Ajay Rathnam

Ajay Rathnam

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Ajay Rathnam Biography

Ajay Rathnam is a popular television actor known for supporting roles. He has portrayed varying characters of around 400 films in 5 languages, and has excelled in negative shaded roles. He predominantly works in Tamil films and television serials. He entered film scene playing a villain and has worked in the industry for more than 25 years. ‘Nalaya Manithan’ in 1989 was his debut flick. His roles in ‘Indian’ and ‘Kuruthipunal’ in the 1990s were widely appreciated. His best works are with Kamal Hassan starrer movies, and this personality has been one of his great inspirations of professional career.

 

Popular comedian M. V. Paneerselvam and Ajay Rathnam were school buddies and they belonged to same neighbourhood. When Paneerselvam joined a film institute, Rathnam pursued graduation in Vaishnava College. One day Paneerselvam introduced him to Velu Prabhakaran and was offered the role of psychopath villain for the movie, Nalaya Manithan’ released in 1989. It was his debut film. Since then he played numerous character roles, particularly negative ones. Ajay’s was a love marriage and he is married to Sathya. The couple is blessed by two sons – Vishnu and Vishwesh.

 

He has shared screen space with Kamal Hassan for movies like Guna, Singaravelan, Indian, Thevar Magan, Kuruthipunal etc where he played significant roles. He played a cop’s role in Indian and Guna. He worked with Rajinikanth in Dharmadurai, and with Arjun in Gentleman. Most of his prominent roles belong to the era of 1990s. One of the tallest actors of the industry with 6 feet height, his physical appearance suits a cop role or villain role most. He made his Kannada debut with the film - ‘KA-99 B-333’, where he played the lead role. ‘Marmadesam’ is his best work among television serials, where he played the pivot role of Hindu God Karuppasamy.

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Updated: February 05, 2016

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