Kuralarasan

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Kuralarasan
Born
T. R. Kuralarasan
Occupation
  • Actor
  • music director
Years active1993–present

Kuralarasan is an Indian actor and film composer who works in Tamil-language films. He has collaborated with his father, T. Rajender, and his brother, Silambarasan, in all his films to date.

Personal life[]

Kuralarasan is the younger son of father T. Rajender and mother Usha, and younger brother of Tamil actor Silambarasan.

On February 2019, his video of shahada (proclamation of faith) embracing Islam with the presence of his parents in a Masjid in Annasalai, Chennai had become viral.[1][2][3] His father T. Rajender in the press interview stated that Kuralarasan since young years had been passionate about Islam and completely embraced Islam through that proclamation event.[4] Kuralarasan stated that out of his own will being attracted to the principles of Islam had embraced it. He requested to keep his father T. Rajender and brother Silambarasan away from social-media religious hate trolling on his religious conversion.[5]

Career[]

He began his career as a child artist and garnered acclaim for his role in Sonnal Thaan Kaadhala (2001).[6] He made his debut as a music composer with his father's production Idhu Namma Aalu (2016) starring his brother, Silambarasan. He wrote the lyrics for all the songs in addition to rendering his voice for the song "King Kong".[7][8][9][10][11][12] He went on to compose an independent album with US-based artists and is working on several Hindi films.[13][14]

Filmography[]

As an actor[]

Year Film Role Notes
1993 Pettredutha Pillai
Sabash Babu
1994 Oru Vasantha Geetham
1995 Thai Thangai Paasam
1999 Monisha En Monalisa Himself Cameo appearance
2001 Sonnal Thaan Kaadhala Roja's brother Won–Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Child Artist[6]
2002 Kadhal Azhivathillai Charmi's brother
2003 Alai Aathi's brother

As music composer[]

Year Film
2016 Idhu Namma Aalu

References[]

  1. ^ Hussain, Shaik Zakeer (17 February 2019). "Tamil Actor Simbu's Brother Kuralarasan Converts To Islam". The Cognate. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  2. ^ ChennaiFebruary 16, India Today Web Desk; February 16, 2019UPDATED; Ist, 2019 14:51. "Simbu's younger brother Kuralarasan converts to Islam in presence of dad T Rajendar". India Today. Retrieved 20 April 2021.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Simbu's brother, third notable celebrity to embraces Islam". The Siasat Daily - Archive. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  4. ^ ஹுசைன், எம் குணா,அலாவுதின். "இஸ்லாம் மதத்துக்கு ஏன் மாறினார் குறளரசன்?- டி.ராஜேந்தர் விளக்கம்". www.vikatan.com/ (in Tamil). Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  5. ^ "ஆனந்தக் கண்ணீர் விட்ட சிம்பு! இஸ்லாத்துக்கு மாறியது என் விருப்பம் என குறளரசன் விளக்கம்!". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd (in Tamil). Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Tamil Nadu announces film awards for three years". indiaglitz. Retrieved 19 October 2009.[dead link]
  7. ^ kvv (28 May 2016). "Kuralarasan debuted as a composer with Idhu Namma Aalu". The Hindu.
  8. ^ "Simbu to dance to brother's tunes?". The Times of India. 15 January 2017.
  9. ^ "Pandiraj, Kuralarasan lash out at each other on social media". The Times of India. 7 September 2015.
  10. ^ "Simbu, TR to sing in Kuralarasan's film". The Times of india. 13 January 2017.
  11. ^ "Now Kuralarasan hits back with the karma angle | Tamil Movie News - Times of India". The Times of India. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  12. ^ "Simbu appreciates his brother's work". The Times of India. 15 January 2017.
  13. ^ "Kuralarasan delays Idhu Namma Aalu teaser?". The Times of India. 13 January 2017.
  14. ^ Menon, Thinkal (5 December 2018). "Now, Kuralarasan heads to Bollywood". The Times of India.

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