Director “
P Bharathiraja
,” who is the pioneer of the outdoor shooting in modern Tamil cinema with the rural stories celebrates his birthday, today. Bharathiraja was born on 17th July in the year 1941. Started his cinema career as an assistant to Puttana Kanagal, Pullaiah, Krishnan Nair, Avinasi Mani and A Jagannadhan, the maverick director made his debut in “16 Vayathinile” with Superstar “
Rajinikanth
,” Ulaga Nayagan,
Kamal Haasan
and “
Sridevi
.” It was a super hit film and all the three leads were spoken for their performance. Right from his debut as a director, Bharathiraaja, has been directing films with unique scripts. Bharathiraja directed “Annakodi” in 2013 with
Karthika Nair
. After the film, he has been working as an actor. He is expecting the release of Padai Veeran with
Vijay Yesudas
and
Kurangu Bommai
with “
Vidharth
.” Bharathiraja has directed three TV Series. We wish the director, a happy birthday!