Chimbu Deven


EARLY LIFE
Chimbu Devan did his schooling in Madurai St.Britto HSS & Sourashtra Boys HSS.. Completed his B.Sc, degree in Thiagarajar College, Madurai. During his studies he got many awards in art & crafts competitions. Then he joined as a cartoonist in Ananda vikatan weekly magazine.
Chimbu Devan is an Indian film director, known for his fantasy films in Tamil cinema. His directing debut was the historical comedy drama film Imsai Arasan 23rd Pulikecei.

Film career

Chimbu started his cinematic career as an assistant director on Cheran's 2000 film Vetri Kodi Kattu. His first independent direction opportunity came from S Pictures with the 2006 film Imsai Arasan 23rd Pulikecei. When the plot was pitched to director S. Shankar, he liked it so much that he immediately proceeded. Chimbu's second film was the 2008 fantasy comedy Arai En 305-il Kadavul, which starred Santhanam and Ganja Karuppu as the leads. His third movie, 2010's western comedy Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam, starred Raghava Lawrence and Padmapriya as the leads.
In 2015, Chimbu wrote and directed Oru Kanniyum Moonu Kalavaanikalum, starring Arulnidhi, and Puli, starring Vijay in the lead role and Kiccha Sudeep playing the antagonist. Yesteryear actress Sridevi made a comeback in Tamil with this movie, and Shruti Haasan and Hansika Motwani played the lead actress. This movie was produced by P. T. Selvakumar and Shibu from Thameens Films, and Devi Sri Prasad scored the soundtrack. The movie was released on 2 October 2015 to 'mixed to negative' reviews and ended up a commercial failure.

Filmography

YearFilmNotes
2006Imsai Arasan 23rd Pulikecei
2008Arai En 305-il Kadavul
2010Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam
2014Oru Kanniyum Moonu Kalavaanikalum
2015Puli
2020Kasada ThaparaPre-Production