Friday 23 March 2012


Silambarasan Rajendar


Silambarasan Rajendar (born February 3, 1985), also known as T. R. Silambarasan, or Simbu, is an Indian film actordirectorplayback singer and lyricist. He began his career by playing minor uncredited roles as a child artist in films produced by his father T. Rajendar,[1] before essaying his first lead role in Kadhal Azhivathillai (2002), under his father's direction as well. He achieved recogniton for his work in Manmadhan (2004), which was also "ghost-directed" by him [2] and became his first major commercial success. He made his full-flegded directorial debut with Vallavan(2006), while he received wide critical praise for his performances in Gautham Menon's Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010) and the anthology film Vaanam (2011) and Osthe (2011).

Silambarasan Rajendar

Silambarasan in May 2010
BornThesingu Rajendar Silambarasan
February 3, 1984 (age 28)
ChennaiTamil NaduIndia
Other namesSimbu, STR ,Young Superstar 
OccupationFilm actorplayback singer,lyricistdirectorproducer,screenwritervoice actor
Years active1998–present

Personal life

Silambarasan was born to director, music composer, actor, screenwriter and politician Vijaya T. Rajendar and former actress Usha Rajendar. He has a younger brother Kuralarasan and a younger sister Ilakkiya. He studied at the Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School and Santhome Higher Secondary school, Chennai. He had a great passion for dance right from his school days and used to choreograph dances even back then. He then attended The Ashram School in Chennai and also completed an Audio Engineering Course.

Film career

Debut as child artiste

Silambarasan started his career as a child artiste in 1987 and acted in nearly 19 of his father's films, including Thai Thangai PaasamOru Vasantha GeethamEn Thangai KalyaniEnga Veetu VelanMonisha En MonalisaOru Thayin SabhathamSamsara SangeethamShanti Enathu ShantiPettredutha PillaiThiruvalla and Sabash Babu. In Samsara Sangeetham, Silambarasan danced to a song singing "I am a little star, Aaaven Naan Super Star". His father had an idea to make Silambarasan direct a film at the age of 15 but dropped later.

2002–2003

Silambarasan played his first starring role at age 19 in Kadhal Azhivathillai (2002) directed by his father Vijaya T. Rajendar, co-starring Charmy Kaur. His second film was Dhum (2003) that did average business at the box-office,[5] which was followed by Kuththu (2003), which ran for 100 days and was his first successful film. His fourth film Alai ran over 50 days at the box office, while his subsequent release Kovil was an average grosser at the box office. He got a name for himself as "romantic young actor with style as his benchmark".

Breakthrough (2004–2009)

Silambarasan took an year off from acting to concentrate on Manmadhan, for which he had written story, screenplay and dialogues.The film featured him in dual roles for the first time, as a serial killer of women, and Jyothika as his pair.The film became a high commercial success at the box-office, completing a 275-days-theatrical run, while also earning rave reviews. His next film, Thotti Jaya stood up to the expectations at the box-office.
In 2006, he starred in Saravana, directed by K. S. Ravikumar, opposite Jyothika again; the film declared as hit.He next turned director with Vallavan (2006), besides playing the lead in the film. acting opposite NayantaraReemma Sen andSandhya. In spite of time tough competition at the box office, Vallavan did decent business at the box office.
He had no releases in 2007 and his next film, the Tarun Gopi-directed masala film Kaalai was released in January 2008. The film was panned by critics and was a box office bomb. Later that year, he appeared in another action-masala filmSilambattam. Although opening to mixed reviews, the film went on achieve moderate commercial success. In Goa, he played a cameo role, reprising his Manmadhan character at the ending of the film.

Success (2010–present)

In 2010, his 25th film Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa released, in which he was paired with Trisha Krishnan. Directed and written by Gautham Menon, the film fetched positive reviews and became his biggest success in his career. Silambarasan received critical acclaim for his performance as Karthik, resulting in several awards and nominations. The film proved to be a significant turning point in his career, changing his media image. Director K. Balachander in an open letter called Silambarasan's performance as his best in his career.
The following year he was seen in two films, the drama film Vaanam and the masala film Osthe, both remakes of the critically acclaimed Telugu film Vedam (2010) and the Hindi blockbuster Dabangg (2010), respectively. Vaanam, which featured Silambarasan as part of an ensemble cast including BharathAnushka ShettyPrakash Raj and Saranya Ponvannan,opened to positive reviews and crossed 100-day mark and made good revenues in the centers released.Malathi Rangarajan from The Hindu wrote: "After the stupendous hit of VTVVaanam should be another significant film in STR's career". Osthe, directed by S. Dharani, released in more than 110 screens overseas in December 2011, in which Silambarasan played a police officer for the first time in his carreer. Osthe was the biggest ever overseas release in Silambarasan's career, with the actor naming it the "biggest action film that he has done so far". The film was reported to have got a "flying start at the box Office".
Currently, he is shooting the romantic musical Podaa Podi and the action thriller Vettai Mannan. The latter, co-starring JaiDeeksha SethHansika Motwani and Poonam Kaur will feature film as a hitman and is touted to be made in Tamil,Telugu and Hindi.[23] He has signed Vetrimaaran's Vada Chennai, playing a lead role starring Rana Daggubati and Andrea Jeremiah in crucial roles, which is excepted to commence by mid-2012.

