Writer, director and producer CV Rajendran was born on 12 March 1937 in a rural area close to Madurantakam. His first cousin was maverick producer and director CV Sridhar, the director of hit films like Kalyana Parisu, Kaadhalikka Neramillai and Vennira Aadai.
He made his film debut as an assistant director in the Hindi remake of Sridhar’s Nenjil Ohr Alayam and then became Sridhar’s associate director in the Kalyankumar-Devika starrer, Nenjam Marapathillai. He was also associate director for the films Kaadhalikka neramillai, Nenjil Ohr Alayam and Vennira Aadai. He made his debut as a director in the R.Muthuraman-Rajasree starrer, Anubavam Pudhumai.
He went on to direct many box-office hits in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi. In his Tamil films, it was Sivaji Ganesan who was cast in the lead more than any other actor. He has also directed Kamalhaasan, Rajinikanth, Vijayakanth, R Muthuraman, Jaishankar, Prabhu and Sathyaraj.
Rajendran was also responsible for introducing Prabhu, son of the legendary Sivaji Ganesan, in the film Sangili.
Rajendran also produced two films; the Sivaji Ganesan-Vijay starrer, Once More and the Prabhu-Vineetha starrer Vietnam Colony.
Rajendran passed away on 1 April 2018 , less than three weeks after his 81st birthday.
Do enjoy our selection of songs from his movies:
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