He is the founder of the production and distribution company Sathya Jyothi Films.
His father Venus Govindarajan was also a reputed film producer.
[3] His first independent production venture, the Kamal Haasan starrer Moondram Pirai (1982) was a commercial success and was critically acclaimed.
In 2019, his production venture Viswasam became a box office success grossing around 200 crores which was also one of the biggest hit of his career.
[7] After Viswasam, Thyagarajan collaborated with Dhanush again with Pattas (2020) which portrayed the Tamil martial arts Adimurai.