Vela Ramamoorthy

Vela Ramamoorthy
Born	Perunali, Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation(s)	Actor, writer,director
Spouse	Kaliammal
Parent	Veyanna

Vela Ramamoorthy is an Indian writer and actor who has appeared in Tamil language films.

His novels are Pattathu Yaanai, Kutraparambarai (initially known as Kootanchoru) and Kuruthi Aattam. His short stories are compiled and released as Vela Ramamoorthy Kathaikal.

Career

He is a PUC Graduate. He joined the Indian Army and served for five years. Then he was posted in Post office. Since he is a writer, many people would come to meet him in his office. "I used to spend half of my salary in the tea shops." He remembers in an interview with ‘Pudhiya Thalamurai ‘ Tamil magazine. Vela Ramamoorthy has written acclaimed Tamil novels including Kuttra Parambarai and Kuruthi Aattam, and is considered one of the leading Tamil story writers of his time. He was also involved in the dispute regarding the rights of making a film out of Kuttra Parambarai and had supported Bala's project ahead of Bharathiraja's.

In the mid-2010s, he was cast as an actor and has since gone on to portray supporting roles in notable films including Komban (2015), Paayum Puli (2015) and Sethupathi (2016).

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2008	Aayudham Seivom	Inspector	Uncredited Role
2013	Madha Yaanai Koottam	Veera Thevar
2015	Komban	Duraipandi
	Paayum Puli	Jayaseelan's father
2016	Rajini Murugan	Chellakaruppan
	Ra Ra Rajasekhar
	Sethupathi	Vathiyar
	Appa	Dhayalan's Father in law
	Kidaari	Kombiah	Best Villain award from Vikatan Magazine
2017	Yeidhavan	Krishna's Father
	Vanamagan	Jara's Father
	Thondan	Vishnu and Mahi's Father
	Aramm	MLA
	Veeraiyan	Devarajan
2018	Sketch	Jeeva's father
	Gulaebaghavali	Village Head
	Madura Veeran	Gurumoorthy
	Kaali	Gounder
	Thuppakki Munai	Brahmaraja
2019	Mehandi Circus	Amaladass
	Devarattam	Kalyani Thevar
	NGK	Saghayam
	Mayuran	Periyavar
	Namma Veettu Pillai	Maniyakkarar
	Enai Noki Paayum Thota	Raghu's father
2020	Utraan
	Danny	Chidambaram
	Ka Pae Ranasingam	Tirukannan, Ariyanachi's father
2021	Pulikkuthi Pandi	Sannasi Thevar