Rangaraj Subbaiah born on 3 October 1954 at Coimbatore, known by his stage name Sathyaraj, is an Indian film actor and media personality who has predominantly appeared in Tamil films. He started his career in villainous roles and later played lead roles. He has acted in over 200 films, which include a few Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi and Kannada films as well. He is married to Maheswari and this couple has a daughter named Divya Sathyaraj and Sibiraj. Apart from his film career, Sathyaraj is known for being vociferous in the media about various issues, such as water rights in Tamil Nadu and Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism.