Kuralarasan is an Indian actor and composer who works in Tamil-language films. He has collaborated with his father, T. Rajendar, and his elder brother,

Silambarasan Silambarasan Thesingu Rajendar (born 3 February 1984), popularly known as Simbu or by his initials as STR, is an Indian actor, producer, and playback singer who primarily works in Tamil cinema. He is the eldest son of director T. Rajendar. ...

, in all his films to date.

Personal life

Kuralarasan is the younger son of T. Rajendar and Usha, and younger brother of

. In February 2019, Kuralarasan's video of

shahada The ''Shahada'' ( ; , 'the testimony'), also transliterated as ''Shahadah'', is an Islamic oath and creed, and one of the Five Pillars of Islam and part of the Adhan. It reads: "I bear witness that there is no Ilah, god but God in Islam, God ...

(proclamation of faith) embracing

Islam Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...

with the presence of his parents in a Masjid in Annasalai,

Chennai Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...

had become viral. Rajender in the press interview stated that Kuralarasan since young years had been passionate about Islam and completely embraced Islam through that proclamation event. Kuralarasan stated that out of his own will being attracted to the principles of Islam had embraced it. He married Nabeela in 2019, and the two have a son born in 2024.

Career

He began his career as a child artist with '' Pettredutha Pillai'' (1993) and garnered acclaim for his role in ''

Sonnal Thaan Kaadhala ''Sonnal Thaan Kaadhala'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written, directed and produced by T. Rajendar, who also composed the music and portrays the main lead role as T. R. alongside Murali, Roja, Karan, Livingston, ...

'' (2001). He made his debut as a music composer with his father's production '' Idhu Namma Aalu'' (2016) starring his brother,

. He wrote the lyrics for all the songs in addition to rendering his voice for the song "King Kong".

Filmography

As an actor

As music composer

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuralarasan Male actors in Tamil cinema Tamil Muslims Tamil male actors Tamil film score composers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Converts to Islam Islam in Tamil Nadu