13 Facts About Anandaraj

Anandaraj was born on 10 November 1958 and is an Indian actor, He has acted in villain roles in several Tamil films and has appeared in over a three hundred films in different languages including Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi.

Anandaraj was under the impression that offers would come his way, but later he had to struggle for an opportunity and finally started off with the 1988 film Oruvar Vaazhum Aalayam, starring Prabhu and Sivakumar, and later En Thangachi Padichava, directed by P Vasu, gave him the much-needed break in all the four south Indian languages.

Anandaraj did Suresh Krissna's Raja Kaiya Vacha with Prabhu, in which he essayed a positive role.

Anandaraj went on to play lead roles in the films Palaivana Paravaigal, Kaaval Nilayam, Thambi Oorukku Puthusu, Government Mappillai, Pokkiri Thambi, Kizhakku Veluthathchu, David Uncle, En Rajangam, Puthiya Aatchi and My India.

Many years later, Anandaraj made a sudden switch to comedy in Mundasupatti directed by Ramkumar released in 2014 that had audiences falling off their seats and there had been no looking back since then.

Anandaraj has become a hot favorite of young directors who write quirky characters for him which he performs with his signature style that has gained him a huge fan following in the younger generation of movie goers.

Anandaraj played a don in the film and his look was completely different from the one he had tried in the south, as he spots a lizard tattoo on his head.

Anandaraj joined Vijay Sethupathi and Nayanthara starrer Naanum Rowdydhaan.

Anandaraj played a role in Bigil has expressed his disappointment over the filmmaker for the way he approached his character in the film in post production.

Anandaraj acted in Santhanam's films subsequently such as Biskoth, Dikkiloona and 80s Buildup.

Anandaraj is the second son in the family of eight.

Anandaraj is married and has a daughter, a son and a grandson.

Anandaraj supported BJP and stated that he will personally vote for the party in 2014.