Other work

Silambarasan has frequently worked as playback singer in the Tamil film industry. He first sung playback in Sonnal Thaan Kaadhala and has since sung over 40 songs for various composers. He predominantly sings in his own films and has collaborated mostly with his friend and fellow composer Yuvan Shankar Raja. Silambarasan has also penned lyrics for several songs from his films. On 27 December 2011, Silambarasan released his first non-filmy promo single "Love Anthem For World Peace and Love" to promote world peace. The song was composed by Silambarasan himself and the lyrics contain words of 96 global languages.
Silambarasan became a voice actor after dubbing the Tamil dialogues for the protagonist in the Academy Award-winning film Slumdog Millionaire.
Silambarasan was recently signed as the Brand Ambassador of PepsiCo India for their soft drink 7 Up softdrinks in Tamil Nadu.

Awards

Honors
Winners
Nominations

Filmography

As Actor
YearFilmRoleNotes
1987Oru Thayin SabhathamChild artist
1988En Thangai KalyaniChild artist
1989Samsara SangeethamChild artist
1991Shanti Enathu ShantiChild artist
1992Enga Veetu VelanChild artist
1993Sabash BabuBabuChild artist
1993Pettredutha PillaiChild artist
1993Rajadi RajavanChild artist
1993ThiruvallaChild artist
1994Oru Vasantha GeethamChild artist
1995Thai Thangai PaasamChild artist
1999Monisha En MonalisaSpecial appearance
2001Sonnal Thaan KathalaSpecial appearance
2002Kadhal AzhivathillaiSimbu
2003DumSathya
2003AlaiAathi
2003KovilSakthivel
2004KuththuGurumoorthy
2004ManmadhanMadhankumar,
Madhanraj
Also screenwriter
2005Thotti JayaJayachandran
2006SaravanaSaravana
2006VallavanVallavanAlso director, screenwriter
2008KaalaiJeeva
2008SilambattamVichu,
Thamizharasan
2010GoaMadhankumarSpecial appearance
2010Vinnaithaandi VaruvaayaaKarthik SivakumarNominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Vijay Award for Best Actor
2010Ye Maaya ChesaveHimselfGuest appearance
Telugu film
2011Vaanam"Cable" Raja
2011OsthiOsthe Velan
2011MambattiyanSpecial appearance in promotional song
2012Podaa PodiFilming
2012Vettai MannanVigneshFilming
2012Vada ChennaiPre-Production

As Playback Singer
YearSongFilmNotes
2011PondatiOsthiAlso Lyric[32]
2011Nathiyile- Fully LoadedDoo
2011Nathiyile Alai OndruDoo
2011No Money No HoneyVaanam
2011KaattuvazhiMambattiyan
2010Evan Di Unna PethanVaanamAlso Lyric
2010Oola VediyaeThottupaar
2010Sama Sama Yama YamaDrohi
2010Sundara PurushaMurattu Kaalai
2010Pattu PattuThillalangadi
2010Ka Ka KaNaanayam
2010Kannakkol ThirudaNellu
2009Mallakottai KannuAnthony Yaar?
2009ThallakulamRenigunta
2009MansellamKulir 100°
2009KaruppayeeAathi Narayana
2008Kutti PisaseKaalai
2008Thanni KaruthuruchiEnnai Theriyuma
2008Nallamdhana
Vechikkava
Silambattam
2007Hello Hello I Love YouVeerasamy
2006Loosu Penne
Loosu Penne (Club Mix)
Kadhal Vanthirichu
Yammaadi Aathaadi
VallavanAlso Lyric
Loosu Penne
2006Gori Thera
Kadhal Keedal
Saravana
2004En Aasai Mythiliae
Thathai Thathai
Manmadhan
2004Pothu ThaakuKuththu
2004Stella Maris
Koththamalli
Samasthanam
2003Kadhal PannaKovil
2003KalakkuvenDum
2003Kuththadi KuththadiRamachandra
2002Dil Dil DilRed
2002Sight AdippomApril Maadhathil
2002Jothikava
Clinton Magalo
Kadhal Azhivathillai
2002Baila MoreKadhal Virus
2001Chukkumula
Mullaaga Kuththakoodaathu
Sonnal Thaan Kaadhala

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