Sakthi Soundarajan

Sakthi Soundarajan is an Indian film director, who is known for making movies of first of its kind in Kollywood. Be it Naanayam or Miruthan or Tik Tik Tik Click to look into! >> Read More... , this man proves his versatility at its best. Sakthi Soundarajan was born on March 10, 1982, in a village called Pachalur in Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu. His father was a Government employee, and he is extremely close with his mother being the single child of the house. He moved to Kodaikanal for his studies, and he was enrolled in Kodaikanal International School. Later, he studied Visual Communications in a college in Coimbatore. Sakthi Soundarajan is happily married to Subha.

After college, he moved to Chennai with the dream of directing films. But he couldn’t get hold of any chance of being a newcomer. Eventually, he took up a job as a copywriter in an advertising company. But soon, he was fed up with the work and realized direction is his true calling. So, he quit the job and joined the team of actor Nassar. He assisted him for two years and joined Director Mysskin. He worked with him for another two years before assisting Director Venkat Prabhu in his film Saroja. In the meantime, Sakthi Soundarajan also directed two short films for the American Embassy.

Sakthi Soundarajan made his directorial debut with the heist thriller movie Naanayam in 2010 when he was 27 years old. Upon release, the movie opened to mixed reviews, and the film was announced to be an above-average movie. Following his debut, Sakthi experienced a period of struggle for the next four years.

His next movie, Naaigal Jaakirathai Click to look into! >> Read More... , a dog based film got released in 2014. The film starred Sibiraj, Arundhati, and a German Shepherd Dog. Naaigal Jaakirathai received high positive reviews for its story and direction. After giving a commercial success, Sakthi wrote and directed the Kollywood’s first-ever zombie movie, Miruthan. The action-horror film Miruthan starring Jayam Ravi Born on September 10, 1980, Jayam Ravi’s original >> Read More... and Lakshmi Menon Films came to Lakshmi Menon at an age when she had >> Read More... got released in 2016. The film was a huge hit considering the unusual attempt in Kollywood.

His subsequent directorial venture was Tik Tik Tik, First Indian Space film in 2018. This film was the second time association of Sakthi Soundarajan and Jayam Ravi. Tik Tik Tik was highly praised for its VFX effects and efforts. His next film Teddy, starring Arya and Sayyeshaa in the lead, has a special animated character, Teddy. Along with direction, Sakthi Soundarajan has written the story for all his films.

Sakthi Soundarajan, being an avid reader, likes to read fiction of all. From someone with no knowledge of cinema to someone creating films on different genres, Sakthi Soundarajan has come a long way.