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Yugi Sethu

Indian actor

Field	Value
name	Yugi Sethu
image	Actor Yugi Sethu (cropped).jpg
birth_name	Sethuraman
birth_date
birth_place	Madras, Madras State
(now Chennai, Tamil Nadu), India
occupation	Film actor, screenwriter, director, producer, talk show host
othername	Yuhi Sethu, Yuki Sethu
years active	1984–present
spouse	Amritha Kalyani
children	2

(now Chennai, Tamil Nadu), India

Yugi Sethu is an Indian actor, filmmaker, writer, and television presenter who has worked in the Tamil film industry. He has been conferred doctorate (PhD) in cinema by the Madras University in July 2015, for his thesis 'Development of a new box office predictability model'. He has appeared in a few films in main and supporting roles and has contributed to films as a screenwriter. He has hosted close to 1,000 TV talk shows, [Nayyandi Darbar, Sethuvudan Darbar, Yugiyudan Yugiyungal, etc...] and has been a jury since inception for popular Star Vijay TV Movie Awards.

Early life

He is a native of Oothukadu, Tamil Nadu, India. He completed a bachelor of commerce degree and finished post-graduate studies in political science. He earned his moniker Yugi from college after being inspired by the character from the Sanskrit play Vasavadatta.

He was awarded a gold medal during his time at the Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu for his student project film, The Rhetoric of the Continuity, which had the distinction of being the only Indian film selected among 45 other international entries at the 1984 International Film Festival of India in New Delhi and Music, courtesy of Satyajit Ray.

Career

He directed two films, Kavithai Paada Neramillai and Maathangal Ezhu. He distributed Shekar Kapur's Bandit Queen in Tamil Nadu. He attempted to import the film Erotic Tales to India, but was stopped by the censor board.

He played one of the leads in the comedy film Panchatanthiram (2002) and played an important role of a constable in Ramanaa (2002). Despite the success of Panchatanthiram, Yugi Sethu cited a lack of interest in comedy films. He wrote the story for K. S. Ravikumar's Tamil film Villain, starring Ajith Kumar.

Filmography

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.	Actor	Writer	Director
1987	Kavithai Paada Neramillai		Guna		title=Yugi Sethu returns to direction after 27 years; Ganesh Venkataraman to star in the project	url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2019/sep/08/yugi-sethu-returns-to-direction-after-27-years-ganesh-venkataraman-to-star-in-the-project-14149.html	access-date=2024-01-15	website=Cinema Express	date=8 September 2019	language=en}}
1993	Maathangal Ezhu		Raja
1997	Kalaiyur, le village des chefs			French documentary;
line producer
2002	Pammal K. Sambandam		Yugi Sethu
Panchathantiram		Vedham
Ramanaa		Saravanan
Villain
2003	Anbe Sivam		Utthaman
2006	Scream of the Ants		Taxi driver	Persian film
(Credited as Yuhi Sethu)
2010	Aasal		Don Samsa
2013	Haridas		Ravi
2015	Trisha Illana Nayanthara		Vikram
Thoongaa Vanam		Mani
Cheekati Rajyam		Telugu film
Oru Naal Iravil		Sethu Barathi
2021	Kasada Thapara		Krishna
2022	Sardar		Agent Karapanpoochi
2025	Padai Thalaivan		Saravanan

Television

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Notes
1989	Jana	Jana		Television film
19992002	Nayyandi Darbar	Host	Vijay TV

Short films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1984	The Rhetoric of the Continuity		As director
1989	Water Flourosis
1989	Indra Avaz Yojana
1994	Pidgin	Ram	Italian film
(Credited as Yuhi Sethu)

Awards

Special Honorary Award - Vijay Television Awards (2013)

References

"Yugi Sethu has the success formula for cinema - Ananda Vikatan | "என்கிட்ட இருக்கு ஹிட் ஃபார்முலா !" | ஆனந்த விகடன் - 2015-09-16".
(4 June 2011). "'Rasigan Express' bus flagged off". [[The Hindu]].
"Error 404 - Chennai Patrika - Tamil Cinema News | Kollywood News | Latest Tamil Movie News | Tamil Film News | Breaking News | India News | Sports News".
(2023-05-04). "Happy Birthday Trisha: When Mani Ratnam's Kundhavai said 'cinema is not my cup of tea'. Watch".
"Atho Paaru Naiyandi Durbar". Chennai Online.
Pillai, Sreedhar. (10 July 2002). "Sheer will to succeed". [[The Hindu]].
(8 September 2019). "Yugi Sethu returns to direction after 27 years; Ganesh Venkataraman to star in the project".
(5 October 2018). "Expo, conférences, dégustation... à la Fête des épices".
"Cuisine et gastronomie dans les fonds de l'Ina Theque".
V, Harshini S.. (2023-06-30). "Panchathanthiram Was Like A Paid Picnic: Yugi Sethu Revisits The Tamil Classic Comedy".
"Scream of the Ants".
(2023-05-04). "When Trisha said she was not interested in acting, preferred modelling. Watch old video".
(2015-11-20). "Oru Naal Iravil: A mature story that treats the audience like infants". The Hindu.
(8 November 2022). "The accidental editor: In conversation with Ruben".
(2014-05-26). "Vijay Television awards launched". The Times of India.

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