Rajmohan Arumugam, universally known across Tamil Nadu as “Put Chutney Rajmohan” is one of the most uniquely positioned public figures in contemporary Tamil media and politics.
An Indian Tamil actor, member of the legislative assembly of Tamil Nadu, stand-up comedian, director, television anchor, content creator, orator, motivational speaker, and politician, he represents a new archetype in Indian public life: the digital media personality who translates a mass social media following into genuine democratic power.
His journey from an engineering graduate who became a radio jockey to the channel director of Tamil Nadu’s most influential YouTube platform, to a Nollywood film actor, to the Propaganda Secretary of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, to a winning MLA from Egmore, to a minister in Chief Minister Vijay’s cabinet is one of the most extraordinary individual stories to emerge from the 2026 Tamil Nadu political earthquake.
He gained popularity through his YouTube channel “Put Chutney“, where he created socially driven and humorous content that resonated with younger audiences.
Those younger audiences students, first-time voters, and Tamil youth deeply frustrated with the established political duopoly of the DMK and AIADMK became the core constituency that carried TVK to its historic majority in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, and that voted Rajmohan into the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from one of Chennai’s most closely contested urban seats.
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| Full Name: | Rajmohan Arumugam |
| Stage Name: | Put Chutney Rajmohan; Rajmohan TVK |
| Birthplace: | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Occupation: | Politician, MLA, Minister, Actor, Comedian, Director, YouTuber, Motivational Speaker, Radio Jockey, Writer |
| Religion: | Hinduism |
| Net Worth: | Not publicly disclosed |
Early Life
Rajmohan Arumugam was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He was raised in the cultural heart of Tamil Nadu’s capital city a city whose political consciousness, cinematic passion, and intellectual vibrancy have shaped generations of Tamil public figures.
While the specific details of his date of birth, family background, and early childhood are not publicly documented in verified sources, what is clear from his career trajectory and his own public statements is that he grew up in a middle-class Chennai household shaped by the values common to educated Tamil families: a respect for language, a pride in Tamil culture, and a deeply held belief in the power of knowledge and communication.
After completing his engineering from Chennai, he decided to go into a whole another profession. The decision to abandon an engineering career one of the most socially valued educational investments in Tamil Nadu, where engineering colleges proliferate and the engineering degree carries enormous family and social prestige for the uncertain, uncharted world of radio, media, and eventually digital content creation was a bold and unconventional choice.
It was also, as his subsequent career has shown, exactly the right one. His engineering education gave him the analytical discipline and structured thinking that underpins his most effective social commentary the capacity to break down complex political and social problems into comprehensible, accessible arguments for a mass audience.
From an early age, Rajmohan demonstrated an extraordinary facility with the Tamil language a gift that would prove to be the foundation of everything that followed. Tamil is one of the world’s oldest classical languages, with a literary tradition stretching back over two millennia, and the ability to speak it with both scholarly depth and popular accessibility is a rare skill.
Rajmohan possesses this skill in abundance, and it is the single most consistent factor in his public success across every platform he has occupied radio, television, YouTube, comedy, motivational speaking, and political campaigning.
Education
After completing his engineering from Chennai, Rajmohan Arumugam held a Bachelor of Engineering degree from a Chennai institution one of the many engineering colleges that dot the Tamil Nadu educational landscape and produce tens of thousands of engineering graduates each year.
While the specific name of his engineering college is not publicly confirmed in any verified source, his engineering background is consistently referenced across multiple biographical profiles and has been acknowledged by him in public statements about his career journey.
His engineering education typically a four-year undergraduate programme covering mathematics, sciences, and technical disciplines gave him the analytical framework that distinguishes his commentary from that of most Tamil public figures operating in the entertainment space.
His ability to approach social and political issues with structured, evidence-based reasoning, present them in accessible language, and deliver them with emotional conviction is a combination that owes a great deal to the discipline of engineering thinking applied to the humanistic subjects of society, politics, and governance.
Beyond his formal engineering degree, Rajmohan is, in the deepest sense, a self-educated public intellectual. His years working across radio stations in India and Sri Lanka, his work at Puthiya Thalaimurai television channel, his deep engagement with Tamil literature and political thought, and his years of research for Put Chutney’s content on topics ranging from the NEET controversy to the Kaveri water dispute to COVID-19’s impact on students constitute a form of continuing education that has made him one of the most comprehensively informed public communicators in Tamil Nadu’s media landscape.
