Mahendran is an Indian actor who works in Tamil and

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language films. He started acting at the age of 3 and has appeared in over 100 films in six languages as a child actor, a record in India. He is a recipient of two

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and two

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. In 2013 he played the lead in '' Vizha'', which was his breakthrough as an adult actor.

Career

Mahendran made his debut with

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's ''

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'' (1994). He twice won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Child Artist, for '' Thaikulame Thaikulame'' (1995) and '' Kumbakonam Gopalu'' (1998). He also twice won the

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, for ''Devi'' (1999) and ''Little Hearts'' (2001). He also appeared on the Sun TV dance show ''Masthana Masthana'' as a participant in 2009. The actor made his breakthrough as a hero when he starred alongside Malavika Menon in '' Vizha'' (2013), directed by Barathi Balakumaran. The film is based on the award-winning short film ''Uthiri'', and portrays the love story of Mahendran's character Sundaram, who plays the thappu instrument at funerals, and Rakkamma (Malavika), an oppari singer. The film opened to positive reviews in December 2013. His first Telugu film, ''First Love'' opposite Amrita Rao released on the same day, with a low key release.

Filmography

Tamil films

Telugu films

Malayalam films

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mahendran Tamil male actors Living people 1991 births Indian male child actors Indian male film actors Male actors in Tamil cinema Male actors in Telugu cinema