R. Muthuraman

Muthuraman was born to Radhakrishnan Onthiriyar and Rathnavathi in Orathanadu Taluk -Okkanadu melayur, a town in the erstwhile Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu in a Kallar family and a family that had no stage or acting links. He was the son of an advocate and his uncle was a police officer. However, in his youth he was attracted to films and the fine arts. He joined the field much later in life, as he first became a government employee due to family pressure.{{Cite web |date=13 July 2019 |title=4. திரைத்துறையில் ஒரு நல்முத்து! ராமகிருஷ்ணன் தேவர் முத்துராமன் |url=https://www.dinamani.com/junction/marakka-mudiyatha-thirai-mugangal/2019/jul/13/muthuraman-the-best-supporting-actor-3192951.html |access-date=28 March 2022 |website=Dinamani |language=ta}}

In 1947, was acting in stage group called Vairam Nadaka Sabha along with Veteran Manorama, Kulatheivam Rajagopal etc. He was helped by a known philanthropist Sri KSBS Ganapathi (Late) from Thoothukudi to come in Cine field.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}

Muthuraman was a stage actor in his early days. He joined veteran actor S.S. Rajendran's SSR Nataka Mandram and then Seva Stage and acted in numerous dramas, including Manimagudam, Muthumandapam and Bharathiyar's poetic dramas.{{Cite web |last=Majordasan |title=Potpourri of titbits about Tamil cinema – Muthuraman |url=http://www.kalyanamalaimagazine.com/Content/Thiraichuvai/Dec_16_31/Potpourri_of_titbits_about_Tamil_cinema_Muthuraman.html |access-date=28 March 2022 |website=Kalyanamalai |page=1}}

He acted as Suppu, a simpleton in Thenthoosi, a film that starred Gemini Ganesan in the lead role. He went to play many roles in about 100 movies in the sixties and seventies. Although he was a player in an era dominated by stalwarts such as M G Ramachandran, Sivaji Ganesan and Gemini Ganesan, he made a name and place for himself as a popular actor. He is famous for playing a supporting role in movies which starred Sivaji Ganesan specially. {{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

He was paired with most heroines of the time, including Chandrakanta, Rajasri, Devika, KR Vijaya, L Vijayalakshmi, Lakshmi, Venniraadai Nirmala, Vijaya Nirmala, Vanishri, Sujata, Bharathi, Srividya, Sridevi, Jayalalithaa and Sripriya, but his most constant heroine with whom he was paired for a record of 19 times was KR Vijaya. He starred in many successful films, in co-hero roles in movies such as Kaadhalikka Neramillai, Ooty Varai Uravu, and supporting roles in movies such as Moondru Deivangal and Server Sundaram.{{Cite web |title=R. Muthuraman |url=http://www.cinefundas.com/2011/12/27/r-muthuraman |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120408195913/http://www.cinefundas.com/2011/12/27/r-muthuraman |archive-date=8 April 2012 |access-date=2012-03-24 |website=Cine Fundas}} Muthuraman also established a production company, Muthukarthik Pictures.{{Cite news |last=Zieman |date=24 October 1989 |title=Karthik aims for more challenging roles |work=New Straits Times |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HFpPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IZADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6535%2C2466343 |access-date=27 May 2022}}

Muthuraman was married to Sulochana. The couple had four children, the youngest of whom, Karthik Muthuraman, became a popular actor.

In October 1981, Muthuraman arrived at Ooty to attend the shooting for Ayiram Muthangal. When he was jogging as part of a routine exercise, he collapsed on the road and became unconscious. Actor Sivakumar who had stayed in the same place, was told that Muthuraman was lying unconscious on the street thereafter Muthuraman was rushed to the hospital by actor Sivakumar. The doctor declared Muthuraman dead on arrival.{{Cite web |last=Majordasan |title=Potpourri of titbits about Tamil cinema – Muthuraman |url=http://www.kalyanamalaimagazine.com/Content/Thiraichuvai/Dec_16_31/Potpourri_of_titbits_about_Tamil_cinema_Muthuraman_page1.html |access-date=18 October 2016 |website=Kalyanamalai |page=2}} He was 52 years old at the time of his death.{{Cite web |date=4 November 1981 |title=OBITUARIES |url=https://sites.ualberta.ca/~vruetalo/Sarli-Bo%20Research/Variety/Not%20printed/WV-11-04-1981-95.pdf |access-date=18 October 2016 |website=Variety}}

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