Career
Tamil Pechu Engal Moochu Television Breakthrough (2008–2009)
He took part in the television reality program Tamil Pechu Engal Moochu aired in Star Vijay, and became famous after winning the second season during the 2008–09 season. Tamil Pechu Engal Moochu which translates roughly as “Tamil Speech Is Our Breath” is one of Tamil television’s most prestigious oratory competitions, testing contestants on their mastery of the Tamil language, their knowledge of Tamil literature and culture, their argumentative capabilities, and their on-camera presence and communication skills.
Winning the second season of such a programme is a significant public achievement in a state where language mastery and public speaking are enormously valued cultural assets. The win established Rajmohan Arumugam as one of Tamil Nadu’s finest young orators and opened the doors to his subsequent media career.
Radio Jockey Career Radio One, Colombo Shakthi FM
He started his career as a radio jockey on Radio One. He then worked in Sri Lanka before he came back for a stint with Puthiya Thalaimurai.
He worked in Radio One FM, Colombo Shakthi FM, Puthiya Thalaimurai channel. His time as a radio jockey first at Radio One in India and then at Colombo Shakthi FM in Sri Lanka gave him an invaluable early education in broadcast communication: how to hold an audience’s attention through voice alone, how to structure a segment for maximum engagement, how to speak spontaneously yet purposefully, and how to read and respond to an audience’s emotional temperature in real time.
These skills developed in the relatively low-stakes environment of radio broadcasting proved directly transferable to his later work as a YouTube content creator and political orator.
He got opportunities to interact with the public and witness the struggles they encounter daily. This is where he first developed social consciousness and felt the need to work on the sensitive issues strangling society daily.
His time at Puthiya Thalaimurai a Tamil news and current affairs television channel was particularly formative in this regard. The television news environment gave him direct exposure to the political, social, and economic issues shaping Tamil Nadu and India, and the access to ordinary citizens’ stories and struggles that came with news reporting gave him the empathetic social consciousness that became the animating force behind Put Chutney’s most impactful content.
Put Chutney YouTube Channel Director (2016–Present)
He was the channel director of the famous YouTube channel ‘Put Chutney’ and also founded its sister channel ‘Tamil Vannakam.’ Put Chutney became one of Tamil Nadu’s most influential and widely watched YouTube channels a platform that combined sharp social commentary, accessible storytelling, comedic flair, and genuine intellectual depth to create content that resonated powerfully with Tamil youth across Tamil Nadu and among the Tamil diaspora worldwide.
In 2017, following the suicide of medical aspirant Anitha who opposed the NEET exam, Rajmohan released a widely circulated video titled “Who Killed Anitha” on the YouTube channel Put Chutney.
In the video, he criticised the political establishment, questioned systemic inequalities in education, and condemned societal apathy, calling Anitha’s death a failure of the system’s duty of care to its most vulnerable students.
The “Who Killed Anitha” video became one of the most viewed and most discussed pieces of Tamil social commentary ever published on YouTube shared millions of times, quoted in mainstream media, and referenced in parliamentary debates. It was the moment that transformed Rajmohan from a popular Tamil media personality into a genuine public intellectual and social advocate of national significance.
One of his notable video contents tackled the subject matter pertaining to the political blame game between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka surrounding the 2018 Tamil Nadu protests for Kaveri water sharing.
His Kaveri water video brought characteristic clarity and accessibility to one of South India’s most politically charged and technically complex inter-state disputes explaining the legal history, the political dynamics, and the human stakes of the Kaveri issue to a mass audience in language they could understand and engage with.
In 2018, Vijay Devarakonda collaborated with Rajmohan for a promotional video ahead of the former’s theatrical release of film NOTA, which was unveiled in the Put Chutney YouTube channel.
During the onset of the peak COVID-19 pandemic, he switched his focus on activism by launching a YouTube channel specially dedicated towards the college students whose studies were impacted by the global pandemic.
This COVID-era initiative reaching out directly to students facing educational disruption, mental health challenges, and uncertain futures demonstrated Rajmohan’s instinct for identifying the communities most in need of voice and support and using his platform deliberately in their service.
He subsequently launched his own channel, Rajmohan Report now running his own channel Rajmohan Report which carries his personal political analysis, commentaries, and reportage on Tamil Nadu and Indian political affairs.
The channel established Rajmohan’s independent voice as a political analyst separate from the Put Chutney brand, and became the primary platform through which he delivered his most detailed and substantive political commentary, including his five-episode podcast series Mai Virall (Inked Finger) analysing all the major political alliances ahead of the 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.
Comicstaan Tamil Judge and Mentor (2018)
He was one of the mentor/judge in Amazon Prime’s Comicstaan Tamil. Comicstaan Semma Comedy Pa the Tamil-language spin-off of Amazon Prime Video’s flagship Hindi comedy competition series Comicstaan brought some of Tamil Nadu’s most prominent comedic talents together as judges and mentors, with Rajmohan among them.
