Silambarasan

Silambarasan Thesingu Rajendar (born 3 February 1983), nicknamed as Simbu or his initials S.T. R. and known as Little Super Star, is an Indian actor, filmmaker and musician in Tamil cinema.

He is the eldest son of actor and director T. Rajendar.

Silambarasan was born on 3 February 1983 in Madras, Tamil Nadu, as the eldest child of T. Rajendar and Usha Rajendar.

He has a younger brother Kuralarasan, and a sister Ilakiya.

From an early age, he has been a devout Hindu and an ardent follower of Lord Shiva.

Silambarasan was educated at Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Chennai.

He then studied at the Loyola College, Chennai.

He began his acting career by playing roles as a child artist in films directed by his father, before his first lead role in his father's Kadhal Azhivathillai (2002).

Silambarasan starred in many of his father's films as a child until 2002, when he acted in his father's Kadhal Azhivathillai, his first main role as a hero.

Silambarasan appeared as a baby in the film Uravai Kaatha Kili held by his father T. Rajendar.

He started acting in several of his father's movies, including Thai Thangai Paasam, Oru Vasantha Geetham, En Thangai Kalyani, Enga Veetu Velan, Monisha En Monalisa, Oru Thayin Sabhatham, Samsara Sangeetham, Shanti Enathu Shanti, Pettredutha Pillai and Sabash Babu.

Silambarasan played his first protagonist role in Kadhal Azhivathillai (2002), directed by his father.

His second film was Dum (2003), which was loosely based on Jagannadh's 2002 Kannada film Appu.

His release in 2003 was Alai.

Silambarasan had three releases in 2004; the first was Kovil which deals with the relationship between a Hindu boy and a Christian girl.

After this, Silambarasan starred in Kuththu, a remake of the Telugu film Dil.

Divya Spandana, played his love interest.

His final release in 2004 was Manmadhan, co-starring with Jyothika for the first time, and the film became a turning point in his career.

This was the second time that Simbu and Jyothika worked together after the success of Manmadhan (2004).

Silambarasan's first release in 2005 was the film Thotti Jaya, directed by V. Z. Durai.

In 2006, he starred in Saravana, directed by K. S. Ravikumar.

He next starred in and directed Vallavan (2006), as well as writing its story, screenplay and co-dialogue.

In 2008, he starred in the action masala film Kaalai, which was a flop.

Later that year, he appeared in another action masala film Silambattam.

In 2010, his film Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, directed and written by Gautham Vasudev Menon, became a Tamil 'cult classic' film.

Director K. Balachander in an open letter called Silambarasan's performance as his best in his career.

The following year he appeared in two films.

In early 2011, he appeared in the multi-starrer Vaanam (2011) as Cable Raja, a poor youngster.

The film, featuring an ensemble cast, was released to positive reviews and subsequently became a hit at the box office.

Later that year, his next release was Osthe (2011), remake of the Bollywood film Dabangg (2010).

in which Silambarasan played a police officer for the first time in his career.

Silambarasan had only one release in 2012, the film Podaa Podi, directed by debutant Vignesh Shivan.

Silambarasan's next project was Vaalu, directed by debutant Vijay Chander.

The film was released in 2015 after a gap of three years due to issues; actor Vijay helped clear the impediment of the film and aided in its release.

In 2016, Silambarasan starred in the Pandiraj-directed Idhu Namma Aalu alongside Nayanthara, Andrea Jeremiah and Soori playing lead roles.

His next film Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada was his second collaboration with Gautham Menon and A. R. Rahman.

In 2017, it was reported that Silambarasan had signed up for an English-language film.

His film Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan was panned by critics and was commercially unsuccessful.

It led to controversies that were reported in the media involving the film's producer Michael Rayappan blaming Silambarasan for being uncooperative during the film's production.

In 2018, he appeared in Mani Ratnam's successful Chekka Chivantha Vaanam as part of an ensemble cast that included Arvind Swamy, Vijay Sethupathi and Arun Vijay.