Director C. V. Rajendran Passes Away

Rajendran has directed popular movies in Tamil like Galatta Kalyanam, Sumathi En Sundari and Raja starring Sivaji Ganesan and J.Jayalalithaa who later became Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister.

He also directed other popular movies like Vani Rani, Sivagamiyin Selvam, Ponnoonjal, Maalai Sooda Va, Garjanai and several others in Tamil starring Sivaji Ganesan, Jaishankar, Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth.Many of the songs in his movies were big hits.

Rajendran equipped himself early in his career with technical felicity in aspects of film-making, including camera techniques and editing. He transformed Sivaji Ganesan from a ‘method actor’ who worked on a largely uniform template, into a more spontaneous and youthful actor, casting him in dance sequences and songs that served the purpose.

His career as a director began with the film Anubhavam Pudhumai. It was followed by Galatta Kalyanam, in which Sivaji Ganesan and Jayalalithaa acted together for the first time.

Hailing from a village near Madurantakam, Rajendran was related to another popular Tamil movie director C.V.Sridhar, with whom he worked during his initial days.

Apart from Tamil movies, Rajendran had also directed movies in Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi.