R. Sundaramoorthy

R. Sundaramoorthy is an Indian make-up artist and actor known for his work in Hindi and Tamil films. He is best known for his work in the film "Padayappa" (1999). Sundaramoorthy is notably the first make-up artist for Rajinikanth.
Career.
Sundaramoorthy began his career as an assistant to his father, A. V. Ramachandran Mudaliar s/o A.Venugopal Mudaliar (Chennai) . He worked as a make-up artist for several artists including Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth, Saritha, Thiagarajan, Murali, and J. P. Chandrababu. Sundaramoorthy has worked with Rajinikanth since the beginning of the latter's career starting with "Apoorva Raagangal". He continued working with Rajinikanth for his 100th film "Sri Raghavendrar" and went on to win the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Make-up Artist for his work in "Padayappa". Sundaramoorthy continued working with Rajinikanth until "Chandramukhi" (2005).