Mohideen Abdul Khadar, known by his stage name Rajkiran, is an Indian actor, producer and director, who has acted in more than 30 Tamil films.^[1] He Has Won One Filmfare Award South and Four Tamil Nadu State Film Awards in his career.

Early life

Rajkiran was born as J. Mohideen Abdul Khadar on 16 March 1953 at Keelakarai into a Muslim family.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Rajkiran began by producing two Ramarajan starrer films and in one of them he appeared in a brief role. In 1991, he produced and acted in lead role in Kasthuri Raja's debut film, En Rasavin Manasile which had a silver jubilee run. He won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize and the Cinema Express – Best New Face Award for his performance.^[2] He directed, produced and acted in lead role in Aranmanai Kili (1993) and Ellame En Rasathan (1995), which also had silver jubilee runs. In 1996, he acted in Manikkam which was an average grosser at the box-office. The following year, he worked in Pasamulla Pandiyare. The film turned out to be a failure. In the mid of 1998, he acted in Ponnu Velayira Bhoomi and made a guest appearance in Kasthuri Raja's Veera Thalattu. In the end of 1998, he acted in the critically well received Thalaimurai.

Following a three-year hiatus, he returned as an actor in Bala's Nandha and in Cheran's Pandavar Bhoomi. Both were critically and commercial success. He has won the Filmfare Best Tamil Supporting Actor Award for his performance in the film Thavamai Thavamirundhu (2005) and the Tamil Nadu government's Best Actor award for Pandavar Bhoomi (2001).^[3][4][5] Raj Kiran has signed a new project with director Karu Pazhaniappan.^[6] He acted in Muni as Ghost character Muniyaandi. He later appeared in movies like Kaavalan (2011), Ponnar Shankar (2011), Venghai (2011) and Thiruthani (2012). He has also featured in many TV commercials as well. He also claimed not to do a dhoti advertisement which created a lot of news in 2015. He acted in lead role in the movie Pa Paandi in 2017. In 2020, he was debuted in a Malayalam film Shylock with Mammootty as a role in a character named Ayyannar.^[7]

Filmography

Off-screen roles

Year	Film	Credited as			Notes
		Director	Writer	Producer
1988	Raasave Unnai Nambi	N	N	Y
1989	Enne Petha Raasa	N	Y	Y
1991	En Rasavin Manasile	N	N	Y
1993	Aranmanai Kili	Y	Y	Y	Directorial debut film
1995	Ellame En Rasathan	Y	Y	Y