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Simbu
Simbu in February 2010
Born	Silambarasan Thesingu Rajendar Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Other names	STR / Simbu
Occupation	Actor, director, Screenwriter, playback singer, Lyricist, Voice Actor, Music director.
Years active	1984-present
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 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, Shrine Vailankanni Matriculation Higher Secondary School, St.John's International Residential School and Santhome Higher Secondary school, Chennai. He then attended The Ashram School in Chennai. He did his Graduation from Loyola college,chennai.

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".