Cell Murugan

Cell Murugan is an Indian actor known for his comedic roles alongside fellow actor Vivek.

Cell Murugan
Born	Murugan
Occupation(s)	Actor, comedian
Years active	2001-present

Career

Cell Murugan worked as an manager to Vivek and co-starred with him in almost all of his films.^[1][2][3] He played a notable role in 1977 (2009) as a Malaysian Tamil who warns Vivek not to go after a Malay girl after a sign outside her house says "Awas Anjing" (transl. beware of dogs).^[4] His role in the film Anthony Yaar? (2009) was praised as a man whose mustache gets shaved off by Vivek in a bar.^[5][6] He played full length comedy roles in Sivappu Mazhai (2010), Pathayeram Kodi (2013), Killadi (2015) and Ezhumin (2018).^[7]

In 2022 and 2024, on Vivek's one-year and three-year death anniversary, respectively, Cell Murugan planted a sapling continuing his Green Kalam initiative in remembrance of him.^[8][9][10]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2001	Citizen	Advocate	Uncredited role
	12B	Car owner	Uncredited role
2002	Youth	Thief
	Kadhal Virus	Police Inspector
2003	Kadhal Sadugudu	Patient
	Saamy	Traffic Inspector
	Thirumalai	Telugu devotee of Tirumala Vishnu
	Enakku 20 Unakku 18	Traffic Inspector
2004	Perazhagan	Murugan
2005	Thaka Thimi Tha
	Anbe Vaa	Man with love letters
	Vanakkam Thalaiva	Police Inspector
2006	Paramasivan	Sandeep Munusamy
	Kalvanin Kadhali	Cart puller
	Madhu	Police Inspector
2007	Aalwar	Ponds' friend
2008	Kuruvi	Malaysian Tamil
	Aayudham Seivom	Arumugam
2009	Padikkadavan	Cell Murugan
	Perumal	Idithangi's follower
	1977	Murugan
	Guru En Aalu	Rowdy
	Anthony Yaar?	Meena's brother
2010	Thambikku Indha Ooru	Telugu priest
	Sivappu Mazhai	Chandy
	Magane En Marumagane	Weightu Veerasamy
	Singam	Mumbai Rowdy
	Vaada
	Bale Pandiya	Thirupathi
2011	Seedan	Gumbidiswamy's assistant
	Mappillai	Chinna's friend
	Bhavani	Motorcycle driver
	Vedi	Balloon seller
2012	Murattu Kaalai	Veterinarian
2013	Pathayeram Kodi	Shankar Lal's assistant
	Kantha	Needhi Nayagam
	Chandra	Lakajarao	Kannada film
2014		Kizhakku
	Naan Than Bala	Thomas Alva Edison
	Velaiilla Pattadhari	Manickam
2015	Killadi	Rambo
	Yennai Arindhaal	Police Officer
	Buddhanin Sirippu	Jobless man
	Palakkattu Madhavan	Chittukuruvi
	Sakalakala Vallavan	Pasupathy's assistant
2016	Manithan	Advocate
2017	Muthuramalingam	Arul Murugan
	Brindavanam	Mani
	Velaiilla Pattadhari 2	Manickam
2018	Ezhumin	Thoodhu
2020	Dharala Prabhu	Vanangamudi
2021	Aranmanai 3	Manickam
2022	Beast	Home Minister's assistant
	The Legend	Man from Manali
2024	Raayan	Bartender
	Vasco Da Gama	Mr. Perfect

References

1. ""என்னய்யா இப்படி பண்ற, தூரப் போய் நில்லுயா" - இளையராஜா ரெக்கார்டிங்கில் செல் முருகனை கலாய்த்த விவேக்". Nakkheeran (in Tamil). 4 April 2022. Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
2. வெ.வித்யா காயத்ரி (19 November 2021). "``விவேக் சாரின் கனவை இன்று நிறைவேற்றத் தொடங்கியிருக்கிறோம்!" - செல்முருகன்". Ananda Vikatan (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 6 December 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
3. நா.கதிர்வேலன். ""மனசு நிறைய கருணை!"". Ananda Vikatan (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 2023-11-20. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
4. "From Saamy to Sakka Podu Podu Raja: Vivekh talks about what it's like to be a comedian". The New Indian Express. 25 December 2017. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
5. "Anthony Yaar". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 9 October 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
6. Bharadan; Gurumurthy. "THE TOP FAVOURITE WINE SHOP COMEDY SCENES IN FILMS!". Behindwoods. Archived from the original on 2023-11-22. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
7. Suganth, M. (16 May 2016). "KILLADI MOVIE REVIEW". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
8. "நடிகர் விவேக்கின் கனவைத் தொடரும் செல் முருகன்!". Kamadenu (in Tamil). 17 April 2022. Archived from the original on 28 January 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
9. "விவேக்கின் கனவு திட்டத்தை தொடரும் செல் முருகன்". Dina Thanthi (in Tamil). 18 April 2022. Archived from the original on 20 June 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
10. "'GOAT' actor Vaibhav plants tree saplings along with Cell Murugan on the occasion of Vivek's third death anniversary". The Times of India. 17 April 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.

External links

• Cell Murugan at IMDb