Silambarasan Thesingu Rajendar, also known as S.T.R. or Simbu has completed 3 decades in the film industry. From playing a child artist in films directed by his father T. Rajendar
From 1995 To 2001
Silambarasan appeared as a baby in the film Uravai Kaatha Kili held by his father T Rajendar. He then started acting in his father's movies from 1995, including Thai Thangai Paasam, Oru Vasantha Geetham, En Thangai Kalyani, Enga Veetu Velan, Monisha En Monalisa, Oru Thayin Sabhatham, Samsara Sangeetham, Shanti Enathu Shanti, Pettredutha Pillai, Thiruvalla and Sabash Babu
The leading educational universities across the globe have always recognized and conferred a few eminent actors of the Tamil film industry for their outstanding contribution in the field of acting. History has witnessed these honour's conferred upon ace actors like MG Ramachandran, Sivaji Ganesan, Kamal Hassan, Vijay, Vikram, and many more eminent artists from the industry.
Dr. Ishari K Ganesh, founder, chairman, and Chancellor of Vels University said, "This year, the committee members, have unanimously decided that actor Silambarasan TR would be the worthy recipient of this honorary doctorate. I would like to clarify that it has nothing to do with the fact that the actor is a part of movies produced by Vels Film International."
