Murugan (actor)

Murugan (முருகன்; born 22 November 1978 as Murugan Chillayah ) is a Malaysia-born Singapore Indian actor, photography model and businessman. He is a supporting actor who in tamil serial drama predominantly appears in Singapore MediaCorp Vasantham, currently preparing for appearing in Indian and Tamil Cinema once in a way. Making his acting debut in award winning and popular tamil serial drama - Suttu Viral Pointing Finger (2005) as Crime Scene Investigator, along with Singapore Actress Kalaiselvi Grace and Miss Janu (2006) as university student, along with Best Model of the World 1998 Annetha Ayyavoo.

Early life & background
Murugan was born in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan state, Malaysia. His father Chillayah Dhorasamy is Vanniyar Goundar of Kula: Kshatriya were retired from airfreight operation agent in Malaysia and his mother Saradamah Sinnappan was housewife since actor Murugan's career began. He has a younger brother named Gopalan (born 1979) and a younger sister named Kogilaveny (born 1981), graduated Business studies from Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kedah. Murugan attended secondary school from 1991 to 1995 in Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Subang Jaya, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. He showed his natural talent for acting and singing in his primary and high school years. He was enrolled in several arts competition and showed his talent in singing competition of Selangor state level, in Malaysia. Eventually he went to Singapore in 19 October 1999 to broaden his career prospect. He worked as Police Officer with Police Tactical Unit (Singapore) from 1999 to 2001. He earned Singapore permanent resident status on 1 February 2001 and later exempted National Service from Ministry of Defence (Singapore). He also further studied for International Marketing Management in IBMEC Campus, Somerset, Singapore (2001).

Early Work (2001–2003)
His career in Singapore started from blend of contemporary, folk and modern dance with Rameshwara dance group. He usually performing outdoor dance shooting for prime time television show in Singapore MediaCorp Vasantham channel. Popular dance performed was Podhumdaa Podhumdaa (tamil song from movie Arputham) at location Chinese Garden, Singapore (2002) with Rameshwara dance group.

Breakthrough (2004–2007)
After his debut in Metti Oli Singapore Show in Singapore Indoor Stadium, located in Kallang Singapore. Producer Murugesu of Singapore MediaCorp Vasantham offered him Tamil Serial Drama opportunity. His first Tamil drama was award winning and popular drama Suttu Viral (Pointing Finger) by EagleVision Singapore 2005, police crime prevention real-story in Tamil version as Crime Scene Investigator named "Muru", along with Singapore Actress Noorul Hassan Shareef, Kalaiselvi Grace and other several artist. He then appeared in first romantic comedy tamil drama directed by Singapore MediaCorp Vasantham's Producer Murugesu "Miss Janu" who portrayed supporting role as "Suresh" the popular university student, along with Best Model of the World 1998 Annetha Ayyavoo from Singapore acted as "Miss Janu" the ugly swan which turned beautiful princess. His last Television Drama was 24/7, another romantic comedy drama as secondary school teacher role. After the release of 24/7, actor Murugan postponed all television career productions.