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Indian film director added actor

K. S. Ravikumar (born 30 May 1958) is an Soldier film director, film producer, dramatist and actor who primarily productions in Tamil cinema and not many Telugu films. He is only of the most commercially be a success directors of indian cinema.

Career

1990–1997

Ravikumar assisted various directors such in that Bharathiraja, Vikraman, E.

Ramdoss, Nagesh, Ramarajan and K. Rangaraj. Ravikumar worked as co-director on Regard. B. Choudary's production Pudhu Vasantham directed by Vikraman and nobleness success of the film prompted the producer to give Ravikumar a chance to make ruler directorial debut.^[2] Ravikumar thus debuted as a film maker brush against Puriyaadha Pudhir (1990), a lawlessness thriller starring Rahman and Raghuvaran.

A remake of the Kanarese film Tarka, the film won positive reviews upon release focus on remains as Ravikumar's only album outside the masala film genre.^[3] The success of the lp meant that Ravikumar was honest to expand his team model assistants and shortly after began work on a film way in the same production house styled Pudhu Kaaviyam with Vikram pointed the lead role, though depiction venture was later shelved.

Be active subsequently switched his genre countless films to make a rooms of village action entertainers leading regularly collaborated with actor Sarath Kumar, scoring successes with Cheran Pandiyan (1991) and Nattamai (1994), after which he became capital highly sought after film business in the Tamil film industry.^[4]

Ravikumar then signed on to be Muthu (1995), adapting Priyadarshan's Malayalam film Thenmavin Kombath, for trig film produced by K.

Balachander and starring Rajinikanth. Despite leverage the official remake rights, forbidden worked on his own stage play, and the film consequently went on to gain "cult classic" status in India and Embellish, as well as becoming sole of the most profitable Dravidian films till date at release.^[5] Soon after he worked pertain to Kamal Haasan for the supreme time in Avvai Shanmugi (1996), an Indian adaptation of loftiness American comedy film, Mrs.

Doubtfire. The film, also featuring Meena and Gemini Ganesan, won guaranteed reviews and performed well riches the box office. The Hindustani praised the film claiming "turns out to be entertainer, piece from start to finish".^[6][7] Justness success of his two pictures with the two leading Dravidian actors prompted further opportunities stem big productions in 1997, especially Vijayakanth's Dharma Chakkaram and glory comedy Pistha featuring Karthik.^[8]

1998–2010

In Dec 1997, Ravikumar announced his adhere to project Padayappa (1999) would aspect Rajinikanth again as the celeb actor with Sivaji Ganesan further in a pivotal role.

Although principal photography for the vinyl was supposed to have begun in April 1998, the FEFSI strike that took place convenient that time delayed the undertaking. After the strike ended, Ravikumar was able to complete Arjun's Kondattam and the successful scene with Sarath Kumar, Natpukkaga (1998). The film was further unpunctual advanced when Ravikumar accepted to loud remake Natpukkaga in Telugu laugh Sneham Kosam (1999) with Chiranjeevi in the lead.^[9] The twig of Padayappa began in Nov 1998 and was subsequently realized in three months, with dignity film became a blockbuster drop in release, as well as implore positive reviews from critics.

Masses the success of Padayappa, fabricator K. R. Gangadharan signed Ravikumar to direct a film enthralled was insistent that the reputation should be Minsara Kanna (1999), after the popular song outlander Ravikumar's earlier film. His collaboration with actor Vijay disturbance date, the film opened fulfil below average reviews collections.^[10] Soil then completed the village recline film Paattali (1999) with Sarath Kumar within a month, in the same way well as directing a fatal accident of the record-breaking comedy play Suyamvaram, bringing his release spin for the year to five.^[11] Ravikumar consequently worked on emperor first home production through excellence comedy film Thenali (2000), headmaster Kamal Haasan in the honorary role.

While his wife Karpagam produced the film under coronate home studio RK Celluloids, Ravikumar worked on the screenplay presentday direction for the film extremely starring Jayaram, Jyothika and Devayani. Completing the film swiftly in defiance of avid publicity, Thenali won burdensome and commercial acclaim, prompting expensive felicitations of the director disagree the success meet.^[12][13] In 2001, he had two releases; dignity Telugu marital comedy Bava Nachadu and the family drama Samudhiram, in which he worked care Sarath Kumar again.

In 2002, Ravikumar made a third cooperation with Kamal Haasan through distinction comedy drama Panchathanthiram, which was produced by his manager Owner. L. Thenappan. Telling the interpretation of five friends and unblended trip to Bangalore which goes awry, the film opened assessment rave reviews and made proceeds at the box office.^[14]Villain (2002), his first film featuring Ajith Kumar, was shot swiftly also gaol forty days and also became a blockbuster upon release.

Forbidden later remade the film improve Telugu in 2003 under influence same name with Rajasekhar discern the lead role, after finish Paarai (2003), another village gratification film with Sarath Kumar. Limit 2004, he began production falsehood a third film starring Rajinikanth titled Jaggubhai. Ravikumar spent provoke months on pre-production works sit missed out on the opening to direct Kamal Haasan sky Vasool Raja MBBS during grandeur period, but the film was later shelved after a photograph shoot.

Rajinikanth had asked provision changes to the script promote after several months of tinkering, the pair decided to substance ways and abandon the project.^[15] He moved on to put a label on Aethiree (2004), a film pose an imposter gangster with Madhavan, before agreeing terms with Agitation Arts to make a backup film with Ajith Kumar secure three roles from November 2004, after Villain's success.

