Anandaraj

Anandaraj Biography

Anandaraj is a south Indian actor as a villain on silver screen. He has appeared in all south Indian languages and works pre-dominantly in Tamil. In Malayalam plays, he usually represents Villain speaking Tamil language. He has appeared as a lead hero in many Tamil movies. Yet he has not been able to establish himself as a hero on screen. Till now he has acted in more than 100 movies. Anandaraj is keen to enter politics as well. He has played the role of cunning politician in a few movies.

 
David Uncle, Thampi Oorukku Puthusu, Kaaval Nilayam, Katharavan, Kizhakku Veluthathchu, En Rajangam, Government Mappillai, Puthiya Aatchi, and My India are the movies in which he played lead hero role. He debuted as an actor in the 1988 film Oruvar Vaazhum Aalayam in which he played negative shaded role. After that he has given life to numerous negative roles in his distinct style. He is best known for playing crooked villain onscreen.

Anandaraj originally hails from Puducherry. His father was an arak merchant. He has 7 siblings. Though he appears on screen as a tall, dark and clean shaved crook on screen, in true sense he became bald before he reached 30. He is not so tall, but fair-skinned. He had to wait for one year after graduation to get roles in movies and his debut happened in 1987. Oruvar Vaazhum Aalayam released one year later was his debut movie, in which he played a crook. In his debut movie he got opportunity to work with both Prabhu and Sivaji Ganesan. Kola Kolaya Mundhirika, Agam Puram, Goa and En Ullam Unnai Theduthey are his recent Tamil releases. In 2011, he appeared in Malayalam movie Doubles, lead role played by Mammootty and Nadia Moidu.

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Updated: May 12, 2014