Mahendran (actor)

Mahendran
Other names	Master Mahendran (former)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1994-present

Mahendran is an Indian actor who works in Tamil and Telugu language films. He started acting at the age of 3 and has appeared in over 100 films in six languages as a child actor, a record in India.[1][2] He is a recipient of two Nandi Awards and two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.

In 2013 he played the lead in Vizha, which was his breakthrough as an adult actor.[3][4][5][6]

Career

Mahendran made his debut with K. S. Ravikumar's Nattamai (1994).[7] He twice won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Child Artist, for Thaikulame Thaikulame (1995) and Kumbakonam Gopalu (1998).[8] He also twice won the Nandi Award for Best Child Actor, for Devi (1999) and Little Hearts (2001).[9][10] He also appeared on the Sun TV dance show Masthana Masthana as a participant in 2009.^[citation needed]

The actor made his breakthrough as a hero when he starred alongside Malavika Menon in Vizha (2013), directed by Barathi Balakumaran.[11][12]

The film is based on the award-winning short film Uthiri, and portrays the love story of Mahendran's character Sundaram, who plays the thappu instrument at funerals, and Rakkamma (Malavika), an oppari singer.[13] The film opened to positive reviews in December 2013.[14] His first Telugu film, First Love opposite Amrita Rao released on the same day, with a low key release.[15]

Filmography

• Note: all films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.

Child artist

List of Mahendran child artist film credits

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1994	Nattamai	Boy at panchayat	Uncredited[16]
1995	Pedarayudu	Boy at panchayat	Telugu film
	Thaikulame Thaikulame	Pandiyan's biological son and Janaki's adopted son	Won—Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Child Artist
	Muthu	Tribal	Uncredited[17]
1996	Mahaprabhu
	Parambarai	Young Paramasivan
	Coimbatore Mappillai	Sumithra's neighbor
	Senathipathi
1997	Vaimaye Vellum	Raja
	Mappillai Gounder	Young Subramani
	Pelli Chesukundam		Telugu film
	Aahaa..!	Ajay
1998	Kondattam	Mahendran
	Thulli Thirintha Kaalam	Market worker
	Kaathala Kaathala	Orphan child
	Natpukkaga	Young Chinnaiyya
	En Uyir Nee Thaane	Rajasekhar's son
	Aahaa..!	Ajay	Telugu film
	Kumbakonam Gopalu		Won—Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Child Artist
	Sivappu Nila	Muthu Manikkam
1999	Suriya Paarvai	Vijay
	Devi	Young Dantra	Telugu film
			Won—Nandi Award for Best Child Actor
	Padayappa	guest at Anitha's wedding	Uncredited[18]
	Poomagal Oorvalam	Saravanan
	Nee Varuvai Ena
	Minsara Kanna	Vetri
	Thirupathi Ezhumalai Venkatesa	Udayappa
	Paattali	Young Shanmugam
2000	Sudhandhiram
	Maayi	Young Maiyaandi
	Mugavaree	A child on the beach
2001	Ammayi Kosam	Tea supplier boy	Telugu film
	Mohanayanangal	The Young Evil Monk	Malayalam film
	Simharasi	Young Narasimharaju	Telugu film
	Viswanathan Ramamoorthy	Mahendran
	Asokavanam	Rahul
	Little Hearts	Deva	Telugu film
			Won—Nandi Award for Best Child Actor
2002	Nee Sneham		Telugu film
2003	Magic Magic 3D	Indrajeet's friend
	Simhadri	Young Simhadri	Telugu film
	Aalukkoru Aasai	Saravanan
2006	Nenjirukkum Varai

Adult actor

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

List of Mahendran adult film credits

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2010	Jaggubhai	Mohan
	Mudhal Kadhal Mazhai	Aanjaneyar Kumar
2013	Vizha	Sundaram	[19]
2014	First Love		Telugu film
	Endrume Anandham	Subbu
2015	Vindhai	Karthi
	Viraivil Isai	Susi
2017	Thittivasal	Muthu
2018	Naadodi Kanavu	Marudhu
2020	Asalu Em Jarigindhante	Vaasu	Telugu film
2021	Master	Young Bhavani
	Chidambaram Railway Gate	Velu
	Namma Oorukku Ennadhan Achu	Nalla Thambi
2022	Maaran	Police officer
2023	Ripupbury	Sathyaraj
	Kathar Basha Endra Muthuramalingam	Young Kaluvan
2024	Amigo Garage	Rudra
TBA style="background: #FFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: left; " class="partial table-partial"|Musasi †	TBA
TBA	Coolie †	TBA
TBA	Pulse †	TBA

Television

List of Mahendran television credits

Year	Series	Role	Notes
1997	Mayavi Marichan	Manikandan	Sun TV
2023	Label	Veerasekar	Disney+ Hotstar

References

1. "Acted in Most Number of Movies as a Child Artist (Male)". India Book of Records. 9 April 2013. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014.
2. "Meet Mahendran, the stellar actor who shined as Kutti Bhavani in Master". Onmanorama. 15 January 2021. Archived from the original on 24 February 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
3. "Master Mahendran is back with 'Vizha'". Deccan Chronicle. 18 December 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
4. "Mahendran's next is a Tamil-Telugu bilingual". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
5. "Mahendran's next 'Namma Ooruku Ennadhaan Aachu', a rural thriller". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
6. Joseph, Raveena; Ramanujam, Srinivasa (13 November 2015). "Child stars on the big screen". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
7. Prasad, Shiva. "KS Ravikumar uncle is a huge inspiration for me on how to approach cinema: Master Mahendran". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
8. "Master Mahendran's first meeting with Ajith". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
9. "Venkatesh, Maheshwari get Nandi awards". The Hindu. 8 December 2000. Archived from the original on 31 January 2002. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
10. "Film awards announced". The Hindu. 18 July 2000. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
11. S. R. Ashok Kumar (10 November 2013). "Audio Beat: Vizha — Tunes that will touch a chord". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
12. "'Master' actor Mahendran thanks fans on social media for their love and support to the film". The Times of India. 7 May 2020. Archived from the original on 8 May 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
13. "Vizha: storytelling with a difference". The Times of India. 1 January 1970. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
14. "I had complete belief in Vizha's script: Barathi". The Times of India. 8 December 2013. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
15. "First Love Telugu Movie Review". IndiaGlitz. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
16. "Karthi releases Master Mahendran's Namma Oorukku Ennadhan Achu trailer". The Times of India. 18 January 2021. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
17. "தலைவர் கூட டான்ஸ், அத விட வேற என்ன வேணும் ? - தளபதி விஜய்யின் மாஸ்டர் பிரபலம் கமெண்ட்" ["Even the leader dances, what else do you want?" - Thalapathy Vijay's Master Popularity Comment]. Behindwoods (in Tamil). 30 March 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
18. மலர், மாலை (9 May 2021). "சினிமாவில் 28 ஆண்டுகளை நிறைவு செய்த மகேந்திரன்... குவியும் வாழ்த்துக்கள்". www.maalaimalar.com.
19. "Master Mahendran is back with 'Vizha'". Deccan Chronicle. 18 December 2013. Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.

External links

• Mahendran at IMDb