Jaguar Thangam


Thanga Pazham, known by his screen name Jaguar Thangam, is a famous stunt choreographer in the Indian film industry who works in almost all regional languages in India primarily in Tamil Cinema. He began Silambam, when he was in the age of 6th. In the middle of 1978, he was named as Jaguar Thangam by a Malayalam director Mr. Chandrakumar. Following his debut in Chandrakumar’s Hindi drama Meena Bazzar as a stunt coordinator, his stunt career commenced with a brief phase of stunt sequences in nationwide film industry.
Jaguar Thangam was found by Mr. M.G.Ramachandran popularly known as M.G.R. in his early stage. As of now Jaguar Thangam completed 1000+ films in almost all languages in India. Jaguar Thangam has won Four Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Stunt Coordinator for Five Tamil movies. In addition to stunt, he is also working as a film actor, producer, Script writer and Director. Apart from his stunt career, he is interested in social activities and politics environment.
Now Jaguar Thangam is associated as Honourable Secretary with Film and Television Producers’ Guild of South India which is located in Thiyagaraya Nagar in Chennai, Tamilnadu.

Early life

Jaguar Thangam was born on 6 June 1954, in Tamil Nadar family at kommadikottai in Tutucorin, Tamilnadu State. His mother Chinnammal was a housewife, and his father S.K.Paalpaandian Nadar was a landlord and farmer. He was named as Thanga Pazham Nadar and he is the youngest in a family consists of 4 elder brothers and 4 elder sisters including a last elder sister Sakthi Kani. In his early childhood days, he lost his mother. From there after his sister Sakthi Kani and her husband Jayaraj Nadar took care in growth of Jaguar Thangam.

Early career

Jaguar Thangam started learning Silambam in the age of 6. From then till now he is the only person in the film industry who mastered in 27 kind of stunt arts.
In the age of nineteen at Vellamandi in Trichy, M. G. Ramachandran found his talent in silambam and took him to Chennai for further stunt actions study. Jaguar Thangam used this opportunity to mould himself and started learning. He started learning art of stunt from Dakchinamoorthy Aachariyar followed then from Tony Ponnaiya who was a master in the art of Chinese style CHITTORIAN. Jaguar Thangam has also learned Ayurveda from some Siddhas who were only resided in the western region mountains in Tamilnadu.

Film career

Jaguar Thangam started his film career in Hindi as a Stunt Choreographer in the movie Meena Bazaar in 1978. Followed that he has done more than 87 films in Hindi where he did 17 movies with the veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty.
He started his film career as a stunt fighter in the Tamil movie Vetri in which famous Tamil actor Vijayakanth got a lead role. He started his career as a Stunt Choreographer in Tamil movie Vaigasi Poranthachu. He worked in the Hollywood movie Blood Stone which is the only Hollywood movie of Rajinikanth. He worked with the veteran actor Kamal Hasan in the movie Maharasan.
Till now Jaguar Thangam completed more than 1000 film in almost all languages in Indian film industry.
The following stunt choreographers are the students of Jaguar Thangam: Peter Hein, Anal Arasu, K. Ganesh Kumar, Stunt Silva, S. R. Murugan and Knockout Nandha.

Personal life

Jaguar Thangam married Shanthi whose native was in Chakkammalpuram, near Pudukkottai, Thoothukudi district but born in Chennai on 24 September 1963 and was named by M. G. Ramachandran known as M.G.R.. The marriage took place on 9 September 1984 at Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Dever Kalyana Mandapam in Thiyagaraya Nagar, Chennai. The couple have two sons named Vijaya Siranjeevi and Jai J Jaguar. Both are very active in Tamil cinema as Stunt Choreographer as well as actors. Vijay Chiranjeevi made his acting debut with Suryaa directed by his father.

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