Saturday, 2 December 2017

NEPOLEON ,TAMIL ACTOR BORN 1963 DECEMBER 2


NEPOLEON ,TAMIL ACTOR 
BORN 1963 DECEMBER 2





Kumaresan Duraisamy (born 2 December 1963), better known by his stage name Napoleon, is a Tamil film actor, politician[1] and the founder and chairman of the Jeevan Technologies. He was the Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment in Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Cabinet. Earlier in life, he acted in nearly 100 movies in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam language and Kannada films.
Early life[edit source]
Kumaresan Duraisamy, better known as Napoleon, was born on 2 December 1963—the fifth of six children. His family was occupied in agriculture. He graduated from St. Joseph's College, Trichy. His Father is Duraisamy Reddiar and Mother Saraswathi Ammal
Career[edit source]
Politics[edit source]
After college, he moved to Trichy and became enthused by the ideologies of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party. He joined the party in which his uncle K. N. Nehru was already a member and at that time the Public Welfare Minister of the state government.

Napoleon contested the State Assembly elections of 2001, winning the Villivakkam constituency contest and thereby becoming a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He lost his membership in the 2006 elections, when he contested from the Mylapore constituency and was defeated by actor S. Ve. Shekhar. Subsequently, Napoleon nurtured the Perambalur constituency in the hope of becoming a member of parliament for the DMK, and succeeded in the 2009 Lok Sabha election. He was then appointed Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment in Union government. Seen as a loyalist of Azhagiri, he was sidelined by DMK after the expulsion of the latter from the party in 2014. He joined the BJP in the presence of party President Amit Shah on 21 December 2014. He was made the party's state Vice-President on 26 November 2015.[2]
Films[edit source]

When aged 27, he watched the film Udhayam, the dubbed version of the Telugu film Siva, and was inspired to take up acting. He entered the Tamil film industry in 1991 with P. Bharathiraja's rural film Pudhu Nellu Pudhu Naathu, playing the antagonist role. Other roles followed, including in Ejamaan Seevalaperi Pandi, Devasuram, Ravanaprabhu, Vattaram, Hello brother, Pokkiri and Dasavatharam. His role as Mundakkal Shekharan in the blockbuster action film Devasuram is widely regarded as his best performance to-date. He reprised the role in the Ravanaprabhu, a sequel to Devasuram.
Among the forthcoming Tamil and Telugu films in which he features are Saleem, Oye!, Pallikondapuram and Azhagarmalai.
Though settled in Nashville USA, at the insistence of makers, he made his acting comeback with Kidaari (2016) and then went on to portray Gautham Karthik's father in Muthuramalingam (2017) replacing Karthik.[3][4]
Entrepreneurship[edit source]

In 2000 Napoleon founded Jeevan Technologies in Chennai, and then expanded into the USA and New Zealand. In 2008, the Jeevan IT Academy was started with the mission of training graduates to enter the corporate world with a thorough knowledge of industry standards.
Achievements and awards[edit source]
Won the "Kalaimamani" and Tamil Nadu State Film Honorary Award - "M.G.R." awards in 1998
Vice-president of the South Indian Film Artistes' Association, 2000–2006
Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize- Best Actor by the Government of Tamil Nadu for Ettupatti Rasa

Received a Murasoli Trust "Kalaignar" Award, which is given to people who contribute to Tamil language, literature and culture, in 2007.







Filmography[edit source]

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
1991Pudhu Nellu Pudhu NaathuShankaralingamTamil
MGR NagarilJohn PeterTamil
1992AbhiramiTamil
BharathanC.I.D. JohnsonTamil
Chinna ThayeeChamundiTamil
Idhu Namma BhoomiMirasudarTamil
Nadodi ThendralSwamikannuTamil
Mudhal SeedhanamTamil
Oor MariyadhaiVeerapandiTamil
PangaliTamil
ThalaivasalChandranTamil
1993Captain MagalRobert RoyappaTamil
DevasuramMundakal ShekaranMalayalam
Dharma SeelanOmer SheriffTamil
Enga MuthalaliJayaramanTamil
Kizhakku CheemayileShivanadiTamil
KunthiputhruduSambasivaduTelugu
ManikuyilTamil
MaravanShankarapandiyanTamil
Minmini PoochigalVictorTamil
MunarivippuRanjithTamil
Nallathe NadakkumVikramanTamil
PudhupiraviTamil
Rajadhi Raja Raja Kulothunga Raja Marthanda Raja Gambeera Kathavaraya Krishna KamarajanGuru SubramaniamTamil
YejamanVallavarayanTamil
1994GandheevamVincentMalayalam
Hello BrotherMithraTelugu
MaindhanVelayudam PillaiTamil
Mani RathnamRathnamTamil
Pudhupatti PonnuthayiTamil
Seevalaperi PandiPandiTamilDebut as Hero
ThamaraiThamaraiTamil
Thozhar PandianThaamaraiselvanTamil
Vanaja GirijaAnandTamil
1995Aakaya PookkalSuriyaTamil
AsuranMatthaiyaTamil
Chinna ManiDuraisamy ThevarTamil
En Pondatti NallavaRajappaTamil
MamanithanNaguTamil
Muthu KaalaiSakthivelTamil
RajamuthiraiMarkandeyanTamil
ThamizhachiRasayyaTamil
1996ThayagamPilotTamil
MusthaffaaMusthaffaaTamil
Puthiya ParasakthiRajaduraiTamil
RajaliRajaliTamil
1997Ettupatti RasaSingarajTamilTamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize
1998Bhagavath SinghTamil
The GovernmentTamil, Telugu, Kannada
Kizhakkum MerkkumSuryamurthyTamil
1999Billa RangaRangaKannada
Ethirum PudhirumArasappanTamil
MayaTamil, Telugu, Kannada
PonvizhaBharathiTamil
Rowdy BrothersKannada
SivanMuruganTamil
SuyamvaramKrishnaTamil
2000Karisakattu PooveKottai SamiTamil
The GangPolice CommissionerMalayalam
Manu NeethiMuthazhaguTamil
Rayalaseema Ramanna ChowdaryJadadhari SwamijiTelugu
The WarrantRavi RamakrishnanMalayalamDubbed into Tamil as The Warrant
2001KalakalappuVeluthambiTamil
MegasandesamFr. RossorriyaMalayalamDubbed into Tamil as Rosi
Mitta MiraasuSinga PerumalTamil
Ravana PrabhuMundakkal SekharanMalayalam
Veettoda MappillaiManikkamTamil
2002Kanal KireedamAlbinMalayalamDubbed into Tamil as Mary Albert
Thenkasi PattanamDassTamil
2004VirumaandiNallama NayakkarTamil
Adi ThadiSuryaTamil
RemoteDeenadayaluTamil
2005AyyaMadasamyTamil
VeerannaMariappan, VeerannaTamil
2006VattaramGurupadamTamil
2007PokkiriMohammed Mohideen KhanTamil
2008Aayutham SeivomElumalaiTamil
DasavathaaramKulothunga Chola IITamil
KrishnarjunaNallama NayakkarTelugu
SandaiKamarajTamil
2009Azhagar MalaiPandithuraiTamil
Oy!Dr. Harish Chandra PrasadTelugu
SaleemSingamanaiduTelugu
2011Ponnar ShankarThalaiyoor KaaliTamil
2016KidaariKottur DuraiTamil
2017MuthuramalingamMookiah ThevarTamil
SharabhaTeluguDubbed in Tamil as Yaagam
Chennaiyil Oru Naal 2Commissioner of PoliceTamil
2018AY.NAMalayalamFilming

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