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Rajkiran is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer Indian born on 16 march 1950 at Kilakarai (Inde)

Rajkiran

Rajkiran
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Nationality Inde
Birth 16 march 1950 (74 years) at Kilakarai (Inde)
Awards Filmfare Awards South

Rajkiran (Tamil: ராஜ்கிரண்) (birth name Mohideen abdul Khadar) is a film actor, producer and director, who has acted in more than 25 Tamil films.

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Cheran
(3 films)
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Filmography of Rajkiran (30 films)

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Komban
Komban (2015)
, 2h16
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action
Actors Karthi, Lakshmi Menon, Rajkiran, Super Subbarayan, Kovai Sarala, Karunas Sethu
Roles Muthiah
Rating58% 2.902362.902362.902362.902362.90236
Kombaiah Pandian plays a local rowdy who takes pleasure in shooing away thugs and those who aims at disrupting peace in his locality. In other words he is that hero who fights against wrongdoers and also inspires others to do the same. Meanwhile he gets married to Palani and develops a healthy bond with her father, Muthiah, only after disliking him in the first place. At one point of time he gets violent enough to injure his father-in-law and later repents and understands the value of a father figure. While going about his usual business, Pandian, unexpectedly and unfortunately runs into Gundan Ramasamy. Things change dramatically when Karthi hampers his unusual routine thus starting a war of sorts.
Manjapai
Manjapai (2014)

Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Vimal, Lakshmi Menon, Rajkiran, Pratap K. Pothen, Baby Yuvina Parthavi, Vaiyapuri
Roles Venkatasamy
Rating2% 0.10277550.10277550.10277550.10277550.1027755
The film starts with Tamil (Vimal) who is raised single-handedly by his grandfather, Venkatasamy(Raj Kiran) in a village, as his parents had committed suicide after eloping and giving birth to him. 25 years later the boy is working in a Chennai-based IT company, staying in an modern upmarket apartment. Tamil meets Karthika (Lakshmi Menon) a medical student using tricks to get to the front of the traffic signal. They fall in love at first sight, and end up being so engrossed in each other that they don't realise that the signal had gone green. The way Karthika tricks the police officer and gets away with it endears Tamil to Karthika. He follows her and in no time she reciprocates.
Govindudu Andarivaadele, 2h29
Directed by Krishna Vamsi
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Ram Charan, Kajal Agarwal, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Rajkiran, Prakash Raj, Jayasudha Kapoor
Rating56% 2.8492752.8492752.8492752.8492752.849275
Balaraju, the head of his village, lives with his wife Baby, his two sons; Chandrasekhar Rao and Bangari, and his two daughters. He helps Chandrasekhar become a doctor and builds a local hospital. On the day it opens, Chandrasekhar comes back home with his lover Kausalya, also a doctor. Both express their wish to marry and settle abroad, which upsets Balaraju, leading to their separation.
Thiruthani
Thiruthani (2012)

