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Sundarrajan
Sundarrajan in Major Chandrakanth (1966)
Born	(1935-03-01)1 March 1935 Madras, British India
Died	28 February 2003(2003-02-28) (aged 67) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation	Actor, director, scriptwriter
Years active	1965–2003
Spouse(s)	Shamala

Sundarrajan (17 March 1935 – 28 February 2003), popularly known as Major Sundararajan, was an Indian actor who performed in Tamil language films.

Biography

Starting as an amateur stage artist while working full-time in the Telecom department in the early 1950s, Sundararajan entered the cinematic field with Pattinathar (1962), directed by K. Somu. After a powerful performance as a blind and retired army official in K. Balachander's Major Chandrakant (1966), he came to be known as 'Major Sundararajan'.

He acted in over 900 films and a few television serials, giving memorable performances in Gauravam, Ethir Neechal, Bama Vijayam, Apoorva Raagangal, Deiva Magan and Deiva Cheyal. He continued to act in stage plays while playing memorable roles on the screen. He acted in a few Malayalam and Telugu movies as well. He has also produced comedy films like Karpagam Vanthachu starring Arjun and Radhika under Shyamalalyaa Productions.^[1] His son Gowtham Sundararajan is active in the film industry as an actor and choreographer.

Death

Sundarrajan died on 28 February 2003.^[2]

Partial filmography

As actor

As director

As dubbing artist

References

External links

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  Sundarrajan on IMDb