T.P. Gajendran worked as an assistant director to
K. Balachander and Visu. He made his debut as an actor in the film
Dowry Kalyanam (1983). In 1988, he made his directorial debut with the film
Veedu Manaivi Makkal. In the early 2000s, Gajendran directed a series of medium-budget family comedy drama films featuring
Prabhu in titular lead roles. These include
Budget Padmanabhan (2000),
Middle Class Madhavan (2001), and
Banda Paramasivam (2003), while a fourth film
Aasai Vachen Unmele was shelved after a few schedules. He also attempted to make a Hindu devotional film, owing to the trend in
Tamil cinema during 2001, but
Karppoora Naayagi featuring
Roja and
Bhanupriya was later shelved. In 2015, he was chosen as the president of Cinema Technicians Association (CTA). ==Death==