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Autobiography of Actor-politician S.S. Rajendran
Book review
by Sachi Sri Kantha, January 3, 2015
Book: Nan Vantha Pathai [The Path I Trod], by S.S. Rajendran, Akani Veliyeedu, Vandavasi, Sept 2014, 392 pp, Indian rupees 500.
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Sedapatti Suryanarayana Thevar Rajendran (affectionately known as SSR by Tamilians) was a founder member of DMK party and contributed to its growth for the first 20 years, until its founder leader Anna’s death. He also had the rare distinction of contesting the first two general elections (1957 and 1962), while he was a cinema hero, for the then Madras Legislative Assembly in which DMK participated. SSR was unsuccessful in his first try in 1957, but he gained prominence in his second try after being elected to the Theni constituency on behalf of DMK. In this sense, SSR was a pioneer among cinema actors, in setting the trend of actors entering politics. In Tamil Nadu, among his contemporary actors, MGR contested for the first time in 1967 and Sivaji Ganesan and Jayalalitha contested for the first time in 1989. SSR’s autobiography Nan Vandtha Pathai (The Path I Trod), appeared a month before his death in Oct. 24, 2014, at the age of 86. He was born on January 1, 1928.
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Chennai, Oct 24 (The Hindu): Tamil cinema’s yesteryear actor S.S. Rajendran known as SSR — a contemporary of Sivaji Ganesan and M.G. Ramachandran in cinema and politics — who was battling for life at a private hospital in Chennai, breathed his last on Friday. He was 86.
Born in Sedapatti, Madurai district, SSR, like all his contemporaries cut his teeth in the Boys Company and later in the theatre troupe run by T.K.S Brothers. He was also a good singer and a few could match his Tamil pronunciation.
In his autobiography Naan Vantha Paathi, he had said he could get a job in the TKS troupe after singing a song set to raga Karaharapriya. “It impressed T.K. Bhagavathi, the younger brother of T.K. Shanmugam,” he had said.
He had penned his autobiography, but kept the manuscripts with him. “IAS officer Rajendran and artist Trotsky Marudhu are responsible for getting the book published,” said poet Vennila, whose publishing house Agani has brought out the book.
SSR was closely associated with the Dravidian movement, and he was the first actor to be elected to the Assembly in the country in 1962 from Theni constituency on a DMK ticket. He also represented the DMK in the Rajya Sabha in 1970.
Though he was a close friend of DMK leader M. Karunanidhi, he fell out with him
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