Kuralarasan

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

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

Personal life

Kuralarasan is the younger son of T. Rajendar and Usha, and younger brother of Silambarasan.

In February 2019, Kuralarasan's 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] 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 and brother 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
1993Pettredutha Pillai
Sabash Babu
1994Oru Vasantha Geetham
1995Thai Thangai Paasam
1999Monisha En MonalisaHimselfCameo appearance
2001Sonnal Thaan KaadhalaRoja's brotherWon–Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Child Artist[6]
2002Kadhal AzhivathillaiCharmi's brother
2003AlaiAathi's brother

As music composer
YearFilm
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. "Simbu's younger brother Kuralarasan converts to Islam in presence of dad T Rajendar". India Today. 16 February 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  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. "Tamil Nadu announces film awards for three years". indiaglitz. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
  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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