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{{Short description|Indian singer, lyricist, actor, and film director}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use Indian English|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Arunraja Kamaraj
| image =
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| occupation = Actor, singer, lyricist, writer, director
| years_active = 2012–present
| spouse =
| children = 2
}}

'''Arunraja Kamaraj''' is an Indian singer, lyricist, actor and director in [[Tamil language]] films. He has acted in films such as ''[[Raja Rani (2013 film)|Jigarthanda]]'', ''[[Raja Rani (2013 film)|Raja Rani]], and'' ''[[Maan Karate]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Theri Lyricist in Sivakarthikeyans Remo|url=http://www.iluvcinema.in/tamil/theri-lyricist-in-sivakarthikeyans-remo/|website=iluvcinema.in|publisher=V|access-date=10 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414092814/http://www.iluvcinema.in/tamil/theri-lyricist-in-sivakarthikeyans-remo/|archive-date=14 April 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> He wrote and sung the song "Ding Dong" for the movie ''[[Jigarthanda (2014 film)|Jigarthanda]],''<ref>{{cite news|title=Audio Beat: Jigarthanda – Fusion, folk, rap and more|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/audio-beat-jigarthanda-fusion-folk-rap-and-more/article5788341.ece|website=The Hindu|date=15 March 2014 |publisher=S. R. Ashok Kumar}}</ref>{{Verify source|date=September 2025}} "Neruppu Da" for Rajinikanth's film ''[[Kabali]],''<ref>{{cite news|title=Now, Rajinikanth credited in Kabali track list|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/music/Now-Rajinikanth-credited-in-Kabali-track-list/articleshow/52683797.cms|website=The Times of India|publisher=M Suganth|accessdate=10 June 2016|last1=Suganth |first1=M. }}</ref> and the title song for ''[[Trisha Illana Nayanthara]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Music Review: Trisha Illana Nayanthara|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/music/Music-Review-Trisha-Illana-Nayanthara/articleshow/48291595.cms|website=The Times of India|publisher=Sharanya CR|accessdate=10 June 2016|last1=Cr |first1=Sharanya }}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Kamaraj was married to Sindhuja, who died of [[COVID-19]] in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |date=17 May 2021 |title=Director Arunraja Kamaraj's wife passes away due to COVID-19 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/director-arunraja-kamarajs-wife-passes-away-due-to-covid-19/articleshow/82698680.cms |accessdate=17 May 2021 |work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> They had two daughters together.<ref>{{Cite web |last=manimegalai.a |title=Arunraja Kamaraj : மனைவி இறந்த ஒரே வருடத்தில் இரண்டாவது திருமணம் செய்து கொண்ட அருண் ராஜா காமராஜ்! |url=https://tamil.asianetnews.com/gallery/cinema/director-arunraja-kamaraj-got-second-marriage-rkm5ju |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd |language=ta}}</ref> Kamaraj remarried in late 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-01 |title=Arunraja Kamaraj Gets Married In An Intimate Ceremony |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/arunraja-kamaraj-gets-married-in-an-intimate-ceremony-6284959.html |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref>

==Filmography==
=== As director and writer ===

{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Film
!Notes
|-
|2018
|''[[Kanaa (film)|Kanaa]]''
|
|-
|2022
|''[[Nenjuku Needhi]]''
|
|-
|2023
|''[[Label (TV series)|Label]]''
|Hotstar Web series
|}

=== As actor ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Film !! Role !! Notes
|-
|| 2013 || ''[[Raja Rani (2013 film)|Raja Rani]]''|| Udumbe ||
|-
|| 2014 || ''[[Maan Karate]]'' || Neruppu Kumar ||
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2016 || ''[[Pencil (film)|Pencil]]'' || Selvam ||
|-
| ''[[Remo (film)|Remo]]'' || Arun || Cameo appearance
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2017 || ''[[Maragadha Naanayam]]'' || Nesamani ||
|-
| ''[[Yaanum Theeyavan]]'' || Arun ||
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Kaathiruppor Pattiyal]]'' || Kuttipuli ||
|-
| 2019 || ''[[Natpuna Ennanu Theriyuma]]'' ||Manikandan
|
|-
| 2020 || ''[[Ka Pae Ranasingam]]'' || Gunasekhar ||
|-
| 2023 || ''[[Japan (2023 film)|Japan]]'' || Himself ||
|}

