A. V. M. Rajan

A.V.M.Rajan (Tamil: ஏ. வி. எம். ராஜன்) is a Tamil film actor of the 1960s and 1970s. His real name is Shanmugasundaram of Pudukottai. He acted in a movie produced by AVM Productions called Nanum Oru Pen, a film that starred S.S.Rajendran in the lead role. Hence he became 'A.V.M.' Rajan. Tamil actress Pushpalatha appeared in the same picture, and they became a couple and later married. They subsequently acted as a pair in many films, including Karppooram. Rajan later became a Christian preacher and stopped acting in movies and dramas.^[1]^[2]

Partial filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Director	Co-stars	Notes
1963	Naanum Oru Penn	Balu	Tamil	A. C. Tirulokchandar	S. S. Rajendran, C. R. Vijayakumari, Pushpalatha
	Aayiram Kalathu Payir		Tamil	T.S. Durairaj	T.S. Durairaj, Balaji, Devika	First Movie but Naanum Oru Penn got released first
	Paar Magale Paar	Sundaram	Tamil	A. Bhimsingh	Sivaji Ganesan, R. Muthuraman, Pushpalatha
	Thulasi Maadam		Tamil	K. B. Srinivasan	Gemini Chandrakantha, S. N. Lakshmi, Sharadha,M. S. Sundari Bai
1964	Chitrangi		Tamil	R. S. Mani	Pushpalatha
	Main Bhi Ladki Hoon		Hindi	A. C. Tirulokchandar	Dharmendra, Pushpalatha	Remake of Naanum Oru Penn
	Andavan Kattalai		Tamil	K. Shankar	Sivaji Ganesan, Devika, Pushpalatha
	Pachai Vilakku		Tamil	A. Bhim Singh	Sivaji Ganesan, S. S. Rajendran, Pushpalatha
1965	Enga Veetu Penn		Tamil
	Ennathan Mudivu		Tamil	K.S. Gopalakrishnan	T.S Balaiah, V.S. Ragavan, Anjali Devi
	Veera Abhimanyu	Abhimanyu	Tamil	V. Madhusudhan Rao	Gemini Ganesan, Kanchana, Anjali Devi
1966	Major Chandrakanth	Rajinikanth	Tamil	K. Balachander	Major Sundarrajan, Nagesh, R. Muthuraman, Jayalalitha	Remake of Hindi film Oonche Log
1966	Kodimalar		Tamil	C. V. Sridhar	R. Muthuraman, C. R. Vijayakumari, Kanchana
1967	Karpooram		Tamil	V.T. Vasu	Pushpalatha, Manorama, T.S Balaiah, S.A. Asokan, Sri Kanth
	Manam Oru Kurangu		Tamil	V.T. Arasu	R. Muthuraman, K.R. Vijaya, Cho
	Panthayam	Somu	Tamil	A. Kasilingam	Gemini Ganesan, Vijayanirmala, A.R.R. Vasu	Remake of the Hindi movie Sachaai
1968	Thillana Mohanambal	Thangarathnam	Tamil	A. P. Nagarajan	Sivaji Ganesan, Padmini
	Galatta Kalyanam	Mohan	Tamil	C. V. Rajendran	Sivaji Ganesan, Nagesh
	Chakkaram		Tamil	A. Kasilingam	Gemini Ganesan, Vennira Aadai Nirmala, Sowkar Janaki, Nagesh
	Poovum Pottum	Prakash	Tamil	Dada Mirasi	S. V. Ranga Rao, P. Bhanumathi, R. Muthuraman, Pandari Bai, Bharathi, Nagesh
	Jeevanamsam	Balu	Tamil	Malliyam Rajagopal	Jaishankar, C. R. Vijayakumari, Pushpalatha, Sowkar Janaki, Nagesh
	Thulaabaram		Tamil	A. Vincent	Kanchana, Sharada, Muthuraman	Remake of Malayalam film Thulabharam
1969	Thunaivan		Tamil	M. A. Thirumugam	Sowkar Janaki, Nagesh
	Annaiyum Pithavum	Bhaskar	Tamil	AVM Brothers	Vanisri, Lakshmi, Nagesh, Sivakumar
	Mannippu		Tamil
	Dharisanam		Tamil	Bombay Maniyam	A.V.M. Rajan, Pushpalatha, Sri Kanth, Cho
	Chellapen		Tamil	K. Krishnamurthy	A.V.M. Rajan, Pushpalatha
	Magizhampoo		Tamil	V T Arasu	A.V.M. Rajan, Pushpalatha
	Paal Kudam		Tamil	Pattu	A.V.M. Rajan, Pushpalatha, Lakshmi
1970	Engal Thangam	Moorthy	Tamil	Krishnan-Panju	M. G. Ramachandran, Pushpalatha
	Anadhai Anandhan	Selvam	Tamil	Krishnan–Panju	A.V.M. Rajan, Jayalalithaa, R.S. Manohar, Anjali Devi Master Sekhar	Hindi Version of Chanda Aur Bijli
	Yaen?		Tamil	T. R. Ramanna	A.V.M. Rajan, Ravichandran, Lakshmi, Vennira Aadai Nirmala
1971	Irulum Oliyum	Thyagarajan (Thyagu)	Tamil	Puttanna Kanagal	Vanisri R. Muthuraman
	Deivam Pesuma		Tamil	Chinni-Sampath	A.V.M. Rajan, Sandhya Rani, Vennira Aadai Nirmala
	Thirumagal	Raju	Tamil	A. S. A. Samy	Gemini Ganesan, Sivakumar, Lakshmi
1972	Shakthi Leelai		Tamil
	Puguntha Veedu	Bhaskar	Tamil	G. Subramania Reddiar	Ravichandran, Savitri, Chandra Kala,Lakshmi
	Akka Thamudu		Tamil			Dubbed movie of Anadhai Anandhan
	Deivam		Tamil	M.M.A. Chinappa Devar	Gemini Ganesan, R. Muthuraman
	Deiva Sankalpam		Tamil	P.R.Somu	C. R. Vijayakumari, R. Muthuraman, Sachu, T.S Balaiah , Varalakhsmi, Major Sunderarajan
	Bathilukku Bathil		Tamil	Jambulingam	Muthuraman, Thengai Seenivasan,Vijayakumari, V.K. Ramasamy
	Kandavarundo		Malayalam	Mallikarjuna Rao	Sadhana, Vincent
	Agathiyar		Tamil
	Thaikku Oru Pillai		Tamil	Pattu	AVM Rajan, Nirmala, Savitri
1973	Amman Arul		Tamil	Pattu	Jaishankar
	Anbu Sagodharargal		Tamil	Lakshmi Deepak	Jaishankar	Remake of Telugu film Pandanti Kapuram.
	Manipayal		Tamil	A.Jaganathan	Thengai Seenivasan, S.V Subbaiah,Jayanthi
	Veettukku Vandha Marumagal		Tamil	R. Vittal	Lata, Ravichandran ,Vennira Aadai Nirmala, Sri Kanth
	Prarthanai		Tamil	Kousilan	Sowkar Janaki,Vennira Aadai Nirmala
	Manidharil Manikkam		Tamil	C. V. Rajendran	Sivaji Ganesan, Prameela
1974	Sivagamiyin Selvan		Tamil	C. V. Rajendran	Sivaji Ganesan, Vanisri
	Paththu Maatha Pandham	Vasanthi's Husband	Tamil		Banu Mathi, Muthu Raman, Saroja Devi, Raja Sri, Manorama, Nirmala
	Ore Saatchi		Tamil	K. Vijayan	P.R. Varalakshmi, M.N. Rajam, Major Sundarrajan
	Magalukaga		Tamil	M. Krishnan	C. R. Vijayakumari, S.A. Asokan, M.R.R Vasu
	Doctoramma	Manjula's Husband, Raja	Tamil	Sornam	Manjula, S.A. Asokan, Thengai Seenivasan, M.N. Rajam
1975	Thiruvarul		Tamil	P.Madhavan	AVM Rajan,Major Sundarrajan
	Annadammula Anubandham	Venu Gopal Rao	Telugu	S. D. Lal	N. T. Rama Rao,N. T. Rama Rao,Murali Mohan, Pushpalatha
	Murugan Kattiya Vazhi	Muniyandi	Tamil	P.Madhavan	AVM Rajan,Sri Priya,Vijayakumar, Nagesh
1976	Rojavin Raja		Tamil	K. Vijayan	Sivaji Ganesan, Vanisri
1977	Murugan Adimai		Tamil	R. Thyagarajan	Muthuraman ,K.R. Vijaya
1977	Navarathinam	Raja	Tamil	A. P. Nagarajan	M. G. Ramachandran, Pushpalatha
1978	Thai Meethu Sathiyam		Tamil	R.Thyagarajan	Rajnikanth, Ambareesh, Mohan Babu
1980	Billa	Inspector Varma	Tamil	R. Krishnamurthy	Rajinikanth
1981	Thee	Sita's Husband	Tamil
1982	Oorum Uravum	Officer	Tamil	Major Sunderarajan, PushpaRajan	Sivaji Ganesan,KR Vijaya, Nizhalgal Ravi, Major Sunderarajan
1984	Nanri	IGP	Tamil	AVM Rajan	Karthik,Nalini, Mahalakshmi (Daughter of AVM Rajan), Arjun Sarja	Arjun's Debut Movie
1987	Veeran Veluthambi	IG of Police	Tamil		Vijayakanth, Karthik

