Gurunath Meiyappan

May 25, 2013 Leave a comment

weathymatters Ever since IPL match fixing made it to the news,many googlers have reached my blog by searching for Gurunath Meiyappan and/or Rupa Gurunath. So here is some background information about them for the curious:

42-year-old Gurunath Meiyappan comes from the AVM family, which manages AVM Studios-one of the oldest surviving studios in the country. His father, AVM Balasubramanian, is an honorary consul for Paraguay and an ex-president of the Southern India Chamber of Commerce and Industry.His mother, Lalitha, is an avid golfer and has represented India in the sport in international events. Gurunath Meiyappan’s grandfather was AV Meiyappan, the founder of AVM Productions. Gurunath has a bachelors degree in commerce from Chennai’s Loyola College.He is the managing director AVM Productions and Entertainment.He is also the team principal of the IPL team Chennai Super Kings and son-in-law of BCCI president N Srinivasan,V.C. of India Cements. Gurunath is an introvert who is known to talk to only those with whom he is comfortable with.

In film-crazy Tamil Nadu, Gurunath Meiyappan is an oddity.Even though he is in the movie business,and comes from a filmy background, cinema has never really fascinated him.Developing his family film business has never been an overriding obsession with him.His real passion is sports, especially golf and racing especially go-karting and motor racing.A speed junkie, Gurunath has taken part in many races and finished on the podium in a few. Gurunath and captain MS Dhoni both share a passion for racing and flying aero models.They could both be spotted at Sholavaram on the outskirts of Chennai on off days where flying the various aero models that are part of Gurunath Meiyappan’s collection.

Gurunath Meiyappan’ s passion for golf brought him close to Rupa,also a golfer and the daughter of N. Srinivasan. Rupa and Gurunath married in 2001. They now have three children — two daughters and a son. Rupa Gurunath is a whole-time director of India Cements since 2010.