Amudhan made his cinematic debut as a lyricist with
Minnale (2001), where he wrote the song "Maddy Maddy". He made his directorial debut with
Tamizh Padam, the first full-length spoof film on
Tamil cinema, with
Shiva playing the lead role. The film, distributed by
Dayanidhi Azhagiri's
Cloud Nine Movies, released on 29 January 2010 and won critical acclaim and commercial success at the box office, earning cult status. In late 2010, he began work on a film titled
Nakka Mukka starring
Vijay Antony in the lead role describing that it would be another film in a "new genre", however the film failed to progress. Furthermore, in October 2011, it was rumoured that Amudhan was working on a film titled
Thalavali which would feature lookalikes of leading actors
Vijay and
Ajith Kumar in the lead roles; the director later denied the claims. He later announced that his second film would be
Rendavathu Padam, another full-length comic entertainer, featuring
Vimal,
Remya Nambeesan,
Aravind Akash and
Richard in the lead roles, however despite completing production in 2014 it remains unreleased. The sequel
Tamizh Padam 2 got released in 2018. ==Personal life==