Sethu (actor)

Sethu
Sethu
Born	Sethu G. Pillai; 13 March; Mavelikara, Kerala, India
Nationality	India
Other names	Mynaa Sethu
Occupation(s)	Actor, Producer, Businessman
Years active	2010–present

Sethu G Pillai also known simply as Sethu is an Indian film actor who appears in South Indian language films. Sethu (born 13 March) is an Indian film actor, producer and businessman. He was born in Mavelikkara, Alappuzha district, Kerala. Sethu resides with his family in Kottayam, Kerala, India. He is also called as Mynaa Sethu, after the film Mynaa, in which he had debuted as an actor. After the success of Mynaa, Sethu acted in many more movies like 100 Degree Celsius and Manadhil Maayam Seidhai. Currently, he has turned producer and has produced movies like Kokki and Karuppusamy Kuththagaithaarar.

Apart from being an actor and producer, Sethu is also the owner of Kayal International, a diversified business group with manufacturing and trading activities in garments, food processing, etc.

Career

Sethu started his cinema career in the Tamil film industry with the movie Mynaa. The film was released in November, 2010 and was produced by John Max and directed by Prabhu Solomon. The film launched the careers of many artists and technicians. Sethu played the role of DSP Bhaskar, a police officer. His was one of the key roles in the movie and his acting was widely appreciated. This led to him being popularly known as Mynaa Sethu.^[1]

After the release of Mynaa, Sethu took a break from cinema to concentrate on his other business activities.^[1] Sethu continued to receive offers for playing the role of cop in many movies. He returned to acting in 2013 with the movie Thank You in which he again played a cop, Dev Menon.

In 2014, Sethu acted in a Tamil / Telugu bilingual. The film was called Manadhil Maayam Seidhai in Tamil and Manasunu Maaya Seyake in Telugu.^[2]^[3] In the same year, the Malayalam movie 100 Degree Celsius in which he had acted was also released. The film was directed by Rakesh Gopan. In 2015, Sethu acted in the Tamil action movie Kadavul Paathi Mirugam Paathi.

Sethu takes his acting career very seriously and brings in total commitment and dedication to the roles he plays. An example of his dedication was when he had to smoke a cigarette for a role he was given and he did it though he was a non-smoker to make it more realistic in its portrayal. He enjoys doing Tamil films the most as he feels it gives him the maximum opportunities to showcase his acting talent.

Sethu has presently ventured into film production and has the produced the movies Kokki and Karuppusamy Kuththagaithaarar.^[1]

Filmography

As Actor

Year	Movie	Role	Language	Notes
2010	Mynaa	Bhaskar	Tamil
2013	Thank You	Dev Menon	Malayalam
2014	100 Degree Celsius	Aravind	Malayalam
2014	Manasunu Maaya Seyake	Jai	Telugu
2015	Kadavul Paathi Mirugam Paathi		Tamil
2018	Thittamittapadi	Kathir/Sethu	Tamil	Post-production
2019	Onpatham Nila	Gopan	Malayalam	Pre-production

As Producer

Year	Movie	Language	Notes
2006	Kokki	Tamil
2007	Karuppusamy Kuththagaithaarar	Tamil

Business career

Sethu is the owner of manufacturing and retail units in the garment industry. He has expanded and diversified his business activities by venturing into the food processing industry. He has recently inaugurated his new business named Kayal International and well on his way to make it one among the leaders in the food processing industry.

Personal life

Sethu was born in Mavelikkara in Alappuzha district of Kerala. He resides with his family in Kottayam, India. He has 2 kids Suryakiran and Aryakiran. Suryakiran is 13 years old while Aryakirans age is kept confidential. His children attends Pallikoodam School in Kottayam, founded by the renowned women's right activist Mary Roy.

References

External links

[se-1] "M'wood is still not receptive to experiments: Sethu - Times of India".

[2] "A 'heroic' return for Mynaa Sethu".

[3] "It's romance and action for Sethu - Times of India".

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