Yuvan (actor)
{{Short description|Indian actor}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Yuvan
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| birth_name = Ajmal Khan
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| birth_place = Chennai
| occupation = Actor
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| yearsactive = 2010-present
| spouse = Rameeza Kahani (m. 2024){{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/saatai-actor-yuvan-aka-ajmal-khan-gets-married/articleshow/107718702.cms|title='Saatai' actor Yuvan aka Ajmal Khan gets married|date=15 February 2024|via=The Economic Times - The Times of India}}
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Yuvan is an Indian actor, who has appeared in Tamil language films. The son of director Feroze Khan, he made a breakthrough appearing in M. Anbazhagan's Saattai (2012).{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/audio-beat-kadhalai-thavira-verondrum-illai-language-of-the-youth/article5228674.ece|title=Audio Beat: Kadhalai Thavira Verondrum Illai - Language of the youth|first=S. R. Ashok|last=Kumar|newspaper=The Hindu|date=12 October 2013|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com}}{{cite web | url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2017/jun/03/the-perils-of-multi-level-marketing-1612199.html | title=The perils of multi-level marketing }}
Career
The son of director Feroze Khan, Yuvan was keen to work in films and worked as an assistant director in his father's Thambi Arjuna (2010). He then made his debut as an actor with his father's Pasakara Nanbargal, where he was credited as Ajmal Khan. The film had a low key release and received negative reviews from critics.{{cite web|url=http://www.kollytalk.com/cinenews/actor-feroz-khan-launches-his-15-year-old-son-as-hero-27181.html|title=kollytalk.com|website=www.kollytalk.com}} Yuvan made a breakthrough as an actor by playing the lead role of a school student in Saattai (2012). The film opened to positive reviews, while a critic from The Hindu noted "Yuvan could work harder on his expressions".{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/saattai-cracking-the-whip-differently/article3926157.ece|title=Saattai: Cracking the whip differently|first=Malathi|last=Rangarajan|newspaper=The Hindu|date=22 September 2012|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com}} His subsequent films Keeripulla opposite Disha Pandey, Kadhalai Thavira Verondrum Illai with Saranya Mohan and Kamara Kattu, a horror film co-starring Sree Raam, fared less well at the box office and earned negative reviews.{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/keeripulla/movie-review/19288343.cms|title=Keeripulla Movie Review {1/5}: Critic Review of Keeripulla by Times of India|publisher=|via=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/kamara-kattu/movie-review/47390311.cms|title=Kamara Kattu Movie Review {1.5/5}: Critic Review of Kamara Kattu by Times of India|publisher=|via=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}} During the period, he also worked on Rasu Madhuravan's Sogusu Perundhu, but the film was shelved following the death of the director. Likewise another venture titles Jacky was also shelved midst production.{{cite web|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/tamil-movies-jacky-gallery-17961.html|title=Jacky Photos - Tamil Movies photos, images, gallery, stills, clips|website=IndiaGlitz.com}}
In 2016, Yuvan worked on Ilami, a period movie set in the year 1700, where he portrayed a youngster who excels at jallikattu.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/etcetera-star-in-the-making/article6229052.ece|title=Etcetera - Star in the making?|newspaper=The Hindu|date=19 July 2014|last1=Raghavan|first1=Nikhil}} For the role, he put on weight and trained with bulls for his scenes.{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/210916/ilami-a-period-film-on-jallikattu.html|title=Ilami, a period film on Jallikattu|first=Anupama|last=Subramanian|date=21 September 2016|website=Deccan Chronicle}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Past-perfect/article15421025.ece|title=Past perfect|newspaper=The Hindu|date=1 October 2016|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com}}{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Yuvan-in-a-period-film-based-on-Jallikattu/articleshow/54426724.cms|title=Yuvan in a period film based on Jallikattu|website=The Times of India}} Yuvan will next play the lead role in director Bala's next project opposite Pragathi Guruprasad; however, the project was later dropped.{{cite web|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/yuvan-pragathi-guru-in-bala-next-new-movie-tamil-news-166844.html|title=Bala finalizes his next hero and heroine details - Tamil Movie News|date=8 September 2016|website=IndiaGlitz.com}}
Filmography
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! Year ! Film ! Role !class=unsortable| Notes | |||
| 2011 | Pasakara Nanbargal | Arun Joseph | |
| 2012 | Saattai | Pazhanimuthu | |
| 2013 | Keeripulla | Keeri | |
| 2014 | Kadhalai Thavira Verondrum Illai | Anbu | |
| 2015 | Kamara Kattu | Ramesh | |
| 2016 | Ilami | Karuppu | |
| rowspan="2"|2017 | Ayyanar Veethi | Senthil | |
| Vilayattu Aarambam | Yuvan | Also narrator | |
| 2019 | Adutha Saattai | Pazhanimuthu |
References
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Category:Male actors in Tamil cinema
Category:21st-century Indian male actors