Hariraj

Hariraj worked as a hero in films during the 1990s with the most notable one being Valli (1993).{{Cite web|url=https://tamil.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/rajini-shot-his-hand-at-the-director-s-desire-valli-is-not-scarred-131692442962202.html|title=Valli: 'இயக்குனர் ஆசையில் கையை சுட்டுக் கொண்ட ரஜினி' வடு மாறாத வள்ளி!|language=ta|work=Hindustan Times|first=Pandeeswari|last=Gurusamy|date=20 August 2023|access-date=20 February 2024|archive-date=19 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219100834/https://tamil.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/rajini-shot-his-hand-at-the-director-s-desire-valli-is-not-scarred-131692442962202.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=7 January 2013 |title=நண்பர்களுக்கு உதவ ரஜினி எடுத்த படம் வள்ளி: பிரியாராமன் அறிமுகம் |url=http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2013/01/07231703/valli-movie-rajini-get-to-help.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028112843/http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2013/01/07231703/valli-movie-rajini-get-to-help.html |archive-date=28 October 2014 |website=Maalai Malar |language=ta|access-date=20 February 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://kamadenu.hindutamil.in/flashback/29-years-of-valli|title=ரஜினியின் எழுத்து, ராஜாவின் ஜாலம்: 'வள்ளி' வெளியாகி 29 ஆண்டுகள்!|first=V.|last=Ramji|work=Kamadhenu|language=ta|access-date=20 February 2024|archive-date=28 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928233946/https://kamadenu.hindutamil.in/flashback/29-years-of-valli|url-status=live}} He left films as a personal choice and worked in agriculture and photography in Coimbatore.

After a sabbatical, he returned with a negative role in Sundar C's Rendu (2006) followed by the role of an uncle who turns rogue in Kadhalil Vizhunthen (2007).{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2009/Mar/28/back-to-cinema-36477.html|title=Back to cinema|date=15 May 2012|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=20 February 2024|archive-date=19 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219101027/https://adgebra.co.in/afpf/TPHtmlTemplate?p1=181&p2=null&p3=1&p6=6765&p7=0&p8=0&refUrl=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2009/Mar/28/back-to-cinema-36477.html&p4=newindianexpress.com|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/hariraj-back-as-a-baddie-malayalam-news-26696|title=Hariraj - Back as a baddie|date=8 November 2006|work=Indiaglitz|access-date=20 February 2024|archive-date=19 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219101553/https://www.indiaglitz.com/hariraj-back-as-a-baddie-malayalam-news-26696|url-status=live}} He played a psychopathic doctor and the father of Harish Kalyan's character in Aridhu Aridhu (2010).{{Cite web|url=https://cinema.dinamalar.com/movie-review/238/Aridhu%20Aridhu/|title=அரிது அரிது|date=25 December 2011|work=Dinamalar|language=ta|access-date=20 February 2024|archive-date=19 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219101016/https://cinema.dinamalar.com/movie-review/238/Aridhu%20Aridhu/|url-status=live}} Regarding his role, a critic wrote that "Hariraj, as the mentally disturbed father who has his own demons to battle with, is impressive".{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2011/jan/05/aridhu-aridhu-216632.html|title=Aridhu Aridhu|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=20 February 2024|archive-date=26 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126034209/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2011/jan/05/aridhu-aridhu-216632.html|url-status=live}} He worked with Atharvaa in the unreleased film Anandam Arambam. He also played a negative role in Ivan Veramathiri (2013).{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfEJGgn9w0A|title=Actor Hariraj Speaks at Ivan Vera Mathiri Movie Press Meet|date=28 November 2013|work=Sulekha|access-date=20 February 2024|archive-date=19 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219100924/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfEJGgn9w0A|url-status=live}}

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