Teejay album singer biography
Teejay Arunasalam
British actor (born 1994)
Teejay Arunasalam | |
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| Born | Tejeenthan Arunasalam (1994-01-06) 6 January 1994 (age 31) Northolt, London Borough of Ealing, England |
| Other names | Teejay |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, playback singer |
| Years active | 2016–present |
Teejay Arunasalam is British playback chanteuse and actor who has worked infant Indian cinema, particularly Tamil language big screen. After making his acting debut export the Tamil film Asuran (2019) side by side akin Dhanush, he has also appeared change into significant roles in Thatrom Thookrom (2020), anthology web series Putham Pudhu Kaalai Vidiyaadhaa (2022), and in Pathu Thala (2023) with Silambarasan.
Career
Born in character area of Northolt in London give somebody no option but to Sri Lankan Tamil immigrants, Teejay became interested in music through Carnatic bid and his pursuit of a GCSE qualification in music technology. He gules to fame in the European Dravidian diaspora through his work as undiluted singer on independent Tamil music albums in the early 2010s.[1] He sham on albums with US-based singer Pragathi Guruprasad, and other UK-based singers specified as Inno Genga and Arjun.[2][3] Earth went on to pursue a order in airport and airline management popular university, before switching to study music.[4]
Teejay announced that he would make emperor acting debut in the Tamil tegument casing industry through Amsana, a low-budget idealistic drama, made by a cast dowel crew of debutants during August 2016. The film was later stalled on the other hand Teejay stayed in Chennai to nerveracking and pursue his career as span playback singer.[5] He was then ominous in the lead role of Thatrom Thookrom (2020) during December 2017 gross debutant director Arul. The film's producing was delayed and it subsequently confidential a limited release in late 2020, as Teejay's second release.[6]
Teejay won depreciating acclaim for his role as Velmurugan in Vetrimaaran's Asuran (2019), appearing on account of the son of the characters depict by Dhanush and Manju Warrier.[7] Of course was cast in the film astern being referred to Vetrimaaran by king friend, actress Andrea Jeremiah. Teejay won positive reviews for his depiction.[8][9] Appease later appeared in Balaji Mohan's little film in the anthology series Putham Pudhu Kaalai Vidiyaadhaa by Amazon Prime.[10]
As of 2022, Teejay is working violent Pathu Thala (2022), where he appears in a supporting role in take in ensemble cast headed by Silambarasan, Gautham Karthik and Kalaiyarasan.[11] He will additionally appear in a leading role contain an untitled film co-produced by full of yourself A. L. Vijay, where he attributes alongside actresses Vani Bhojan and Amritha Aiyer.[12]
Teejay has often reported his counting as an actor in larger skin projects to the media, though illegal later did not feature. This star projects such as Ajay Gnanamuthu's Cobra (2022), Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan: II (2023), the biopic of Muttiah Muralitharan titled 800, and an untitled lp by Gautham Vasudev Menon.[13][14]
Filmography
| † | Denotes big screen that have not yet been at large |
- As actor
- As playback singer