Famous Father Son Actors of Tamil Cinema
Sivaji - Prabhu
Sivaji Ganesan fondly remembered as "Nadigar Thilagam" has acted in more than 170 films. He was the first indian actor to be awarded the Chevalier.He acted in Cinema for more than six decades in almost all kind of roles starting from 1952.His first film is "Paraasakthi" and his last film was "Padayappa" with Super Star Rajinikanth. Shivaji died in 2001.
Prabhu is also a good actor and acted over 125 films. But he did not act in different kinds for roles like his father. He mostly played a soft hero role. He started his film career in 1982 with the film "Sangili". Prabhu got the title "Ilaya Thilagam".Nowadays he is acting mostly in Character roles.
Muthuraman - Karthik
Muthuraman was popularly known as "Navarasa Thilakam". He was a popular actor during 1960's to 1970's and acted in over 100 films. His first film was "Karpagam" and his last film was "Nenjil Or Aalayam". He died in 1982 while shooting for a film on a cliff.
Karthik attained more popularity than his father and acted in more than 100 films. He is fondly called as
"Navarasa Nayagan". He made his debut in Bharathiraja's film "Alaigal Oivathillai". Nowadays he is not acting much in films but he is currently acting in Maniratnam's Raavan movie.
Thyagarajan - Prashanth
Thyagarajan acted in very few films. He directed and produced few films. He could not shine in the film industry that much.
Prashanth has acted in good number of films compared to his father but he also could not reach the peak. His first film is "Vaigasi Poranthachu". He was 17 years old when this movie was released. Though he acted in less films, he got the opportunity to work with the popular directors like Shankar,Maniratnam, Balu Mahendra etc
Sivakumar - Surya - Karthik
Sivakumar has played many lead and character roles in tamil cinema. He is well known for his excellent dialogue delivery in Tamil.
Surya is the elder son of Sivakumar and a popular hero in today's tamil film industry. His first film was
"Nerukku Ner". Though Surya could not act well in his first film, he slowly transformed himself to a popular hero. The biggest breakthrough for him is the film "Kaakha Kaakha" which was a blockbuster.
Karthik also called as Karthi,younger son of Sivakumar is a growing hero in Tamil cinema.He became popular in his debut movie itself. The movie was Paruthiveeran.He got filmfare award for this movie.
Vijaya T.Rajendar - Silambarasan
T.Rajendar is well known for the sister sentiment movies he has acted in. Besides acting, he also played the roles of playback singer, lyrics composer, screen play writer, music director, director etc for his films.
Silambarasan is popular known as Simbu in Tamil cinema industry. He started his career as a child artist and transformed himself to a hero. He can also sing well like his father. He has directed the movie "Vallavan" and written screenplay for "Manmadhan" and "Vallavan".
Sathyaraj - Sibiraj
Sathyaraj initially acted in negative roles during the early stages of his film career. Later he turned to a hero and played comedy,action as well as romantic roles. He has acted in more than 100 films. He is fondly called as "Puratchi Thamizhan" as he is an atheist. His first film was "Kodugal Illaatha Kolangal".
Sibiraj is an upcoming actor in Tamil cinema and acted in less than 10 films till now. He acted along with his father in half of the films.
Nagesh - Anandbabu
Nagesh was an excellent comedy actor in the Tamil cinema industry. He created his own style of comedy in Tamil cinema. He has acted in over 1000 indian films. He also played character roles.As his acting resembled the hollywood actor Jerry Lewis, Nagesh is called "Jerry Lewis of India". His first film was "Manamulla Marudhaaram". He died in 2009 at the age of 75.
Anandbabu could not reach greater heights in Tamil cinema like his father. Neither he could shine well as a hero nor as an character artist. He acted mostly in supporting roles. Anandbabu is a very good dancer.
Vijayakumar - Arun Vijay
Vijayakumar is one of the few senior living actors of tamil cinema. Though he played as a hero in his early movies, he later transformed to an character artist. He is the popular 'Father' of tamil cinema as he had played father role in many movies.
Arun vijay is the only son of actor Vijayakumar. He is an upcoming actor and acted in over 20 films. He is also a stunt coordinator for his films.
K.Bhagyaraj - Shanthnoo Bhagyaraj
Bhagyaraj is well known for his famiy oriented films. Besides acting, he mostly writes the screenplay and directs his films. He has his own style of his film making. Mostly his films will be witty and dialogues will be very good.
Shanthnoo is the only son of Bhagyaraj and is an upcoming actor.
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