JUDO RATNAM RELESES A BOOK ON HIS MEMOIRS WITH SUPERSTAR
Judo Rathnam with actor Rajinikanth in a Tamil film. By N.Thyagarajan Vellore: Stunt master Judo Rathnam of Gudiyattam, who performed stunts for more than 1,500 films, has now found time to pen his biography in Tamil — Thamaraikulam Mudhal Thalainagaram Varai which is set be released on May 3 in Chennai. “Thamaraikulam was my first film in which I appeared in a small role, and Thalainagaram was my last film, though I am working for two or three films now. Modern Theatres Sundaram gave me the chance to become stunt master in Vallavan Oruvan, Vallavanukku Vallavan and many other films produced in the late ‘60s and ‘70s. I wanted to write my memoirs and it took two years to share them with the public,” said K.K. Rathnam, who was given the title ‘Judo’ by Modern Theatres owner T.R. Sundaram. Rathnam has done 49 films with Rajini, 16 with Kamal Hassan, 69 with Kannada Rajkumar, 4 with Amitabh Bachchan, 16 with NTR and had worked in a couple o