Yugi Sethu

Yugi Sethu
Born	Chennai city
Other names	Yuki Sethu
Occupation(s)	Film actor, screenwriter, director, writer, producer, talk show host, academician, critic, art historian
Years active	1986–present
Spouse	Amritha Kalyani
Children	Vaasav, Anaasanaa

Yugi Sethu is an Indian actor, filmmaker, writer, entrepreneur, television presenter, academician, critic and art historian who has worked in the Tamil film industry. An extremely versatile personality, he has been conferred doctorate (PhD) in cinema by the Madras University in July 2015, for his Thesis entitled: ‘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 1000 T.V. talk shows [Nayyandi Darbar, Sethuvudan Darbar, Yugiyudan Yugiyungal,etc...] and has been a jury since inception for popular "Star Vijay TV Movie Awards". He has played memorable stellar roles in Tamil blockbuster hit movies- AR Muragadoss' Ramana [with Vijaykanth], KS Ravikumar's Panchathanthiram [with Kamal Hasan].

He is an academician, a critic, art historian, and is engaged in restoration and preservation of Tamil and other south Indian Vintage movies. He is now involved in ground work for spawning Independent movies in India.

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 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 by Satyajit Ray.

Movie and Television works

He wrote the Story for the Tamil box office hit K.S.Ravikumar's "Villain", starring Ajithkumar.He has acted in the lead in an Italian-English Telefilm, '''Pidgin''' (1995), which won an award at the Nanni Moretti's Sacher Film Festival in Rome [Regia: Andrea Gropplero, Interpreti: Yuhi Sethu & Anna Scaglione; Fotografia: Gianenrico Bianchi, Montaggio: Daniela Bassani]. He has acted in a cameo in the Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf's, Scream of the Ants (2006) in Persian/English. He was the line producer for the French production of the docu-film '''Kalaiyur''' Directed by Sophie Martre.He has visited the Cannes Film festival several times since 1994 and has imported European films to India [Erotic Tales;Katya Ismailova]. He distributed Shekar Kapur's "Bandit Queen" in Tamil Nadu state.He also trades in Film rights for Satellite TV, Home video, Internet and mobile.

Filmography

As actor

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1987	Kavithai Paada Neramillai	Guna
1989	Jana	Jana	Television film
1993	Maathangal 7	Raja
1995	Pidgin		Italian film
2002	Pammal K. Sambandam	Yugi Sethu
	Panchathantiram	Vedham
	Ramanaa	Saravanan
2003	Anbe Sivam	Utthaman
2006	Scream of the Ants		Persian film
2010	Asal	Don Samsa	Also writer
2013	Haridas	Ravi
2015	Trisha Illana Nayanthara	Yugi Sethu	Guest appearance
	Thoongaa Vanam	Mani
	Oru Naal Iravil	Sethu Barathi

As screenwriter

Year	Film	Notes
2002	Villain	V4 Award for Best Writer
2010	Asal

As director/producer

Year	Film	Notes
1984	The Rhetoric of the Continuity	Short film
1987	Kavithai Paada Neramillai	Film Fans Association Special Commendation Award
1989	Water Flourosis	Short film
1989	Indra Avaz Yojana	Short film
1992	Maadhangal Ezhu