Gallery- The Rise and Rise of the controversy magnet STR

Updated : December 13, 2017 10:47 AM IST

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Hands down, everyone knows STR aka Silambarasan was a child prodigy when he made his first appearance on screen as a child artist at a very early stage of his life.

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His first movie as the lead, Kaadhal Azhivathillai [ Love can never be destroyed ] in 2002 was a box office hit.

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Meanwhile, STR collaborated with AKON for the “ Love Anthem for World Peace “ an album with a thought of spreading the message of love world over, written, sung and composed by the actor.

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The promo version of the Love Anthem went viral. On the flip side, the full version and the other tracks in the album are yet to be revealed. They are put on a hold for some unknown reasons.

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STR has some amazing line up of movies like AYM aka Achcham Yenbathu Madamaiyada where the VTV duo are united, AAA aka Anbanavan Adangadhavan Asaradhavan where the star plays triple roles.

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When STR has had enough controversies and problems both in his personal and professional life, it just got added with the BEEP SONG.

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Lots of police complaints were registered against the actor regarding the beep song on one side and on the other he started gaining a lot of support from youngsters and general public for the same.

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When everything went well for STR, he got onto a relationship with Hansika Motwani which again ended up in a break up.

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His IdhuNammaAalu releasing tomorrow marks the reunion of STR and Nayanthara on screen after the bitter times they had and is very much expected among the audience.

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When there was a huge buzz among the audience for Vallavan-2, he came up with the posters of KETTAVAN, which increased to the buzz. The project didn’t shape up due to some unknown reasons.

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And in the very next film he caught into controversies. The superhit MANMADHAN was very well received by the audience. The controversy was the plot in it, where STR finds and kill morally incorrect girls in the city.

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It is to be noted that Manmadhan was a film in which the story and screenplay was written by STR himself. He also did dual role for the first time, one being an innocent and the other being a playboy in the same.

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STR wrote another story and turned director for the same in which he portrayed 3 characters. VALLAVAN in 2006 was a superhit again and established STR as a multi talented personality with an exceptional acting skill.

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But, Vallavan didn’t miss to hit the controversies and this time again for voicing against morally incorrect girls.

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It is during the Vallavan times that STR and Nayanthara were in a relationship and their intimate pics went viral doing the rounds in media.

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It was in 2010, when ace director GautamMenon joined hands with STR and ARRahman, the phenomenon called VTV aka Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaaya happened. VTV became a Blockbuster and gave STR a lover boy image and the biggest hit in his career.

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STR’s VTV is still being celebrated and is being screened in some theatres during Valentines Day in TN.

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His combination with music director YuvanShankarRaja has been one of the evergreen and the most exciting pair. The songs they have provided go directly into the evergreen hits.

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It is very well known that STR had been in relationship with Nayanthara and Hansika for a while. But reports were up stating STR was in a relationship with some of the costars he worked with. Cooked up reports were put up now and then linking STR with SanaKhan, Harshika, Varalakshmi, Trisha and many. He has been painted with a playboy image which is not true as many would know now a days.

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