== Discography==

=== As lyricist ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Film !! Song(s) !! Notes
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2012 || rowspan="2" | ''[[Pizza (2012 film)|Pizza]]'' ||"Rathiri" ||
|-
|"Engo Odugindrai"
|
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Pizza II: Villa]]'' ||"Boomiyil" ||
|-
|| 2014 || ''[[Jigarthanda (2014 film)|Jigarthanda]]'' || "Ding Dong" ||
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2015 || ''[[Darling (2015 Indian film)|Darling]]'' || "Vandha Mala" ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Kaaki Sattai]]'' || "Im So Cool"||
|-
|"Shake That"
|
|-
| ''[[Demonte Colony]]'' || "Dummy Piece-u", "Trap of the Beast" ||
|-
| ''[[Trisha Illana Nayanthara]]'' || "Trisha Illana" ||
|-
| rowspan="10"| 2016 || ''[[Pokkiri Raja (2016 film)|Pokkiri Raja]]'' ||"Taaru Taara" ||
|-
| rowspan="2"| ''[[Theri (film)|Theri]]'' || "Dub Theri Step"
|
|-
| "Eena Meena Teeka"
| Rap part of the song
|-
| ''[[Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum]]'' || "Pangali" ||
|-
| ''[[Sawaari (2016 film)|Sawaari]]'' || "Paani Poori" ||
|-
| ''[[Pencil (film)|Pencil]]'' || "Why Machi Why", "LED Kannala" ||
|-
| ''[[Kabali (film)|Kabali]]'' || "Neruppu Da" ||
|-
| ''[[Kodi (film)|Kodi]]'' || "Kodi Parakutha" ||
|-
| ''[[Wagah (film)|Wagah]]'' || "Aaniyae Pudunga Venandaa" ||
|-
| ''[[Enakku Innoru Per Irukku]]'' || "Myma" ||
|-
| rowspan="9" | 2017 || ''[[Bairavaa]]'' || "Varlam Varlam Vaa" ||
|-
| ''[[Bruce Lee (2017 film)|Bruce Lee]]'' || "Naan Thaan Goppan Da" ||
|-
| ''[[Kavan (film)|Kavan]]'' || "Happy New Year" ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | ''[[Balloon (2017 film)|Baloon]]'' ||"Vaanam Dhaane"
|
|-
|"Mazhai Megam"
|
|-
|"Uyirile Uyirile"
|
|-
|"Shutup Pannunga"
|
|-
| ''[[Shivalinga (2017 film)|Shivalinga]]'' || "Chinna Kabali" ||
|-
|''[[Nibunan]]''
|"Vaa Daa Modhi Paakalam"
|
|-
| rowspan="5"| 2018 || rowspan="3" | ''[[Kaala (2018 film)|Kaala]]'' || "Semma Weightu" ||
|-
| "Thanga Sela"
|
|-
| "Katravai Patravai"
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Kanaa (film)|Kanaa]]'' || "Kanne En Kannazhage"
|
|-
| "Othaiyadi Pathaiyila"
|
|-
| rowspan="7" | 2019 || rowspan="2" | ''[[Sarvam Thaala Mayam]]'' || "Peter Beatu Yethu" ||
|-
| "Dingu Dongu"
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Namma Veettu Pillai]]'' || "Jigiri Dosthu"
|
|-
| "Namma Veettu Pillai Theme"
|
|-
|''[[Asuran (2019 film)|Asuran]]''
|"Vaa Ezhundhuvaa"
|
|-
| ''[[Darbar (film)|Darbar]]''||"Kannula Thimiru"||
|-
| ''[[Gurkha (film)|Gurkha]]''||"Chowkidar"||
|-
|2020
|''[[Plan Panni Pannanum]]''
|"Plan Panni"
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2021 || ''[[Master (2021 film)|Master]]'' || "[[Kutti Story]]"
|
|-
|''[[Dikkiloona]]''
|"Cycle Wheela Pola"
|
|-
|| 2023 || ''[[Jailer (2023 Tamil film)|Jailer]]'' || "[[Kaavaalaa]]"
|
|-
|| 2024 || ''[[Captain Miller (film)|Captain Miller]]'' || "Rise of Miller"
|
|-
| 2025 || ''[[Retro (film)|Retro]]'' || "Love Detox"
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|2026 || ''[[Lucky the Superstar]]'' || "Happy Lucky Day Chellam" ||
|-
| rowspan="2"| ''[[Thaai Kizhavi]]'' || "Mattikittan Minorkunju" ||
|-
| "Enga Vechi Podhachita" ||
|-
|}

=== Singles as lyricist ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Song !! Album !! Composer !!Notes
|-
|| 2017 ||"Kombu Vacha Singam da"|| Non-album single || [[G. V. Prakash Kumar]] || Independent single for [[Jallikattu]]
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2024 ||"Chennai Formula 4 Racing – Theme Song"|| Non-album single|| [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]] ||<ref>{{cite news |title=Yuvan Shankar Raja Drops Electrifying Formula 4 Racing Theme Song Ahead of Chennai Event |url=https://thevocalnews.com/big-cities/chennai/yuvan-shankar-raja-drops-electrifying-formula-4-racing/cid15253175.htm |access-date=8 September 2024 |work=The Vocal News |date=31 August 2024 |archive-date= 8 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908150540/https://thevocalnews.com/big-cities/chennai/yuvan-shankar-raja-drops-electrifying-formula-4-racing/cid15253175.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