His presence on the Amazon Prime platform as a judge gave him visibility among Tamil Nadu’s urban, streaming-savvy audience that complemented the broader mass audience he had built through Put Chutney and his radio years.
Tamil Cinema Career (2017–Present)
Apart from his strong digital media presence, he is also an actor in the Tamil film industry and has had supporting roles in mainstream Tamil movies, such as Natpe Thunai, VIP2, Ispade Rajavum Ithaya Raniyum, Thaana Serntha Koottam, and Nenjamundu Nermaiyundu Odu Raja.
His Tamil cinema appearances placed him in some of the most commercially successful and critically discussed Tamil films of the late 2010s building his name recognition across a mainstream film-going audience that significantly extended his reach beyond the digital-native demographic of his YouTube following.
Rajmohan has tried his hand in movie direction as well, and is known for creating the Tamil film ‘Ba Ba Black Sheep’.
His directorial debut with Ba Ba Black Sheep added yet another creative dimension to his already extraordinarily diverse professional portfolio, reflecting an artistic ambition that has consistently refused to be contained within a single creative medium.
Political Career
Joining Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)
Rajmohan joined actor-politician Vijay‘s political outfit Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam the party founded by Tamil superstar C. Joseph Vijay (popularly known as “Thalapathy Vijay”) in 2024 following his announcement that he was entering politics with the explicit goal of transforming Tamil Nadu’s governance.
TVK’s founding generated extraordinary excitement among Tamil youth and Vijay’s enormous fan following a demographic that overlapped substantially with the audience Rajmohan had cultivated across a decade of Put Chutney content.
For Rajmohan, TVK was not merely a political vehicle but an ideological alignment: a movement that promised to challenge the established political order, speak to Tamil youth, and bring a new culture of public service and accountability to Tamil Nadu’s administration.
TVK Propaganda Secretary (2025)
In 2025, he was appointed as the Propaganda Secretary of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK). As TVK’s Propaganda Secretary, Rajmohan was responsible for the party’s public communications strategy, its messaging to voters, its media outreach, and its digital campaigning roles that mapped perfectly onto his decade-long career as a content creator, communicator, and digital media strategist.
His appointment placed him at the epicentre of TVK’s election preparations and gave him a platform to deploy his extraordinary communication skills in direct service of the party’s political objectives.
2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly Election MLA, Egmore
In the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election, he contested from Egmore as the TVK candidate and secured 53,901 votes.
He defeated his nearest rival by 10,804 votes, recording a clear win and entering the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. According to the Election Commission, Rajmohan secured 53,901 votes, defeating DMK’s Tamilan Prasanna, who polled 43,097 votes. AIADMK’s Abishek R finished third with 18,191 votes.
The Egmore constituency is one of Chennai’s most historically and demographically significant urban seats covering the area around Chennai Central railway station and encompassing a diverse mix of working-class residents, traders, students, and urban professionals. His victory in Egmore with 53,901 votes and a margin of 10,804 gave the party an important success in a key Chennai constituency.
In the 2021 Assembly elections, I Paranthamen (DMK) won with 68,832 votes, making Rajmohan’s 2026 win a significant swing in a seat that had been a DMK stronghold a result that reflected both his personal popularity and the scale of the broader TVK electoral wave.
Cabinet Minister in Chief Minister Vijay’s Government (May 2026)
Among the ministers taking oath alongside Vijay at Chennai’s Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium on Sunday was actor and content creator Rajmohan Arumugam, popularly known as “Put Chutney Rajmohan”. TVK chief C. Joseph Vijay took oath as the 13th Chief Minister of the state on Sunday.
The oath-taking ceremony was held on 10 May 2026 the very day on which this biography is being written and marked the formal commencement of Tamil Nadu’s first-ever TVK government, with Vijay as Chief Minister and nine senior TVK leaders sworn in as cabinet ministers.
He is expected to take charge as the Adi Dravidar Welfare Minister. The Adi Dravidar Welfare portfolio responsible for the welfare, education, employment, and social inclusion of Tamil Nadu’s Scheduled Caste communities is one of the most socially significant ministerial positions in the Tamil Nadu government.
Its allocation to Rajmohan is entirely consistent with his decade-long public advocacy for the marginalised and the voiceless from his “Who Killed Anitha” video condemning the NEET system’s impact on rural, lower-caste students, to his consistent amplification of social justice issues on Put Chutney and Rajmohan Report.
As Adi Dravidar Welfare Minister, he will have the institutional authority to translate the advocacy he has practiced for years on YouTube into actual policy, programmes, and systemic change.
