MANI RATNAM
Born June 2, 1956 (age 51)
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation Film director, film producer, screenwriter
Website http://www.madrastalkies.com
Mani Ratnam (born June 2, 1956) is a critically acclaimed Tamil Indian film director, writer and producer.
BIOGRAPHY
EARLY LIFE:
Ratnam was born as G. Subramaniam on June 2, 1956, in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Degree in commerce from Madras University and an MBA from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies,
a management consultant before becoming a filmmaker.
Brother, film producer G. Venkateswaran.
CAREER:
Mani Ratnam's films often feature realistic, contemporary themes and complex plots.
FAMILIAL AND MARITAL HARDSHIPS, TERRORISM, LOVE, CLASS AND RELIGIOUS CONFLICT, WAR, POLITICS, ADOPTION, HISTORY AND DISABILITY are just some of the socio-political issues to have been featured in his films.
His movies are generally made in the Tamil language, but are usually also dubbed into other languages like TELUGU AND HINDI.
He has also made films in other languages like HINDI, TELUGU AND KANNADA.
Mani Ratnam's first film was a Kannada one, in which Anil Kapoor made his debut. PALLAVI ANU PALLAVI is the film a relationship between an older woman and a young man.
MOUNA RAAGAM, box-office success.
In 2002, Mani Ratnam was awarded the PADMA SHRI.
His movie NAYAKAN was part of Time Magazine's ALL-TIME 100 MOVIES issued in 2005.
FILMOGRAPHY:
The following is the list of films directed by Mani Ratnam. For many of these movies, Mani Ratnam is also credited for the story, screenplay and producing:
DIRECTOR:
Year Film Language Cast Music Director Notes
1983
Pallavi Anu Pallavi
Kannada
Anil Kapoor, Lakshmi
Ilaiyaraaja
Dubbed into Tamil as Oh! Priya Priya
1985
Unaru
Malayalam
Mohanlal, Sukumaran, Sabina Jose Ilaiyaraaja
1985
Pagal Nilavu
Tamil
Murali, Revathi Menon, Radhika Sarath Kumar, Sathyaraj
Ilaiyaraaja
1985
Idaya Kovil
Tamil
Mohan, Radha, Ambika, Goundamani
Ilaiyaraaja
1986
Mouna Raagam
Tamil
Mohan, Revathi, Karthik
Ilaiyaraaja
Dubbed into Telugu
1987
Nayagan
Tamil
Kamal Haasan, Saranya, Nassar, Janagaraj
Ilaiyaraaja
Dubbed into Hindi as Nayak
Dubbed into Telugu as Nayakudu
1988
Agni Natchathiram
Tamil
Prabhu, Karthik, Vijayakumar, Nirosha, Amala, Janagaraj, Jayachitra
Ilaiyaraaja
Dubbed into Telugu as Gharshana
1989
Geethanjali
Telugu
Nagarjuna, Girija, Vijayakumar
Ilaiyaraaja
Dubbed into Tamil as Idhayathai Thirudathey
Dubbed into Malayalam as Geethanjali
1990
Anjali
Tamil
Raghuvaran, Revathi, Prabhu, Tarun Kumar, Shamili, Shruti, Saranya
Ilaiyaraaja
Dubbed into Telugu as Anjali
1991
Thalapathi
Tamil
Rajinikanth, Mammooty, Arvind Swamy, Amrish Puri, Sobhana, Bhanupriya, Srividya, Geetha, Jaishankar
Ilaiyaraaja
Dubbed into Telugu as Dalapati
Dubbed into Hindi as Dal-pati
1992
Roja
Tamil
Arvind Swamy, Madhubala, Pankaj Kapoor, Nassar, Janagaraj
A. R. Rahman
Dubbed into English as The Rose
Dubbed into Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Marathi as Roja
1993
Thiruda Thiruda
Tamil
Prashanth, Anand, Heera Rajgopal, Anu Agarwal, Balasubrahmanyam
A. R. Rahman
