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'''S. P. Rajkumar''' is an Indian [[film director]], who directs [[Tamil film]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/cp/2009/05/01/stories/2009050150301100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504093710/http://www.hindu.com/cp/2009/05/01/stories/2009050150301100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 May 2009|title= Composer's cameo |date=10 May 2009|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=28 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/26/stories/2010032650490200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106004717/http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/26/stories/2010032650490200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 November 2012|title= Summer package of films |last=Aishwarya|first=S|date=26 March 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=28 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-04-25/news-interviews/28057408_1_memory-lane-maestro-banyan-tree|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811054253/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-04-25/news-interviews/28057408_1_memory-lane-maestro-banyan-tree|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 August 2011|title=Down memory lane with Ilayaraja|date=25 April 2010|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=28 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jointscene.com/artists/Kollywood/S.P._Rajkumar/8755|title=SP Rajkumar filmography|work=Jointscene|accessdate=28 March 2010}}</ref>

==Career==
He started his film career as a dialogue writer for the 1997 film ''[[Once More (1997 film)|Once More]]''. In 2000, he directed his second feature film ''[[En Purushan Kuzhanthai Maathiri]]'', which turned out to be a flop. His subsequent ventures ''[[Ponmanam]]'' (1998) is a hit and ''[[Karmegham]]'' (2003) is unsuccessful. A proposed film in 2003 titled ''Thoodhu'' with [[Bhavana (actress)|Bhavana]] was shelved.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/cinenews/2003/dec/22-12-03.htm|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050309025838/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/cinenews/2003/dec/22-12-03.htm|archive-date = 9 March 2005|title = 22-12-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/gossip/2004/june/06-06-04.htm|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060209021944/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/gossip/2004/june/06-06-04.htm|archive-date = 9 February 2006|title = 06-06-04}}</ref>

Only after six years, he started his next project ''[[Azhagar Malai]]'', which was a sleeper hit. His fifth film, titled ''[[Sura (film)|Sura]]'', starring [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]] in the lead role.

==Filmography==
===As director===
====Films====
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Year !! Film !! Cast !! Notes
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Ponmanam]]'' || [[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]], [[Suvalakshmi]] ||
|-
| 1998 || ''[[En Uyir Nee Thaane]]'' || Prabhu, [[Devayani (actress)|Devayani]] ||
|-
| 2001 || ''[[En Purushan Kuzhandhai Maadhiri]]''|| [[Livingston (actor)|Livingston]], Devayani ||
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Karmegham]]'' || [[Mammootty]], [[Abhirami (actress)|Abhirami]] ||
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Azhagar Malai]]'' || [[R. K. (actor)|R. K.]], [[Muktha (actress)|Bhanu]] ||
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Sura (film)|Sura]]'' || [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]], [[Tamannaah]] ||
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Pattaya Kelappanum Pandiya]]'' || [[Vidharth]], [[Manisha Yadav]] ||
|-
|2017 ||''[[Paarkanum Pola Irukku]]'' || newcomers ||
|-
|}

====Serials====
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Serial !! Cast
|-
||2019–2020||''[[Magarasi (TV series)|Magarasi]]''||SSR Aaryan, Divya Shridar, Vijay, [[Praveena]], [[Deepan Chakravarthy]]
|}

===As actor===
* ''[[Nattamai]]'' (1994) - As a deaf man who mistakes Goundamani's statement as marriage ("Namma Pasupathi Teachera Vachurukaango")
* ''[[Rasigan]]'' (1994) - As a person who mistakes a beaten Goundamani as a beggar ("Yaenne Pichai Edukireenga")
* ''[[Periya Kudumbam]]'' (1995) - As a person who waits at the bus stop ("Kunnakudi Bus Eppo")
* ''[[En Purushan Kuzhandhai Maadhiri]]'' (2001) - As a Vadivelu's friend who meets at a tea shop
* ''[[6'2]]'' (2005) - As a person who warns Vadivelu not to interfere in the fight between two brothers ("Naangalum Marudha Kaaranthan")

===As lyricist===
*January Nilave (En Uyir Neethane)
*All songs (Pattaya Kelappanum Pandya)
*Vaazhavaikkum (En Purushan Kuzhandhai Maadhiri)

==References==
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