MUMBAI: An event to commemorate the 25 years of Tamil actor Satyaraj was held at Coimbatore on 9 November at 6:30 pm.

Witnessing a attendence of 19,833, the scintillating show celebrated the accomplishment of vetran Tamil actor Satyaraj. The show will be aired exclusively on Raj TV in December.

The star studded performance included Ramya Krishnan,Ramba,Shereen, Junior Silk,Sangamam fame Vindhiya. The event saw a great attendence from the renowned names in the Tamil film industry.

The highlight of the evening included the felicitation of the recipient of the Kalaimamani Satyaraj by Padmashree Kamal Hasan and Shri Vijaykanth.

Satyaraj, who started out as a character artist in 1974, then quickly made a transition to playing a villain, followed by villian-cum-comedian and later he moved on to play the main negative lead. But after a fair share of playing the anti-hero, he branched out to comedy and made his mark.

He has worked with eminent directors like Fasil, Mani Ratnam, Mannivannan, K.Balachander and Bharthiraja and actors like Kamal Hasaan, Rajnikanth, Late Sivaji Ganesan. He has also received Tamil Nadu State Film Awards for Poovizhe Vasalile, and Vedham Pudhidhu.