An Indian film actor, Poster Nandakumar received the SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role for his performance as the character of Kannan in the 2014 film Madras. This exemplary performance got him further movie offers like Kathakali, Kabali and Maaveeran Kittu. He was the producer for the 2016 movie Vil Ambu and also starred in it. His 2017 release includes the Kannada - Tamil bilingual crime thriller film Nibunan, under the direction of Arun Vaidyanathan. His other release in 2017 includes the action drama Sathriyan, under the direction of S. R. Prabhakaran, starring Vikram Prabhu and Manjima Mohan in the lead roles.