Major Sundarrajan

01 Mar, 1935 |

Actor/Director/Singer

Biography

Sundarrajan (சுந்தர்ராஜன்) was an Indian actor who has performed in Tamil language films. Starting as an amateur stage artist while working fulltime in the Telecom department in the early 1950s, Sundararajan entered the film world with Pattinathaar (1962), directed by K. Somu. After a powerful performance as a blind and retired army official in K. Balachander's Major Chandrakant, he came to be known as Major Sundararajan. He acted in over 900 films, and a few television serials in the past few years, giving memorable performances in Gouravam, Edhir Neetchal, Bama Vijayam, Apoorva Raagangal and Deiva Cheyal. He continued to act in stage plays, even while playing memorable roles on the screen. He acted in a few Malayalam and Telugu movies also. He died in March 1, 2003