T. Rajendar

T. Rajendar
T. Rajendar
Born	Vijaya Thesingu Rajender; 3 October 1955 (age 68); Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Other names	T. R.
Occupation(s)	screenwriter, songwriter, composer, cinematographer, producer, director, actor, playback singer, politician and film distributor
Years active	1980-present
Political party	All India Latchiya Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse(s)	Usha Rajendar ; (m.1982-present)
Children	Silambarasan; Kuralarasan; Ilakkiya

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Vijaya Thesingu Rajendar (born 03 Oct 1955), better known as T. Rajendar or T. R., is an Indian film actor, director, composer, screenwriter, cinematographer, producer, singer and playback singer. He is also a politician in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Family

T. Rajendar is married to former actress Usha. They have two sons, Silambarasan and Kuralarasan, and one daughter, Ilakiya. His wife has served as the producer for some of his films, such as Kadhal Azhivathillai.

Film career

Rajendar started off in the Kollywood industry making successful films which included him as an actor, playback singer, dancer and scriptwriter. He gained popularity through his one-of-a-kind style of acting. He normally serves as, but not limited to director, actor, songwriter, art director,production manager, playback singer. During the 1980s all his movies were blockbusters running for years and the songs were also well appreciated.^{[citation needed]} He is known for introducing new faces in his movies, and many of the actresses who debuted in his movies have been successful in South Cinema, including Amala, Nalini, Jyothi, Jeevitha, and Mumtaj.

After some years, Rajendar's films started to decline in popularity because his films became too predictable, tending to follow the same storyline and oratory style of repetitious dialogues with little if any meaning.^[3] For example, his films always contain a sentimental scene involving the hero's younger sister in distress, coupled with the same rhyming rhetoric and gestures.^[3]

Rajendar recently started his own web TV channel called 'Kural TV' (Voice TV).^[4]^[5] Originally he wanted to start a 24-hour TV channel but could not due to problems arising while securing a license. The channel, apart from broadcasting his movies and speeches, tends to echo sentiments towards the plight of Tamils (especially women) in Sri Lanka.

Rajendar had started talking with "common" people through Skype and discussing latest politics in the recent years. Rajendar also distributes films under his home banner 'Simbu cine arts'. His latest film distribution, as of mid-2011 is his son Silambarasan's film Vaanam which will be distributed in the Chennai and Madurai region.^[6]

Since early 2008, Rajendar has been slowly working on the production of a film titled Oru Thalai Kadhal, a tale based on a village singer, in which he stars in the lead role.^[7]^[8] In 2011, he released a first look poster for the film and revealed that three heroines from Mumbai would star longside him.^[9]^[10] He provided an update in 2014, that the film was still under production and that it was sixty-five percent complete.^[11] He has also revealed that he is working on a script to launch his second son, Kuralarasan, as a lead actor.^[12]

Political career

Rajendar founded the All India Latchiya Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party in April 2004 after he had been expelled from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party.^[13] Before expulsion, he was the propaganda secretary of DMK and was elected from Park Town constituency in the 1996 Assembly polls.^[14] He further supported the AIADMK in the 2006 Assembly elections. After those 2006 elections, the DMK came back to power and he was made vice-chairman of the Small Savings Scheme. He subsequently, quit the post.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Director and actor

Year	Film	Credited as					Role	Notes
Year	Film	Director	Writer	Actor	Music & Lyrics	Producer	Role	Notes
1980	Oru Thalai Ragam	N	Y	Y	Y	N		Cameo appearance
1980	Vasantha Azhaipugal	Y		Y	Y			Cameo appearance
1981	Rail Payanangalil	Y	Y	Y	Y	N		Cameo appearance
1981	Kilinjalgal	N	N	N	Y	N
1982	Nenjil Oru Raagam	Y		Y	Y			Cameo appearance
1982	Sattam Sirikkiradhu	N	N	N	Y	N
1982	Raagam Thedum Pallavi	Y		Y	Y			Cameo appearance
1983	Thangaikkor Geetham	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Soolakaruppan
1983	Uyirullavarai Usha	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
1984	Uravai Kaatha Kili	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
1984	Premigala Saval	N	Y	N	N	N		Kannada film. Remake of Uyirullavarai Usha
1985	Unakkaga Oru Roja				Y
1986	Pookalai Pareekatheergal				Y
1986	Mythili Ennai Kaathali	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Manickam
1987	Cooliekkaran				Y
1987	Ivargal Varungala Thoongal	N	N	N	Y	N
1987	Muthukkal Moondru	N	N	N	Y	N
1987	Poopoova Poothirukku				Y
1987	Oru Thayin Sabhatham	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
1987	Pookal Vidum Thoodhu			Y	Y
1987	Aayusu Nooru				Y
1988	En Thangai Kalyani	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
1989	Samsara Sangeetham	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
1991	Shanti Enathu Shanti	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
1992	Enga Veetu Velan	Y	Y		Y	Y
1993	Pettredutha Pillai		Y		Y	Y
1993	Sabash Babu	N	Y	Y	Y	N	Veluchamy
1994	Oru Vasantha Geetham	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
1995	Thai Thangai Paasam	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
1996	En Aasai Thangachi				Y
1999	Monisha En Monalisa	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Kaadhaldasan
2001	Sonnal Thaan Kathala	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	T. R.
2002	Kadhal Azhivathillai	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Vakil Dada
2002	Sri Bannari Amman	N	N	N	Y	N
2007	Veerasamy	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Veerasamy
2013	Arya Surya	N	N	Y	N	N		Guest appearance in song "Thagaru Thagaru"
2017	Kavan	N	N	Y	N	N	Mayilvaganan
2017	Vizhithiru	N	N	Y	N	N		Guest appearance in song "Papparappa"

