▸Dhanush is an Indian actor, producer, director, lyricist and singer who works in Tamil cinema.
▸His awards include four National Film Awards, fourteen SIIMA Awards, seven Filmfare Awards South and a Filmfare Award.
▸He has been included in the Forbes India 100 list six times.
▸The first film directed by his father was Thulluvadho Ilamai.
▸Polladhavan was critically acclaimed and commercially successful.
▸He won the National Film Award for Best actor and the Filmfare Award for Best actor in Tamil for his role as a rooster fight jockey.
▸Maryan, Velaiilla Pattadhari, Anegan, Kodi, Vadachennai, Asuran, and Vaathi are some of the films he produced.
▸Vadachennai emerged as the highest-grossing A-rated Tamil film of all time, while Thiruchitrambalam and Vaathi entered the 100 Crore Club within a month of their release.
▸He starred in several action films during the 2010s.
▸Why This Kolaveri Di from the romantic psychological thriller film 3 was the first Indian music video to reach 100 million views.
▸Aanand L was his Bollywood debut.
▸Rai's Raanjhanaa is a song.
▸His performance as an obsessive one-sided lover in the film won him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut in addition to a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best actor.
▸He made his directorial debut with Pa Paandi, which was produced by his production company, Wunderbar Films.
▸His song Rowdy Baby from Maari 2 became one of the most-viewed Indian songs of all time.
▸It is the first video song from South India.
▸There are 5 billion views on YouTube.
▸For the second year in a row, Dhanush won the best actor award for Asuran.