He has also written close to fifty films, including “Thambikku Entha Ooru“, “Singaravelan” and “Apoorva Sagodharargal” and the Sivaji Ganesan super hit “Avanthan Manithan“. But lots of respect for your work sir.
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Actor Sidharth: Panchu Arunachalam sir was a passionate creator. Aishwaryaa R Dhanush wrote on Twitter, “Rest in peace #PanchuArunachalam uncle …you will always be loved and remembered as fondly as ever”.
So shocked to hear of the sudden demise of veteran Panchu Arunachalam, spent a lot of time with him in recent times. He worked as Film producer, script and screenplay writer and lyricist in the film industry.
With scores of films either as a writer or a producer, Panchu Arunachalam made blockbusters films with today’s superstars Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan. “Big loss to everyone and I am still unable to believe as I spoke recently”. RIP Panchu Arunachalam – a legend has left us.
Known for reinventing commercial Tamil cinema with Rajinikanth, Panchu’s best films with the latter include “Kazhugu“, “Pokkiri Raja” and “Paayum Puli” among others. Panchu is survived by son Subbu Panchu Arunachalam, a popular Tamil actor.
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Panchu Arunachalam was known for his collaboration with many successful film fraternities and in fact, he is one of the major reasons behind the success of leading stars including Ilaiayaraaja, Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan and Goundamani. He has introduced legendary music composer Illayaraja to Kollywood with the flick “Annakili”. Some of these were movies like Thoongadhey Thambi Thoongadhey and Uyarndha Ullam.
