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1. Vetrimaaran

Vetrimaaran is an Indian director and screenwriter in Tamil Film Industry. Born in Cuddalore, Vetrimaaran is from Ranipet, Vellore District, Tamilnadu. He was born to Dr. V. Chitravel who was a veterinary scientist and Megala Chitravel who was a well known Novelist. Vetrimaaran studied till his tenth grade in Ranipet. Later in 1994 he moved to Chennai to pursue English Literature from Loyola College. Vetrimaaran discontinued his Master's degree and showed interest in making a career in the film industry. The Loyola department of visual communications offered him an elective course known as Television presentation. As Vetrimaaran completed this course, he started developing an interest in filmmaking. Vetri...

Date of Birth: 04-09-1975

Age: 48

Star Sign: Virgo

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Director, Screenplay Writer, Producer

Vetrimaaran Biography

Date of Birth: 04-09-1975

Age: 48

Star Sign: Virgo

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Director, Screenplay Writer, Producer

2. S Shankar

S Shankar is one among the populous directors who direct high budgeted movies in India. S Shankar started his career as an assistant director to S.A. Chandrasekaran, father of actor Vijay. After working as assistant director in few films, he made his directorial debut in Gentleman with Action King Arjun and Madhubala. It was a blockbuster hit, even Shankar would not have even thought about it. His second movie is Kadhalan with Prabhu Deva. Nagma was introduced in this film by Shankar and the film is a super hit. The songs went very well with A.R. Rahman in the music composing side. After Kadhalan, S Shankar’s market picked up very well and he directed Indian, a patriotic film with Kamal Haasan. Unlike other directors, Shankar never thought ...

Date of Birth: 17-08-1963

Age: 60

Star Sign: Leo

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Director

S Shankar Biography

Date of Birth: 17-08-1963

Age: 60

Star Sign: Leo

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Director

3. A R Murugadoss

A.R. Murugadoss is such a familiar name all over India. He is one among the best film directors in India. Being born in the southern state Tamilnadu, A.R. Murugadoss reached fame in northern states too. His popularity rose, through the film Ghajini starred by Surya and Asin. After watching this film, Bollywood star Aamir Khan called A.R. Murugadoss and asked him to direct the film in Hindi. The success of the Hindi Ghajini is the turning point in A.R. Murugadoss’s life. His debut movie was Dheena. He became a well known director after the Tamil Block Buster movie Ramana, starred by Vijaykanth and Simran. A.R. Murugadoss has directed Vijay in Thuppakki and Kaththi; Ajith in Dheena; Surya in Ghajini and 7 Aum Arivu. He is not only a good d...

Date of Birth: 25-09-1974

Age: 49

Star Sign: Libra

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Director

A R Murugadoss Biography

Date of Birth: 25-09-1974

Age: 49

Star Sign: Libra

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Director

4. Atlee Kumar

Atlee Kumar is a movie director and screenwriter from India, focusing mainly on Tamil feature films. He is a graduate of Sathyabama University and holds a degree in Visual Communication. He started off his media career by making short films, one of the most notable being Mugaputhagam with Sivakarthikeyan of Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam fame. He then became an assistant director to director Shankar, assisting him during the production of Enthiran and Nanban. It is to be noted that Nanban is a remake of Rajkumar Hirani’s 3 Idiots. Born in Madurai and raised in Chennai, Atlee cites the Mani Ratnam film Thalapathi as his inspiration to enter the cine field. Atlee’s maiden directorial venture was the ...

Date of Birth: 21-09-1986

Age: 37

Star Sign: Virgo

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Director

Atlee Kumar Biography

Date of Birth: 21-09-1986

Age: 37

Star Sign: Virgo

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Director

5. A M Jyothi Krishna

Jyothi Krishna is a Tamil actor, director, as well as story writer. In the year 2003, Jyothi Krishna started his career at a very small age of 17. He debuted in the industry as a story writer with the story of his father, in A. M. Ratnam’s production, “Natpukkaga”, which had actor, Sarath Kumar in the lead. The movie was highly appreciated by the critics and also did well at the box office. His next venture was writing the story of Chiranjeevi’s film, Sneham Kosam. He also participated in the story discussion for Rajinikanth’s mega blockbuster, ‘Padayappa’. Later, Jyothi Krishna made his directorial debut in a musical by A. R. Rahman titled Enakku 20 Unakku 18. Late...

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Screenplay Writer, Director, Supporting Actor, Playwright

A M Jyothi Krishna Biography

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Screenplay Writer, Director, Supporting Actor, Playwright

6. K S Ravikumar

Director KS Ravikumar(KSR), started his career in Tamil cinema as an assistant director to Bharathiraja for sometime before becoming an independent director. He has made 40 movies, out of which six films are re-makes. KSR has made the most number of movies with actor Sarath Kumar (10) and actresses Simran and Ramya Krishnan. Interestingly enough to know that his stunt choreographer Kanal Kannan had collaborated with KSR in 16 films so far. His f...

Date of Birth: 30-05-1958

Age: 65

Star Sign: Gemini

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Director

K S Ravikumar Biography

Date of Birth: 30-05-1958

Age: 65

Star Sign: Gemini

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Director

7. Santhosh P Jayakumar

Santhosh P Jayakumar is an Indian film director and screenwriter, popular amongst the regional audience for his work in movies like Gajinikanth (2018), Hara Hara Mahadevaki (2017), Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuthu (2018), etc. Mostly known for his major involvement in Tamil short films, TV series, dramas, theatres, and Kollywood movies, Santhosh has been a prominent part of the South Indian film industry for more than five years now. The year 2017 was a crucial one for Santhosh as he made his first decisive contribution on the silver screen as a director and screenwriter with the film Hara Hara Mahadevaki (2017), starring Kovai Babu, Chandru, and Dr. Vidhya Borgia in lead roles. Over the years, Santhosh has often been admired and app...

