Kuralarasan

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Kuralarasan
Born
T. R. Kuralarasan
Occupations
  • Actor
  • composer
Years active1993–present
Spouse
Nabeela
(m. 2019)
Children1

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

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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. [5] He married Nabeela in 2019, and the two have a son born in 2024. [6]

Career

He began his career as a child artist with Pettredutha Pillai (1993) and garnered acclaim for his role in Sonnal Thaan Kaadhala (2001). [7] 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". [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] He went on to compose an independent album with US-based artists and is working on several Hindi films. [14] [15]

Filmography

As an actor

YearFilmRoleNotes
1993 Pettredutha Pillai
Sabash Babu
1994 Oru Vasantha Geetham
1995 Thai Thangai Paasam
1999 Monisha En Monalisa HimselfCameo appearance
2001 Sonnal Thaan Kaadhala Roja's brotherWon Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Child Artist [7]
2002 Kadhal Azhivathillai Charmi's brother
2003 Alai Gopi

As music composer

YearFilm
2016 Idhu Namma Aalu

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