Udhayanidhi Stalin

Udhayanidhi Stalin
Udhayanidhi in 2021
Cabinet Minister Government of Tamil Nadu
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 December 2022
Minister	Youth Welfare Sports Development Special Programme Implementation Department & Poverty Alleviation Programme Rural Indebtedness
Governor	R. N. Ravi
Chief Minister	M. K. Stalin
Preceded by	Siva. V Meyyanathan
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 May 2021
Speaker	M. Appavu
Preceded by	J. Anbazhagan
Constituency	Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni
Youth wing Secretary of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 July 2019
President	M. K. Stalin
General Secretary	K. Anbazhagan Durai Murugan
Preceded by	M. P. Saminathan
Personal details
Born	(1977-11-27) 27 November 1977 (age 46) Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India
Political party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse	Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi ​ ​ (m. 2002)​
Children	2
Parent	M. K. Stalin (father)
Relatives	See Karunanidhi family
Alma mater	Loyola College, Chennai
Occupation	Film producer Actor Politician

Udhayanidhi Stalin (born 27 November 1977) is an Indian film producer, politician and actor who prominently worked in Tamil cinema. He was appointed Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development, Special act implementation Department of Tamil Nadu in the ministry by his father the chief minister of Tamil Nadu, M. K. Stalin in December 2022. He is a member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, representing the Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni Assembly constituency.

He entered the film industry as a producer and distributor with his production studio Red Giant Movies, making films including Kuruvi (2008), Aadhavan (2009), Manmadan Ambu (2010) and 7aum Arivu (2011). He subsequently made his debut as an actor in the romantic comedy, Oru Kal Oru Kannadi (2012) and since then continued producing and starring in his own films.^[1] He ceased his acting career in 2023 to focus on politics.