Silambarasan

Acting

Silambarasan

Born 1983-02-03 · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Silambarasan Thesingu Rajendar Prasad (credited as Silambarasan, Simbu, or S. T. R.) is an Indian film actor, director and playback singer in the Tamil film industry. He began his career by playing roles as a child artist in films directed by his father T. Rajendar,[5] before his first lead role in Kadhal Azhivathillai (2002), under his father's direction and produced by his mother Usha Rajendar. Silambarasan has frequently worked as a playback singer in the Tamil film industry. He first sang in Sonnal Thaan Kaadhala and went on to sing over 60 songs for various composers. He predominantly sings in his own films and has collaborated mostly with his friend and fellow composer Yuvan Shankar Raja. Silambarasan also wrote lyrics for several songs of his films. On 27 December 2011, Silambarasan released the non-film single "Love Anthem For World Peace and Love" to promote world peace. Silambarasan has been the subject of several controversies, primarily due to his outspoken nature.

Acting credits

Goa poster
6.0

Three young men, who always get into trouble in their village, dream of an effortless life. For this, they run away to Goa in the hope of finding and getting married to rich foreign women.

Goa

2010

Thug Life poster
5.0

In a world ruled by crime and betrayal, mafia kingpin Sakthivel and his brother Manikkam rescue a young boy, Amaran, during a violent police shootout and raise him as their own. Years later, when an assassination attempt shakes Sakthivel's empire, suspicion turns inward. Consumed by vengeance, Sakthivel sets out to destroy the very family he once built.

Thug Life

2025

Maanaadu poster
7.0

A Muslim man, who is stuck in a time loop, has to stop a political rally from taking place in order to save the state's chief minister and prevent religious violence.

Maanaadu

2021

Thotti Jaya poster
6.2

Jaya is an orphan and a born rowdy working in a hotel as a helper. He loves Brinda who also his boss's daughter.

Thotti Jaya

2005

Aaromaley poster
6.7

Ajith, a romantic dreamer faces reality when forced to work at a matchmaking agency under Anjali,a pragmatic, grounded woman, devoid of dreamy illusions. Their conflicting ideologies become the foundation of a relationship that’s as charming as it is unfiltered.

Aaromaley

2025

Sonnal Thaan Kaadhala poster
NR

Roja, a part-time singer, works at a finance company where her colleague, Murali, is madly in love with her. However, Roja rejects his proposal as she is the sole breadwinner of her large family.

Sonnal Thaan Kaadhala

2001

Vaalu poster
4.8

Sharp (Simbu), a happy-go-lucky guy, loves Priya (Hansika), a college student, but later learns that she is enagaged to Anbu ( Aditya), a businessman-gangster. Priya wants them to remain friends and Sharp agrees, all the while scheming to make her fall in love with him.

Vaalu

2015

Kaalai poster
4.2

A man comes to the city, seeking revenge from another man for killing his grandmother. He begins to woo the man's daughter and when the time is right, abducts her and holds her hostage.

Kaalai

2008

Silambattam poster
2.9

A man unravels the mysteries of his past and his upbringing while settling a village feud.

Silambattam

2008

Action 3D poster
4.0

Four guys head to Goa for a bachelor’s party, wake up with a huge hangover and realise things have gone awry.

Action 3D

2013

Idhu Namma Aalu poster
4.7

An eternal romantic falls in love with the girl his father has decided to get him married to, but will his past love affair prove to be a problem?

Idhu Namma Aalu

2016

Maha poster
6.0

A mother who loses her child to psycho killer's killing spree goes in search for answers

Maha

2022

Chekka Chivantha Vaanam poster
6.5

A bloody power struggle erupts between three brothers who are vying to take over the family business following the death of their father.

Chekka Chivantha Vaanam

2018

Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan poster
5.1

A local gangster in Madurai bids adieu to his past life. Years after, in his mid-50s, he falls in love with a young girl, which changes his life.

Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan

2017

Osthe poster
4.0

A man hates his stepfather and his half-brother. Later as a police officer, he makes an enemy in a local politician, who uses the hostility between the stepbrothers to fulfill his own nefarious plans.

Osthe

2011

Vantha Rajavathaan Varuven poster
5.9

The young heir of a rich family embarks on a journey to effect a reconciliation between estranged family members.

Vantha Rajavathaan Varuven

2019

Kaaka Muttai poster
7.8

Two slum kids yearn to taste a pizza after being enticed by the pizza shop that has opened near their locality. What happens when they manage to find the money to buy one?

Kaaka Muttai

2015

Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa poster
7.4

A young, aspiring filmmaker falls in love with a girl who moves into the house above his, but her sophisticated nature does more harm than good to him.

Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa

2010

Ye Maaya Chesave poster
6.9

An aspiring Hindu director falls in love with a Christian girl whose parents disapprove of their impending relationship.

Ye Maaya Chesave

2010

Vaanam poster
6.0

Five people from varied strata of society – a slum dweller who works as a cable operator, a runaway prostitute, a desperate woman drowning in debt, a rising musician, and a grief-stricken Muslim man – end up together in the same hospital, at a time when it is attacked by terrorists.

Vaanam

2011

Arasan poster
NR

Taking place as an untold story in the same world as Vetrimaaran's Vadachennai, a man holds a struggling, dark past in the 1990s.

Arasan

Karthik Dial Seytha Yenn poster
2.8

A sequel to his Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010), it stars Silambarasan and Trisha reprising their roles from that film.

Karthik Dial Seytha Yenn

2020

Alai poster
4.5

Aadhi and Meera are in love. During their friend's marriage in his village, they intervene and help him marry the girl he loves, against the wishes of his parents, resulting in dire consequences.

Alai

2003

Podaa Podi poster
4.9

Arjun and Nisha happily marry as they are madly in love with each other. However, trouble brews in their lives when they realize that they have to make a lot of sacrifices to make their marriage work.

Podaa Podi

2012

Behind the camera