Vadivelu is an Indian film actor, comedian and playback singer. Since the 1990s, he has acted mainly as a comedian in Tamil films and is renowned for his slapstick comedies. Vadivelu has won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Comedian five times for his works in "Kaalam Maari Pochu" (1996), "Vetri Kodi Kattu" (2000), "Thavasi" (2001), "Imsai Arasan 23m Pulikesi" (2006) and "Kathavarayan" (2008). He has also won the Filmfare Award for Best Comedian – Tamil two times for his work in "Chandramukhi" (2005) and "Imsai Arasan 23rd Pulikecei" (2006) and was nominated once in the Best Supporting Actor – Tamil category for "Aadhavan" (2009). He also won the Vijay Award for Best Comedian for his work in "Marudhamalai" (2007) and was nominated three times in the Best Comedian category for his work in "Aadhavan" (2009), "Nagaram" (2010) and "Kaavalan" (2011). He has acted as a hero in four films to-date: "Imsai Arasan 23rd Pulikecei" (2006), "Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan" (2008), "Tenaliraman" (2014) and "Eli" (2015).