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Sathyaraj
Sathyaraj
Born	Rangaraj October 3, 1954 (1954-10-03) (age 55) Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Years active	1982-present
Spouse(s)	Maheswari

Rangaraj (born 3 October 1954), professionally known by his stage name Sathyaraj (Tamil: சத்யராஜ்), is a Tamil actor and film personality in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.^[1] A Tamil activist and political influence, he has acted in over 100 films, ranging from action and drama to comedy. In 2007, he played the award-winning role of Periyar E. V. Ramasamy in the Tamil Nadu government-sponsored film Periyar. As of 2007, he has produced one film, which was Lee, starring his son Sibiraj. He has also directed a movie Villadhi Villain acted by himself in three different roles which also starred actress Nagma. He is an atheist. He is also called as புரட்சி தமிழன்.

Early life

Sathyaraj completed his primary school education in Tamil at St Mary's Convent, Coimbatore. He completed the equivalent of the tenth standard in a suburban high school, Ramnagar, Coimbatore. He joined the Government Arts College, Coimbatore and completed a Bachelor of Science degree in botany. Tamil actor/director Manivannan was a co-student in PUC (Class 12 Junior college), and the two began a friendship while there.^[1]

Career

Entry into films

Sathyaraj went to see the shooting of the film Annakkili, where he met actor Sivakumar and producer Thiruppur Manian He joined the drama troupe of Komal Swamynathan.

Early career

Sathyaraj's first film was Kodugal Illaatha Kolangal. Then he worked as production manager for the film Kannan Oru Kaikkuzhanthai. In addition to his managerial role, he also had a small acting part in the film. On the title credits of this film, his name was shown on screen with the description: "Aluvalaga Nirvaagam (Official Management): S.N. Rangaraj, B.Sc." and later still in the credits as "Sathyaraj" for his minor acting role.

Director Santhana Bharathi says that he was the person who introduced Sathyaraj as a hero in the film Kadamai Kanniyam Kattuppadu. It was a film produced by the veteran actor Kamal Hassan. Kamal Haasan had faith in Sathyaraj which made him to introduce him as a hero for his home production."^[2]

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Ideology

He is a strong follower of Thanthai E.V.R.Periyar. He frequently expresses his views about the god in his movies. Due to this motivation, he also acted in the movie called Periyar in a leading role as E.V.R.

Filmography

As actor

As producer

• Lee (2007)

Awards

• Kalaimamani Award
• M. G. R. Award for his performance in the film Nadigan
• Periyar Award for his role in the film Periyar

References

1. ^ ^{a b} http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0766470/bio
2. ^ Ashok Kumar, S.R. 2006. This character artist's first love is direction. The Hindu, Thursday, Nov 16. Available from: Hindu.com. Accessed 11 February 2008.
3. ^ "Sathyaraj 10 movies in 2010". indiglamour.com. 2010. http://www.indiglamour.com/s3cms/article/Tamil/Sathyaraj-10-movies-in-201020100210. Retrieved 2010-02-11. 

External links

• Sathyaraj at the Internet Movie Database