
He acted as a retired military officer in Chithirai Pookkal and played the second hero role in the blockbuster film Captain Prabhakaran. In the start of 1991, he acted in negative roles in the Telugu film Stuartpuram Police Station, starring Chiranjeevi and Vijayashanti, Namma Ooru Mariamma, Vetri Padigal and Pudhu Manithan. In 1991, he acted in twelve Tamil films and three Telugu films, mostly in supporting roles and four films in lead roles, but he continued to act in few films as a villain. He also acted in his first venture as a hero in Palaivana Paravaigal under Senthilnathan's direction, who at that time gave consecutive hits. Puriyaadha Pudhir marked the first collaboration with Sarathkumar and director K. He acted in few Tamil films in supporting roles such as Salem Vishnu, Sirayil Sila Raagangal, Mounam Sammadham and Puriyaadha Pudhir.

Thereafter, he appeared in antagonist roles in Tamil films such as Pudhu Padagan, Velai Kidaichuduchu, Raja Kaiya Vacha, Enkitta Mothathe, Jagathalaprathapan and in Telugu films such as Vishnu, Magaadu and Balachandrudu. Karthik, which flopped at the box office. In 1990, he teamed up for the second time with Kalaivanan Kannadasan for the film Mr. He won a Cinema Express Award for Best Villain for his role, which brought him more film offers. Sarathkumar acted as a villain in Pulan Visaranai and the film turned out to be a blockbuster. Sarathkumar was spotted by Raju, the personal make-up man of actor Vijayakanth, who recommended him to the Pulan Visaranai 's team. The film was directed by Kalaivanan Kannadasan and he co-starred with Karthik and Ambika. In 1988, while running his travel agency in Chennai, Sarathkumar got an opportunity to act as well as produce in the Tamil film Kan Simittum Neram. Rajasekar but the producers insisted on having one familiar face and he was replaced by actor Prabhu. Sarathkumar was originally cast to play the lead role in Chinna Poove Mella Pesu (1987) directed by Robert Asirwatham and S. Sarathkumar made his acting debut in 1986, in the Telugu film Samajamlo Sthree at the behest of a producer friend. Sarathkumar with Shaik Mydeen 1986–1991: Debut roles He is fluent in all South Indian languages and is quite proficient in Russian. He shifted his energies towards running his own business, a travel agency in Chennai and meeting Kalaivanan Kannadasan who elevated him to become a producer. After successfully establishing the circulation, he moved on to Chennai. He then moved to Bangalore to work for the newly started Tamil newspaper Dinakaran, he started as a cycle boy distributing newspapers to shops and later graduated to become a reporter for the same newspaper.

He later became a bodybuilder and earned the "Mr. After completing his pre-university levels at Loyola College, he was subsequently graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from The New College. He was one of the cadets who marched in the Republic Day Parade of 1970. He also joined the NCC, becoming an Air Wing Cadet. Being an avid sports enthusiast, he played football, cricket and hockey, representing his school and college teams.

Patrick's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School. He then moved on to the Central School in the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, and finished at St. Sarathkumar started his schooling at the Raja Muthiah High School, after his family relocated from Delhi to Chennai. His mother Pushpaleela died on 26 October 2013.

Sarathkumar is the youngest child in his family, he had two siblings an elder brother, the late Sudarshan Ramanathan and an elder sister Mallika Kandaswamy. His father Ramanathan worked at the All India Radio before joining the Press Information Bureau of India, while his mother Pushpaleela was a housewife. Sarathkumar was born on 14 July 1954 to Ramanathan and Pushpaleela, a Tamil family in New Delhi.
