Rajkiran

Mohideen Abdul Khadar, known by his stage name Rajkiran, is an Indian actor, producer and director, who has acted in more than 30 Tamil films. He won one Filmfare Award South and four Tamil Nadu State Film Awards in his career.

Early life Rajkiran was born as J. Mohideen Abdul Khadar on 16 March 1949 at Keelakarai.

Career In 1987, he launched his production company and titled it Red Sun Art Creations. Then he changed his name, and he opted for Kiran (rays of the sun) and prefixed Raj. Rajkiran began his film career by producing two Ramarajan starrer films Raasave Unnai Nambi (1988) and in one of them he appeared in a brief role in Enne Petha Raasa (1989).

In 1991, he produced and acted in the lead role in Kasthuri Raja's debut film, En Rasavin Manasile which had a silver jubilee run. He won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize and the Cinema Express – Best New Face Award for his performance. He directed, produced and acted in lead role in (1993) and Ellame En Rasathan (1995). Next, he acted in Manikkam which was an average grosser at the box-office. The following year, he worked in Pasamulla Pandiyare (1997). In mid-1998, he appeared in Ponnu Velayira Bhoomi and made a guest appearance in Kasthuri Raja's Veera Thalattu. At the end of 1998, he acted in the critically well received Thalaimurai.

Following a three-year hiatus, he returned in Bala's Nandhaa (2001), Cheran's Pandavar Bhoomi (2001) followed by N. Lingusamy's Sandakozhi (2005) as a character artiste. All the three films fetched him the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. He won Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Tamil. for Thavamai Thavamirundhu (2005). Then, he acted in the comedy horror Muni (2007).

He later appeared in the movies Kaavalan (2011), Ponnar Shankar (2011), Venghai (2011), Thiruthani (2012) and Manjapai (2014). He has also featured in many TV commercials. He refused to do a dhoti advertisement which created headlines in 2015. He acted in lead role in the movie Pa. Pandi in 2017 directed by Dhanush. He debuted in Malayalam with the film Shylock (2020) with Mammootty. Later, he was seen in Karthi starrer films Viruman (2022), Meiyazhagan (2024) and Vaa Vaathiyaar (2026).

Personal life Rajkiran was initially married to Chellamma, but the couple divorced. He later married Padmaja, with whom he has a son.

Filmography Year Film Role Notes 1989 Enne Petha Raasa Johnny 1991 En Rasavin Manasile Mayandi Debut as hero Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film (Second) Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize (Actor) Cinema Express Award for Best New Face Actor 1993 Raasaiyya 1995 Ellame En Rasathan Singarasu 1996 Manikkam Manikkam 1997 Pasamulla Pandiyare Pandiyan 1998 Ponnu Velayira Bhoomi Palanisamy Thalaimurai Pandithurai Veera Thalattu Pandian's father 2001 Nandhaa Periyavar Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Supporting Actor Pandavar Bhoomi Dhanasekaran Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Supporting Actor 2002 Kadhal Virus Himself Cameo appearance 2003 Konji Pesalaam Muthupandi 2004 Jai Nallamuthu Kovil Periyasamy 2005 Sandakozhi Dorai Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Supporting Actor Sevvel Sudalai Thavamai Thavamirundhu Muthaiah Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Tamil 2007 Kireedam Rajarajan Muni Muniyandi Thottal Poo Malarum Varadharaja Vaandiyar 2011 Kaavalan Muthuramalingam Ponnar Shankar Raaki Annan 2011 Venghai Veera Pandi 2012 Thiruthani Duraipandi 2014 Manjapai Venkatasamy 2015 Komban Muthaiah Sivappu Konaar 2016 Rajini Murugan Ayankalai 2017 Pa. Pandi Paandian Pazhanisami Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil 2018 Sandakozhi 2 Dorai 2020 Shylock Ayyanar Malayalam film2022 Viruman Niraipandiyan Thevar Pattathu Arasan Poththaari 2024 Meiyazhagan Sudalamuthu a.k.a. 'Sokku Mama' 2025 Maaman Singarayar Idli Kadai Sivanesan 2026 Vaa Vaathiyaar Ramu's grandfather

Off-screen roles Year Film Credited as Notes Director Writer Producer 1988 Raasave Unnai Nambi 1989 Enne Petha Raasa 1991 En Rasavin Manasile 1993 Directorial debut film 1995 Ellame En Rasathan 2020 Kuberan Distributor for Tamil dubbed version