Ajay Rathnam is an Indian actor who has worked predominantly in
Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
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films and serials. He is known for his supporting and negative roles and has acted in over 300 movies. Standing at 6 ft 4 in (193 cm), Rathnam is one of the tallest actors in
Kollywood.
Career
Rathnam made his acting debut with the horror film ''
Naalai Manithan'' (1989) in which he played a monster. He has appeared in one episode of the TV serial ''
Marmadesam'' (Vidathu Karuppu). He played the leader of the fictional LTF rebels in the
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been ...
-language film ''
Madras Cafe
''Madras Cafe'' is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language political action thriller film directed by Shoojit Sircar and starring John Abraham, Nargis Fakhri with newcomer Raashi Khanna in lead roles. The film is set in the late 1980s and early 1990s, ...
'' (2013). His character bore a close resemblance to the late
LTTE
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE; ta, தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலிகள், translit=Tamiḻīḻa viṭutalaip pulikaḷ, si, දෙමළ ඊළාම් විමුක්ති කොටි, t ...
leader
Velupillai Prabhakaran
Velupillai Prabhakaran (; ta, வேலுப்பிள்ளை பிரபாகரன்; , (26 November 1954 – 18 May 2009) was a Sri Lankan Tamil guerrilla and the founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ...
.
Other works
His other side is seen as a motivational trainer and has transformed lives of thousands of children under his academy "STONE TO DIAMOND".
Rathnam has been an abettor conducting motivational seminars for the students at various colleges. In 2018, he launched his badminton academy named "V Square" in
Chennai
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...
. In 2019, he launched "V Square" Sports Arena in
Mogappair.
Personal life
His son Dheeraj Vishnu Rathnam is also an actor who made his debut with
Arivazhagan's ''
Aarathu Sinam'' (2016).
Filmography
Television
References
External links
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Living people
Tamil male television actors
Tamil male actors
Male actors in Malayalam cinema
Indian male film actors
Male actors in Tamil cinema
20th-century Indian male actors
21st-century Indian male actors
Indian male television actors
1958 births
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