A. V. M. Rajan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

A. V. M. Rajan

Indian actor

Date of Birth: 26-Jul-1935

Place of Birth: Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu, India

Profession: actor

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About A. V. M. Rajan

  • Shanmugasundaram, known by his stage name A.V.M.
  • Rajan, (26 July 1935) is a former Indian in Tamil cinema who was active during the 1960s and 1970s.
  • Born in Pudukottai, Shanmugasundaram was very eager to join cinema though he held a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Madras University.
  • His parents wanted to see him as a police officer.
  • He came to Madras to write the examination, but didn't sit for the exam.
  • He was not confident as he couldn't straighten his fractured left hand.
  • Instead, while working at Raj Bhavan Guindy Chennai, he tried his luck in cinema knocking on the doors of every film company to earn a better income.
  • At long last, his relentless efforts yielded result by getting him the opportunity to enter cinema through the film ‘Aayiram Kaalathu Payiru’ in which he was introduced as "Raja B.A.".
  • Soon after, he was signed to act in the AVM's film Naanum Oru Penn also.Rajan acted in a movie produced by AVM Productions called Naanum Oru Penn, a film that starred S.S.Rajendran in the lead role.
  • Hence he became 'A.V.M.' Rajan.
  • Tamil actress Pushpalatha appeared in the same picture, and they became a couple and later married.
  • They subsequently acted as a pair in many films, including Karppooram (1967) which he won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor.
  • AVM Rajan has two daughters, the elder daughter Mahalakshmi was an actress between the 80s–90s.
  • Rajan later became a full-time Christian preacher since 1988 and since then has stopped acting in movies and dramas.
  • His wife Pushpalatha is a Catholic by birth.
  • She hails from Coimbatore.
  • Following Rajan's conversion, his family too is serving full-time Ministry.

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