Anandaraj
| Anandaraj | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Anandaraj 10 November 1958 Pondicherry, Puducherry |
| Alma mater | M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1987 – Present |
Anandaraj (born 10 November 1958) is an Indian Tamil film actor, who has enacted villain roles in several Tamil films. He has appeared in over hundred films in different languages including Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam.
Anandaraj made his Bollywood debut as main antagonist with Action Jackson starring Ajay Devgan and Sonakshi Sinha.
Biography
Anandaraj was born on 10 November 1958 in Pondicherry, Puducherry. He liked movies from a very young age. After completing his school he wanted to make a career in cinema but his father wanted him to become a police office.But he persuaded his parents and did what he liked. Later he learnt acting skills from M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute which is located in chennai. After completing his training he struggled hard to get roles in movie and finally in 1988 he was signed for the role of villian film Oruvar Vaazhum Aalayam from where his career is begin to shine.
Anandaraj was born and brought up in Pondicherry close friend of ravindra Kumar and his father was a businessman. After schooling he wanted his son to be a police officer, but Anandaraj wanted to try something different as he was fascinated with films. Fortunately his family supported his dreams. He joined in M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute, Chennai for a course. Kannada actor Shiva Rajkumar was his classmate.
Anandaraj was under the impression that offers would come his way, but later he had to struggle for an opportunity and finally started off with the 1988 film Oruvar Vaazhum Aalayam starring Prabhu and Sivakumar, where he played the role of a crook and Urimai Geetham, both becoming blockbusters at the box office and later En Thangachi Padichava directed by P. Vasu gave him the much needed break in all the four south Indian languages. Thereafter, he has acted as a villain alongside most of the top actors, like Rajnikanth (Baasha), Vijayakanth (Pulan Visaranai), R. Sarathkumar (Suryavamsam), Mammootty (Makkal Aatchi), Balakrishna (Muddula Mavayya), Chiranjeevi (Gang Leader) and Vijay (Pokkiri).
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