Vidiyum Munn is brilliant - Rediff.com Movies". Rediff.com. 2013-11-30. Retrieved 2014-05-08.
4. "Amarendran Ramanan". IMDb. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
5. "Siris Smile". Retrieved 11 October 2014.
6. "Salim the Knife-Sharpener". Retrieved 23 March 2016.
7. "The games people play". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
8. "Karunanidhi's Tamil play to be staged in French". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 October 2014.