He died shortly after the release off his last film Dharma Durai starring famous actor Rajinikanth and Gautami. Predominantly associated with the Tamil film industry, Rajasekhar was one of the most successful directors that Tamil cinema had seen in the 80s with most. They are not obviously visible in the public sphere today (Jain 2015). Within the state of Tamil Nadu, they comprise around 0.12 per cent of the population (Census 2015). There are just over 25,000 Tamil Jainsthis number includes Jains who migrated from north India. He also directed Vijaykanth movie Eetti and Cooliekkaran. Tamil Jains are a minority within a minority. He also directed Malaiyoor Mambattiyan and Maaveeran. He was also the director of Kamal Haasan movies Vikram, the first Tamil film which crossed the budget of ₹1 crore and Kakki Chattai. Almost all of Rajnikanth's mid to late 80s films like Thambikku Entha Ooru, Padikkadavan, Maapillai and Dharma Dorai were directed by Rajasekhar. He made his debut as director with the 1980 Kannada movie Hunnimeya Rathriyalli.He was a director of 1980s and his major works were with Rajnikanth and Kamal Haasan. Rajashekar was born in Nattarasankottai in then Ramanathapuram district and was a Bachelor of Science graduate.
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