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films.

Early life

Rajkiran was born as J. Mohideen Abdul Khadar on 16 March 1959 at

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into a Muslim family.

Film career

Rajkiran began by producing two

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starrer films and in one of them he appeared in a brief role. In 1991, he produced and acted in lead role in

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's debut film, ''

En Rasavin Manasile ''En Rasavin Manasile'' () is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Kasthuri Raja in his directorial debut. The film stars Rajkiran and Meena. The film, produced by Rajkiran, had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja and was relea ...

'' which had a silver jubilee run. He won the

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and the Cinema Express – Best New Face Award for his performance. He directed, produced and acted in lead role in ''

Aranmanai Kili ''Aranmanai Kili'' () is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written, produced and directed by Rajkiran in his directorial debut. He also stars alongside Ahana and Gayathri. The film was released on 16 April 1993. It was remade ...

'' (1993) and ''

Ellame En Rasathan ''Ellame En Rasathan'' is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language drama film produced and directed by Rajkiran. The film stars Rajkiran, Sangita and Roopa Sree. It was released on 14 April 1995 and emerged a box-office hit. The film was remade in Telugu a ...

'' (1995), which also had silver jubilee runs. In 1996, he acted in ''

Manikkam ''Manikkam'' is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language film directed by K. V. Pandian and produced by T. Siva for Amma Creations. The film stars Rajkiran and Vanitha Vijayakumar, while Vinu Chakravarthy and Ganthimathi play supporting roles. Plot T ...

'' which was an average grosser at the box-office. The following year, he worked in '' Pasamulla Pandiyare''. The film turned out to be a failure. In the mid of 1998, he acted in ''

Ponnu Velayira Bhoomi ''Ponnu Velayira Bhoomi'' is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film directed by K. Krishnan. The film stars Rajkiran, Khushbu and Vineetha, with Manivannan, Vadivelu, R. Sundarrajan, Venniradai Moorthy, Vittal Rao and Latha in supporti ...

'' and made a guest appearance in Kasthuri Raja's ''

Veera Thalattu ''Veera Thalattu'' () is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Kasthuri Raja. The film stars Murali, Vineetha and Khushbu, while Rajkiran, Raadhika and Lakshmi play other supporting roles. The film, which has ...

''. In the end of 1998, he acted in the critically well received '' Thalaimurai''. Following a three-year hiatus, he returned as an actor in

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's '' Nandha'' and in Cheran's ''

Pandavar Bhoomi ''Paandavar Bhoomi'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language family drama film, written and directed by Cheran. The film has Arun Vijay (credited as Arun Kumar) Shamitha and Rajkiran playing the lead roles. While Vinu Chakravarthy and Mukesh Tiw ...

''. Both were critically and commercial success. He has won the Filmfare Best Tamil Supporting Actor Award for his performance in the film ''

Thavamai Thavamirundhu ''Thavamai Thavamirundhu'' () is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Cheran. The film stars Rajkiran, himself and Padmapriya with Saranya, Senthil Kumar, and Meenal portraying supporting roles. The music was compos ...

''(2005) and the Tamil Nadu government's Best Actor award for ''

'' (2001). Raj Kiran has signed a new project with director Karu Pazhaniappan. He acted in '' Muni'' as Ghost character Muniyaandi. He later appeared in movies like '' Kaavalan'' (2011), ''

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'' (2011), ''

Venghai ''Venghai'' () is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Hari and produced by B. Venkatarama Reddy. The film stars Dhanush and Tamannaah, while Rajkiran, Prakash Raj, and Ganja Karuppu play supporting roles. Th ...

'' (2011) and '' Thiruthani'' (2012). He has also featured in many TV commercials as well. He also claimed not to do a dhoti advertisement which created a lot of news in 2015. He acted in lead role in the movie ''

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'' in 2017. In 2020, he was debuted in a Malayalam Film ''

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'' with

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as a role in a character named Ayyannar.

Filmography

Off-screen roles

References

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