Dubbed into Hindi as Chor Chor
Dubbed into Telugu as Donga Donga
1995
Bombay
Tamil
Arvind Swamy, Manisha Koirala, Nassar, Prakash Raj
A. R. Rahman
Dubbed into Hindi and Telugu as Bombay
1997
Iruvar
Tamil
Mohanlal, Aishwarya Rai, Prakash Raj, Madhubala, Tabu, Revathi, Gouthami, Nassar
A. R. Rahman
Dubbed into Telugu as Iddaru
1998
Dil Se
Hindi
Shah Rukh Khan, Manisha Koirala, Preity Zinta
A. R. Rahman
Dubbed into Tamil as Uyire
Dubbed into Telugu as Prema Tho
2000
Alaipayuthey
Tamil
Madhavan, Shalini, Arvind Swamy, Kushboo, Vivek, Sukumari, Lalitha, Jayasudha, Pyramid Natarajan
A. R. Rahman
Dubbed into English as Waves
Dubbed into Telugu as Sakhi
remade into Hindi as Saathiya
2002
Kannathil Muthamittal
Tamil
Madhavan, Simran, Nandita Das, Keerthana, Prakash Raj, Pasupathy
A. R. Rahman
Dubbed into English as A Peck on the Cheek
Dubbed into Telugu as Amrutha
2004
Aayitha Ezhuthu
Tamil
Madhavan, Surya Sivakumar, Siddharth Narayan, Meera Jasmine, Esha Deol, Trisha, Bharathiraja, Janagaraj
A. R. Rahman
Dubbed into Telugu as Yuva
Dubbed into English as The Three Dots
Simultaneously remade in Hindi as Yuva.
2004
Yuva
Hindi
Ajay Devgan, Abhishek Bachchan, Vivek Oberoi, Rani Mukherjee, Esha Deol, Kareena Kapoor, Om Puri
A. R. Rahman
2007
Guru
Hindi
Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Madhavan, Vidya Balan, Mallika Sherawat, Mithun Chakraborty
A. R. Rahman
Dubbed into Tamil as Guru
Dubbed into Telugu as Gurukanth
NON-DIRECTOR:
Established Madras Talkies for film production during the shoot of Iruvar.
He had earlier produced Thiruda Thiruda under his personal name.
Apart from production, Mani Ratnam also has written story and screenplay for movies directed by others.
Indira (1996) - Screenplay (Movie was directed by his wife Suhasini)
Gayam (1993) - Story & Screenplay (Telugu Movie)
Chatriyan - Story & Screenplay
Aasai (1995) - Producer
Nerrukku Ner (1997) - Producer (Madras Talkies)
Dumm Dumm Dumm (2001) - Story, Screenplay & Producer
Saathiya (2002) - Screenplay (Movie is a re-make of Alaipayuthey and was directed by his assistant Shaad Ali) and Producer (Madras Talkies)
Five Star (2003) - Producer (Madras Talkies)
STAGE:
Netru, Indru, Naalai (2006) feb
DIRECTED BY MANI RATNAM.
FAMILY:
Mani's father Gopal Ratnam Iyer was a film producer.
Mani's brother late G. Venkateswaran, popularly known as G.V. was a noted film producer.
Mani married to actress Suhasini, niece of Kamal Haasan and they have a son Nandan.
Mani co-founded and co-runs the independent production company Madras Talkies along with his other brother G. Srinivasan.
Srinivasan passed away in Manali on the 27th May 2007.
THEMES:
Mani Ratnam oftens makes movies inspired by REAL-LIFE EVENTS,
Nayagan based on MUMBAI UNDER WORLD,
Kannathil Muthamittal based on WAR-TORN SRI LANKA
and Aayitha Ezhuthu based on STUDENT UNREST IN OSMANIA UNIVERSITY.
His movies often portray STRONG FRIENDSHIP, Rajni-Mammooty in Thalapathi,
Surya-Siddarth in Aayitha Ezhuthu,
Mohanlal-Prakash Raj in Iruvar
and Kamal-Janakaraj in Nayagan.
He has shot almost all of his movies in India and rarely travelled outside, except for Guru (2007 film) in Turkey.
