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#UnforgettableOnes: Popular comedian Janagaraj
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Janagaraj made his debut as an actor with the 1978 Tamil film 'Kizhake Pogum Rail'. He played a brief role in the film, however, later emerged as a leading comedian by impressing fans with his enjoyable parodies and amusing body language. Janagaraj's combination with Rajinikanthand Sathyarajhas worked. Later, he shifted to focus on character roles and bagged several awards. Janagaraj has also made his acting debut in Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi, and he is popular for his unique voice modulation, and for imitating artists.
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Janagaraj vanished from the spotlight after 2008, and he made his second innings through the 2018 romantic drama '96', in which he played a school watchman. He has a few movies lined up for release in Tamil.
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Filmography of Janagaraj (154 films)
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Actor
Directed byMani Ratnam
OriginInde
GenresDrama, Thriller, Action, Politic, Romance
ThemesFilms about music and musicians, Politique, Musical films, Political films
ActorsSuriya, R. Madhavan, Siddharth, Meera Jasmine, Trisha Krishnan, Esha Deol
Roles Dr. Viswanath
Rating78%
Inba (Madhavan) grew up to be a goon, as his brother had left him to fend for himself and he had no option of earning. He loves, marries, and abuses his wife, Sashi (Meera Jasmine). Michael Vasanth (Suriya Sivakumar) is an influential student leader who wants politicians like Selvanayagam (Bharathiraja) to keep away from college elections. Michael is in love with his neighbour Geetha (Esha Deol) who lives with her parents. And then there is Arjun Balakrishnan (Siddharth), carefree and spoiled son of an IAS officer. He wants to relocate to the U.S. for a better future. He falls in love with Meera (Trisha Krishnan), whom he just met. One day, Meera and Arjun get into a quarrel on the road and Meera gets into an auto. Arjun hitches a ride from Michael, who is riding in the same direction, to catch up with Meera. Suddenly, Michael is shot but Arjun saves him. After talking to Michael, Arjun changes his mind and wants to be a politician. Selvanayagam is worried when he hears news of students standing in the election. He uses every possible resource to get them out of Politics. Firstly he provides scholarship to study at a prestigious foreign university to Michael. When Michael refuses the bribe, he orders his goon Inba to take control. Inba beats some students but faces very strong retaliation from Michael and other students. He kidnaps Arjun and other candidates. However, they manage to escape with the help of Inba's ally, Dilli (Sriman). Inba follows Arjun and beats him up. While running, Arjun manages to call Michael for help. He comes to rescue Arjun at Napier Bridge. Then
Janagaraj
Indian actor (born 1950)
Janagaraj | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1955-05-29) 29 May 1955 (age 69) Madras, Madras State (now Chennai, Tamil Nadu), India |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, comedian |
| Years active | 1978–2008 2018-present |
| Spouse | Malathi |
| Children | 1 |
Janagaraj is an Indian actor who has appeared in over 240 films predominantly in Tamil cinema as a comedian or in supporting roles. He also starred in few Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi films.
Early life
Janagaraj was born to Vadivelu and Muthulakshmi in Chennai Tamil Nadu. He joined the Auditor General's Office as a Junior Division Clerk in 1976 and worked part-time as a theatre artist and a stage artist due to his desire to act and perform. He was friendly with Delhi Ganesh, another AGS employee who remains his closest friend to date.
Janagaraj joined Director Bharathiraja as his unofficial assistant. After seeing his talent during the shooting of Kizhake Pogum Rail, Bharathiraja gave him the chance to act as a Brahmin in the same movie. Later in Puthiya Vaarpugal, Bharathiraja gave Janagaraj another sensational character as a minor boy of the villain (G. Srinivasan). Janagaraj had acted with a trouser and baniyan for that movie.
Janagaraj found his break in 1980 in Bharathiraja's Nizhalgal and was among the most wanted comedians, having shared roles with major film stars like Sivakumar, Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Ramki, Sivaji Ganesan and with major film directors like Mani Ratnam, K. Balachander and Suresh Krishna.
Film career
Beginning
In 1978, he was introduced by director Bharathiraja in Kizhake Pogum Rail and he continued to give chance to him in his films Puthiya Vaarpugal (1979), Kaadhal Oviyam (1982) and Oru Kaidhiyin Diary (1985).
Janagaraj's career however spun to silver in the 1980s. Starting with Nizhalgal (1980), continuing in Sindhu Bhairavi (1985), Palaivana Rojakkal (1986), Muthal Vasantham (1986), Agni Natchathiram (1988)