She made her
stage acting debut at the age of seven, and film acting debut as a child artist in 1949. Rajam played the
vamp role in the Tamil classic
Ratha Kanneer (1954), opposite
M. R. Radha. Since then Rajam had acted with several leading actors including
MGR in
Nadodi Mannan,
Sivaji Ganesan in
Rangoon Radha,
Gemini Ganesan,
M. R. Radha,
S. S. Rajendran,
M. N. Nambiar and
N. S. Krishnan. She married popular Tamil playback singer
A. L. Raghavan on 2 May 1960. She played supporting roles in films from 1970 to 1990. She started working in TV serials from 1995 and continued to work in films till 2014. In 1958 Rajam was booked by MGR for his second directorial venture
Ponniyin Selvan. One of the first screen adaptations of
Kalki Krishnamurthy's
Ponniyin Selvan, the film had a huge
ensemble cast consisting of
Vyjayanthimala,
Savitri, Gemini Ganesan,
Padmini,
Saroja Devi and
Nagesh. In the film, she was given the role of
Nandhini, the wife of
Periya Pazhuvettaraiyar. However, in mid-1958 the film was shelved for unknown reasons. She is famous for her negative shade roles. ==Filmography==