Directed by Perarasu
Genres Action, Romance
Actors Bharath, Sunaina, Rajkiran, Pandiarajan, Ashish Vidyarthi, M. S. Bhaskar
Roles Duraipandi
Rating17% 0.8598850.8598850.8598850.8598850.859885
The film opens with Bharath beating up men who cause trouble to his sister for celebrating diwali. Rajkiran, an ex-military officer proudly watches the fight along with many others. However, Rajkiran becomes furious when Bharath refuses to save an athlete from having his leg broken despite his pleas for help. It is here that Bharath justifies his actions saying that everyone stood watching as his unconscious mother was left locked up in a burning building for fear that they would be killed by the local rowdies. Meanwhile, Bharath falls for Sunaina, an orphan who goal in life is to marry a person with a large family.
Kaavalan
Kaavalan (2011)
, 2h33
Directed by Siddique
Genres Drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Vijay, Asin Thottumkal, Rajkiran, Mithra Kurian, Roja, Vadivelu
Roles Muthuramalingam
Rating69% 3.496223.496223.496223.496223.49622
Bhoominathan (Vijay) idolises Muthuramalingam (Rajkiran) and at the request of his parents, accepts to work for the latter as his bodyguard. There enters Muthuramalingam's rival, who has lost his daughter since she committed suicide, the reason being rejection by Muthuramalingam's son. While Bhoominathan protects Muthuramalingam, his rival threatens the life of his daughter Meera (Asin). Bhoominathan is sent to college along with Meera and her friend Madhu (Mithra Kurian) to protect them from the threat. Meera tries to distance herself from Bhoominathan by calling him from a private number; Bhoominathan falls in love with the girl without knowing that it is Meera herself. At one point, Meera too feels herself becoming attracted to Bhoominathan and expresses her desire to meet him in person. However, due to circumstances they are not able to accomplish this until at the climax when she tells Bhoominathan to run away with her and to meet at a railway station. Bhoominathan agrees, unaware it is Meera. However through certain means,Muthuramalingam comes to think that Bhoominathan and Meera are going to run away. In order to save Bhoominathan's life from the anger of Muthuramalingam, Meera lies that the lover is not her and that Bhoominathan is meeting another girl at the train station. Muthuramalingam lets Bhoominathan leave as he was desperate to meet his 'lover' at the station. The story moves on to few years later where Bhoominathan and his son returning to Meera's village, with the son keeping away a diary written to him by his mum. At Meera's house, Meera's father was ill and Meera appeared from her room unmarried that shocked Bhoominathan as he felt the man who would marry Meera would be the luckiest man on earth. The son continues to read the diary later in the night where the remaining of the story reveals. Meera's father lets Bhoominathan go but tells his henchmen to kill Bhoominathan if the girl he claims to meet does not appear. Terrified that Bhoomi would be killed, Meera sends her friend, Madhu, to the station and tells her to tell Bhoominathan that she is the lover and that she won't be able to make it to the station. Madhu, seeing Bhoominathan, tries to tell him that it was Meera but, Muthuramalingam's henchman appeared to be behind Bhoomi. Madhu pretends that she was his lover whilst the henchman was watching. But the hug from Bhoominathan made Madhu to backstab her friend. Meera called Madhu's phone but Madhu killed Meera's call, switched the phone off and threw it outside the train. Her wicked smile indicated that she now wanted Meera out of their life, so she settled in another country. But God works in mysterious ways. Madhu's life was short-lived. She felt it's God way of punishing her and therefore wanted her son to know the truth. When Bhoominathan and the son leaves the next day, the son asks Meera if he can call her 'amma' and she says yes. And he then asks his 'mum' to follow them back. Bhoominathan gets angry at his son for saying something so blunt and rude. But Muthuramalingam begs Bhoominathan to take Meera as his wife. So they go onto the train together but the son runs away before leaving and throws the diary into a trashcan nearby. Bhoominathan finds the diary and realises soon that his real lover, the girl who had waited for him for so many years faithfully, was Meera. And in the train he shows that he has accepted her full-heartedly.
Ponnar Shankar
Directed by Thiagarajan Sivanandam
Genres Drama, Biography, Action, Historical
Themes Films about families
Actors Prashanth, Prabhu, Jayaram, Prakash Raj, Rajkiran, Divya Parameshwaran krishna
Roles Raaki Annan, Nellian's servant
Rating40% 2.0102152.0102152.0102152.0102152.010215
A love affair between Thamarai (Kushboo) and her maternal uncle Nellaiyankondan (Jayaram) is badly received by their family, especially since he is not financially well off. Thamarai's father, King Periyamalaikozhundhu Gounder (Vijayakumar), arranges for her marriage to Mandhiyappan (Prakashraj), ruler of a neighbouring country. Thamarai rejects the arranged marriage, angering Mandhiyappan. She later marries her lover, who had come to see her marry Mandhiyappan, and challenges her brother Chinna Malaikozhundhu (Ponvannan) to marry his daughters off to her sons (the marriage of cousins is a gounder custom). Periyamalaikozhundhu disowns his daughter for choosing Nellaiyankondan and banishes them from his kingdom.
Venghai
Venghai (2011)
, 2h35
Directed by Hari
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Dhanush, Tamannaah Bhatia, Rajkiran, Prakash Raj, Ganja Karuppu, Livingston
Roles Veera Pandi (Selvam's father)
Rating50% 2.514112.514112.514112.514112.51411
Veera Pandi (Raj Kiran), landlord who is also the most respected person in Pandiapuram, a hamlet near Sivaganga. He is a do-gooder who commands respect from all and is feared the most by his enemies. Selvam (Dhanush) is his loyal son, who always does the right things at the right time and sees his father as his role model. Rajalingam (Prakash Raj), the local MLA, who has risen to his position mostly because of the influence enjoyed by Veera Pandi in the region. Rajalingam doesn't share the good motives of Veera Pandi. He has come into politics to enjoy power and earn lot of money. Veera Pandi tries to influence him, but the MLA has no intention to listen to him. At the same time, he cannot afford to ignore Veera Pandi. Meanwhile,Veera Pandi, who has many enemies because of his strictness, wants to protect his son from them. So he sends him to his uncle who lives in Trichy.
Kireedam
Kireedam (2007)
, 2h32
Directed by A. L. Vijay
Genres Drama
Actors Ajith Kumar, Trisha Krishnan, Rajkiran, Ajay, Vivek, Saranya
Roles Rajarajan (Sakthivel's dad)
Rating65% 3.2952653.2952653.2952653.2952653.295265
Sakthivel (Ajith Kumar) is an implicitly obedient son of a sincere policeman, Rajarajan (Rajkiran). Sakthi and his dad share the same dream: That of seeing him enter the police force. The entire family comprising two other daughters, the mom (Saranya) and a wastrel of a brother-in-law (Vivek) are cuddly and close-knit. Rajarajan is from the old school of life and honesty is his watchword. In a venal system, this lands him in trouble often.
Thottal Poo Malarum, 2h26
Directed by P. Vasu
Genres Action, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Shakthi Vasudevan, Gowri Munjal, Rajkiran, Nassar, Vadivelu, Sukanya
Roles Varadharaja Vaandiyar
Rating50% 2.50812.50812.50812.50812.5081
Ravi (Sakthi), is a happy-go—lucky-youngster, who falls in instant love with Anjali (Gauri Munjal), his college mate. Anjali's mother Periya Nayagie (Sukanya), a rich and an arrogant entrepreneur, tries to play spoilsport in their romance. She arranges for her daughter's wedding with son of a dreaded gangster Varadharaja Vandaiyar (Raj Kiran) in Mumbai. Sakthi sets on a mission to Mumbai. He hides his true identity and manages to gain an entry into Vandiyar's family. Having won the confidence of Vandaiyar's family, Sakthi sets himself on a mission to marry Anjali. Does he succeed in his attempt forms the rest.
Muni
Muni (2007)

