Rajesh is an Indian actor who has performed in Tamil and Malayalam films and serials.

[3] In 1974, he got a chance to act in the film Aval Oru Thodar Kathai, but he only did a small role in it.

Later, he moved into playing character roles, and acted in movies with Kamal Haasan like Sathya, Mahanadhi and Virumaandi.

[9] He was the first Tamil actor to build a bungalow for the purpose of movie shooting in 1985 near KK Nagar, Chennai, which was inaugurated by the then Chief Minister M.G.

He is also a follower of Karl Marx; he visited UK and paid his tribute to the great leader.