R. Sarath Kumar

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birthdate = 14 July 1954(age 54)
location = New Delhi, India
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othername = Supreme Star, Super Hero
yearsactive = 25
spouse = Raadhika Sarathkumar
(Feb 2001 - Preesnt)
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occupation = Actor,
Politician

Sarath Kumar (Tamil : சரத் குமார்) is a Tamil actor and politician and the current president of South Indian Film Artistes Association. He started his career in Kollywood as a villain, and then played minor roles in other movies. He was first chosen for the lead role in "Suriyan" which was a success at box-office. He mainly played the role of an honest cop out to cleanse the society. He also floated a new political party in Tamil Nadu to carry out the ideals of K. Kamaraj Nadar.

Personal Background

R.Sarathkumar was born on 14 July 1954 in New Delhi to M. Ramanathan and Pushpa Leela. He has a sister called K. Mallika. His native plave is Thalakavur in Sivaganga district near Karaikudi. He did B.Sc Mathematics at New College, Chennai. Sarath Kumar has acted in six regional languages including English, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada. His current occupation are Film actor and DMK MP in Rajya Sabha. He is also the current president of South Indian Film Artistes Association. His hit films include "Pulan Visaranai" (as a villain), "Sooriyan", "Naataamai", "Suryavamsam", "Natpukkaga", "Arasu".

Sarath kumar has married twice. His first wife was Chaya, with whom he had a son called Vishwas and two daughters called Varalaxmi and Pooja. He is currently married to Raadhika who is also a Actress and has one son, Rahul born in 2004 with her. Sarath kumar is also the step father to Raadhika's children Sarwari, Pooja, Rayanne.

Political career

Sarath Kumar joined DMK in the year 1996. DMK fielded him in Tirunelveli Loksabha Constituency during 1998 parliamentary elections and he lost by small margin. In 2002,DMK made him a Rajyasabha member. He left DMK before 2006 Assembly elections owing to differences with Tamilnadu Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi's family members. He joined AIADMK along with his wife Radhika and campaigned vigorously for that party.

His wife Radhika Sarathkumar was dismissed from AIADMK for anti party activities in October 2006. He also quit from AIADMK in November 2006 quoting his workload in Cine industry as a reason.

On 31 August 2007, Sarathkumar floated a new party named [http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IE920070831121654&Title=Chennai&rLink=0 " ['Akila Indiya Samathuva Makkal Katchi"'] He has vowed to bring back Kamarajar rule in TamilNadu.

He joined DMK in 1996 in order to defeat Jayalalitha. In 1998, Kalaignar asked Sarath Kumar to contest Lok Sabha elections from Tirunelveli. In the election DMK lost very badly and the alliance could muster only 9 seats compared to the 40 seats it swept in 1996.Even though DMK lost badly in many constituencies, Sarath Kumar was defeated by Kadambur.R.Janarthanan by a margin of only 6000 votes.

Awards

* Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan Award (2000, 2001)
* Best Actor Awards (1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998)
* MGR Award (1997)
* Best Villain Award - 1990 ("Pulan Visaranai")

Filmography

References

*http://www.tamilstar.com/news/publish/article_1852.shtml
*http://www.chennaionline.com/film/Interviews/11sharatkumar.asp

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