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Director

Santhosh P Jayakumar Biography

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Director

8. Raghava Lawrence

Lawrence Raghavendra is a popular Choreographer, director and actor of South India. He began his career as a choreographer and later on turned into an actor. He got the blessings from the veteran director Balachander, that one day or another, he will become a Super Star as Rajini. He cherishes that moment and he finally became a Super Star in all the fields, he entered. His dance movements were enjoyed by the audience, as he dances like a rubberized man as Prabhu Deva. His first movie as a choreographer and actor was Parthen Rasithen in 2000. Before this movie, he has appeared in small roles in the background. Lawrence was made popular by Balachander in the film Paarthaalae Paravasam, a Madhavan Starrer. His dance and acting was applauded i...

Date of Birth: 09-01-1976

Age: 48

Star Sign: Capricorn

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Screenplay Writer, Director, Movie Actor, Choreographer, Dancer

Raghava Lawrence Biography

Date of Birth: 09-01-1976

Age: 48

Star Sign: Capricorn

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Screenplay Writer, Director, Movie Actor, Choreographer, Dancer

9. P. Vasu

P. Vasu, born as Vasudevan Peethambharam was born on 15 September 1954 in Kerala, India. He is an actor, director and a writer who has worked in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada film industry. His father was also in the film industry working for M. G. R. and N. T. R. as a make-up artist. He was so famous for his skill that he became the President of the make-up union in Tamil Nadu. After 30 years of doing this work, he started off with producing films and produced 25 films in Telugu and Tamil language. He was one of the famous film producers of his time. Vasu’s uncle was a cinematographer in the industry so, Vasu’ father along with Vasu’s uncle, M. C. Sekhar, worked in 150 films.

Date of Birth: 15-09-1954

Age: 69

Star Sign: Virgo

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Director

P. Vasu Biography

Date of Birth: 15-09-1954

Age: 69

Star Sign: Virgo

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Director

10. S. J. Surya

Selvaraj Justin Surya was born in Vasdevanallur, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. He pursued his graduation from Chennai. He is a renowned Actor, Film Director, Screenwriter, Producer and a Music Composer in the Kollywood. He is known as Suryah. Career: He started his career in films at an early age of 20. In 1988, he acted in the movie ‘Nethaidi’. After that, in 1993, he made a cameo appearance in ‘Kizhakku Cheemayile’. The music of the movie was composed by legendary A.R Rehman, and this film was later remade in Telugu. He did numerous small guest appearance and cameo roles. He played an auto driver in ‘Asai&rsqu...

Date of Birth: 20-07-1968

Age: 55

Star Sign: Cancer

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Director

S. J. Surya Biography

Date of Birth: 20-07-1968

Age: 55

Star Sign: Cancer

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Director

11. Director Dharani

Director Dharani, the popular South Indian director is one of those directors who contributed in making the world of south Indian cinema, a commercial movie industry that it is famed for today. He is popular for churning out massive mass entertainers that the Telugu and Tamil film audiences usually love to watch. His first ever film though, wasn’t a regular commercial film but was the offbeat, Ethirum Pudhirum based on the life story of Veerappan, the forest brigand. A Tamil film, it starred Mammootty and was highly acclaimed. After this film, Dharani was instantly a popular director and went on to make some successful movies in Tamil as well as Telugu. Dhill(starring Vikram), Dhool (another Vikram starrer), Kuruvi ...

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Director

Director Dharani Biography

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Director

12. N Lingusamy

Lingusamy is the well known Indian film director, who is popular for his family scripts. He was born on November 14, 1967. Lakshmipuram in Tamilnadu is Lingusamy’s native. He worked as the assistant to “A Venkatesh” and “Vikraman.” His career as a director started in the year 2001, through the “Mammootty” starrer, “Anandham.” His first movie got him the Best Film Award at Filmfare by Cinema Express. He got consecutive success through “R Madhavan” starrer, “Run” and Vishal Reddy flick “Sandakozhi.” Lingusamy also owns a production house along with his brother Subash Chandra Bose, called, “Thirrupathi Brothers.&rdquo...

Date of Birth: 14-11-1967

Age: 56

Star Sign: Scorpio

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Director

N Lingusamy Biography

Date of Birth: 14-11-1967

Age: 56

Star Sign: Scorpio

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Director

13. Kanmani

Kanmani is an Indian film director for both Tamil and Telugu language films. He first started his directing career in Tamil films and later gained more success and popularity with his direction of Tamil language films. Kanmani was born on 19 June 1980 and is 38 years of age as of 2018. Kanmani completed his educational degree at Presidency College, Chennai. After which he joined as the chorus singer to Ilaiyaraaja, a singer, songwriter and composer. Kanmani worked for 12 years with him. Kanmani started his directing training as an apprentice under the director, Saran during the making of the 2002 Tamil language gangster film Gemini. Kanmani made his directing debut with the low – budget 2003 Tamil language ...

Date of Birth: 19-07-1970

Age: 53

Star Sign: Cancer

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Director

Kanmani Biography

Date of Birth: 19-07-1970

Age: 53

Star Sign: Cancer

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil