Arunachalam Rajendran (born 1 June 1957), better known as Mottai Rajendran or '''Naan Kadavul Rajendran', is an Indian stunt double and actor working mainly in Tamil cinema. He debuted in 2003 with the Tamil film Pithamagan and has worked as a stunt double in over 500 South Indian films since then. He played the role of a villain in Naan Kadavul (2009) which won huge critical acclaim and fetched him the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Villain.'' Since then, he has continued to play villainous and later humorous supporting characters in a number of Tamil films. He is noted for his rough vo
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Arunachalam Rajendran (born 1 June 1957), better known as Mottai Rajendran or '''Naan Kadavul Rajendran', is an Indian stunt double and actor working mainly in Tamil cinema. He debuted in 2003 with the Tamil film Pithamagan and has worked as a stunt double in over 500 South Indian films since then. He played the role of a villain in Naan Kadavul (2009) which won huge critical acclaim and fetched him the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Villain. Since then, he has continued to play villainous and later humorous supporting characters in a number of Tamil films. He is noted for his rough voice and alopecia universalis, which he claims was the result of coming into contact with industrial waste during a stunt sequence.
== Career == Rajendran began his film career working as a stunt double in hundreds of south Indian films mostly in Tamil.
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