Chimbu deven

Chimbu deven
Born	Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation	Film Director, Screenwriter
Years active	2006 - present

Chimbudeven (formerly Simbudevan) is a Tamil film director.^[1] He debuted in film directing with the blockbuster comedy film Imsai Arasan 23m Pulikesi, with Vadivelu donning the lead role.

Early life

Born in Madurai, Chimbu was the second child. His original name is Senthilkumar.Chimbudeven graduated from Madurai Thiagarajar College with a bachelor degree in botany from Madurai Kamaraj University. He also went on to do a Diploma in Journalism. He did his schooling in St. Britto Higher Secondary school in Madurai. At a young age Chimbu was well recogonised for his drawing/writing skills. Before becoming film director he worked as journalist/ cartoonist for the famous Tamil weekly Ananda Vikatan.

Journalist

Started his career as a Sub Editor/cartoonist for a hugely popular weekly magazine “Ananda Vikatan”. Among his various cartoon strips.. “Keemovil Somu” was a hugely successful Comic series. This was later released as a book. His Jokes and political cartoons in the weeklies got him critical acclaim. Among his various cartoon characters,'Imsai Arasan 23rd Pulikesi' got widespread acclaim from both readers & his peers. This Character/Cartoon later on became his launch pad into film world as a writer/ director.

Film career

Chimbu started his film career by joining as an assistant director to film maker Cheran. He went on to assist Cheran for Vetri Kodi Kattu , Pandavar Bhoomi and Autograph (2004 film). Chimbu and Director A. R. Murugadoss were flatmates. Later on Chimbu worked in A. R. Murugadoss's 'Dheena' and 'Ramana' as a guest assistant.

The first independent direction chance came across from S Pictures. When the story was narrated to director S. Shankar, he liked it so much and immediately proceeded with the film and that was "Imsai Arasan 23rd Pulikesi" (Torture king 23rd pulikesi). After "Madurai Meeta Sundarapandian" film this is the historic movie taken after 28 years. The advertisement itself has shown a tagline of "India's first historical comedy sattire". The film was full of political sattire. Well-known comedian Vadivelu for the first time acted as a hero in this movie.The film when released went on to become that years biggest box office hit.

Second film was also for director S. Shankar's S Pictures and directed a 'fantasy comedy' film "Arai En 305-il Kadavul" (God in room no.305). The storyline of the film was that what would happen if god comes to earth and stay. This was complimented by and large by both religious and ethiest communities and it gave a new perspective about life. Comedians Santhanam, Ganja Karuppu and Prakash Raj are heros in this movie.

Next film was made for Kalpathi S.Aghoram's AGS Entertainment. It was cowboy comedy "Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam" (Iron fort's furious lion). In tamil cinema, after the movie 'Ganga', this is a full length cowboy movie being taken after 38 years. The movie was appreciated to be in the standards of an original Italian cowboy movies. In this film, the sattire was on world politics and it had received award from Best Film 2010 -Tamil Nadu Progressive Writers - Artist Association.

All the three films were a mix of fantasy-comedy-sattire. Currently Chimbu deven is working on his fourth film. This movie has been titled Maareesan. It is a Historical fantasy film.

Filmography

Year	Film	Language	Genre	Notes
2006	Imsai Arasan 23m Pulikesi	Tamil	Historical Comedy	Writer / Director
2008	Arai En 305-il Kadavul	Tamil	Fantasy Comedy	Writer / Director
2010	Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam	Tamil	Cowboy Comedy	Writer / Director
Filming	Maareesan	Tamil	Historical Fantasy	Writer / Director

Awards

Imsai Arasan 23m Pulikesi

• Best Costume -Tamil Nadu State Award
• Best Makeup -Tamil Nadu State Award
• Best Film 2006 -Tamil Nadu Progressive Writers - Artist Association

Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam

• Best Film 2010 -Tamil Nadu Progressive Writers - Artist Association

References

1. ^ "Arai 305il Kadavul-Another comedy riot". Sify. 3 April 2008. http://www.sify.com/movies/arai-305il-kadavul-another-comedy-riot-news-tamil-kkftGEbdijj.html. Retrieved 19 August 2011. 

External links

• IMDb profile

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