J. Mahendran was born on July 25, 1939 in Ilaiyangudi, Madras Presidency, British India. He was a writer and actor, known for
Mullum Malarum (1978),
Nenjathai Killathe (1980) and
Uthiri Pookkal (1979). He died on April 2, 2019 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.