Selva (actor)

Selva was born in Lakshmipuram, Theni district of Tamil Nadu in a Tamil family to D. C Varadharajan, a retired police officer and Andal.{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/Actor-Rajasekhar-to-join-politics/article15158455.ece|title= Actor Rajasekhar to join politics | date=5 February 2008 | newspaper=The Hindu|accessdate=6 October 2018}} His brother Rajasekhar, is also an actor who has appeared in Telugu language films. Selva grew up in Annanagar and attended Madras Christian College in Chetput.{{citation needed|date= December 2022}}

Selva who pursued cinematography in film institute received acting opportunities.{{cite magazine |date=1 March 1998 |title=கோலிவுட் மசாலா! |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1998-03-01/page/n9/mode/2up |url-status=live |magazine=Kalki |language=ta |pages=8–9 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230525135204/https://archive.org/details/kalki1998-03-01/page/n9/mode/2up |archive-date=25 May 2023 |access-date=28 May 2023}} In 1991, he made his acting debut in the village drama Aatha Un Koyilile co-starring with Kasthuri and directed by Kasthuri Raja. The film completed a 100-day run at the box-office. He then acted in R. Umashankar's Thambi Oorukku Pudhusa. In 1992, he appeared in Manobala's Senbaga Thottam and in Kizhakku Veedhi. In 1993, he appeared in the double hero subject Maamiyar Veedu starring Saravanan, in Rakkayi Koyil and in his first city-based film Madurai Meenakshi. In the beginning of 1994, he acted in the village drama Sakthivel co-starring with Kanaka, the film was directed by K. S. Ravikumar and produced by AVM Productions. In mid-1994, he played the role of a student in the Telugu film Gangmaster, in which his brother Rajasekhar played the lead role. Then, he played the role of an angry young man in the village drama Maindhan; the critic Malini Mannath of The New Indian Express said: "Selva has acquitted himself quite well".{{cite news|author=Malini Mannath|title=Deja vu|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=1994-07-01|accessdate=2015-04-09|pages=7|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19940701&printsec=frontpage}} In late 1994, he acted in Gangai Amaran's Atha Maga Rathiname. In 1995, he teamed up for the second with director R. Umashankar in Mannai Thottu Kumbidanum. In 1996, he acted as a folk dancer in the successful Nattupura Pattu, directed by Kasthuri Raja. He then appeared in Puthiya Parasakthi, co-starring Sukanya and Napoleon. In 1997, he acted in Rama Narayanan's Nattupura Nayagan. In 1998, he directed and acted in the comedy entertainer Golmaal. The film was declared as a below average venture at the box office and it became his final project before leaving the film industry. He then accepted to act in Bala's debut film Sethu, but he was then replaced by Vikram.{{citation needed|date= December 2022}}

After being away from the industry for 14 years, he worked as a dialogue writer for the Tamil dubbed versions of the Telugu films of his brother Rajasekhar. Director Mysskin called him to appear in a negative role in the crime thriller Yuddham Sei (2011), which marked his comeback.{{cite web|url=http://tamil.way2movies.com/newssingle_tamil/Mysskin%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98Nandhalala%E2%80%99-to-cultivate-positive-ideas-in-minds-3-27019.html|title=Mysskins Nandhalala to cultivate positive ideas in minds|publisher=Tamil.way2movies.com|accessdate=13 January 2015|archive-date=23 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123174053/http://tamil.way2movies.com/newssingle_tamil/Mysskin%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98Nandhalala%E2%80%99-to-cultivate-positive-ideas-in-minds-3-27019.html|url-status=dead}} Mysskin then signed him on to work on his next film, the superhero film Mugamoodi (2012), portraying a Kung Fu master to Jiiva's character. In order to get ready for the film, he practised Kung Fu for six months under the supervision of the Mansuria Kung Fu teacher R. Shekhar,{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/mysskin-s-mugamoodi-launched-news-tamil-lmmtcOfhhabsi.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701110916/http://www.sify.com/movies/mysskin-s-mugamoodi-launched-news-tamil-lmmtcOfhhabsi.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 July 2016 |title=Mysskin Mugamoodi Launched |website=Sify | date=14 December 2011 |accessdate=2016-05-23}} and read books on the martial art. The film, however, opened to negative reviews and became a box office disaster.{{cite web |title=Mysskin's Mugamoodi progresses |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/mysskin-s-mugamoodi-progresses-imagegallery-kollywood-lm2o4Vifhfhsi.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121081619/http://www.sify.com/movies/mysskin-s-mugamoodi-progresses-imagegallery-kollywood-lm2o4Vifhfhsi.html |archive-date=21 January 2016 |accessdate=13 January 2015 |work=Sify}}

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