Facts About Kattappa Aka Actor Sathyaraj

Maheshwari Sathyaraj, born in Tamil Nadu is also known as Maheswari Subbaiah. He is a film producer, who worked in the Kollywood entertainment industry and his artwork has been released in Tamil language movies. He made his film debut with Film Sattam En Kaiyil (1978). But now he has been known country wide for his role of Kattapa in a blockbuster film Baahubali. 

Family Details 

The actor was born to Subbaiyan and Nathambal. Sathyaraj had two sisters namely Kalpana Mandradiar anr Roopa Senapathy respectively. The actor got married to Maheshwari in 1979, nephew of producer Madhampatti Sivakumar. The couple gave birth to a daughter Divya (Nutritionist and Psychotherapist) and son Sibiraj. 

Educational Qualification

Sathyaraj completed his bachelor's degree in Botany from Government Arts College, Coimbatore. Prior to that he did his School education at St Mary’s Convent School, Coimbatore and Suburban High School, Ramnagar, Coimbatore. 

Filmy Career

Before the start of his career Sathyaraj had keen interest in acting. He went to see the shooting of the film Annakili, where he 

producer Thiruppur Manian and actor Sivakumar. After that he joined the drama troupe of Komal Swamynathan. 

Debut Movie: Sattam En Kaiyil(1978) a Tamil film directed by T. N. Balu with Kamal Haasan, Sripriya. Additing to this he also played a managerial role. 

Post that he worked as a production manager for the film Kannan Oru Kaikkuzhanthai, in which he would also act in small roles.

Debut as a director: He started directing movies with Villadhi Villain (1995). Nagma, Radhika were in the lead along with Sathyaraj.

Other interesting facts

• Sathyaraj has acted in 200+ movies and most successful as a villain.

• He is also a social activist, who works for water rights in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Sri Lankan Tamilian cause.

• The actor once refused to act as a villain in the famous movie Sivaji.

• He is a Recipient of Tamilnadu Government's Kalaimaamani Award.

• He has acted with Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth, Sivaji Ganeshan, Jai Shankar among other Superstars in the Indian film industry.

• Post Bahubali, he became popular for his character Kattappa, he is called Kattappa by the fans of Bahubali.

• Initially at the start of his career he stayed at Usman road, Chennai in a room rented for 85 rupees.