Dhanush

Indian actor

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2025 Dhanush recorded Telugu and Tamil songs for the album 'Kuberaa', including 'Poyiraa Mama' and 'Poyi Vaa Nanba', composed by Devi Sri Prasad
2025 Dhanush recorded songs for the album 'Nilavuku En Mel Ennadi Kobam', including 'Pulla' and 'Pulla (Reprise)', composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar
2025 Announced to play former Indian president A. P. J. Abdul Kalam in the biopic Kalam: The Missile Man of India at the Cannes Film Festival.
2024 Dhanush released multiple songs from the album 'Nilavuku En Mel Ennadi Kobam', including 'Golden Sparrow', 'Kadhal Fail', and 'Yedi', composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar
2024 Dhanush recorded songs for the album 'Nanban Oruvan Vantha Piragu', including 'Aalathey' composed by AH Kaashif
2024 Placed 30th on IMDb's List of 100 Most Viewed Indian Stars.
2024 Dhanush's film Raayan was released, becoming his highest-grossing release.
2024 Scheduled to release songs including 'Adangaatha Asuran' from Raayan.
November 27 2024 Dhanush and Aishwarya finalized their divorce.
November 16 2024 Nayanthara published a letter and an Instagram post accusing Dhanush of harboring personal grudges related to her romantic relationship with Vignesh Shivan during the filming of Naanum Rowdy Dhaan. She claimed that Dhanush sent her a legal notice demanding 10 crores for a 3-second video used in her Netflix documentary, which were behind-the-scenes recordings from Naanum Rowdy Dhaan.
2023 Dhanush starred in the film Vaathi.
2023 Released songs 'Vaa Vaathi', 'One Life', and 'Vaa Vaathi (Reprise)' from the album 'Vaathi'.
2023 Released songs including 'Onnoda Nadandhaa' from Viduthalai Part 1 and 'Vaa Vaathi (Reprise)' from Vaathi.
2022 His song 'Rowdy Baby' from Maari 2 becomes the first South Indian video song to reach one billion views on YouTube.
2022 Released multiple songs including 'Polladha Ulagam' and 'Thaai Kelavi' from Thiruchitrambalam.
2022 Released multiple songs including 'Chittu Kuruvi', 'Thaai Kelavi', 'Megham Karukaatha', 'Mayakkama Kalakkama', 'Thenmozhi', 'Kanneer Sindha', and 'Rendu Raaja' from various albums.
August 18 2022 Dhanush released 'Thiruchitrambalam', which became the highest-grossing film of his career.
January 17 2022 Dhanush and Aishwarya announced their separation.
2021 Ranked 13th on the list of most influential stars on Instagram in South cinema. Also became the 9th most tweeted about South Indian actor.
2021 Released the songs 'Nethu' from the album 'Jagame Thandhiram' and 'Little Little' from 'Galatta Kalyanam (D)'.
2021 Dhanush starred in the Hindi-language film 'Atrangi Re', directed by Aanand L. Rai.
2021 Dhanush won the National Film Award for Best Actor for his role in the film Asuran.
2021 Released various songs including 'Thattaan Thattaan' from the album Karnan and 'Rakita Rakita Rakita' from Jagame Thandhiram.
June 18 2021 Dhanush featured in the black comedy gangster film 'Jagame Thandhiram', which received mixed-to-positive reviews.
April 9 2021 Dhanush's film 'Karnan' was released to critical acclaim, earning him an eleventh nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil.
2020 Became the 8th most tweeted about South Indian actor.
2020 Joined the ensemble cast of Netflix film The Gray Man, alongside Chris Evans, Ryan Gosling, and Ana de Armas.
2020 Released songs including 'Chill Bro' from the album Pattas.
2020 Dhanush starred in 'Pattas', a martial arts action film that released on Pongal and received positive reviews.
2019 Released 'Polladha Bhoomi' and 'Kannazhagu Rathiname' from the album Asuran.
2019 Released the songs 'Ilamai Thirumbuthe' from the album 'Petta' and 'Nenjodu Vinaya' from 'Brother's Day'.
2019 Dhanush's first international film, 'The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir', was released but was a commercial failure.
2019 Dhanush won his second National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film Asuran.
2019 Dhanush's song 'Rowdy Baby' from Maari 2 became one of the most-viewed Indian songs of all time.
November 29 2019 Dhanush released the romantic thriller 'Enai Noki Paayum Thota', which received mixed reviews.
2018 Released the songs 'Rowdy Baby' and 'Maari's Anandhi' from the album 'Maari 2'.
2018 Dhanush's films 'Vadachennai' and 'Maari 2' were released, with 'Vadachennai' being critically praised and emerging as the highest-grossing A-rated Tamil film. Dhanush jointly won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for his performance in 'Vadachennai'.
2018 Released multiple songs from albums including Vada Chennai and Maari 2.
2017 Dhanush made his directorial debut with the comedy-drama film Pa Paandi, earning him the Filmfare Award for Best Director – Tamil.
2017 Dhanush starred in 'Velaiilla Pattadhari 2' as the lead actor, which he also produced and wrote the story for. The film became one of the highest-grossing Tamil films of 2017.
2017 Dhanush donated Rs. 50,000 to the families of 125 farmers who committed suicide.
2017 Released songs 'Venpanimalare', 'Soorakathu', 'Life of Raghuvaran', 'Torture of Raghuvaran', and 'Angel of Raghuvaran' from various albums.
2017 Released songs including 'Solli Tholaiyen Ma' from the album Yaakkai and contributions to Velaiilla Pattadhari 2.
April 14 2017 Dhanush made a cameo appearance in his directorial debut film 'Power Paandi'.
2016 Released songs 'Maalai Varum Vannilla' from Nenjam Marappathillai and 'Kodi' from Kodi.
2016 Dhanush starred in the action thriller film 'Thodari' and the political action thriller 'Kodi', which earned him a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil.
2016 He sang 'Thikka' in the Telugu film Thikka.
2016 Dhanush, as a producer, won the National Film Award for the films Kaaka Muttai and Visaranai.
2015 Reached peak ranking of 37th place on the Forbes India Celebrity 100 list.
2015 Released songs 'Enna Solla', 'Jodi Nilave', 'Oh Oh', 'Tak Bak', 'Maari Thara Local', 'Don'u Don'u Don'u', and 'Oru Vidha Asai' from the album 'Thanga Magan' and 'Maari'.

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