Nandaa
Actor Nandaa at the Athithi Audio Launch
Born	Govind Sendrampalayam Durairaj (1977-09-09)9 September 1977 (age 47) Coimbatore,Tamil Nadu,India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Nandha
Occupation(s)	Actor, voice actor, producer
Years active	1997–present
Spouse	Vidya Rupa[1] ​ ​ (m. 2013)​

Nandaa Dorairaj is an Indian actor, producer who primarily works inTamil films. He made his debut inMounam Pesiyadhe (2002) and later appeared in other films such asEeram (2009).^[2]

Nandaa Dorairaj was born as Govind Durairaj inCoimbatore to Durairaj and Rani. He has a younger brother Karthik and is the grandson of former Union ministerM. Kannappan.^[3]

Nandaa married Vidyaroopa in 2013.^[4]

He was spotted by producerS. Thanu during his family function. In 1998, he joined theFilm Institute in Chennai and obtained a diploma in acting after a one-year course.^[5] He first signed up to star in a project titledEnna Solla Pogirai oppositeGayathri Raguram, but the film was later stalled.^[6] He made his debut in 2002 with the movieMounam Pesiyadhe along withSuriya andTrisha Krishnan by film directorAmeer. Director Ameer was looking for a cheerful and well built hero to play the co-role withSuriya. Nandhaa immediately fit the criteria and was therefore selected for the role.Punnagai Poove in 2003, showed him as a full-time hero. In 2005, he acted inSelvam. In a freak mishap, he suffers an injury on his head and he forgets all about his past. Nandha playing a confused youth has given a good and matured performance. Donning a tricky character.^[7] In 2006, he appeared in two movies asKodambakkam andAanivaer. He play in action film,Agaram (2007). The film was released to positive reviews.^[8] Followed byUrchagam (2007).^[9]

His movieEeram (2009) was a hit produced by directorS. Shankar. Following the success ofEeram, director Shankar again cast him in his production for the second time inAnandhapurathu Veedu (2010), directed byNaga. Then he starred alongsideJiiva inVanthaan Vendraan (2011). He starred inVellore Maavattam (2011), in which he played a cop. After two years without movies, Nandha became an action hero in movies asAthithi (2014),Katham Katham (2015),Adhibar (2015) andKallaattam (2016). In 2018 again afterMounam Pesiyadhe, he starred alongside Suriya inThaana Serndha Kootam directed byVignesh Shivan for studio green productions, which turned out to be a success.^[10] He has also been starred in a web series produced by Ekta Kapoor for Balaji teleflims which was Tamil s first web series directed by Kaushik.^[11] The next isZhagaram (2019) the adventure thriller film. Nandha who plays Akhilan is very fit and passes off as a young man quite convincingly and lends authenticity to the role of the reluctant treasure hunter.^[12] In 2020, he acted as dual roles inVaanam Kottatum.^[13]

Films

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