Notable Content and Viral Moments
Rajmohan Arumugam’s career is defined as much by individual pieces of content as by his institutional roles. His most significant viral contributions to Tamil public discourse include the following:
The “Who Killed Anitha” video (2017) a widely circulated video released following the suicide of medical aspirant Anitha who opposed the NEET exam, in which he criticised the political establishment, questioned systemic inequalities in education, and condemned societal apathy. This video remains the defining moment of his public career as a social advocate and is one of the most impactful pieces of Tamil digital journalism ever produced.
The Kaveri water video (2018) addressing the political blame game between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka surrounding the 2018 Tamil Nadu protests for Kaveri water sharing. This video demonstrated his capacity for explaining complex policy and legal disputes in accessible, emotional, and politically engaged terms.
The NOTA collaboration (2018) in 2018, Vijay Devarakonda collaborated with Rajmohan for a promotional video ahead of the former’s theatrical release of film NOTA, which was unveiled in the Put Chutney YouTube channel, bringing the film’s anti-political-corruption message to Put Chutney’s massive Tamil audience.
The Mai Virall podcast series (2021) a five-episode political analysis podcast in which he conducted a detailed SWOT analysis of all the major political alliances ahead of the 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, demonstrating the depth of political knowledge that set him apart from most entertainment personalities who comment on politics.
The COVID-19 student support channel during the onset of the peak COVID-19 pandemic, he switched his focus on activism by launching a YouTube channel specially dedicated towards the college students whose studies were impacted by the global pandemic.
Social Media
Rajmohan Arumugam commands one of the largest and most engaged social media presences of any Tamil public figure across YouTube, Instagram, and X (Twitter). His platforms collectively reach millions of Tamil-speaking followers across Tamil Nadu, India, and the global Tamil diaspora.
- YouTube Put Chutney: The flagship channel through which Rajmohan first built his mass digital following, featuring social commentary, satirical content, and motivational videos. One of Tamil Nadu’s most-subscribed and most-watched YouTube channels across its active period.
- YouTube Rajmohan Report: His independent political analysis channel, featuring his personal commentary on Tamil Nadu and Indian political affairs. His YouTube channel carries his social media influencer identity and political content.
- YouTube Tamil Vannakam: The sister channel of Put Chutney that he also founded, dedicated to Tamil cultural content and broader Tamil-language engagement.
- Instagram: He has a significant following on social media platforms, particularly on YouTube and Instagram, where he shares personal moments, political content, and engagement with his supporters across Tamil Nadu.
- X (formerly Twitter): Used for political commentary, real-time engagement with Tamil Nadu’s political news cycle, and communication with his party’s supporters.
Personal Life
Rajmohan Arumugam maintains a relatively private personal life choosing to keep his family relationships largely out of the public domain, consistent with the professional culture of Tamil media personalities who prefer to separate their personal identities from their public platforms. Verified information about his marital status, wife, and children is not publicly confirmed in any authoritative source, and he has not made his personal life a feature of his public communications.
He is widely described by colleagues, fans, and political observers as a man of intellectual integrity, genuine social commitment, and personal warmth qualities that have made him effective both as a digital communicator and as a political organiser.
His decision to enter politics through TVK, rather than aligning with the established DMK or AIADMK structures that dominate Tamil Nadu’s political patronage networks, reflects a personal commitment to political renewal and reform that is consistent with the values he has espoused across a decade of public advocacy.
He is deeply embedded in Tamil language and culture his mastery of Tamil oratory, his reverence for Tamil literary tradition, and his consistent use of the Tamil language across all his platforms as a vehicle for social and political consciousness-raising reflect a cultural identity that is central to both his professional effectiveness and his personal values.
The name “Put Chutney” itself a playfully self-deprecating Tamil slang expression reflects the earthy, accessible, culturally rooted sensibility that has made him so relatable to ordinary Tamil people across socioeconomic backgrounds.
Net Worth
Rajmohan Arumugam’s net worth is not publicly disclosed and no verified financial declaration is available in official sources. As a newly elected Member of the Legislative Assembly and cabinet minister, he will be required to file official asset declarations with the Tamil Nadu government in due course.
Based on his decade-long career as one of Tamil Nadu’s most prominent digital content creators with the substantial advertising revenue, brand endorsements, speaking engagement fees, acting remuneration, and directing income that come with such a profile his estimated personal wealth is believed to be in the moderate range for a Tamil media personality of his stature. His ministerial salary as a cabinet member of the Tamil Nadu government will be governed by the Tamil Nadu Ministers’ Salaries and Allowances Act.
