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Ashok Selvan
File:Ashok Selvan, Photoshoot.jpg
Born
Ashok Selvan

(1989-11-08) 8 November 1989 (age 34)
Erode, Tamil Nadu, India
Alma materLoyola College
OccupationFilm actor
Years active2013 – present

Ashok Selvan is an Indian film actor. He made his breakthrough playing one of the lead roles in Soodhu Kavvum (2013), before gaining critical acclaim for his performances in C. V. Kumar's productions Pizza II: Villa (2013) and Thegidi (2014).

Early life

Ashok was born on 8 November 1989 in Erode (chennimalai), Tamil Nadu, India. He moved to Chennai at age three, and completed his schooling at Santhome Higher Secondary School, Chennai before graduating in Visual Communication from Loyola College.[1] In college, Ashok Selvan participated in short films, completing a dozen short films as an actor as well as directing a few, including Green, which won Best Film at the 2012 International Tamil Thoth Conference held in Singapore.

Film career

After graduating from college, Ashok sought opportunities in films as an actor and auditioned for roles including in Prakash Raj's production Inidhu Inidhu and Bharat Bala's 19th Step but was rejected.[2] During the period, he applied to work as an assistant director to S. J. Surya and was given the opportunity to feature in a few scenes as Suriya's friend in the director's venture 7aam Arivu, though his scenes did not make the final version. He was also featured in the title card of Chakri Toleti's Billa 2, with a childhood picture of Ashok Selvan used to represent a younger version of Ajith Kumar's titular character.[3] He then also auditioned unsuccessfully for a role in Pizza, before Nalan Kumarasamy offered him the role of Kesavan in his black comedy film, Soodhu Kavvum (2013) after seeing him in a commercial. Featuring alongside an ensemble cast including Vijay Sethupathi, Bobby Simha and Sanchita Shetty, Soodhu Kavvum became a commercial success, with Ashok being described as "fantastic" in his role of an unemployed graduate.[4][5]

Ashok was then selected to replace Vaibhav Reddy in Deepan Chakravarthy's psychological thriller Pizza II: Villa, a second film in C. V. Kumar's Pizza franchise. Portraying an English novel writer in the film, the film told the story of eerie happenings in a villa owned by Ashok's character. In order to portray the role of a 30-year-old writer, he gained weight and grew a beard within two weeks.[6] The film opened to positive reviews and above average box office collections, with a critic noting that "Ashok delivers an outstanding performance".[7][8] He collaborated with C. V. Kumar again in his third film, Thegidi, a murder mystery story directed by another newcomer P.Ramesh. Portraying a detective, Ashok featured opposite Janani Iyer, and won positive reviews for his acting in the film. A critic from Sify.com noted he "is subtle and conveys a lot through his body language and pleasing face", while another reviewer wrote "he seems to be quite proficient".[9][10] His recently released movies are Kootathil Oruthan and Sila Samayangalil. Kootathil Oruthan deals with the love story of a middle bencher and its trailer has had a very positive reaction from the audience and the media.[11] Sila Samayangalil directed by Priyadharshan was released in Netflix and made its way to the final round at Golden Globes. The film tells the story of eight characters who arrive at a pathology lab at 9 a.m to give their blood for an AIDS test. However, it all ends at 5 p.m when the results arrive.[12] The film has been lapping appreciations in many festival circuits and in the recently held 9th annual Jaipur International Film Festival, Sila Samayangalil won awards for Best Film with a Global Message, Best Upcoming Release and the overall Best Film from the Asian Continent award.[13] He is acting in a movie titled Oxygen directed by Ananda Krishnan and Nenjamellam Kadhal directed by Nirman.Oh My Kadavule was released on Feb 14th 2020 and was produced by his own banner Happy High Pictures in association with Axess Film Factory. Oh My Kadavule received positive reviews from critics and was a blockbuster hit at the box office[14]

Filmography

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Role Notes
2012 Billa II Young Billa (in photograph) Uncredited role
2013 Soodhu Kavvum Kesavan
Pizza II: Villa Jebin Jose Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Debut Actor
2014 Thegidi Vetri
2015 Orange Mittai Hospital paramedic Cameo appearance
Savaale Samaali Karthik
144 Madan
2017 Kootathil Oruthan Arvind
Mupparimanam Himself Cameo appearance
2018 Sometimes Bala Murugan direct-to-video
2020 Oh My Kadavule Arjun Also presenter
Nenjamellam Kadhal TBA
Vezham TBA Filming
Red Rum TBA Filming
Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham Achuthan Post-production; Malayalam debut
Senorita TBA Filming

References

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  10. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ^ "IndiaGlitz - Ashok Selvan Priya Anand Nivas K Prasanna Kootathil Oruthan Audio Launch held with Suriya as chief guest - Tamil Movie News". Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  12. ^ "Sila Samayangalil: Priyadarshans film enters final round for Golden Globe Award". Archived from the original on 3 March 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  13. ^ "Ashok Selvan on Sila Samayangalil and its festival response". Behindwoods. 16 January 2017. Archived from the original on 3 March 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  14. ^ "Ashok Selvan & Ritika come together for fun romcom - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.

Tamil Cinema News - Ashok selvan Stills at Maalaimalar.com [1]

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