=== As singer ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Film !! Song(s) !! Composer !! Notes
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Jigarthanda (2014 film)|Jigarthanda]]'' || "Ding Dong" || [[Santhosh Narayanan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2015 || ''[[Demonte Colony]]'' || "Trap of the Beast" || [[Keba Jeremiah]] ||
|-
| ''[[Trisha Illana Nayanthara]]'' || "Trisha Illana Nayanthara" || [[G. V. Prakash Kumar]] ||
|-
| rowspan="7"| 2016 || ''[[Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum]]'' || "Pangaali" || Santhosh Narayanan ||
|-
| ''[[Theri (film)|Theri]]'' || "Dub Theri Step" || [[G. V. Prakash Kumar]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2"| ''[[Kabali]]'' || "Neruppu Da" || rowspan="2"| Santhosh Narayanan ||
|-
| "Nippu Raa" || Telugu dubbed version
|-
| ''[[Oru Mexican Aparatha]]'' || "Kalippu Katta Kalippu" || Manikandan Ayyappan || [[Malayalam]] film
|-
| ''[[Kodi (film)|Kodi]]'' || "Kodi Parakutha" || rowspan="2"| Santhosh Narayanan ||
|-
| ''[[Bairavaa]]'' || "Varlam Varlam Vaa" ||
|-
| rowspan="4"| 2017
| ''[[Bruce Lee (2017 film)|Bruce Lee]]'' || "Naan Thaan Goppan Da" || [[G. V. Prakash Kumar]] ||
|-
| ''[[Balloon (2017 film)|Balloon]]'' || "Shutup Pannunga" || [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]] ||
|-
| ''[[Shivalinga (2017 film)|Shivalinga]]'' || "Chinna Kabali" || [[S. S. Thaman]] ||
|-
| ''[[Nibunan]]'' || "Vaa Daa Modhi Paakalam" || S. Navin ||
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2018 || rowspan="2"| ''[[Kaala (2018 film)|Kaala]]'' || "Katravai Patravai" || rowspan="2"| [[Santhosh Narayanan]] ||
|-
| "Nikkal Nikkal" ||
|-
| rowspan="4"| 2019
| ''[[Asuran (2019 film)|Asuran]]'' || "Vaa Ezhunduvaa" || [[G. V. Prakash Kumar]] ||
|-
| ''[[50/50 (2019 film)|50/50]]'' || "Bin Laden (Theme)" || [[Dharan Kumar]] ||
|-
| ''[[Gurkha (film)|Gurkha]]'' || "Chowkidar" || Raj Aryan ||
|-
| ''[[Bharathi Kannamma (2019 TV series)|Bharathi Kannamma]]'' || "Bharathi Kadhaliyae Kannamaa" || Himself || Serial
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2024 || ''[[Captain Miller (film)|Captain Miller]]'' || "Rise of Miller" || [[G. V. Prakash Kumar]] ||
|-
| ''[[Laandhar]]'' || "Kaalam Kodiyadhe" || M. S. Prraveen ||
|-
| 2026 || ''[[Thaai Kizhavi]]'' || "Enga Vechi Podhachita" || [[Nivas K. Prasanna]] ||
|-
|}

== Other works ==
=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Name of Television Show
!Role
!Network
|-
|2024
|''[[Super Singer 10|Super Singer Season 10]]''
|Guest performer
|[[Star Vijay]]
|}

==Awards and recognitions==
* BOFTA Galatta Debutant Awards 2019 - Best Debut Director (People Choice)<ref>{{cite web|title=BOFTA Galatta Debut Awards 2018 Winners|url=http://www.indwiki.co.in/bofta-galatta-debut-awards-2018-winners-performance-in-colors-tamil-23rd-24th-february-2019/|website=IndWiki|accessdate=31 March 2020}}</ref>
* [[Colors Tamil]] Galatta Nakshatra Awards 2019 - Online Musical Sensation<ref>{{cite web|title=Colors Tamil Galatta Nakshatra Awards 2019 Winners|url=https://www.auditionsdate.com/news/colors-tamil-galatta-nakshatra-awards-2019-winners-date-timing/|website=audiotionsdate.com|date=21 November 2019|accessdate=31 March 2020}}</ref>
* JFW Movie Awards 2019 - Best Director for ''[[Kanaa (film)|Kanaa]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=JFW MOVIE AWARDS 2019 – Award Presentation|url=https://jfwonline.com/event/jfw-movie-awards-2019-award-presentation/|website=jfwonline.com|accessdate=31 March 2020}}</ref>
* [[Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards]] 2019 - [[Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards#Best Social Awareness Award|Best Social Awareness Award]] for ''Kanaa'' (as director)<ref>{{cite web|title=Pariyerum Perumal bags Best Film award at Norway Tamil Film Festival|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/pariyerum-perumal-bags-best-film-award-norway-tamil-film-festival-94760|website=[[The News Minute]]|date=9 January 2019 |accessdate=31 March 2020}}</ref>
* [[Zee TV|Zee]] Cine Awards Tamil 2020 - Best Debut Director for ''Kanaa''<ref>{{cite web|title=Zee Cine Awards Tamil 2020: The complete winners list|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/zee-cine-awards-tamil-2020-winners-list-dhanush-kamal-haasan-samantha-akkineni-nayanthara-6200402/|website=[[The Indian Express]]|date=5 January 2020 |accessdate=31 March 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|7110319}}
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