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Full Name
  
Sethu G. Pillai

Occupation
  
Actor, Producer

Other names
  
Mynaa Sethu


Name
  
Sethu Pillai

Role
  
Film actor

Years active
  
2006–present

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Movies
  
Mynaa, Manasunu Maaya Seyake, Kadavul Paathi Mirugam, 100 Degree Celsius, Kanna Laddu Thinna A

Similar
  
Raj Zacharias, Suresh P Kumar, Prabhu Solomon, V K Prakash, Gopi Sunder

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Sethu G Pillai also known simply as Sethu is an Indian film actor who appears in South Indian language films. Sethu (born 13 March) is an Indian film actor, producer and businessman. He was born in Mavelikkara in Alappuzha district of Kerala. Sethu resides with his family in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He is also called as Mynaa Sethu, after the film ‘Mynaa’, in which he had debuted as an actor. After the success of Mynaa, Sethu acted in many more movies like 100 Degree Celsius, Manadhil Maayam Seidhai and Prema Khaidi to name a few. Currently, he has turned producer and has produced movies like Karuppusamy Kuththagaithaarar and Kokki.

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Apart from being an actor and producer, Sethu is also the owner of Kayal International, a diversified business group with manufacturing and trading activities in garments, food processing, etc.

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Career

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Sethu started his cinema career in the Tamil film industry with the movie Mynaa. The film was released in November, 2010 and was produced by John Max and directed by Prabhu Solomon. The film launched the careers of many artists and technicians. Sethu played the role of DSP Bhaskar, a police officer. His was one of the key roles in the movie and his acting was widely appreciated. This led to him being popularly known as Mynaa Sethu.

After the release of Mynaa, Sethu took a break from cinema to concentrate on his other business activities. Sethu continued to receive offers for playing the role of cop in many movies. He returned to acting in 2013 with the movie Thank You in which he again played a cop, Dev Menon.

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In 2014, Sethu acted in a Tamil / Telugu bilingual. The film was called Manadhil Maayam Seidhai in Tamil and Manasunu Maaya Seyake in Telugu. The songs of the Tamil version went on to become hit songs of the year. In the same year, the Malayalam movie 100 Degree Celsius in which he had acted was also released. The film was directed by Rakesh Gopan.

In 2015, Sethu acted in the Tamil action movie Kadavul Paathi Mirugam Paathi. He also appeared in the movies Prema Khaidi and Rahadari, a dubbed version of Mynaa and Kadavul Paathi Mirugam Paathi, respectively.

Sethu takes his acting career very seriously and brings in total commitment and dedication to the roles he plays. An example of his dedication was when he had to smoke a cigarette for a role he was given and he did it though he was a non-smoker to make it more realistic in its portrayal. He enjoys doing Tamil films the most as he feels it gives him the maximum opportunities to showcase his acting talent.

Sethu has presently ventured into film production and has the produced the movies Kokki and Karuppusamy Kuththagaithaarar.

Filmography

As Actor

As Producer

Business career

Sethu is the owner of manufacturing and retail units in the garment industry. He has expanded and diversified his business activities by venturing into the food processing industry. He has recently inaugurated his new business named Kayal International and well on his way to make it one among the leaders in the food processing industry.

Personal life

Sethu was born in Mavelikkara in Alappuzha district of Kerala. He resides with his family in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Other interests

Sethu G. Pillai is a nature lover and traveler. Exploring new places is one of his favorite hobbies.

References

Sethu (actor) Wikipedia