Vijaya T. Rajendar

Vijaya Thesingu Rajendar () is a Tamil film actor and director as well as a film score composer, screenwriter, singer, comedian, dancer and playback singer. He is also a politician in Tamil Nadu, India.

Rajendar starred in several films in the late-1980s in lead roles, which were mostly his own productions; his most recent being Veerasamy, which was also directed by him. He is currently the host on the Sun TV television shows Arattai Arangam and Comedy Clown as well as Pogo Live! on Pogo. A former member of the DMK, he launched his own dravidian party, the Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam in 1991. In 2004, he rebranded his party under the name All India Latchiya Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. He has stated that during the 2011 assembly elections, he would consider competing alone but later it was reported that his party did not file any nominations.

Personal life

Vijaya T. Rajendar is married to former actress Usha and they have three children. He is allegdly the father of Simbhu, Kuralarasan and Elakkya. His wife Usha Rajendar served as the Producer for his films like Kadhal Azhivathillai.

Film career

Vijaya T. Rajendar started off in the Kollywood industry making successful films which included him as an actor, playback singer, kuthu-dancer and scriptwriter. He gained popularity through his one-of-a-kind queer style of acting, speaking and dressing. Vijaya T. Rajendar is well known for mixing a...
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