పరిచయం / Biography
ప్రారంభం
1954 అక్టోబర్ 3న కోయంబత్తూరులో జన్మం; బిర్త్ నేమ్ రంగరాజ్ సుబ్బయ్య. 1978 Tamil 'అన్నై ఒరు ఆలయం'తో అరంగేట్రం.
Career arc
200+ films. Tamil cinema lead villain → hero → senior character actor progression. 'మండ్ర మహారాజన్' (1989 — director), 'Mr. Bharath' (1986 — hero). Late 2010s — 'Baahubali: The Beginning' (2015) + 'Baahubali 2' (2017) — కట్టప్ప iconic role pan-India recognition. Tamil + Telugu + Malayalam. Padma Bhushan honoree (2024). DMK politics background.
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Origins
Born 3 October 1954 in Coimbatore as Rangaraj Subbaiah. Debuted with Tamil's 'Annai Oru Aalayam' (1978).
Career arc
200+ films across a villain → hero → senior character actor arc. 'Mr. Bharath' (1986), 'Mundhanai Mudichu' (1983), and director-led 'Mandhira Maharajan' (1989). The late-career icon role was Kattappa in 'Baahubali: The Beginning' (2015) + 'Baahubali 2: The Conclusion' (2017), bringing pan-India recognition. Padma Bhushan honoree (2024).
