R. Sarathkumar filmography

R. Sarathkumar
R. Sarathkumar
	Sarathkumar participating in the American Tamil Sangam Parade

R. Sarathkumar is an Indian actor and politician who works mainly in Tamil films. He has also worked in one Hindi film, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada films. He began his career in 1986 by playing Surendar Babu in Samajamlo Sthree, His turning point movie was [[Nattamal. He first acted in negative roles and later played minor roles before establishing himself as a lead actor in the subsequent years earning him the title Supreme Star in Tamil cinema. He has won two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and three Filmfare Awards South.

Sarathkumar was first seen in a negative role in Pulan Visaranai and the film turned out to be a blockbuster. He won a Cinema Express Award for Best Villain for his role, which brought him more film offers. Thereafter, he appeared in antagonist roles in Tamil films such as Pudhu Padagan, Velai Kidaichuduchu, Raja Kaiya Vacha, Enkitta Mothathe, Jagathalaprathapan and in Telugu films such as Vishnu, Magaadu and Balachandrudu.

Tamil films

Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref.
1988	Kan Simittum Neram	Inspector Sarath	Also producer
1989	Sattathin Marupakkam	Kumar
1990	Pulan Visaranai	R. K. Mahendran
	Mr. Karthik
	Salem Vishnu	Shiva
	Jagathalaprathapan	Dileep
	Pudhu Padagan	Aadhikesavan
	Seetha	Rathnaraj
	Sandhana Kaatru	Ramu
	Mounam Sammadham	Balu
	Velai Kidaichuduchu	Purushothaman
	Puriyaadha Pudhir	Sarath
	Enkitta Mothathe	"Military" Kandan
	Palaivana Paravaigal	Mamu
	Sirayil Sila Raagangal	Antony
	Urudhi Mozhi	Legal
	Raja Kaiya Vacha	Vaidyaraj
1991	Thangamana Thangachi	Vijay
	Namma Ooru Mariamma	Rajadurai
	Chithirai Pookkal	Johnson David
	Vetri Padigal	Guruji
	Pudhu Manithan	Sundar
	Captain Prabhakaran	Rajaraman IFS
	Kaaval Nilayam	Inspector Vijay
	Idhaya Vaasal	Ganesh
	Cheran Pandiyan	Rajapaandi Gounder
	Archana IAS	Santhosh Kumar
	Vaidehi Kalyanam	Rajamanickam
	Vasanthakala Paravai	Rajesh
1992	Ilavarasan	Vijay
	Periya Gounder Ponnu	Thangamuthu
	Sivantha Malar	Vijay
	Oor Mariyadhai	Rathnavelu
	Idhuthanda Sattam	SP Selvaraj IPS
	Suriyan	Suriyan IPS
	Ellaichami	Ellaichami
	Samundi	Samundi
	Thai Mozhi	Rajasimham
	Natchathira Nayagan	Vijay	In This ilm He has got the title 'Super Hero'
	Meera	Police officer	Guest appearance
1993	Aadhityan	Aadhityan
	Dasarathan	ACP Dasarathan IPS
	Vedan	Vijay IPS (Ranjith Kumar)
	Munarivippu	Gopi
	Band Master	Ravi
	Moondravadhu Kann	Inspector Sarath
	I Love India	Brigadier Diwakar
	Kattabomman	Kattabomman
1994	Aranmanai Kaavalan	Sakthi
	Captain	Captain Shiva
	Indhu	Kaasi	Guest appearance
	Namma Annachi	Ayya, Annachi & Prabhakaran
	Killadi Mappillai	Himself	Cameo appearance
	Raja Pandi	Raja Pandi
	Nattamai	Shanmugam (Nattamai) & Pasupathi		^[1]
	Magudikkaran	Raja's father	Guest appearance
1995	Veluchami	Veluchami
	Coolie	Karna
	Nadodi Mannan	Ramu (Ram Sundar)
	Ragasiya Police	ACP Suriya IPS	In This Film He has got the title 'Supreme Star'
1996	Mahaprabhu	Daamodaran
1996	Nethaji	Nethaji
1997	Aravindhan	Aravindhan
	Surya Vamsam	Sakthivel Gounder & Chinnarasu
	Janakiraman	Janakiraman
1998	Moovendhar	Manimaran
	Natpukaaga	Chinnaiya & Muthaiya
	Simmarasi	Manickavasagam
	Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen	Himself	Cameo appearance
1999	Chinna Durai	Chinna Durai
	Rajasthan	Hariharan	Also partially re-shot in Telugu
	Oruvan	Surya
	Pattali	Shanmugam
2000	Pennin Manathai Thottu	Balaraman	Guest Appearance
2000	Maayi	Maayaandi (Maayi)
2001	Ullam Kollai Poguthey	Himself	Cameo appearance
	Rishi	Rishi, Velu
	Vinnukkum Mannukkum	Sakthivel Gounder
	Dosth	Vishwanath
	Samuthiram	Selvarasu
2002	Thenkasi Pattanam	Kannan
2002	Samasthanam	Thiru
2003	Arasu	Thirunavukkarasu (Arasu), Periyavar
	Paarai	Mabbu Marthandam
	Diwan	Raghavan, Duraisingham
2004	Gambeeram	ACP Muthusamy
	Manasthan	Deivarasu
	Chatrapathy	Major Chatrapathy (Saravanan)
	Aai	Velu
2005	Ayya	Ayyadurai, Chelladurai
	Jithan	Tamizharasu IPS	Guest appearance
	Chanakya	Ganesan
2006	Thalaimagan	Dheeran	100th Film; also director	^[2]
2007	Pachaikili Muthucharam	Venkatesh
	Mayakannadi	Himself	Cameo appearance
	Nam Naadu	Muthazhagu
2008	Vaitheeswaran	Saravanan, Bala
2009	1977	Rajashekar, Vetrivel
2010	Jaggubhai	Jagannathan
2010	Kola Kolaya Mundhirika	Karan Muthaiah	Guest appearance
2011	Muni 2: Kanchana	Karthik (Kanchana)	In This Film He has got the title 'Puratchi Thilagam'
2013	Chennaiyil Oru Naal	Sundara Pandian
2014	Nimirndhu Nil	Michael	Guest appearance
	Kochadaiiyaan	Sengodagan
	Nee Naan Nizhal	Anwar Ali		^[3]
2015	I	Himself	Cameo appearance
2015	Sandamarutham	Sarveshvaran / Surya	125th Film Also writer
2017	Chennaiyil Oru Naal 2	Sundara Pandian		^[4]
2020	Vaanam Kottatum	Bose		^[5]
2022	Ponniyin Selvan: I	Periya Pazhuvettaraiyar
2023	Varisu	Rajendran Palanisamy		^[6]
	Rudhran	Bhoominathan (Bhoomi)		^[7]
	Ponniyin Selvan: II	Periya Pazhuvettaraiyar		^[8]
	Custody	Nataraj		^[9]
	Por Thozhil	Lokanathan		^[10]
	Paramporul	R. Maithreyan		^[11]
2024	Hit List	ACP K. Yazhvendhan

