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R. Sarathkumar is a Actor, Director, Story and Producer Indian born on 14 july 1954 at New Delhi (Inde)

R. Sarathkumar

R. Sarathkumar
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Birth name Ramanathan Sarathkumar
Nationality Inde
Birth 14 july 1954 (70 years) at New Delhi (Inde)
Awards Filmfare Awards South

Ramanathan Sarathkumar (born 14 July 1954) is an Indian film actor, journalist, politician, the former president of the South Indian Film Artistes' Association and former body builder. Sarathkumar has acted in more than 130 Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada films. He can speak Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and English fluently.

In 1986, Sarathkumar started his acting career in the Telugu film Samajamlo Sthree. He first acted in negative roles, and later played minor roles before establishing himself as a lead actor in the subsequent years earning him the title Supreme Star in Tamil cinema. He has won two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and three Filmfare Awards South.

In 2007, he launched a new political party All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi (AISMK) in Tamil Nadu claiming to carry out the ideals of K. Kamaraj. He is the present Member of Legislative Assembly of Tenkasi constituency. He served as the president of the Nadigar Sangam from 2006 to 2015 for three consecutive terms.

Biography

R. Sarathkumar has been married twice. His first marriage was to Chaya in 1984 and the couple had two daughters, Varalaxmi and Pooja. The couple later divorced in 2000. Then he married actress Raadhika on 4 February 2001. They were friends when they worked together in Kargil, they also paired in two films : Namma Annachi and Suryavamsam. The couple has a son named Rahul born in 2004. He has also a stepdaughter named Rayanne Hardy born to his wife Raadhika with her ex-husband Richard Hardy in 1992.

Usually with

Goundamani
Goundamani
(27 films)
Senthil
Senthil
(25 films)
K.S.Ravikumar
K.S.Ravikumar
(13 films)
Deva
Deva
(22 films)
Vijayakumar
Vijayakumar
(18 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of R. Sarathkumar (122 films)

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Janda Pai Kapiraju
Janda Pai Kapiraju (2015)

Directed by Samuthirakani
Genres Thriller, Action, Romance
Actors Nani, Amala Paul, Meghana Raj, Ragini Dwivedi, Subbu Panchu, R. Sarathkumar
Rating60% 3.001033.001033.001033.001033.00103
Arvind who came to the city from a rural area, is a naive employee in a company. He cannot tolerate corruption, bribert, breaking rules, lavishness and the urban culture of youth in cities. He is caught by traffic police for a minor mistake through not of his own. Although he has all documents with him, he is asked a bribe by traffic policeman. When he refuses to pay the bribe, a complaint is booked against him and he is sentenced by the court, even though he complains about the bribe.
I
I (2015)
, 3h8
Directed by S. Shankar
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Musical films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Vikram, Suresh Gopi, Upen Patel, Amy Jackson, Prabhu, Power Star Srinivasan
Roles Cameo Appearance
Rating73% 3.6981953.6981953.6981953.6981953.698195
Lingesan (Vikram) is a bodybuilder from the suburbs of Chennai, whose main ambition is to become Mr. India. He wins the title of Mr. Tamil Nadu, which gives him entry to the Mr. India pageant. He is infatuated by Diya (Amy Jackson), a leading supermodel. Diya is soon blacklisted and all her advertisement film contracts are cancelled by John (Upen Patel), her co-star in all her advertisements, after she constantly rejected his advances. To save her career, Diya decides to replace John with Lingesan, whom she had earlier met at one of her shoots, as her co-star for her next advertisement. Lingesan agrees, sacrificing his Mr. India ambitions in the process.
Sandamarutham
Sandamarutham (2015)

Genres Drama, Action
Actors Sarayu Mohan, R. Sarathkumar, Raadhika Sarathkumar, Samuthirakani, Radha Ravi, Avinash
Roles Surya & Sarveswaran
Rating45% 2.279432.279432.279432.279432.27943
The movie begins with an investigation of a girl who has been dead along with a small vessel. That small vessel is actually a weapon as it contains explosive chemicals (a bomb named "Ophalaska") with its changing colours.
Kochadaiiyaan
Kochadaiiyaan (2014)
, 2h4
Directed by Soundarya R. Ashwin
Origin Inde
Genres Biography, Action, Adventure, Historical, Animation
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Rajinikanth, R. Sarathkumar, Aadi Pinisetty, Deepika Padukone, Shobana, Rukmini Vijayakumar
Roles Sengodagan
Rating61% 3.097613.097613.097613.097613.09761
A young boy named Rana, who hails from the kingdom of Kottaipattinam, leaves his family, despite his brother Sena pleading him not to do so. The boy soon meets with an accident while rowing in the river and is eventually discovered by some fishermen from the neighbouring kingdom of Kalingapuri, a rival of Kottaipattinam. Rana (Rajinikanth) grows up there and trains in weaponry, and grows up to be a fearless warrior. Due to his fighting skills and bravery, he soon wins the confidence of the king of Kalingapuri, Raja Mahendran, who promotes him as Commander-in-Chief of the Kalingapuri army. Rana's first job as Commander-in-Chief is to free the soldiers of his hometown Kottaipattinam, who are being treated as slaves, enlist them in the army and train them. He then seeks the permission of Raja Mahendran to attack Kottaipattinam, to which the latter agrees. However, during the war, Rana encounters his childhood friend, crown prince Sengodagan, the son of Rishikodagan, king of Kottaipattinam. Immediately signalling an end to the war, he, along with the soldiers disown Kalingapuri and return to Kottaipattinam, much to the disgust of Raja Mahendran and his son, crown prince Veera Mahendran, who swear revenge on Rana for tricking them and betraying Kalingapuri.
Asha Black
Asha Black (2014)

Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors R. Sarathkumar, Ishitha Chauhan, Devan, Manoj K. Jayan, M. S. Bhaskar, Kottayam Nazeer
Roles Anwar Ali
Rating54% 2.7393552.7393552.7393552.7393552.739355
Five people of Indian origin are killed in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, within a short period of time. At first, the attacks are believed to be racially motivated, but investigating officer Anwar Ali (Sarath kumar Kumar), a Tamilian of Indian origin, feels that there are no grounds for that claim.
Myna
Myna (2013)

Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Chetan Kumar, Nithya Menen, R. Sarathkumar, Suhasini Maniratnam, Ajay, Sumithra
Roles ACP B. B. Ashok Kumar
Rating68% 3.4164053.4164053.4164053.4164053.416405
The film begins with Satya (Chetan Kumar) being chased by the police. He is caught and is charged with a 34 serial murder case. While being transported to Bangalore on criminal charges, he shares his story with ACP B. B. Ashok Kumar, the officer who is leading the team that arrested him. How Satya met Mynaa is revealed in a flashback sequences.
Nimirndhu Nil
Nimirndhu Nil (2013)
, 2h24
Directed by Samuthirakani
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Films about families
Actors Jayam Ravi, Amala Paul, R. Sarathkumar, Meghana Raj, Soori, Ragini Dwivedi
Roles CBI officer Michael
Rating60% 3.0060353.0060353.0060353.0060353.006035
Aravindan Sivasamy (Jayam Ravi) is a 26-year-old youth who was brought up in an ashram run by a Harichandra (Nassar). The atmosphere that he grew, taught him high moral values, disciplines, dignity, devotion etc. But when he comes out of the place, his belief and learning will be questioned by the cancerous system. It unsettles him and make him fight against the immoral cultures of the society. He decides to taken on corrupt bureaucrats and his friend (Soori), a lawyer (Subbu Panchu) and journalist (C. Gopinath) along with his girlfriend (Amala Paul) join him in his mission to fight against the corruption.
Chennaiyil Oru Naal
Chennaiyil Oru Naal (2013)
, 1h59
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors R. Sarathkumar, Prakash Raj, Cheran, Prasanna, Raadhika Sarathkumar, Parvathy
Roles Sundara Pandian IPS
Rating64% 3.243343.243343.243343.243343.24334
On September 16, superstar Gautham Krishna (Prakash Raj) gets ready for the release of his new film. On the same day, Traffic Constable Satyamoorthy (Cheran) joins back on duty, after having been suspended from service for taking bribes. The day is special for Dr. Robin (Prasanna) who is celebrating his first wedding anniversary. Karthik Vishwanathan (Sachin), an aspiring television journalist, starts his first job with an interview with Gautham Krishna the very same day. On the same day, at a crowded traffic junction in Chennai, Karthik, who was set to interview Gautham Krishna, and Ajmal (Mitun), traveling in a bike are hit by a speeding car at the signal, and Karthik is rushed to Global Hospital. Also at the junction, in another car, was the surgeon Dr. Robin. Karthik goes into coma and is declared brain dead although he is kept alive using ventilator. Meanwhile, Gautham's ailing daughter's (Gabriella Charlton)heart condition becomes worse and she urgently needs a heart transplant. At first Karthik's parents do not agree to take their son off the ventilator and donate their son's heart but Ajmal and Karthik's girlfriend (Parvathi Menon) persuade them into it. Now that the heart is available, the problem was transporting it from Chennai to Vellore. No chartered flights or helicopters were available and so the heart had to be taken by road. Someone had to drive the 150 kilometers in under two hours during the rush traffic.
Achante Aanmakkal
Achante Aanmakkal (2012)

Genres Drama
Actors R. Sarathkumar, Meghana Raj, Nedumudi Venu, P. V. Jagadish Kumar, Sunitha Varma, Lakshmi Sharma
Roles Narasimham

Madhava Menon (Nedumudi Venu) is a well respected retired police officer who has two daughters, Meera (Meghana Raj) and Meena (Lakshmi Sharma). Narasimhan. IPS (Sarath Kumar), an efficient police officer in Tamil Nadu, married Meera and Nandagopan (Jagadish), an officer in Kerala Police who does homework more efficiently than his official work married Meena. They all live very happily. The state legislative election is announced in the state. There happens a twist in Madhava Menon's life. The leader of a political party digs out an old case (a police custody death of a teenage boy) in order to trap another leader in the opposition party. The case begins to draw big attention and the press comes to Madhava Menon's house to ask him about the case because he was in charge of the police station when the boy died. He tells the media that he killed the boy. It was a surprise to his daughters and sons-in-law. Soon he is arrested and put into the jail. Narasimhan and Nandagopan joins hand and search for the truth because they are sure that their father-in-law did not do such a thing. Also, they doubt that he agreed to have committed the crime to save some one else. Through a series of investigations, Narasimhan and Nandagopan finds the original culprit and proves the innocence of Madhava Menon.
Metro
Metro (2011)

Genres Thriller, Documentary
Actors R. Sarathkumar, Nivin Pauly, Bhagath Manuel, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Suresh Krishna, Karthika Menon
Roles CI Jacob Alexander
Rating49% 2.4676052.4676052.4676052.4676052.467605
The film is based on three separate incidents that take place in Kochi. The first one involves the murder of a young politician, Jaimy Padamadan, which is being investigated by Jacob Alexander (Sharath Kumar). The murder occurs during an election season and the main suspect in the case is a local don named Paruthikkadan (Suresh Krishna). The investigation is affected due to his political influences.