Simbhu

Silambarasan
Simbu in February 2010
Born	Silambarasan Thesingu Rajendar Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Other names	STR, Simbu
Occupation	Film actor, film director,Music Director,screenwriter, playback singer, lyricist, voice actor, music composer
Years active	1984-present
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Parent(s)	T. Rajendar, Usha Rajendar

Silambarasan Thesingu Rajendar, often credited as T. R. Silambarasan, Silambarasan, Simbu, or S. T. R., is an Indian film actor, director and playback singer in the Tamil film industry. He began his career by playing roles as a child artist in films directed by his father T. Rajendar, before his first lead role in Kadhal Azhivathillai (2002), under his father's direction and produced by his mother Usha.

Silambarasan studied at the Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School.

Silambarasan made his acting debut as a child artist in 1984 and acted in his father T. Rajendar's Uravai Kaatha Kili, in which he acted in a friendly appearance.

He further acted in his father`s movies, including Thai Thangai Paasam, Oru Vasantha Geetham, En Thangai Kalyani, Enga Veetu Velan, Monisha En Monalisa, Oru Thayin Sabhatham, Samsara Sangeetham, Shanti Enathu Shanti, Pettredutha Pillai, Thiruvalla and Sabash Babu. In Samsara Sangeetham, Silambarasan danced to a song singing "I am a Little Star, Aaaven Naan Super Star".

Silambarasan played his first protaginist role in Kadhal Azhivathillai (2002), directed by his father. The movie had a successful run. His second film was Dum (2003), which was loosely based on Jagannadh's 2002 Kannada film Appu, starring Puneet Rajkumar. It had mixed reviews but a good run at the theatres. His release, in 2003, Alai, which marked the first collabration of Simbu and Trisha, was a flop. This film remains the only unsuccessful film in the career of director Vikram Kumar to date.