Raju Jeyamohan (born 2 July 1991) is an Indian actor, television host and model in the Indian film industry, who has worked predominantly in Tamil television shows and films. Raju made his debut in the movie

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in the year 2019. He has also acted in various serials including Kana Kaanum Kalangal, 'Kalloori Salai', 'Aandaal Azhagar', and 'Saravanan Meenatchi' on Vijay Television. In 2022, he emerged as the title winner of the Tamil reality television show ''

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''.

Personal life

Raju was born in

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. He did his B.Sc. in Visual Communication from

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. He married his long-time girlfriend Tarika in October 2020. Before making his appearance on television, he has done many modeling covers and photo shoots.

Career

Jeyamohan started his career by first appearing in the second season of the

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television drama ''

Kana Kaanum Kaalangal ''Kana Kaanum Kaalangal'' () is a Tamil drama soap opera that aired on weekdays on Star Vijay. It was the first soap in Tamil television that focused on school life. Due to the success of the show, a sequel called ''Kana Kaanum Kaalangal Kalloor ...

'' in 2012 playing one of the lead roles in the show. Raju was also supposed to be part of Vijay's film ''

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'' in 2012, however due to personal issues he rejected the offer of the film. From 2013 to 2016, he portrayed Saravanan's PA in

Star Vijay Star Vijay is an Indian Tamil language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star (formerly Star India), a subsidiary of Asianet Star Communications. The channel's headquarters is in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Star Vijay change ...

's '' Saravanan Meenatchi Season 2''. One year later Raju also acted in the

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drama '' Naam Iruvar Namakku Iruvar'' playing the role as Kathiresan. Raju also acted in a few list of films such as ''

'' (2019), ''

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'' (2021) and ''

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'' (2022). In January 2022, he emerged as the title winner in the reality show

. He also appeared in the celebration show called ''Bigg Boss 5 Kondattam'' as a guest and ''Start Music season 3''. Raju also announced that he is taking a break from acting in television and focus more on acting in his upcoming films. In late 2022, he also started hosting a

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and

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called ''

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'' featuring him as the main host and character in the show which aired on

Filmography

Film

*''All films are in

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unless otherwise noted''.

Television

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jeyamohan, Raju Living people Tamil male television actors Tamil male actors Male actors in Tamil cinema People from Tamil Nadu Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series) contestants 1991 births