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Born June 2, 1956 (age 51)
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation Film director, film producer, screenwriter
Website http://www.madrastalkies.com
Mani Ratnam (born June 2, 1956) is a critically acclaimed Tamil Indian film director, writer and producer.
BIOGRAPHY
EARLY LIFE:
Ratnam was born as G. Subramaniam on June 2, 1956, in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Degree in commerce from Madras University and an MBA from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies,
a management consultant before becoming a filmmaker.
Brother, film producer G. Venkateswaran.
CAREER:
Mani Ratnam's films often feature realistic, contemporary themes and complex plots.
FAMILIAL AND MARITAL HARDSHIPS, TERRORISM, LOVE, CLASS AND RELIGIOUS CONFLICT, WAR, POLITICS, ADOPTION, HISTORY AND DISABILITY are just some of the socio-political issues to have been featured in his films.
His movies are generally made in the Tamil language, but are usually also dubbed into other languages like TELUGU AND HINDI.
He has also made films in other languages like HINDI, TELUGU AND KANNADA.
Mani Ratnam's first film was a Kannada one, in which Anil Kapoor made his debut. PALLAVI ANU PALLAVI is the film a relationship between an older woman and a young man.
MOUNA RAAGAM, box-office success.
In 2002, Mani Ratnam was awarded the PADMA SHRI.
His movie NAYAKAN was part of Time Magazine's ALL-TIME 100 MOVIES issued in 2005.
FILMOGRAPHY:
The following is the list of films directed by Mani Ratnam. For many of these movies, Mani Ratnam is also credited for the story, screenplay and producing:
DIRECTOR:
Year Film Language Cast Music Director Notes
1983
Pallavi Anu Pallavi
Kannada
Anil Kapoor, Lakshmi
Ilaiyaraaja
Dubbed into Tamil as Oh! Priya Priya
1985
Unaru
Malayalam
Mohanlal, Sukumaran, Sabina Jose Ilaiyaraaja
1985
Pagal Nilavu
Tamil
Murali, Revathi Menon, Radhika Sarath Kumar, Sathyaraj
Ilaiyaraaja
1985
Idaya Kovil
Tamil
Mohan, Radha, Ambika, Goundamani
Ilaiyaraaja
1986
Mouna Raagam
Tamil
Mohan, Revathi, Karthik
Ilaiyaraaja
Dubbed into Telugu
1987
Nayagan
Tamil
Kamal Haasan, Saranya, Nassar, Janagaraj
Ilaiyaraaja
Dubbed into Hindi as Nayak
Dubbed into Telugu as Nayakudu
1988
Agni Natchathiram
Tamil
Prabhu, Karthik, Vijayakumar, Nirosha, Amala, Janagaraj, Jayachitra
Ilaiyaraaja
Dubbed into Telugu as Gharshana
1989
Geethanjali
Telugu
Nagarjuna, Girija, Vijayakumar
Ilaiyaraaja
Dubbed into Tamil as Idhayathai Thirudathey
Dubbed into Malayalam as Geethanjali
1990
Anjali
Tamil
Raghuvaran, Revathi, Prabhu, Tarun Kumar, Shamili, Shruti, Saranya
Ilaiyaraaja
Dubbed into Telugu as Anjali
1991
Thalapathi
Tamil
Rajinikanth, Mammooty, Arvind Swamy, Amrish Puri, Sobhana, Bhanupriya, Srividya, Geetha, Jaishankar
Ilaiyaraaja
Dubbed into Telugu as Dalapati
Dubbed into Hindi as Dal-pati
1992
Roja
Tamil
Arvind Swamy, Madhubala, Pankaj Kapoor, Nassar, Janagaraj
A. R. Rahman
Dubbed into English as The Rose
Dubbed into Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Marathi as Roja
1993
Thiruda Thiruda
Tamil
Prashanth, Anand, Heera Rajgopal, Anu Agarwal, Balasubrahmanyam
A. R. Rahman
