Sundaravel Chidambaram, known professionally as Sundar C, is an Indian politician, actor, filmmaker, and playback singer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. In 2026, Sundar C was an unsuccessful candidate from the Madurai Central constituency in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election. He has directed over 37 films and received the Kalaimamani award. He is one of the most popular and commercial filmmakers in Tamil cinema.He has introduced Arun Vijay, Rambha, RJ Balaji, Malavika, Ankitha, Anushka Shetty, Aishwarya Lekshmi and Malavika Sharma as debutants and for debut to Tamil cinema respectively Hiphop Tamizha and K. Rajasekhar as music director & fight master respectively. His notable films include Ullathai Allitha, Arunachalam, Unnai Thedi, Anbe Sivam, Winner, Giri, Kalakalappu, Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru, Aranmanai Cinematic Universe and Madha Gaja Raja. Alongside his wife, he produced the television series Nandhini, Maya and Jothi. His film production credits include Hello Naan Pei Pesuren, Meesaya Murukku, Natpe Thunai, Naan Sirithal, Naanga Romba Busy and Pattampoochi. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundar_C) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)