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[1] ttp://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/facts/25-5-98/LOVEMARI.htm

[2] ttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0707345/

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v t e Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor
1967–1980	A. V. M. Rajan (1967) M. G. Ramachandran (1968) Sivaji Ganesan (1969) Gemini Ganesan (1970) no award (1971) no award (1972) no award (1973) no award (1974) no award (1975) no award (1976) Kamal Haasan (1977) Srikanth (1978) Sivakumar (1979) Kamal Haasan (1980)
1981–2000	Kamal Haasan (1981) Sivakumar (1982) no award (1983) no award (1984) no award (1985) no award (1986) no award (1987) Vijayakanth (1988) Kamal Haasan (1989) Karthik (1990) Prabhu (1991) Kamal Haasan (1992) Arjun (1993) R. Sarathkumar (1994) Rajinikanth (1995) Kamal Haasan (1996) Vijay & Parthiban (1997) R. Sarathkumar (1998) Rajinikanth (1999) Murali (2000)
2001–present	Suriya (2001) R. Madhavan (2002) Vikram (2003) Jayam Ravi (2004) Vijay & Rajinikanth (2005) Kamal Haasan (2006) Rajinikanth (2007) Kamal Haasan (2008) Karan (2009) Vikram (2010) Vimal (2011) Jiiva (2012) Arya (2013) Siddharth (2014) R. Madhavan (2015)