Aari Arjunan

Aari Arujunan, commonly known as Aari was born on 12 February 1986 at Palani, Dindigul District,Tamil Nadu, India. Before entering films, he had a strong background in theatre featuring in productions by Magic Lantern, Theatre Nisha and Inland Theatres. He was caste the role of Muthu in Aadum Koothu (2005) and the movie won the Best Regional Language National Award. He made his feature film debut in Rettaisuzhi (2010) produced by director Shankar. He played a role as Murthy, an army man, returning to his village. However the film opened to poor reviews, with a critic noting that "the lead pair Anjali and Aari lacks charisma and is not convincing as lovers”.

In October 2011 it was announced that Aari would feature in Maalai Pozhudhin Mayakathilaey after replacing Adith Arun in the lead role and would star alongside winner of Miss South India 2010, Shubha Phutela. Aari mentioned that it was "really a challenging role to play as an ordinary guy", as he had to consciously keep his emotions to a minimum at all times. It was a subtle romantic movie and it gave him a good name. But still this movie didn’t bring him to heights.

He had a breakthrough performance as Murugan in Nedunchaalai (2014). Aari portrayed the lead role in N. Krishna's third venture, a romantic road trip story. The film opened to positive reviews and performed above average at the box office. Aari won the Best Actor actor award from Film Fans Association 62nd Annual Award & V4 Awards. His following venture was a comedy plot “Kadai En 6” and it remains unreleased. Another forthcoming film will be Dharani directed by newcomer Guhan, which has been in production since 2010. He starred in the supernatural thriller Maya.

Aari's parents are Jithendran and Muthulakshmi. He is married to Nadhiya, a Sri Lankan Tamil who worked as a Human Resources Professional from UK. The marriage took place in Kalikambal Temple at Parrys, Chennai on 18 November 2015 and the reception was held on 19 November 2015 in Taj Connemara. The couple has one child and her name is Riya.

Aari has supports Tamil culture, language and agriculture. In 2018, he started a 'தமிழ் கையொப்பம்' (Tamil Signature) movement, where he wanted all the Tamil people to sign documents in Tamil script. He was awarded the Guinness Book of World Records for most signatures on a whiteboard. He also holds the Guinness World Record after planting approximately 30,000 seedlings with 20,000 participants, in a 15 acre land, in collaboration with Sathyabama University (with 3,000 University Students).

He had a huge breakthrough after he entered the Big Boss Tamil Season 4 house on October 2020. In 2021, he emerged as the title winner of the Tamil reality television show. May he has all the success he aimed for.