Soundararaja

Soundararaja
Born	11 August 1983
Occupation	Actor, Producer
Years active	2008 - Present

Soundararaja ( சௌந்தரராஜா ) is an Indian film actor, short film producer who appears in Tamil films. Following a stint as a System Engineer had worked in Singapore and France he begun considering acting as career. He was working as a background actor, playing minor supporting roles for over five years, he started his career as villain role in S.R.Prabakaran in Sundarapandian (2012), Varuthapadatha Valiber Sangam (2013), Jigarthanda(2014) which earned critical & commercial success, turned Soundararaja into a popular name in Tamil cinema.^[1]

Early life

Soundararaja was born in Usilampatti, Madurai District he finished schooling and college in his native place, then he moved to Chennai. According to Soundararaja he was an average student right from school" and was neither interested in sports nor extra-curricular activities.

He did a series of odd jobs for pocket money: Salesman at a retail store, promoters and many part-time jobs in Chennai. He graduated with a B.E degree from Bharth Niketan Engineering College affiliated by Madurai Kamaraj University in 2004. Three months after he finished college, he joined as an Project Engineer in Invensys India Pvt Ltd, due to his performance and project need he deputed to Singapore in 2005 after 2006 he moved Technip France US based company from there he deputed to Qatar in 2007.

Unhappy with his job, he returned to India in 2008. After he started new film production company called Madurai Touring Talkies with his childhood friend M.Manikandan director of Kaaka Muttai and also he invested some money in share market business with friends, he joined Koothup-pattarai acting drama school in 2010 ., he and his friends Manikandan and Karthik Subbaraj director of Jigarthanda produced many short film under his banners(Madurai Touring Talkies.) 1. Thuru, 2.Raavanm, 3.Petticase, 4. Wind 5. Aram etc. with his friends support.

Film career

2008–2015

He subsequently joined the Chennai-based theatre group Koothu-P-Pattarai as an accountant and actor where he observed actors.^[2][3] He made his beginnings as a background actor, particularly playing the role of the lead character's friend in a few films, including the well-known series Penn that began in aug 2008,^[4] as well as several short films as part of the television show Nalaya Iyakunar for Kalaignar TV. He worked with Manikandan Karthik Subbaraj on many short films, who later cast him in his first feature film.

Soundararaja accompanied who went to director Lingusamy's studio to audition for his film Vettai (2011) and was selected to play Lingusamy's friend in the film. Following Vettai,and he currently worked Pattarai However, the film did not see a theatrical After making an appearance in S.R.Parbhakaran's Sundarapandiyan (2012),^[5] he was cast by director Ponram in minor supporting roles in his first projects, Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam (2013). Soundararaja would later credit S.R.Prabhakaran with having had an "important role in helping him realise his dreams". S.R.Prabhakaran, furthermore, guided Soundararaja to many tips . then directorKarthik Subbaraj given chance in his film Soundararaja again his second negative a significant role in Karthik Subbaraj drama film Jigarthanda (2013), in which he portrayed a shepherd.^[6] after Jigarthanda release actor Vishal and actor Siddarth soundararaja performance in Jigarthanda (2013), ^[7] After Jigarthanda he got a chance to work with director Bharathan's Athithi (2014) ^[8]

Filmography

Awards

• Tamil Nadu Bharath Cine Award for Best Debut Villain for Sundarapandiyan (2012)
• Techofes Awards for best villain for Sundarapandiyan (2012)

References