Mahendran is an Indian actor who works in Tamil and Telugu language films.
He started acting at the age of 3 and has appeared in over 100 films in six languages as a child actor, a record in India.
[8] He also twice won the Nandi Award for Best Child Actor, for Devi (1999) and Little Hearts (2001).
[citation needed] The actor made his breakthrough as a hero when he starred alongside Malavika Menon in Vizha (2013), directed by Barathi Balakumaran.
[11][12] The film is based on the award-winning short film Uthiri, and portrays the love story of Mahendran's character Sundaram, who plays the thappu instrument at funerals, and Rakkamma (Malavika), an oppari singer.