“
Ponnambalam
,” who started his career as a stuntman, turned the main villain in Naattamai with “R. Sarathkumar.” Ponnambalam has also played in Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films as the supporting antagonist. Ponnambalam was last seen in Parandhu Sella Vaa with Luthfudeen. He had also directed a film titled
Pattaya Kelappu
. The actor joined ADMK under the leadership of Madam “
Jayalalithaa
” in 2011. After the death of Jayalalithaa, many popular stars including “Anandaraj,” “
Vindhya
” and Ponnambalam came out from the party. Now, Ponnambalam joined BJP in the presence of
Pon Radhakrishnan
, the Union Minister. Yesterday, director cum producer Rahul, joined BJP and received the membership card from
Tamilisai Soundararajan
, the Tamilnadu BJP leader.