Key
†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Telugu films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1986	Samajamlo Sthree	Surendar Babu
1990	Magaadu	SP Raju
	Vishnu
	Balachandrudu	Minor Babu
1991	Stuartpuram Police Station	Veera Das
	Gang Leader	Raghava
	Surya IPS	Pruthvi Raj IPS
1992	Agreement	Ram / Sathyaa Moorthy	Dual roles
1994	Captain	Captain Shiva
2005	Bunny	Ranga Rao / Bhupathi Raja	Guest appearance
2012	Genius	Sarath Chandra
2013	Chandee	Chandrasekhar Azad
2015	Janda Pai Kapiraju	Michael	Guest appearance
2017	Nenorakam	Sarath
2017	Jaya Janaki Nayaka	Chakravarthy
2018	Bharat Ane Nenu	Raghava Rao
	Naa Peru Surya, Naa Illu India	Challa
	Saakshyam	Raju Garu	Cameo appearance
	Devadas	Dada	Guest appearance
2020	Meka Suri	Appal Naidu
2020	Meka Suri 2	Appal Naidu
2023	Custody	Nataraj
	Rangabali	Ranga Reddy	Special appearance^[12]
	Bhagavanth Kesari	CI Srikanth	Guest appearance
2025	Kannappa †

Malayalam films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2009	Pazhassi Raja	Edachena Kunkan
2010	Oridathoru Postman	Yasin Mubarak
2011	The Metro	Jacob Alexander
	Christian Brothers	Andrews Bandra
	Veeraputhran	Vimal Menon
2012	Achante Aanmakkal	Narasimham
2014	Asha Black	Anwar Ali
2023	Christopher	Vetrivel	Cameo
2023	Bandra	Veera Raghavan IPS
2024	Operation Raahat	TBA

Kannada films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2012	Saarathi	Suryanarayana
2013	Myna	B. B. Ashok Kumar
2016	Santheyalli Nintha Kabira	Sikandar Lodi
2017	Raajakumara	Ashok
2019	Seetharama Kalyana	Shankar
2022	James	Joseph Antony	^[13]
2022	Raymo	Sri Deshpande	^[14]