Filmography
- Thaana Serntha Koottam (2018) supporting role
- VIP 2 / Velaiilla Pattadhari 2 (2017) supporting role
- Ispade Rajavum Ithaya Raniyum (2019) supporting role
- Natpe Thunai (2019) supporting role
- Nenjamundu Nermaiyundu Odu Raja (2019) supporting role
- Kana Kaanum Kaalangal (television)
- Fall (film credit)
- Ba Ba Black Sheep Director and actor
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Who is Rajmohan TVK?
Rajmohan TVK full name Rajmohan Arumugam, popularly known as “Put Chutney Rajmohan” is a Tamil comedian, actor, director, motivational speaker, YouTuber, and politician. He is the Propaganda Secretary of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), the winning MLA from the Egmore constituency in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election, and a cabinet minister in Chief Minister Vijay’s government sworn in on 10 May 2026.
Where was Rajmohan Arumugam born?
He was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
What is Put Chutney?
Put Chutney is Tamil Nadu’s most influential YouTube channel covering social commentary, satirical content, and motivational videos. Rajmohan Arumugam served as its channel director and was the primary on-camera personality. The channel’s most famous video “Who Killed Anitha” (2017), about the death of NEET opponent Anitha became one of the most viewed and most impactful pieces of Tamil digital journalism ever produced.
What was Rajmohan’s first major television achievement?
He won the second season of Star Vijay TV’s Tamil Pechu Engal Moochu a prestigious Tamil oratory competition during the 2008–09 season. The win established him as one of Tamil Nadu’s finest young orators and launched his media career.
What is Rajmohan’s educational background?
He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from a Chennai institution. After completing his engineering, he chose to pursue a career in radio, media, and digital content creation rather than the engineering sector.
How did Rajmohan TVK perform in the 2026 Tamil Nadu election?
He contested from the Egmore constituency in Chennai as the TVK candidate and won with 53,901 votes a margin of 10,804 votes over his nearest rival, DMK’s Tamilan Prasanna. His win in a previously DMK-held urban constituency was one of the TVK’s most notable individual victories in the 2026 elections.
What ministry is Rajmohan expected to head?
He is expected to take charge as the Adi Dravidar Welfare Minister in Chief Minister Vijay’s cabinet a portfolio that aligns directly with his decade-long public advocacy for marginalised and lower-caste communities in Tamil Nadu.
What are Rajmohan’s most famous YouTube videos?
His most famous and impactful videos include “Who Killed Anitha” (2017) on the death of NEET opponent Anitha, the Kaveri water dispute video (2018), the NOTA promotional video with Vijay Devarakonda (2018), and the Mai Virall political analysis podcast series (2021) analysing all Tamil Nadu political alliances ahead of the state elections.
Which films has Rajmohan appeared in?
He has had supporting roles in major Tamil films including Thaana Serntha Koottam (2018), VIP 2 (2017), Ispade Rajavum Ithaya Raniyum (2019), Natpe Thunai (2019), and Nenjamundu Nermaiyundu Odu Raja (2019). He also directed the Tamil film Ba Ba Black Sheep.
What is Rajmohan TVK’s net worth?
His net worth is not publicly disclosed. He will be required to file an official asset declaration as a newly elected MLA and cabinet minister. His income has been derived from YouTube content creation, Tamil cinema, brand endorsements, speaking engagements, radio work, and directing.
Conclusion
Rajmohan Arumugam’s biography is one of the most genuinely inspiring stories in Tamil Nadu’s recent public life a story of a man who took the road less travelled at every decisive junction, and who found at each turn that the road led somewhere more consequential than the conventional path would have taken him. He chose digital content over engineering. He chose social advocacy over entertainment. He chose political service over the comfortable influence of a media personality. And on 10 May 2026 the day Thalapathy Vijay took oath as Tamil Nadu’s 13th Chief Minister at Chennai’s Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium Rajmohan Arumugam took oath alongside him as a minister of the Tamil Nadu government, carrying into office the social commitments, the language mastery, and the fierce advocacy for the marginalised that had defined the previous decade of his public life.
The man who asked “Who Killed Anitha?” in 2017 and held a mirror to Tamil Nadu’s systemic failures will now sit in the cabinet room where those failures are either perpetuated or addressed. Whether he uses the power of the Adi Dravidar Welfare ministry to transform the lives of Tamil Nadu’s most vulnerable communities the communities whose struggles were the moral centre of his best Put Chutney content will be the defining test of a career that has, until now, earned him every accolade it has received.
Tamil Nadu is watching. And if Rajmohan Arumugam’s career to date is any guide, Tamil Nadu will not be disappointed.
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