Aadukalam Naren is an Indian film actor who has appeared in several Tamil films. Born in Chennai, he was named Narayanan but he changed it later to Naren. He later joined dance master Kala to learn acting and also became a teacher in an Acting School. Naren made his debut with the movie Raman Abdullah in 1997 but he got his major break in Aadukalam (2011). He then delivered another commendable performance as Sasikumar’s father in the movie Sundarapandian (2012). He also acted in films like Innimey Ippadithan (2014), Malupu (2015) and Vaalu (2015). His upcoming film Puli is set to release in 2015.