Hindi film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2024	Sarfira	Nedumaran

As producer, writer and director

Year	Title	Producer	Writer	Director
1988	Kan Simittum Neram	Yes
1990	Mr Karthik	Yes
2005	Jithan	Yes
2006	Thalaimagan	Yes		Yes
2007	Kannamoochi Yenada	Yes
2010	Jaggubhai	Yes
2013	Chennaiyil Oru Naal	Yes
2014	Pulivaal	Yes
2015	Sandamarutham	Yes	Yes
	Maari	Yes
	Idhu Enna Maayam	Yes

As singer

Year	Song	Film	Composer	Ref.
2004	"Orunnu Onnu"	Aai	Srikanth Deva	^[15]
2005	"Tharuveeya Tharamattiya"	Chanakya	Srikanth Deva
2006	"Nooru Nooru"	Thalaimagan	Srikanth Deva
2014	"Mugam Parthen", "Muthamidhave Ennai"	Ilakkanam Illa Kaadhal	Williams-Naga
2014	"Unnai Mattum"	Sandamarutham	James Vasanthan

Television

Year	Series	Role	Language	Network	Notes
2000	Kodeeswaran	Host	Tamil	Sun TV
2014	Ninaithale Inikkum	Guest		Vendhar TV
2016	Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa	Producer		Vijay TV
2020	Kodeeswari	Contestant		Colors Tamil	Along with Varalaxmi Winner
	Natchathira Jodi	Guest		Sun TV	Along with Radhika^[16]
	Madras Maamis	Host		Radaan Mediaworks
2021–present	Parampara	Nagendra Naidu	Telugu	Disney+ Hotstar
2022	Big Boss	Special Host	Tamil	Star Vijay
	Irai	Robert Vasudevan		Aha Tamil
	Vanakkam Tamizha	Guest		Sun TV
2024	Cheran's Journey	Ashok		SonyLIV

References

^ "Revisiting Nattamai: 25 facts you probably didn't know about Sarath Kumar's landmark rural drama". Cinema Express. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
^ Jagannathan, Venkatachari (23 October 2006). "Thalaimagan tells a stale story". Redif. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
^ Suganth, M (16 May 2016). "Nee Naan Nizhal Movie Review". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
^ Rajendran, Gopinath (23 October 2017). "'Chennaiyil Oru Naal 2' review: Happens in Coimbatore". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
^ Rangan, Bharadwaj (7 February 2020). "Sarathkumar makes a smashing comeback-in a solid well-acted drama". Film Companion. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
^ "Vijay-Rashmika Mandanna's Thalapathy 66 begins shoot. See photos". The Indian Express. 6 April 2022. Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
^ "Sarathkumar turns villain for Raghava Lawrence in 'Rudhran'". The Times of India. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
^ "Ponniyin Selvan 2 release date announced; Cast to storyline, here's what you can expect from the sequel". Pinkvilla. 28 December 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
^ "Naga Chaitanya's next film 'Custody' to hit cinemas on May 12, 2023". India TV News. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
^ "Por Thozhil teaser: Sarath Kumar and Ashok Selvan are on the hunt for a serial killer in this suspense thriller". The Indian Express. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
^ "Amitash Pradhan & Sarath Kumar's 'Paramporul' to release on September 1". The Times of India. 14 August 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
^ "Rangabali movie review: An entertaining film that could have been more". The Indian Express. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
^ "A peek into Sarath Kumar's role in Puneeth Rajkumar's James". The Times of India. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
^ "Is team Raymo looking at a Pongal release?". Cinema Express. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
^ "Sarath- Parthiban stretch their vocal cords". Cinesouth. 8 March 2004. Archived from the original on 8 March 2004. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
^ "Natchathira Jodi - Full Show | Sarath Kumar | Radikaa Sarathkumar | Pongal Special Program". Sun TV. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2022.

External links

[1] "Revisiting Nattamai: 25 facts you probably didn't know about Sarath Kumar's landmark rural drama". Cinema Express. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2024.

[2] Jagannathan, Venkatachari (23 October 2006). "Thalaimagan tells a stale story". Redif. Retrieved 23 May 2024.

[3] Suganth, M (16 May 2016). "Nee Naan Nizhal Movie Review". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 May 2024.

[4] Rajendran, Gopinath (23 October 2017). "'Chennaiyil Oru Naal 2' review: Happens in Coimbatore". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 23 May 2024.

[5] Rangan, Bharadwaj (7 February 2020). "Sarathkumar makes a smashing comeback-in a solid well-acted drama". Film Companion. Retrieved 23 May 2024.

