Radha Krishnan Chidambaram
Born
Radha Krishnan Chidambaram

(1959-02-03) 3 February 1959
Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation(s)Actor, Producer
Years active1989-2017

Radha Krishnan Chidambaram[1] (born 3 February 1959), known professionally as R. K., is a former Indian actor who appears in Tamil films.[2] He was a prominent businessman before he broke into films, owning a real estate business called "Velcome City".[3]

Career

After portraying small roles in films like Villu Pattukaran (1992), Poi (2006) and Thoondil (2008), he made his debut as lead actor with Ellam Avan Seyal (2008), remake of Malayalam movie titled Chintamani Kola Case.[4] The film received mixed reviews from critics and emerged as average grosser.[5][6] He went on to do lead roles in films like Azhagar Malai (2009), En Vazhi Thani Vazhi (2014) and Vaigai Express (2017) which did not do well at box-office and in-between he also portrayed negative roles in films like Avan Ivan (2011), Jilla (2014) a guest appearance and Paayum Puli (2015).

Filmography

YearFilmRoleNotes
1989Vetri VizhaGang spy
1992Villu PattukaranPolice inspector
1993ManikuyilMuthuvelu's friend
Thangakkili
1994Sevatha PonnuSulaimani's friend
1996Katta PanchayathuChidambaram
1997Nattupura NayaganDoctor
2006Poi
2008ThoondilZoom
VaazhthukkalVetriselvan Selvanayagam
Ellam Avan SeyalLaxman Krishna
2009Manjal VeiyilRajesh
Azhagar MalaiPugazhendhi
2011Avan IvanCattle smuggler
Puli VeshamMuniyanAlso producer[7]
2014JillaMahalakshmi's father-in-law
2015En Vazhi Thani VazhiVetriselvan
Paayum PuliMinister Singarasu
Pulan Visaranai 2Rakesh Khethan
2017Vaigai ExpressSharafudeen RahmanAlso producer

References

  1. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1091010/
  2. ↑ "RK ropes in Vadivelu for his next". 8 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "'For Passion, not for money' - Actor RK". Kollywood Today. 23 November 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  4. ↑ "Kollywood Movie Actor R K Biography, News, Photos, Videos". nettv4u.
  5. ↑ "Review: Ellam Avan Seyal". www.rediff.com.
  6. ↑ "Winning point -- Ellam Avan Seyal". The Hindu. 5 December 2008 – via www.thehindu.com.
  7. ↑ "Puli Vesham is RK's production". The Times of India.


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