Dubbed into Hindi as Chor Chor
Dubbed into Telugu as Donga Donga
1995
Bombay
Tamil
Arvind Swamy, Manisha Koirala, Nassar, Prakash Raj
A. R. Rahman
Dubbed into Hindi and Telugu as Bombay
1997
Iruvar
Tamil
Mohanlal, Aishwarya Rai, Prakash Raj, Madhubala, Tabu, Revathi, Gouthami, Nassar
A. R. Rahman
Dubbed into Telugu as Iddaru
1998
Dil Se
Hindi
Shah Rukh Khan, Manisha Koirala, Preity Zinta
A. R. Rahman
Dubbed into Tamil as Uyire
Dubbed into Telugu as Prema Tho
2000
Alaipayuthey
Tamil
Madhavan, Shalini, Arvind Swamy, Kushboo, Vivek, Sukumari, Lalitha, Jayasudha, Pyramid Natarajan
A. R. Rahman
Dubbed into English as Waves
Dubbed into Telugu as Sakhi
remade into Hindi as Saathiya
2002
Kannathil Muthamittal
Tamil
Madhavan, Simran, Nandita Das, Keerthana, Prakash Raj, Pasupathy
A. R. Rahman
Dubbed into English as A Peck on the Cheek
Dubbed into Telugu as Amrutha
2004
Aayitha Ezhuthu
Tamil
Madhavan, Surya Sivakumar, Siddharth Narayan, Meera Jasmine, Esha Deol, Trisha, Bharathiraja, Janagaraj
A. R. Rahman
Dubbed into Telugu as Yuva
Dubbed into English as The Three Dots
Simultaneously remade in Hindi as Yuva.
2004
Yuva
Hindi
Ajay Devgan, Abhishek Bachchan, Vivek Oberoi, Rani Mukherjee, Esha Deol, Kareena Kapoor, Om Puri
A. R. Rahman
2007
Guru
Hindi
Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Madhavan, Vidya Balan, Mallika Sherawat, Mithun Chakraborty
A. R. Rahman
Dubbed into Tamil as Guru
Dubbed into Telugu as Gurukanth
NON-DIRECTOR:
Established Madras Talkies for film production during the shoot of Iruvar.
He had earlier produced Thiruda Thiruda under his personal name.
Apart from production, Mani Ratnam also has written story and screenplay for movies directed by others.
Indira (1996) - Screenplay (Movie was directed by his wife Suhasini)
Gayam (1993) - Story & Screenplay (Telugu Movie)
Chatriyan - Story & Screenplay
Aasai (1995) - Producer
Nerrukku Ner (1997) - Producer (Madras Talkies)
Dumm Dumm Dumm (2001) - Story, Screenplay & Producer
Saathiya (2002) - Screenplay (Movie is a re-make of Alaipayuthey and was directed by his assistant Shaad Ali) and Producer (Madras Talkies)
Five Star (2003) - Producer (Madras Talkies)
STAGE:
Netru, Indru, Naalai (2006) feb
DIRECTED BY MANI RATNAM.
FAMILY:
Mani's father Gopal Ratnam Iyer was a film producer.
Mani's brother late G. Venkateswaran, popularly known as G.V. was a noted film producer.
Mani married to actress Suhasini, niece of Kamal Haasan and they have a son Nandan.
Mani co-founded and co-runs the independent production company Madras Talkies along with his other brother G. Srinivasan.
Srinivasan passed away in Manali on the 27th May 2007.
THEMES:
Mani Ratnam oftens makes movies inspired by REAL-LIFE EVENTS,
Nayagan based on MUMBAI UNDER WORLD,
Kannathil Muthamittal based on WAR-TORN SRI LANKA
and Aayitha Ezhuthu based on STUDENT UNREST IN OSMANIA UNIVERSITY.
His movies often portray STRONG FRIENDSHIP, Rajni-Mammooty in Thalapathi,
Surya-Siddarth in Aayitha Ezhuthu,
Mohanlal-Prakash Raj in Iruvar
and Kamal-Janakaraj in Nayagan.
He has shot almost all of his movies in India and rarely travelled outside, except for Guru (2007 film) in Turkey.
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