Ramarajan (born 18 October 1960) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, actor and politician.

He is referred as Makkal Nayagan for acting and directing films on village-based subjects.

He turned director with Mannukketha Ponnu (1985), Ramarajan instead approached Gangai Amaran to compose music.

His low budget film Medhai was released in 2012 and was a failure at the box office.

[6] He has returned to acting after a gap of almost 13 years playing one of the three leads in a film titled Saamaniyan.