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Sathyaraj
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Rangaraj Subbiah (born 3 October 1954), known professionally as Sathyaraj, is an Indian actor, film producer and media personality who appears predominantly in Tamil films. He also appears in works in Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada. He has acted in more than 260 films. He is a recipient of three Filmfare Award South and three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Pandemics and Epidemics in Cultural Representation
- Metaphors of Mental Illness in Graphic Medicine
- Infertility Comics and Graphic Medicine
- India Retold
- Gender, Eating Disorders, and Graphic Medicine
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Film & TV
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Sathyaraj is an Indian film actor and media personality who has predominantly appeared in Tamil films. He started his career in villainous roles and later played lead roles. He has acted in over 200 films, which include a few Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi and Kannada films as well. He is known for his performance in Amaidhi Padai, Nadigan, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, the Tamil Nadu government-sponsored…
Known for
- Vaa Vaathiyaar — Periyasamy2026
- Mandaadi2026
- Charukesi2026
- Seetha Payanam2026
- G.D.N — Ramaiah Pillai2026
- Bãhubali: The Torchbearer — Self2026
- Idli Kadai — Vishnu Vardhan2025
- Bioscope — himself (special appearance)2025
- Sikandar — Minister Rakesh Pradhan2025
- Baby & Baby — Mahalingam2025
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- Listeners
- 154
- Total plays
- 665
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Key facts
- Person.name
- Sathyaraj
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- Sathiyaraj.JPG
- Person.caption
- Sathiyaraj at a press meeting in 2007
- Person.birth_name
- Rangaraj Subbiah
- Person.birth_place
- Gandhipuram, Coimbatore, Madras State
- Person.yearsactive
- 1978–present
- Person.works
- Full list
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- India
- Place of birth
- Coimbatore
- Child
- Sibiraj
- Occupation
- politician
- Languages spoken
- Tamil
- Religion
- Christianity
- Image
- Sathiyaraj.JPG
- Residence
- Chennai
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- date of birth
- 1954-10-03
- Commons category
- Sathyaraj
- name in native language
- Sathyaraj
- start of work period
- 1978-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Career
- 1978–1985: Early career
- 1986–1989: Lead roles
- 1990–1999: Breakthrough
- 2000–2009: Comedy and character roles
- 2010–present: Supporting and matured roles
- Personal life
- Filmography
- Awards and nominations
- Honours
- Awards
- References
- External links
Rangaraj Subbiah (born 3 October 1954), known professionally as Sathyaraj, is an Indian actor, film producer and media personality who appears predominantly in Tamil films. He also appears in works in Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada. He has acted in more than 260 films. He is a recipient of three Filmfare Award South and three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.
He started his career in antagonistic roles and later played lead roles. He met with success through lead performances in Vedham Pudhithu (1987), Nadigan (1990), (1994), Periyar (2007) and Onbadhu Roobai Nottu (2007). He also received acclaim for supporting roles in Nanban (2012), Raja Rani (2013), Baahubali (2015), Baahubali 2 (2017) and Kanaa (2018). He was also the director of the film Villadhi Villain (1995), starring himself in three different roles.
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