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Janagaraj was born to Vadivelu and Muthulakshmi in Chennai [[Tamil Nadu]]. He joined the Auditor General's Office as a Junior Division Clerk in 1976 and worked part-time as a theatre artist and a stage artist due to his desire to act and perform. He was friendly with [[Delhi Ganesh]], another AGS employee who remains his closest friend to date. | Janagaraj was born to Vadivelu and Muthulakshmi in Chennai [[Tamil Nadu]]. He joined the Auditor General's Office as a Junior Division Clerk in 1976 and worked part-time as a theatre artist and a stage artist due to his desire to act and perform. He was friendly with [[Delhi Ganesh]], another AGS employee who remains his closest friend to date. | ||
Janagaraj joined Director Bharathiraja as his unofficial assistant. After seeing his talent during the shooting of [[ | Janagaraj joined Director Bharathiraja as his unofficial assistant. After seeing his talent during the shooting of ''[[Kizhake Pogum Rail]]'', Bharathiraja gave him the chance to act as a [[Brahmin]] in the same movie. Later in [[Puthiya Vaarpugal]], Bharathiraja gave Janagaraj another sensational character as a minor boy of the villain (G. Srinivasan). Janagaraj had acted with a trouser and baniyan for that movie. | ||
Janagaraj found his break in 1980 in | Janagaraj found his break in 1980 in [[Bharathiraja]]'s ''[[Nizhalgal]]'' and was among the most wanted comedians, having shared roles with major film stars like [[Sivakumar]], [[Rajinikanth]], [[Kamal Haasan]], [[Ramki (actor)|Ramki]], [[Sivaji Ganesan]] and with major film directors like [[Mani Ratnam]], [[K. Balachander]] and [[Suresh Krishna (director)|Suresh Krishna]]. | ||
==Film career== | ==Film career== | ||
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|1996 || ''[[Gopala Gopala (1996 film)|Gopala Gopala]]'' || Kuzhanthaivel || | |1996 || ''[[Gopala Gopala (1996 film)|Gopala Gopala]]'' || Kuzhanthaivel || | ||
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| rowspan=" | | rowspan="7"|1997 || ''[[Rishyasringan]]'' || || [[Malayalam]] film | ||
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| ''[[Vaimaye Vellum]]'' || Michael || | |||
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| ''[[Arunachalam (film)|Arunachalam]]'' || Kathavarayan || | | ''[[Arunachalam (film)|Arunachalam]]'' || Kathavarayan || | ||