Mahendran (actor)

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.

Mahendran
OccupationActor
Years active1994–present

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.

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

Tamil films
List of Mahendran Tamil film credits
Year Film Role Notes
1994NattamaiUncredited
1995Thaikulame ThaikulameTamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Child Artist
1996Mahaprabhu
ParambaraiYoung Paramasivan
Coimbatore MappillaiSumithra's neighbor
Senathipathi
1997Vaimaye VellumRaja
Mappillai GounderYoung Subramani
Aahaa..!Ajay
1998KondattamMahendran
Thulli Thirintha KaalamMarket worker
Kaathala KaathalaOrphan child
NatpukkagaYoung Chinnaiyya
En Uyir Nee ThaaneRajasekhar's son
Kumbakonam GopaluTamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Child Artist
Sivappu NilaMuthu Manikkam
1999Suriya PaarvaiVijay
Padayappa
Poomagal OorvalamSaravanan
Nee Varuvai Ena
Minsara KannaVetri
Thirupathi Ezhumalai VenkatesaUdayappa
PaattaliYoung Shanmugam
2000Sudhandhiram
MaayiYoung Maiyaandi
MugavareeA child on the beach
2001AsokavanamRahul
Viswanathan RamamoorthyMahendran
2003Magic Magic 3DIndrajeet's friend
Aalukkoru AasaiSaravanan
2006Nenjirukkum Varai
2010JaggubhaiMonisha's boyfriend
Mudhal Kadhal MazhaiAanjaneyar Kumar
2013VizhaSundaram[16]
2014Endrume AnandhamSubbu
2015VindhaiKarthi
Viraivil IsaiSusi
2017ThittivasalMuthu
2018Naadodi KanavuMarudhu
2021MasterYoung Bhavani
Chidambaram Railway GateVelu
Namma Oorukku Ennadhan AchuNalla Thambi
2022 MaaranPolice officer
2023 RipupburySathyaraj
Kathar Basha Endra MuthuramalingamYoung Kaluvan
Label with JaiTamil

Hotstar Web series

TBA Kara †Filming
TBA Amigo Garage †Filming
Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released

Telugu films
List of Mahendran Telugu film credits
Year Film Role Notes
1995Pedarayudu
1997Pellichesukundam
1998Aahaa..!Ajay
1999DeviYoung TantraNandi Award for Best Child Actor
2001Little HeartsNandi Award for Best Child Actor
2002Nee Sneham
2003Simhadri
2013First Love
2020Asalu Em JarigindhanteVaasu

Malayalam films
List of Mahendran Malayalam film credits
Year Film Role Notes
2001MohanayanangalThe Young Evil Monk

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. "Master Mahendran is back with 'Vizha'". Deccan Chronicle. 18 December 2013. Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
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