Arvind Swami born on 18 June 1970 at Chennai, Tamilnadu is an Indian film actor, model, entrepreneur and television presenter known for his work in Tamil cinema. He was introduced as an actor by Mani Ratnam with the film Thalapathi (1991). He was married to Gayathri Ramamoorthy later divorced and re-married Aparna Mukharjee. Roja and Bombay won awards at the State and National Film Award functions. Swamy has won several awards, popular and critical, for his films. He has been described as one of the first few actors in India who is able to achieve pan-Indian appeal. He also won the best supporting actor- Tamil for the movie Thani Oruvan.