Silambarasan (aka) Simbu

Silambarasan Biography:

Silambarasan TR (aka) Simbu is an Indian Tamil film actor, director, lyricist & playback singer. He is the son of actor, director & politician Vijaya T. Rajendar and former actress Usha Rajendar. He is the eldest son in the family, he has a younger brother named Kuralarasan and a younger sister named Ilakkiya. He began his career as a child artist in films produced by his father.

Career:

His first movie in a lead role is Kadhal Azhivathillai in 2002, which was directed by his father. In 2003, his movie Alai movie released, which was a disaster at the box office. Then Dhum, which is a Telugu remake and Kuthu with Divya Spandana were released, which made average business at the box office. Later, he did Kovil with director Hari that reached well in the C centre and did a very good business.

He reached places for his acting & excellent story narration work in Manmadhan in 2004. Yuvan Shankar Raja composed music for Manmadhan, and from there on, they both started sharing a very good rapport. Once again, he shared the screen space with Jyothika in Saravana after Manmadhan, which was the Telugu remake. He played a  gangster's role in Thotti Jaya with some romance, but it failed at the box office badly.

He turned as the director for his next movie Vallavan, he took a long time to direct it. In the meanwhile, there was also a controversy of his with Nayantara. It was speculated that they both were in love for a few months and split up later in the same year. Vallavan received mixed reviews and turned out to be an average grosser.

In 2008, his movie Kaalai released and once again, he failed to fulfill the audience's expectation. His next movie Silambattam was with Sneha and got some good openings & did an above-average business at the box office. He also gave the voice for the dubbing of Slumdog Millionaire in Tamil.

In 2009, he started his 25th film Vinnaithandi Varuvaya with Gautham Menon. It released on Feb 2010 and became a big blockbuster. Silambarasan has cleared out the image that he is not only a commercial hero but also a good performer. He won many awards for the film. 

Awards:

Honors

Kalamamani from Government of Tamil Nadu (2006)

Winners

SIIMA Award for Stylish Star of South Cinema (2012) IK

SIIMA Award for Best Male Playback Singer (Telugu) for "Diamond Girl" from Baadshah (2014)

ITFA Best Actor Award for Vaanam (2011)

Edison Award for Best Actor for Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya (2010)

Big FM Tamil Entertainment Awards – Most Entertaining Actor Award for Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya (2010)

Isaiyaruvi Tamil Music Awards – Rising Star Lyricist for "Where is the Party" for Silambattam (2009)

Isaiyaruvi Tamil Music Awards – Best Dancer for Silambattam (2009)

Edison Award for Best Actor for Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada (2016)

Nominations

Vijay Award for Best Actor for Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010)

Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010)

Silambarasan Filmography:

Year	Film	Role(s)	Notes
1984	Uravai Kaatha Kili	Silambarasu	Child artist
1986	Mythili Ennai Kaathali	Simbhu	Child artist
1987	Oru Thayin Sabhatham	Simbhu	Child artist
1988	En Thangai Kalyani	Simbhu	Child artist
1989	Samsara Sangeetham	Simbhu	Child artist
1991	Shanti Enathu Shanti	Babu	Child artist
1992	Enga Veetu Velan	Velan	Child artist
1993	Pettredutha Pillai	Kumaran (Kumar)	Child artist
1993	Sabash Babu	Babu	Child artist
1994	Oru Vasantha Geetham	Silambhu	Child artist
1995	Thai Thangai Paasam	Velu	Child artist
1999	Monisha En Monalisa	Himself	Child artist
2001	Sonnal Thaan Kaadhala	Himself	Guest appearance
2002	Kadhal Virus	Himself	Guest appearance
2002	Kadhal Azhivathillai	Simbhu
2003	Dum	Sathya
2003	Alai	Aadhi
2004	Kovil	Sakthivel
2004	Kuththu	Gurumoorthy
2004	Manmadhan	Madhankumar (Manmadhan), Madhanraj
2005	Thotti Jaya	Jayachandran (Thotti Jaya)
2006	Saravana	Saravana
2006	Vallavan	Vallavan (Pallan)	Also director and screenwriter
2008	Kaalai	Jeeva
2008	Silambattam	Vichu, Thamizharasan
2010	Goa	Madhankumar	Guest appearance
2010	Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa	Karthik Sivakumar
2010	Ye Maaya Chesave	Himself	Guest appearance Telugu film
2011	Vaanam	Thillai Raja ("Cable" Raja/Raj)
2011	Osthe	Osthi Velan
2012	Podaa Podi	Arjun
2013	Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya	Himself	Guest appearance
2014	Inga Enna Solluthu	Raghu	Guest appearance
2015	Dongaata	Himself	Guest appearance film
2015	Kaaka Muttai	Himself	Guest appearance
2015	Vaalu	Sakthi (Sharp)
2016	Idhu Namma Aalu	Shiva
2016	Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada	Rajinikanth Muralidharan
2017	Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan	Madura Michael, Ashwin Thatha, Thikku Siva
2018	Chekka Chivantha Vaanam	Ethirajan Senapathi
2018	Kaatrin Mozhi	Himself	Cameo appearance
2019	Vantha Rajavathaan Varuven	Adithya (Raja)
2019	90 ML	Himself	Special appearance
2021	Eeswaran	Eeswaran
2021	Maha	Malik	Completed; Special appearance
2021	Maanaadu	Abdul Khaaliq	Filming
2021	Pathu Thala	TBA	Filming
2022	Nadhigalile Neeradum Sooriyan	TBA	Upcoming