Vela Ramamoorthy

Indian writer and actor

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Vela Ramamoorthy

Born|

Perunali, Kamuthi, Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu, India

Other names| vela sir
Occupation(s)| Actor, writer, stage drama director
Spouse| Kaliammal
Parent| Velusamy Thevar (Veyanna)

Vela Ramamoorthy is a Tamil writer and actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. Before coming to the film industry, he worked as a district coordinator for Arivoli Iyakkam, a government special program for giving education and knowledge to the Tamil community for several years. He wrote several stage drama scripts and created a drama and cultural group named Karvaikattu Kalaikkuzu

## Career[edit]

Ramamoorthy is a PUC Graduate. He joined the Indian Army and served for five years before being posted in Post office. Since he is a writer, many people would come to meet him in his office.

Ramamoorthy has written acclaimed Tamil novels including Kuttra Parambarai, Kuruthi Aattam, Pattathu Yaanai and is considered one of the leading Tamil story writers of his time. He was also involved in the dispute regarding the rights of making a film out of Kuttra Parambarai. He had supported Bala's project ahead of Bharathiraja's.[1] He has also written the book Vela Ramamoorthy Kathaikal which is a compilation of short stories.

## Filmography[edit]

### Films[edit]

Year  | Film  | Role  | Notes

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2008 | Aayudham Seivom | Inspector | Uncredited Role
2013 | Madha Yaanai Koottam | Veera Thevar |
2015 | Komban | Duraipandi |
Paayum Puli | Jayaseelan's father |
2016 | Rajini Murugan | Chellakaruppan |
Sethupathi[2] | Vathiyar |
Appa | Dhayalan's Father in law |
Kidaari[2] | Kombiah | Best Villain award from Vikatan Magazine
2017 | Yeidhavan | Krishna's Father |
Vanamagan | Jara's Father |
Thondan | Vishnu and Mahi's Father |
Aramm | MLA |
Veeraiyan | Devarajan |
2018 | Sketch[3] | Jeeva's father |
Gulaebaghavali | Village Head |
Madura Veeran | Gurumoorthy |
Kaali | Gounder |
Thuppakki Munai | Brahmaraja |
2019 | Mehandi Circus | Amaladass |
Devarattam | Kalyani Thevar |
NGK[4] | Ramamoorthy |
Mayuran | Periyavar |
Namma Veettu Pillai | Maniyakkarar |
Enai Noki Paayum Thota[3] | Raghu's father | [5]
2020 | Utraan | VVK |
Danny | Chidambaram | Released on ZEE5
Ka Pae Ranasingam | Tirukannan, Ariyanachi's father |
2021 | Pulikkuthi Pandi | Sannasi Thevar |
Kalathil Santhippom | Kavya's father |
Paramapadham Vilayattu | Chezhiyan |
Aranmanai 3 | Saamiyaadi |
Udanpirappe | Maathangi and Vairavan's cousin |
Annaatthe | Kalaiyaan’s uncle |
Vanam |  |
2022 | Etharkkum Thunindhavan | Kaverinandan |
Nadhi |  |
Naai Sekar Returns | Natarajan  |
Therkathi Veeran |  |
2023  | Deiva Machan | Saattaikkaran  |
Paayum Oli Nee Yenakku |  |
Vivasayi Ennum Naan |  |
Tamil Kudimagan | Gandhi  |

### Television[edit]

Year  | Program Name  | Role  | Network  | Ref.

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2022  | Pettaikaali | Selvasekaran  | Aha Tamil
2023  | Sengalam | Ganesamoorthy  | ZEE5 | [6]
2023-Present  | Ethir Neechal | Aadhimuthu Gunasekaran  | Sun TV | [7]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Bala and Bharathiraja face off over rights to film". April 2016.
2. ^ a b "Popular writer Vela Ramamoorthy to become a director next". The Times of India.
3. ^ a b "Vela Ramamoorthy talks about his role in Dhanush's ENPT and Vikram's Sketch". 10 April 2017.
4. ^ "Vela Ramamoorthy confirms Dhanush-Selvaraghavan film". Sify. Archived from the original on 8 August 2019.
5. ^ The News Minute (19 January 2017). "Writer Vela Ramamoorthy plays Dhanush's father in ENPT". Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
6. ^ "அரசியல் திரில்லராக உருவாகியுள்ள 'செங்களம்' இணையத் தொடர்! - மார்ச் 24 ஆம் தேதி ஜீ5 தளத்தில் வெளியாகிறது". www.cinemainbox.com (in Tamil). 19 March 2023.
7. ^ "ஆதி குணசேகரனாக மாஸ் என்ட்ரி கொடுத்த வேல ராமமூர்த்தி.. வெளிவந்த எதிர்நீச்சல் ப்ரோமோ". cineulagam.com.

## External links[edit]

* Vela Ramamoorthy at IMDb