Arvind Swamy is an Indian actor, film director and entrepreneur known for his work in Tamil cinema and a few Hindi cinema, Telugu cinema and Malayalam cinema. He was introduced as an actor by Mani Ratnam with the blockbuster film
Thalapathi (1991) and subsequently starred in successful films such as
Roja (1992),
Bombay (1995),
Minsara Kanavu (1997),
Thani Oruvan (2015), and
Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (2018). He made his debut as a director in the Netflix anthology series
Navarasa (2021) in which his segment was named
Project Agni(Adbhutha-Wonder). He is a recipient of three Filmfare Award South, one Tamil Nadu State Film Award and two SIIMA Awards.
