Silambarasan Rajendar, also known as T. R. Silambarasan, is a Tamil film actor who has also worked as a director, playback singer and songwriter. He began his acting career doing many minor uncredited roles as a child artist in films produced by his father T. Rajendar. He made his debut under his father direction in 2002 and has since acted in several films in lead roles. His successful films include Dum, Manmadhan, Vallavan, Silambattam and Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa.