[3] Nagarajan started his own drama company, the Pazhani Kadiravan Nadaga Sabha, and, in 1949, married Rani Ammal.

Nagarajan wrote the screenplay for his own story and play the hero in this film.

He also acted in many movies for producer M. A. Venu, formerly of Modern Theatres, such as Mangalyam, Nalla Thangal and Pennarasi.

He launched his own production company with Navarathri and then went on to make a mark in the field of mythological cinema as well.

[4] He died of cardiac arrest on 5 April 1977 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, aged 49.