He dipped into everything that Tamil Nadu could offer - wine, women, drugs, gambling, politics, polemics, atheism and religious sanctuary. He also did not live a cocoon-type of life. What made Kannadasan click? There is no doubt that he had a penetrating eye and keen observational powers. He was also an excellent example of this century's Tamil goliard. In addition, he produced about 4000 poems and approximately 5000 movie lyrics, between 19, all with an eighth grade education at the formal level. Even the illiterate, who couldn't read and memorise the poetry of Kamban or the maxims of Valluvan, could hum the compositions of poet Kannadasan.Ī number count of his publications shows a tally of 109 volumes, which include 21 novels and 10 slim volumes of essays on Hinduism, captioned Arthamulla Indu Matham (Meaningful Hinduism). For Tamils all over the world, he epitomised Tamil poetry. But when he made his exit from this world, at the age of 54, on October 16, 1981, millions of Tamils remembered him only by the name Kannadasan. 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.Kannadasan given name at birth was Muthiah. Rajendar also distributes films under his home banner \'Simbu cine arts\'. Rajendar had started talking with \"common\" people through Skype and discussing latest politics in the recent years. The channel, apart from broadcasting his movies and speeches, tends to echo sentiments towards the plight of Tamils (especially women) in Sri Lanka. Originally he wanted to start a 24 hour TV channel but could not due to problems arising while securing a license. Rajendar recently started his own web TV channel called \'Kural TV\' (Voice TV). 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. He is known for introducing new faces in all his movies and most of the Heroines who debuted in his movies made it big in South Cinema like Amala, Nalini, Jyothi, Jeevitha (Wife of Telugu star Rajasekhar), Mumtaj.Īfter 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 repetitous dialogues with little if any meaning. He normally serves as, but not limited to director, actor, songwriter, art director,production manager, playback singer.ĭuring the 1980s all his movies were blockbusters running for years and the songs were also well appreciated. Rajendar is well known for writing good heart touching lyrics and composing music in his movies and also using rhythmic Tamil dialogues throughout his movies. He gained popularity through his one-of-a-kind style of acting. Rajendar started off in the Kollywood industry making successful films which included him as an actor, playback singer, dancer and scriptwriter. His wife Usha Rajendar served as the Producer for his films like Kadhal Azhivathillai. He has two sons: Silambarasan, Kuralarasan and one daughter Ilakiya. Rajendar is married to former actress Usha and they have 3 children. He is also a politician in Tamil Nadu, India. ![]() ![]() Rajendar or Usha Rajendar is a Tamil film actor and director as well as a composer, screenwriter, cinematographer, producer, singer,and playback singer.
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