Thirumurugan (director)

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

Career

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.^{[citation needed]}

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

Films

Year	Film	Notes
2006	Emtan Magan	Director
2008	Muniyandi Vilangial Moonramandu	Director

Short Films

Year	Film	Notes
2019	Thuppukettavan	Actor, Writer, Producer and Director
2021	Amma	Director
2021	Sabalam
2021	Nanbenda
2021	Pei Veedu

Television

Serials

As actor

Year	Serial	Role	Channel
1998–1999	Akshaya	Bala	Sun TV
2002–2005	Metti Oli	Gopikrishnan
2010–2015	Nadhaswaram	Gopikrishnan
2013	Then Nilavu	Kalyanam
2018–2020	Kalyana Veedu	Gopikrishnan

As Director

Year	Serial	Channel
1998–1999	Akshaya	Sun TV
1998	Gokulam Colony	DD Podhigai
1999	Nallur Kaaval Nilayam	DD Podhigai
1999–2000	Panchavarnakkili	Sun TV
2001–2002	Aanandha Bhavan	Sun TV
2001	Appu Kuppu	DD Podhigai
2001	Thuru Pidikkum Manasu	Raj TV
2001–2002	Sathya	Sun TV
2001–2002	Kaveri
2002–2005	Metti Oli
2010–2015	Nadhaswaram
2013–2014	Then Nilavu
2015–2018	Kula Deivam
2018–2020	Kalyana Veedu
2023	Unnamed	Kalaignar TV

Other Works

Year	Serial	Role	Channel
2002–2005	Metti Oli	Writer	Sun TV
2010–2015	Nadhaswaram	Producer Writer
2012	Andha Pathu Naatkal	Producer
2012–2013	Karthigai Pengal	Producer
2013–2014	Then Nilavu	Producer Writer
2014	Meendum Varuven	Producer
2014	Ethir Veetu Paiyan	Producer
2015–2018	Kula Deivam	Producer Writer
2018–2020	Kalyana Veedu	Producer Writer

Awards and honours

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

^ 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

Thirumurugan at 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) Sudha Kongara (2015)