Directed by Raghava Lawrence
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Action, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Vedhika, Raghava Lawrence, Rajkiran, Rahul Dev, Kovai Sarala, Vinu Chakravarthy
Roles Muniyandi
Rating62% 3.147243.147243.147243.147243.14724
Ganesh (Raghava Lawrence), a young man with a deep fear of ghosts who refuses to even go out after 6pm, moves into a new house with his mother, father and wife not knowing that it is the residence where Muni met his death and where his spirit now resides. Muni enter Ganesh's body and Ganesh starts behaving in a rude manner, his family couldn't understand why his behaviour is weird so they seek the help of a priest (Nasser). Priest asks the ghost about his whereabouts. Ghost says that he is Muniyaandi and starts saying his flashback. Muniyaandi was a kind-hearted poor man living in the slums with his daughter and other people. Muni's friend is Marakka Dhandapani MLA who uses Muni to make him win in elections and promising that he would give lands to poor people. Dhandapani wins the election but he cheats Muni. Muni fights with Dhandapaani but he kills both him and his daughter. Dhandapaani lies to poor people saying that Muni and his Daughter had fled with the money he had given Muni for the welfare of the village residents. Ganesh accepts Muni and he enters his body. Ganesh enters Dhandapaani's household and terrorizes him and his assistants. Dhandapaani comes to know that the spirit of Muni resides in Ganesh's body so he sets a contract killer (Rahul Dev) to finish him. In the climax, at Ayyanaar temple Dhandapaani confesses to people that he only killed Muni. Muni talks to people and eats the feast prepared by his people. Muni then resides again in Ganesh and finishes off Dhandapaani. Ganesh comes back to normal.
Sandakozhi
Sandakozhi (2005)
, 2h15
Directed by N. Linguswamy
Genres Musical theatre, Action, Romance
Actors Vishal, Meera Jasmine, Rajkiran, Paul Michael, Lal, Suman Setty
Rating68% 3.443413.443413.443413.443413.44341
The story is about Balu (Vishal), who on a visit to his friend’s town Chidambaram, takes on the local dada Kasi (Lal). Balu, an engineering student, also falls in love with his friend’s sister Hema (Meera Jasmine).
Thavamai Thavamiruntu, 3h25
Directed by Cheran
Genres Drama
Actors Cheran, Padmapriya, Rajkiran, Saranya, Senthil, Meenal
Roles Muthiah
Rating78% 3.925873.925873.925873.925873.92587
The movie begins with Muthiah (Raj Kiran) being admitted into the hospital due to a serious head injury. The incident that led to the injury is kept in suspense for the audience. The story is narrated by the man's second son, Ramalingam (Cheran),when he comes to visit his father in the hospital. Overcome by emotions, he recollects, along his trip, bits and pieces of memories from his younger days with his father. The first part the story is about how a father in a lower-middle-class family struggles to raise his children. The father is running a printing press and he works really hard to make ends meet but still has to borrow money from the exploitive local money-lenders to give his sons a good education. There is a scene where the children are eagerly expecting their father to return home with gifts during festive season and the father encounters a setback in the cash flow in his business and yet seizes an opportunity to make some money by working throughout the night. This scene encapsulates the sacrifices the father makes for the happiness of his sons.
Jai
Jai (2004)

Directed by S. Narayan
Actors Prashanth, Rajkiran, Thiagarajan Sivanandam, Rajan P. Dev, Bhanupriya, Seetha
Roles Nallamuthu
Rating17% 0.8921450.8921450.8921450.8921450.892145
The film opens with Veerapandi (Thiagarajan) returning from USA after a long gap with his wife (Bhanupriya) and 8-year-old son Jai (Junior Prashanth). Veerapandi’s late father was a well-known factionist in that area & owned a land of 4,000 acres. While leaving for USA, Veerapandi gave the responsibility of managing this land to Vajravelu (Rajan P. Dev). Now back in India, Veerapandi realises that Vajravelu is misusing his power. He wants to donate all his land to the 2000 families staying in that village. When Vajravelu comes to know of this charity giveaway, he attacks Veerapandi, killing him & his wife. Nallamuthu (Rajkiran), a trusted lieutenant of Veerapandi, takes the kid Jai and escapes to the city (Chennai). After the murders, Veerapandi’s trusted people are put in jail with a prison sentence of 14 years.