Pandiarajan

Pandiarajan was born to Sulochana in Saidapet, Chennai in a lower-middle-class family. He has two sisters, Maheshwari and Geetha.

In 1986, he married Vasuki, daughter of the director, producer, and poet Avinasi Mani. They have three sons, Prithvi Rajan, Pallava Rajan and Prem Rajan.[4]

Pandiarajan wanted to act in films, but due to his height and appearance, he decided to start as an assistant director. At Thamizisai College he learnt violin and received his diploma as "Isai Selvam" in 1977. After that, he joined the writer Thooyavan as an office assistant. Here he met the actor and director K. Bhagyaraj and later joined him as an assistant director. He became his associate director in Darling, Darling, Darling and worked till the discussion of Mundhanai Mudichu. Pandiarajan outlined a story to Sivaji Ganesan's brother Shanmugam, which became the film Kanni Rasi; although it was difficult to get financial backing for the film, it was successful at the box office.[5]

His first directorial venture was Kanni Rasi in 1985, starring Prabhu and Revathi. He directed and made his debut as a hero in Aan Paavam.

He has directed nine films, including Kaivantha Kalai and Doubles (where he directed Prabhu Deva in the lead role). He has acted in some 90 Tamil films and the Malayalam hit Kadhavaseshan, in which he acted with Dileep. In 2010–11, he acted in the TV serial Mama Maaple on Sun TV.[6] His first short film in English, Help, was nominated at the ArtDeco Film Festival 2011, at São Paulo in Brazil.[7]

• Pandiarajan at IMDb