Arvind Swamy
Born	Arvind Swamy June 18, 1970 (1970-06-18) (age 39) Tamil Nadu
Occupation	Actor, Business Man
Years active	1991 - 2000
Spouse(s)	Gayathri

Arvind Swamy (Tamil: அரவிந்த் சாமி, born 18 June 1970) is a popular former Indian actor. He has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi. Popular movies to his credit include Roja, Bombay, Minsaara Kanavu, Indira, Devaraagam, Alaipayuthey.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Film career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Early life

Arvind Swami was born on 30 June 1969 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

[edit] Film career

He was introduced to the movie industry by Mani Ratnam through his Thalapathi. His first film, as lead hero, was Mani Ratnam's Roja. The movie became a hit throughout the country and Arvind Swamy's impressive performance established his position as an actor. He was very selective about his roles. Though he has acted in only a few films, most of them went on to become blockbusters, highly rated by film critics. Roja and Bombay, both having a national integration theme won many awards at the State and National levels. Arvind has won several awards, popular and critical, for his films.^[1] He was also reviewed by Time Magazine and was appreciated byb the magazine for his 'soulful'performance in the film Bombay. Arvind Swami retired from acting in 2000. Inspite of his superstar status, he decided to quit acting and pursue other interests.

[edit] Personal life

Arvind Swamy got married in 1994. They have a daughter Adhira,13 and a son Rudra,9. Arvind studied at Don Bosco - Egmore, Chennai and BCom in Loyola College, Chennai. He went on to do his Masters in Business Administration at Wake Forest University, North Carolina, USA. He shortly returned to India due to his mother's ill health. He lost his parents in 1993.^[2]

Arvind Swamy was chairman and managing director of ProLease India and InterPro Global. He is currently the Chairman of Talent Maximus and other companies. Talent Maximus is engaged in Payroll Processing and Employee administration. It is the fastest growing service provider in its domain.He is also the Chairman of Madras Round Table 1 and is involved in many philanthropic activities and trusts.

[edit] Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director	Cast	Language
1991	Thalapathi	Arjun	Mani Ratnam	Rajinikanth, Mammootty, Sobhana	Tamil
1992	Roja	Rishikumar	Mani Ratnam	Madhoo	Tamil
1993	Marupadiyum		Balu Mahendra	Rohini, Nizhalgal Ravi, Revathy	Tamil
1993	Daddy		Sangeeth Sivan	Gauthami, Suresh Gopi	Malayalam
1994	Paasamalargal		--	Revathi,Ajith Kumar,	Tamil
1995	Bombay	Shekhar	Mani Ratnam	Manisha Koirala	Tamil
1995	Mounam		Uma Maheswara Rao	Nagma, Charuhasan	Telugu
1995	Indira	Thiyagu	Suhasini	Anu Haasan, Nassar	Tamil
1996	Devaraagam	vishnu	Bharathan	Sridevi, KPAC Lalitha	Malayalam
1997	Saat Rang Ke Sapne	Mahipal	Priyadarsan	Juhi Chawla	Hindi
1997	Minsaara Kanavu	Thomas	Rajiv Menon	Kajol, Prabhu Deva	Tamil
1997	Puthayal	Koti		Mammootty, Sakshi Sivanand	Tamil
1999	En Swasa Katre	Arun	K.S.Ravi	Ishaa Koppikar	Tamil
2000	Alaipayuthey	An IAS Officer	Mani Ratnam	Madhavan, Shalini, Khusboo	Tamil
2000	Raja Ko Rani Se Pyar Ho Gaya	Mohit Kumar	Rajeev Kumar	Manisha Koirala	Hindi
2005	Sasanam	Muthiah	Mahendran	Gouthami	Tamil film made in 2000 released in 2005

[edit] References

1. ^ http://en.allexperts.com/e/a/ar/arvind_swamy.htm
2. ^ http://movies.indiainfo.com/southern-spice/tamil/arvind-150206.html

[edit] External links

• Arvind Swamy at the Internet Movie Database

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