[6] "Vijay-Rashmika Mandanna's Thalapathy 66 begins shoot. See photos". The Indian Express. 6 April 2022. Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.

[7] "Sarathkumar turns villain for Raghava Lawrence in 'Rudhran'". The Times of India. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2024.

[8] "Ponniyin Selvan 2 release date announced; Cast to storyline, here's what you can expect from the sequel". Pinkvilla. 28 December 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2023.

[9] "Naga Chaitanya's next film 'Custody' to hit cinemas on May 12, 2023". India TV News. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2023.

[10] "Por Thozhil teaser: Sarath Kumar and Ashok Selvan are on the hunt for a serial killer in this suspense thriller". The Indian Express. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.

[11] "Amitash Pradhan & Sarath Kumar's 'Paramporul' to release on September 1". The Times of India. 14 August 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 14 August 2023.

[12] "Rangabali movie review: An entertaining film that could have been more". The Indian Express. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.

[13] "A peek into Sarath Kumar's role in Puneeth Rajkumar's James". The Times of India. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2022.

[14] "Is team Raymo looking at a Pongal release?". Cinema Express. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2022.

[15] "Sarath- Parthiban stretch their vocal cords". Cinesouth. 8 March 2004. Archived from the original on 8 March 2004. Retrieved 5 September 2023.

[16] "Natchathira Jodi - Full Show | Sarath Kumar | Radikaa Sarathkumar | Pongal Special Program". Sun TV. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2022.

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v t e Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actor
1972–1989	Sivaji Ganesan (1972) Sivaji Ganesan (1973) Gemini Ganesan (1974) Kamal Haasan (1975) Kamal Haasan (1976) Kamal Haasan (1977) Kamal Haasan (1978) Sivakumar (1979) Sivakumar (1980) Kamal Haasan (1981) Mohan (1982) Bhagyaraj (1983) Rajinikanth (1984) Sivaji Ganesan (1985) Vijayakanth (1986) Sathyaraj (1987) Karthik (1988) Karthik (1989)
1990–2009	Karthik (1990) Kamal Haasan (1991) Kamal Haasan (1992) Karthik (1993) R. Sarathkumar (1994) Kamal Haasan (1995) Kamal Haasan (1996) R. Sarathkumar (1997) R. Sarathkumar (1998) Ajith Kumar (1999) Kamal Haasan (2000) Vikram (2001) Ajith Kumar (2002) Vikram (2003) Suriya (2004) Vikram (2005) Ajith Kumar (2006) Karthi (2007) Suriya (2008) Prakash Raj (2009)
2010–2019	Vikram (2010) Dhanush (2011) Dhanush (2012) Atharvaa (2013) Dhanush (2014) Vikram (2015) R. Madhavan (2016) Vijay Sethupathi (2017) Dhanush / Vijay Sethupathi (2018) Suriya (2020-2021)

v t e Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor
1967–1980	A. V. M. Rajan (1967) M. G. Ramachandran (1968) Sivaji Ganesan (1969) Gemini Ganesan (1970) no award (1971) no award (1972) no award (1973) no award (1974) no award (1975) no award (1976) Kamal Haasan (1977) Srikanth (1978) Sivakumar (1979) Kamal Haasan (1980)
1981–2000	Kamal Haasan (1981) Sivakumar (1982) no award (1983) no award (1984) no award (1985) no award (1986) no award (1987) Vijayakanth (1988) Kamal Haasan (1989) Karthik (1990) Prabhu (1991) Kamal Haasan (1992) Arjun (1993) R. Sarathkumar (1994) Rajinikanth (1995) Kamal Haasan (1996) Vijay & Parthiban (1997) R. Sarathkumar (1998) Rajinikanth (1999) Murali (2000)
2001–present	Suriya (2001) R. Madhavan (2002) Vikram (2003) Jayam Ravi (2004) Vijay & Rajinikanth (2005) Kamal Haasan (2006) Rajinikanth (2007) Kamal Haasan (2008) Karan (2009) Vikram (2010) Vimal (2011) Jiiva (2012) Arya (2013) Siddharth (2014) R. Madhavan (2015)

v t e SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role – Telugu
2011–2020	Lakshmi Manchu (2011) Sudeepa (2012) Sampath Raj (2013) Jagapathi Babu (2014) Rana Daggubati (2015) Jagapathi Babu (2016) Rana Daggubati (2017) R. Sarathkumar (2018) Kartikeya Gummakonda (2019) Samuthirakani (2020)
2021–present	Srikanth (2021) Suhas (2022)