children years_active pseudonym birth_place othername son name birth_date spouse article_title birth_name occupation
4 1991 -- present vaigai puyal madurai , tamil nadu , india vaigai puyal , vadivelu subramani vadivelu 10 october 1960 sarojini vadivelu vadivelu
 vadivelu film actor , playback singer , comedian
vadivelu

vadivelu is an indian film actor , comedian and playback singer .
since the 1990s , he has acted mainly as a comedian in tamil films and is renowned for his slapstick comedies .
vadivelu has won the tamil nadu state film award for best comedian five times for his works in `` kaalam maari pochu '' -lrb- 1996 -rrb- , `` vetri kodi kattu '' -lrb- 2000 -rrb- , `` thavasi '' -lrb- 2001 -rrb- , `` imsai arasan 23m pulikesi '' -lrb- 2006 -rrb- and `` kathavarayan '' -lrb- 2008 -rrb- .
he has also won the filmfare award for best comedian -- tamil once for his work in `` chandramukhi '' -lrb- 2005 -rrb- and was nominated once in the best supporting actor -- tamil category for `` aadhavan '' -lrb- 2009 -rrb- .
he also won the vijay award for best comedian for his work in `` marudhamalai '' -lrb- 2007 -rrb- and was again nominated once in the best comedian category for his work in `` aadhavan '' -lrb- 2009 -rrb- .
he has acted as a hero in four films to-date : `` imsai arasan 23rd pulikecei '' -lrb- 2006 -rrb- , `` indiralohathil na azhagappan '' -lrb- 2008 -rrb- , `` tenaliraman '' -lrb- 2014 -rrb- and `` eli '' -lrb- 2015 -rrb- .
