[1] Varadarajan was working with Bank of India at their Zonal Office in Chennai, before he got an offer as a news reader for Indian's national television channel Doordarshan.
[1] Varadarajan worked for over 28 years as a news anchor for Doordarshan emerging as one of its most familiar faces.
One of his plays Elavasa Enaippu won six awards from the Mylapore Academy.
[1] Veteran Tamil film director K. Balachander gave him a chance to act in television serials.
Since then, he has acted in leading roles in three of Balachander's television serials namely Premi, Kai Alavu Manasu and Kadhal Pagadai.