S. Varadarajan, better known as T. V. Varadarajan, is an Indian theatre and television actor and news anchor from Tamil Nadu. He had been a news reader for Doordarshan for over 28 years.[1]
Early life
editVaradarajan was working with Bank of India at their Zonal Office in Chennai, before he got an offer as a news reader for Indian's national television channel Doordarshan.[1]
Career
editVaradarajan worked for over 28 years as a news anchor for Doordarshan emerging as one of its most familiar faces. Eventually, he got chances to act in plays by Y. Gee. Mahendra. In the 1990s, Varadarajan formed his own drama troupe. One of his plays Elavasa Enaippu won six awards from the Mylapore Academy.[1]
Veteran Tamil film director K. Balachander gave him a chance to act in television serials. Since then, he has acted in leading roles in three of Balachander's television serials namely Premi, Kai Alavu Manasu and Kadhal Pagadai.[2]
His recent play, 'Ithu Namma Naadu' was a resounding success. 'Ithu Namma Naadu' is a political satire that was enacted on 11 September 2013. This play was written by 'Tughlak' Sathya and Varadarajan directed and starred in it.[3]
Plays
edit| Play | Ref. |
|---|---|
| Sri Thyagaraja | [4] |
| Kaialavu Manasu | [2] |
| Ithu Namma Naadu | [3] |
Filmography
edit- Films
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Antha Sila Naatkal | ||
| 1994 | Pattukottai Periyappa | ||
| 1997 | Arunachalam | ||
| 2000 | Kandukondain Kandukondain | Srikanth's interviewer |
- Television
| Year | Program | Role | Channel | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996–1998 | Kadhal Pagadai | Mohan Babu | Sun TV | |
| 1999 | Kasalavu Nesam | Cameo appearance as news reader in first episode and advocate in climax scenes | ||
| 1996–1997 | Kaialavu Manasu | Sun TV | ||
| 2002–2003 | Sahana | Jaya TV | ||
| 2003–2005 | Anni | Doctor | Jaya TV | |
| 2006 | Penn | Sun TV | ||
| 2014–2017 | Thamarai | Raghavan | Sun TV |
Awards and nominations
edit- 2012: Nataka Kalasarathy – Won[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c Girija Subramanian. "The many facets of T. V. Varadarajan". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 20 March 2011.
- ^ a b Balasubramanian, V. (19 May 2016). "Holding centre stage" – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^ a b "Ithu Namma Naadu to be staged in Bangalore for the first time - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ Vishwanath, Narayana (7 October 2017). "Of art and music: Bringing saint Thyagaraja alive on stage". Deccan Chronicle.
- ^ "Drama festival". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 July 2013.