Kuralarasan is an Indian actor and composer who works in Tamil-language films. He has collaborated with his father,

T. Rajendar Thesingu Rajendar (born 9 May 1960), also known as Vijaya T. Rajendar or T. R., is an Indian actor, filmmaker, musician, cinematographer and distributor who works primarily in Tamil film industry. He is also a politician in Chennai, Tamil Nadu ...

, and his brother,

Silambarasan Silambarasan Thesingu Rajendar, nicknamed as Simbu or his initials S. T. R., is an Indian actor, filmmaker and musician in Tamil cinema. He began his acting career by playing roles as a child artist in films directed by his father T. Rajendar, b ...

, in all his films to date.

Personal life

Kuralarasan is the younger son of

and Usha, and younger brother of

. In February 2019, Kuralarasan's video of

shahada The ''Shahada'' (Arabic: ٱلشَّهَادَةُ , "the testimony"), also transliterated as ''Shahadah'', is an Islamic oath and creed, and one of the Five Pillars of Islam and part of the Adhan. It reads: "I bear witness that there is n ...

(proclamation of faith) embracing

Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...

with the presence of his parents in a Masjid in Annasalai,

Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

had become viral. Rajender in the press interview stated that Kuralarasan since young years had been passionate about Islam and completely embraced Islam through that proclamation event. 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.

Career

He began his career as a child artist and garnered acclaim for his role in ''

Sonnal Thaan Kaadhala ''Sonnal Thaan Kaadhala'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written, directed and produced by T. Rajendar, who also composed the music and portrays the main lead role. Murali, Roja, Karan, Livingston, Swathi and Vadivelu ...

'' (2001). He made his debut as a music composer with his father's production '' Idhu Namma Aalu'' (2016) starring his brother,

. He wrote the lyrics for all the songs in addition to rendering his voice for the song "King Kong". He went on to compose an independent album with US-based artists and is working on several Hindi films.

Filmography

As an actor

As music composer

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuralarasan Male actors in Tamil cinema Tamil male actors Tamil film score composers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Converts to Islam Islam in Tamil Nadu