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Mr. Denes Kumar in a photoshoot for local telemovie
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The ever handsome and charming Denes Kumar is not an exception in Malaysian Tamil cinema industry. His wife Dr. Vimala Perumal is serving as a senior lecturer in Multimedia University (MMU) and well-known filmmaker as well in directing her husband featuring films such as Vilayattu Pasangge (2010), Vetti Pasangge (2014) and the blockbuster hit Vedigundu Pasangge (2018).
Denes Kumar being an engineering student in college has always dreamed to be in Showbiz. In 2001 luck hit him immediately where he got a job as a back-up dancer for a Tamil singing competition on Astro. He later started choreographing some songs, and moved on to becoming the lead dancer. He also starred in a few TV dramas, but the real turning point of his career came in 2005 when he landed the job of emcee for the dance competition series Aattam 100 Vagai which telecated in Astro Vaanavil.
I still remember the way he talks in front of the camera which is slightly rude and catchy besides audience can relate. His tone and slang are very much relatable to our Tamil community in Malaysia that is why we can enjoy his presentation. Until 2010 he was busy appearing in dance competition series annually and local dramas. However, another breakthrough was release of Vilayattu Pasangge and it was based on what Denes and his wife observed around them. It was about some playful young men who didn’t pay attention to their studies. The sequel Vetti Pasangge showed their act after failed in studies and being unemployed. The final film in the trilogy, Vedigundu Pasangge (2018), became the highest-grossing locally-produced Tamil film in Malaysia, and saw the young men eventually fall into a bad crowd and end up breaking the law. For the Vedigundu Pasangge the producer Denes himself, held the film’s music launch in Chennai, and released the film in Chennai, the United Kingdom and Singapore to get more exposure.
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Official poster of the movie released by the producer in Facebook
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Surprisingly, the movie won best film at the Norway Tamil Film Festival, where it was not only viewed by Tamil-speaking locals but other Norwegians as well, who saw a different side of Malaysia instead of the iconic building KLCC. The movie also secured a Special Jury Awards in Malaysian Film Festival 2019. Besides, being in Tamil movie he is also producing Malay dramas. At the moment the star has been appointed as a board member in National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (FINAS).
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(From left) Denes Kumar, Vimala Perumal, David Anthony and Arunraja Kamaraj during the award function in Norway.
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Congratulations on your appointment, Denes!
Author: Buvesh Kumar
Nice one
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