Filmi Doc – Thani Nayagam: Ambassador of Tamil | 23rd Filmi: Toronto's South Asian Film Festival Dec 6-7 2025

Sunday, September 29th, 2013 @ 6:30

WORLD PREMIERE

Thani Nayagam: Ambassador of Tamil

Directed by Senthil Vinu

Canada

As a learned scholar, Thani Nayagam Adigal served as a roving cultural ambassador for the Tamil language and devoted his life to propagate the greatness of Tamil to the whole world. He launched the historic International Association of Tamil Research to popularize the richness of the Tamil language and it’s culture. He attempted to create a worldwide community of Tamil scholars and pioneered the establishment of the International Institute of Tamil Studies. He founded the World Tamil Conference and was the Publisher of Tamil Culture (A Quarterly Journal) from 1952 to 1966. The contribution of his wisdom and experience for the Tamil Language is of immense value.

Documenting and archiving the work of Thani Nayagam Adigal is of paramount importance to the perseverance of the Tamil language.

Trailer:

Director’s Bio:

Senthil Vinu is an award winning Director/Producer. He has produced several short films, documentaries and feature films. His first feature film, ‘Waiting For Summer’ was shown in six International film festivals and has won “Best Picture award” at Film-North Huntsville International Film Festival and Hamilton Film Festival. ‘Waiting for Summer’ is currently available on Channel 100 on Rogers On-DemanD. He recently worked as Line Producer for the film ‘A Gun and A Ring’ which has played in Shanghai International Film Festival and plays in Montreal World Film Fest in August 2013. Senthil is very happy to be involved in making a documentary film on a great scholar like Thani Nayagam Adigal.

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Feature Trailer : http://youtu.be/dLN9Q9pl-II