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Thiagarajan Sivanandam (born 21 June 1946) is an Indian actor, director and producer in Tamil cinema. Besides Tamil , he has acted in several Malayalam and Kannada films and a few Telugu films. He is the father of Tamil actor Prashanth , son-in-law of actor-director Peketi Sivaram and the maternal uncle of Tamil actor Vikram .
Thiagarajan Kumararaja is an Indian film director and screenwriter. He made his feature film debut with the critically acclaimed neo-noir gangster film Aaranya Kaandam (2011), which earned him the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director at the 59th National Film Awards.
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He is the son of the late P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan, who was also a well-known politician in Tamil Nadu. His grandfather, P. T. Rajan, was the Chief Minister of Madras Presidency from 4 April 1936, to 24 August 1936. Following his schooling at The Lawrence School, Lovedale, and Vikaasa School, Madurai, Thiagarajan, he graduated with a degree in chem...
He began his career in 1990 as an independent consultant in Operations and Systems Improvement. In 2001 he joined Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. as Trader and Co-Portfolio Manager – Firm Relationship Loan Portfolio. He quit Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. as Head Of Offshore Capital Markets in the year 2008. He then worked for Standard Chartered Bank,...
Thiagarajan was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Madurai Central Assembly constituency in the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election. He was re-elected in the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election He was the Finance and Human Resources Management Minister of Tamil Nadu since May 2021. He has released a Whi...
He married Margaret, whom he met at University at Buffalowhere he was pursuing his Ph.D. while she was pursuing her Master's. They have two sons.
Thiagarajan Surname Meaning. Indian (Tamil Nadu): from a personal name derived from Tamil thanga ‘golden’+ Sanskrit rāja ‘king’ (an epithet of the god Vishnu) + the Tamil-Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix -n.
Thyagarajan is a veteran of Tamil cinema, known for his roles in films like Malaiyoor Mambattiyan, New Delhi and Salem Vishnu. He is also the father of actor Prashanth and has directed several movies, including Andhagan and Mambattiyan.
Dec 9, 2021 · Tamil Director M Thiagarajan was found dead on the roadside near AVM studio in Chennai on Wednesday. The tragic incident has left the Tamil film industry in deep shock. M Thiagarajan had worked with major production houses and directed some blockbuster films in his career.
May 28, 2023 · Director Thiagarajan Kumararaja, the showrunner of Modern Love Chennai, that’s streaming on Amazon Prime Video, opens up about his value system, film principles, and of course, his latest work.
