Pyramid Natarajan

Pyramid Natarajan
Pyramid Natarajan
Born	Valuthoor, Papanasam, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
Occupation(s)	actor, producer
Years active	1987-2017
Website	http://pyramidnatarajan.com/

Pyramid Natarajan is a former Indian actor and producer, who has appeared in character roles in Tamil cinema. He made his breakthrough as an actor playing a role in Mani Ratnam's Alaipayuthey (2000) portraying the role of Madhavan's father, before playing the antagonist in several films.^[1]^[2]

Career

Natarajan was born in a village called Valuthoor near, Papanasam, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu and studied in Shaukathul Islam Balya Muslim Sangam Higher Elementary School in his boyhood and moved to Madras as a teenager, hoping to make a breakthrough into films. He was able to briefly join K. Balachander's drama troupe, Ragini Recreations, and appear in productions before soon starting his own troupe and staging a play. Following a successful business proposal, Natarajan was able to take over as executive producer of Gemini Films and was able to learn the nuances of administration.^[3]

He joined hands with K.Balachander to nurture Kavithalayaa Productions as a joint production company.

In 1997 Pyramid Entertainment Limited was promoted by Mr. V. Natarajan. Before promoting the company, V. Natarajan had produced number of films. He had been involved in 55 films in various capacities such as executive director, Executive Producer and Producer. He is an executive committee member of various Trade Bodies like Tamil Film Producers Council & South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce. He is also a member of the government body formed to deal with film industry and also an advisory committee member on Film Taxation.^[4]

He is currently running a hotel.^[5]

Notable filmography

Actor

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1987	Velaikkaran	Uncredited role
1987	Kavalan Avan Kovalan	Natarajan
1990	Varavu Nalla Uravu	Manager
1991	Sigaram	Himself
2000	Alaipayuthey	Varadharajan
2001	Friends	Gautham's father
	Vaanchinathan	Varadharajan
	Samudhiram	Rasamani's father-in-law
2002	Azhagi
	Dhaya	Judge Venkatraman
	Charlie Chaplin	Susi's father
	Thulluvadho Ilamai	Pooja's father
	Arputham	Ashok's father
	Namma Veetu Kalyanam	Minister
	Siva Rama Raju	Narendra Varma	Telugu film
	Solla Marandha Kadhai	Chokkalingam
	Villain	Minister
2003	Kaadhal Sugamaanathu	Ganesh's father
	Inidhu Inidhu Kadhal Inidhu
	Aahaa Ethanai Azhagu	Natarajan
	Naam	Selvendram
	Ragasiyamai
	Anjaneya	Minister
	Ottran	Kumarasamy
	Kurumbu
	Indru	Minister Oppilamani
2004	Virumaandi	Vaidhyanathan
	Udhaya	Newspaper editor
	Azhagiya Theeye
	Neranja Manasu	RDO
2005	Kannadi Pookal
	Ullam Ketkumae	Priya's father
	February 14	Pooja's grandfather
	Padhavi Paduthum Paadu	Veerabhadran
	Mazhai	Producer
2006	Kalvanin Kadhali	Sathya's father
2006	Thirupathi	Minister
2007	Sivaji	Sivaji's Lawyer
2013	Naiyaandi	Sambandham
2014	Naan Sigappu Manithan
	Oru Modhal Oru Kadhal	Karthik's father
	Ninaithathu Yaaro
2015	Pulan Visaranai 2
2017	Pannam Pathinonnum Seyum
2017	Azhagana En Charupriya
2023	Karumegangal Kalaigindrana

Producer

Year	Film	Language	Cast	Director
1996	Love Birds	Tamil	Prabhu Deva	P. Vasu
1996	Enakkoru Magan Pirappan	Tamil	Ramki	Keyaar
1997	Ettupatti Rasa	Tamil	Napolean	Kasthuri Raja
1997	Pistha	Tamil	Karthik	K. S. Ravikumar
1998	Ponmanam	Tamil	Prabhu	S. P. Rajkumar
1998	En Aasai Rasave	Tamil	Sivaji Ganesan - Murali	Kasthuri Raja
1999	Sangamam	Tamil	Rahman	Suresh Krissna
2000	Rhythm	Tamil	Arjun	Vasanth
2004	Udhaya	Tamil	Vijay	Azhagam Perumal

References

^ "Video". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
^ "My first break". The Hindu. 16 November 2007 – via www.thehindu.com.
^ Rangarajan, Malathi (20 August 2010). "Scaling heights with a smile". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
^ "SEBI | Pyramid Saimira Theatre Limited". www.sebi.gov.in. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
^ Anantharam, Chitra Deepa (22 November 2017). "Scaling the food pyramid". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 June 2020.