# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/y-g-mahendra
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:59:26.153Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/y-g-mahendra"
name: "Y. G. Mahendra"
slug: "y-g-mahendra"
description: "Y. G. Mahendran, also known as Y. G. Mahendra, is an Indian actor, dramatist, singer, playwright and comedian from the state of Tamil Nadu. He has acted in a number of plays and films. He is the son of Y. G. Parthasarathy, one of the pioneers of modern Tamil drama and Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy, founder and dean of Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan group of schools, and nephew of veteran Tamil filmmaker K. Balaji. Mahendran is also the cousin of actress Vyjayanthimala and the co-brother of Rajinikanth and Mohanlal."
tagline: "Indian actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ygmahendran_DSC_0130.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1950-01-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.08
  momentum:             2.255483356553053
  historical:           5.793685333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1559594/"
    handle:    "nm1559594"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C_%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D9%85%DB%81%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%86"
    title: "وائی جی مہندرن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "واى. جى. ماهيندرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y._G._Mahendran"
    title: "Y. G. Mahendran"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://skr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C_%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D9%85%DB%81%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%86"
    title: "وائی جی مہندرن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ஒய். ஜி. மகேந்திரன்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "వై.జి.మహేంద్రన్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q235550"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/584369"
    title: "Y. G. Mahendran"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump