Rajesh Kumar is the pseudonym of KR Rajagopal,[1] a Tamil author of crime fiction.
[5] In 1977, his work began appearing in Kumudam, starting with the short story "Idhu Nyayama".
[1] He subsequently told of how the editor of Kumudam had "seen a porter on a platform at Egmore Railway Station engrossed in one of [Kumar's] stories.
[7] In 2019, he announced that he was negotiating with Sathya Jyothi Films regarding adaptations of his work on Amazon Prime.
[6][needs update] Prior to writing full-time, Kumar spent five years teaching, with a degree in education from Ramakrishna Vidyalaya;[4] when he grew bored with this, he worked as a sales representative for an industrial rubber goods company.