As playback singer

Year	Song	Film	Composer	Notes
2017	"Happy New Year"	Kavan	Hiphop Tamizha
2016	"Damakutalaan"	Koditta Idangalai Nirappuga	C. Sathya
2016	"Raangu"	Theri	G. V. Prakash Kumar
2016	"Maaman Waiting"	Idhu Namma Aalu	Kuralarasan
2015	"Papparappa"	Vizhithiru	Sathyan
2014	"Chai Chai"	Raj Bahadur	Jeevankrupa	Kannada^[15]
2014	"Tharumaru"	Vaalu	S. Thaman
2013	"Thagaru Thagaru"	Arya Surya	Srikanth Deva
2011	"Kalasala kalasala"	Osthi	S. Thaman
2011	"Chennai Gaana"	Puli Vesham	Srikanth Deva
2007	"Gun Ganapathi"	Oram Po	G. V. Prakash Kumar
2007	"Marakka Mudiyala" "Sollalaiye Kadhal" "Varaanpaaru" "Vechuriken"	Veerasamy	Vijaya T. Rajendar
2006	"Ammadi Athadi"	Vallavan	Yuvan Shankar Raja
2002	"Vetrinadai", "Roopamani", Nambinorai	Sri Bannari Amman	T. Rajender
2001	"Kaadhalikka Theriyuma" "Vela Vela"	Sonnal Thaan Kaadhala	Vijaya T. Rajendar
1999	"Nambaathe"	Monisha En Monalisa	T. Rajender
1986	"Ada Ponnana" "En Aasai Mythiliye"	Mythili Ennai Kaathali	Vijaya T. Rajendar
1984	"Adangoppan Mavane"	Uravai Kaatha Kili	Vijaya T. Rajendar
1983	"Thatti Paarthen"	Thangaikor Geetham	Vijaya T. Rajendar

Distributor

Vaanam (2011)
Vaalu (2015)

References

^ "Thesingu Rajendar - IMDb".
^ TR to stay away from polls, IndiaGlitz, 26 March 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Rajender gets ready with 'Oru thalai kadhal'". Tamilchannel.com. 26 December 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
^ "His virtual world: Actor T. Rajendar launches a web television". The Hindu. 7 March 2009. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
^ "Tamil Cinema News - Kural Tv | Tamil Movie News | Tamil Movie Latest News | First On Net Cinema News". Kural Tv. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
^ "TR buys 'Vaanam' rights - Tamil Movie News". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
^ http://www.indiaglitz.com/vijaya-t-rajendar-inspired-by-ameer-tamil-news-37168.html
^ http://www.behindwoods.com/features/Interviews/interview-5/director/vijaya-t-rajendar.html
^ http://www.kollyinsider.com/2011/02/t-rajendars-oru-thalai-kadhal-start.html
^ http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-events/Vijaya-T-Rajendar-20-03-12.html
^ http://www.onlykollywood.com/t-rajendar-oru-thalai-kadhal-film-two-heroines/
^ http://www.indiaglitz.com/oru-thalai-kadhal-is-a-romantic-entertainer-tr-tamil-news-62563.html
^ http://www.sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=13462493
^ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/t-rajendar-rejoins-dmk/article5510667.ece
^ "T Rajendar Sings for Raj Bahaddur". Retrieved 6 March 2014.

External links

T. Rajendar at IMDb
Interview with TR

[1] "Thesingu Rajendar - IMDb".

[politician-2] TR to stay away from polls, IndiaGlitz, 26 March 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2015.

[tamilchannel.com-3] "Rajender gets ready with 'Oru thalai kadhal'". Tamilchannel.com. 26 December 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2012.

[4] "His virtual world: Actor T. Rajendar launches a web television". The Hindu. 7 March 2009. Retrieved 15 July 2009.

[5] "Tamil Cinema News - Kural Tv | Tamil Movie News | Tamil Movie Latest News | First On Net Cinema News". Kural Tv. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2012.

[6] "TR buys 'Vaanam' rights - Tamil Movie News". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 13 March 2012.

[7] ttp://www.indiaglitz.com/vijaya-t-rajendar-inspired-by-ameer-tamil-news-37168.html

[8] ttp://www.behindwoods.com/features/Interviews/interview-5/director/vijaya-t-rajendar.html

[9] ttp://www.kollyinsider.com/2011/02/t-rajendars-oru-thalai-kadhal-start.html

[10] ttp://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-events/Vijaya-T-Rajendar-20-03-12.html

[11] ttp://www.onlykollywood.com/t-rajendar-oru-thalai-kadhal-film-two-heroines/

[12] ttp://www.indiaglitz.com/oru-thalai-kadhal-is-a-romantic-entertainer-tr-tamil-news-62563.html

[13] ttp://www.sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=13462493

[14] ttp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/t-rajendar-rejoins-dmk/article5510667.ece

[15] "T Rajendar Sings for Raj Bahaddur". Retrieved 6 March 2014.

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