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1. 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: 38

Star Sign: Virgo

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Director

Atlee Kumar Biography

Date of Birth: 21-09-1986

Age: 38

Star Sign: Virgo

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Director

2. Pa. Ranjith

Pa. Ranjith is a Film Director of Indian origin who has directed many Tamil movies. He was born and brought up in Karalapakkam, a village near Tiruninravur, Chennai. He completed his graduation from the Madras School of Fine Arts, Chennai. In the college, he practiced Direction and Acting. He also did a lot of traveling and during this voyages, he used to get creative ideas for his movies. He also joined the film chamber and drew inspirations from different famous personalities. He also attended yearly Film Festivals. Initially, he joined cinema as an Assistant Director and his first project was Shiva Shanmugam's production “Thagapansamy”, which was released in the year 2006. He described the movi...

Date of Birth: 1980

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Screenplay Writer, Director, Assistant Director

Pa. Ranjith Biography

Date of Birth: 1980

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Screenplay Writer, Director, Assistant Director

3. Vignesh Shivan

People say that everybody is talented, but most of the people never actually open up their package. But what if a person does not limit himself in one package? What if he has many packages to offer? Yes, you all heard that right. Vignesh Shivan is a very young lad to achieve such huge milestones that most of could have only dreamt about. Shivan is a film director, -but the list of his talent is endless. He is a versatile actor, songwriter, a music composer,and a scriptwriter as well. I know it is very hard to believe, but this multi-talented kid has taken it all, beginning with the love from his audition to an unquestionable pool of talent. Vignesh was born on 18 September 1985 in Tamil Nadu, Chennai. Vignesh was brought up as a ...

Date of Birth: 18-09-1985

Age: 39

Star Sign: Virgo

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Director, Movie Actor, Lyricist

Vignesh Shivan Biography

Date of Birth: 18-09-1985

Age: 39

Star Sign: Virgo

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Director, Movie Actor, Lyricist

4. Karthik Subbaraj

Karthik Subbaraj is a Tamil director. He lives in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Karthik has completed his matriculation and higher education from SBOA Matriculation and Higher Secondary School, Madurai. He was a very discipline student during his school days with excellent academic records. Karthik has also attended Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai-15 to complete his engineering degree. He has specialised in mechatronics. He started his career with Infosys Bangalore working as a software engineer. His tenure of working in Infosys was five years out of which he has spent two years in the US. While he was working in Bangalore, his interest in film making developed. During weekends, he used to make short films. He attende...

Date of Birth: 19-03-1983

Age: 41

Star Sign: Pisces

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Director

Karthik Subbaraj Biography

Date of Birth: 19-03-1983

Age: 41

Star Sign: Pisces

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Director

5. Lokesh Kanagaraj

Lokesh is a famous writer and director in Tamil Film Industry. He joined the industry in 2014. He is an alumnus of PSG College of Arts and Science. The director did his graduation from Anna University. He has done his schooling from PMHS. Before coming to tinsel town, he was a bank employee for almost 4-5 years at a private company. Mr. Kangaraj made a short film for his company’s cultural event, fetched him the first prize. Kalam is his entry to Kollywood. He idealizes Karthik Subbaraj as his mentor, as he helped and encouraged him in his journey. Lokesh lives in Chennai but belongs to Coimbatore. He has three brothers, namely Aravind Gnanasambandam, Ashwi...

Date of Birth: 14-03-1986

Age: 38

Star Sign: Pisces

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Writer, Director

Lokesh Kanagaraj Biography

Date of Birth: 14-03-1986

Age: 38

Star Sign: Pisces

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Writer, Director

6. Nalan Kumarasamy

Nalan Kumarasamy is a Kollywood film director, writer, and actor. His debut directorial venture was a 2013 Tamil black comedy film, Soodhu Kavvum. This movie starred Sanchita Shetty and Vijay Sethupathi in the lead roles. This film got selected for screening and was the only Tamil movie to be screened at the Zurich Film Festival. He was born in Chennai city in the state of Tamil Nadu. He started off with event management and business in real estate. He will come up next with a romantic comedy that will be produced by C V Kumar, which he is still scripting. He has participated in a reality television show, Naalaya Iyakunar in which he made a short film about a fil...

Date of Birth: 25-10-1980

Age: 44

Star Sign: Scorpio

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Director

Nalan Kumarasamy Biography

Date of Birth: 25-10-1980

Age: 44

Star Sign: Scorpio

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Director

7. Balaji Mohan

Balaji Mohan is a director by profession. He is famous for his films like Love Failure and Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi. Balaji was nominated for SIIMA Best Debutant Director Award. He was born on 25 May 1987 in Trichy, Tamil Nadu. Balaji attended Campion Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School and later went to study engineering at Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering. He got married to his childhood love, Aruna in July 2012. He was always interested in directing films and in fulfilling his dream; he even left engineering and went for making movies instead. Balaji has determined in the tenth standard that he will become a director one day, but he decided to study. In the third semester, his father bou...

Date of Birth: 25-05-1987

Age: 37

Star Sign: Gemini

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Director

Balaji Mohan Biography

Date of Birth: 25-05-1987

Age: 37

Star Sign: Gemini

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Director

8. Director Ram Kumar

Director Ram Kumar is working in the Tamil film industry. He belongs to Tirupur. He started his career as a short film director. Ramkumar had never worked with any director as an assistant director. He made his debut with the film “Mundasupatti” featuring Vishnu Vishal, Nandita Swetha, Munishkanth Ramdoss, Kaali Venkat, and “Anandaraj.” The film was released in 2014 and received positive feedback from critics and audience. In 2018, Ramkumar directed his second film, “Ratsasan,” with Vishnu Vishal, his debut film’s hero. The crime thriller film featured Amala Paul, Ammu Abhirami, Kaali Venkat, and Saravanan Naan in prominent roles. Like Mundasupatti, Ratsasan was also received well by the ...

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Director, Producer, Movie Actor

Director Ram Kumar Biography

Gender: Male

Language: Tamil

Skills: Director, Producer, Movie Actor