R. Pandiaraajan

Biography

Pandiarajan is an Indian actor, director and comedian who has played leading roles in many humorous Tamil films and currently plays supporting and comedy roles.

Pandiarajan was born to Sulochana in Saidapet, Chennai in a lower-middle-class family. He has two sisters, Maheshwari & Geetha.

He has been married to Vasuki, daughter of Director, Producer, and Poet Avinasi Mani in 1986. They have three sons, Prithvi Rajan, Pallava Rajan, and Prem Rajan.

Pandiarajan wanted to act in films. But due to his height and appearance he decided to join as an assistant director. He joined Thamizisai College where he learned violin and got his diploma as "Isai Selvam" in 1977.

 After that, he joined writer Thooyavan as an office assistant. Here he met director K. Bhagyaraj and later joined him as an assistant director. He became his associate director in Darling, Darling, Darling and worked till the discussion of Mundhanai Mudichu. 

Pandiarajan told the story of the film Kanni Rasi to Sivaji Ganesan's brother Shanmugam, he listened to the story and accepted it, though financiers refused to buy it, and the film was successful at the box office.

His first directorial venture was Kanni Rasi in 1985 starring Prabhu and Revathi. He directed and made his debut as a hero in Aan Paavam. 

Till now, he has directed nine films, including Kaivantha Kalai, and Doubles where he directed Prabhu Deva in the lead role and acted in some 90 Tamil films and one Malayalam hit Kathavasheshan, where he acted with Dileep. Recently, he has been acting in a TV serial called Mama Maaple on Sun TV.

 His English short film called Help has been nominated at the ArtDeco Film Festival 2011, in São Paulo, Brazil. ‘Help' is Pandiarajan's first short film in English.