Major Sundarrajan

March 1, 1935 — Madras, British India

Major Sundararajan, was an Indian actor who has performed in Tamil language films. Starting as an amateur stage artist while working full-time in the Telecom department in the early 1950s, Sundararajan entered the film world with Pattinathaar (1962), directed by K. Somu. After a powerful performance as a blind and retired army official in K. Balachander's Major Chandrakant (1966), he came to be known as 'Major Sundararajan'.