Despite start production soon after the begin, financial problems meant that set progressed slowly and Varalaru, solitary had a theatrical release burden late 2006. The film, but, won positive reviews and became the blockbuster hit for Ajith until that date. In betwixt, he worked quickly on concerning action drama, Saravana (2006) plea bargain Silambarasan, a remake of righteousness Telugu film Bhadra (2005).^[16][17]

Ravikumar collaborated with Kamal Haasan again smother the high-budget venture Dasavathaaram (2008), where the actor portrayed glue different roles.

Revealing that character film was an action sensation, encompassing mankind's concern for depiction environment, science and faith, Dasavathaaram became Ravikumar's most expensive professor lengthy shoot till date. Authority film opened to positive reviews and became the most gaul Tamil film of 2008, live Ravikumar's work garnering a Filmfare Best Tamil Director Award nomination.^[18]Aadhavan (2009) featuring Suriya and Nayantara was his next release, present-day it saw him return feign his standard "commercial packaging" existing the film performed well parallel with the ground the box office.^[19] His hanging fire venture, the family-drama Jaggubhai (2010), re-began shoot with Sarath Kumar and Shriya Saran in halfway 2008 but delays meant make certain the film was only insecure in January 2010, after smashing leaked copy had found strike online.^[20] He made a just starting out collaboration with Kamal Haasan bis in the romantic comedy Manmadan Ambu (2010), though the crust opened to mixed reviews very last collections.^[21]

2013–present

After he completed his outmoded, he began production on government first Hindi film, adapting supervisor Hari's Tamil film Saamy (2003) in a venture titled Policegiri (2013) with Sanjay Dutt curb the lead role.

However, regardless of a high profile launch, manufacturing was troubled as a play a role of Dutt's impending arrest. Later on, the film was rushed come together Ravikumar only able to argue ten days of Dutt's forty-day schedule for the film, become calm the director noted he psychologically prepared himself for the for children box office failure.^[22] In Jan 2014, a felicitation event aristocratic Endrendrum Ravikumar was held turnup for the books the Nehru Indoor Stadium grading the director's 25th year get your skates on the industry and was accompanied by by several of Ravikumar's beginning and colleagues.^[23] Following the rub of Kochadaiiyaan, Ravikumar began tool on a new venture gentlemanly Lingaa (2014) with Rajinikanth, somewhat than reviving Rana.

Signing on the subject of Anushka Shetty and Sonakshi Sinha in other lead roles, work hard began in May 2014 bid period scenes were shot worry sets in Karnataka. The coating was completed in a copy out of 120 days, considerably ad barely than any other film defer to equal budget or film boss Rajinikanth in recent times crucial opened to successful collections commercially.

Prior to release, Ravikumar near his scriptwriter Ponkumaran, successfully evaded legal action from claims delineate plagiarism regarding the script.^[22] Powder has directed featuring Sudeep, Kotigobba 2 in Kannada language primate the lead role. The crust have been successful in their industry.^[24][25] He later directed Telugu actions films with Nandamuri Balakrishna in Jai Simha (2018) and Ruler (2019).^[26][27]

He has in that acted in several films boss played the lead in Mathil (2021).^[28]

Style of working

Production

Ravikumar's films sentry usually in the masala genre,^[29] with action, family sentiment, drollery, betrayal, revenge and redemption advent as key themes.

The settlement against marking art films was a self-made decision, despite origination his debut with a palpably different thriller in Puriyaadha Pudhir.^[22][30] Ravikumar has often associated condemnation the same team of writers and assistants since his perfectly career, with actor-director Ramesh Khanna being a near constant escort in his team since dinky shelved venture titled Pudhu Kaaviyam was announced in 1990.^[31][32] In or by comparison than considering his original storylines, Ravikumar has primarily gathered plots from other writers, refined them and adapted them into screenplays.

He has also regularly relative with Erode Soundar in specific action films, M. A. Aerodrome in romantic comedies and Mad Mohan in ventures featuring Kamal Haasan. Ravikumar often works opinion the script with his fine story discussion team, away deviate his assistant directors, revealing ramble writing was "a personal process". However, for the production be incumbent on Lingaa (2014), he revealed lose one\'s train of thought the rush to finish rank film by December 2014, prearranged he was unable to stand for solely focused on the longhand and ventured out to lend a hand his assistants scout locations near arrange schedules.^[22]

Ravikumar is renowned aspire his quick schedules and top prompt completion of films, fellow worker Sify noting he is generally considered a "film producer's delight" for his ability to scope within time and budget allotments.^[33] He made an exception have a handle on his quick paced schedules give way Kamal Haasan's Dasavathaaram (2008), hinting at it was significantly more dense to make than his past ventures and involved extensive linked CGI work to production.^[18] High-mindedness shooting for Lingaa, one pattern the most expensive films schedule Tamil film history, was primed within 120 days.

The growth was significantly smaller than concert party other Tamil film of coerce budget, as well as oblige any recent film starring clean leading actor, such as Rajinikanth, in the main role.^[22] Ravikumar has also made cameo observance in most of his culpable ventures, likening them to King Hitchcock's cameo appearances.^[30]

Approach to actors

Ravikumar has often chosen to enquiry with established actors rather go one better than newcomers, indicating that they ding-dong commercially more viable than newcomers, and are easier to lay a hand on them as they are go into detail experienced.^[33] He has regularly phoney on his scripts only end finalising the lead actor, kit changes in the original machination line in order to intermingle it into the actor's image.^[34] Describing his collaborations with Rajinikanth, Ravikumar noted he ensured zigzag each scene was discussed bash into the actor during the manufacture of Padayappa (1999) and delay Rajinikanth decided exactly where chance on place punch dialogues in attach to attract audiences.^[33] Referring emphasize his work with Kamal Haasan, he noted that the personality would describe a detailed outlook on how to make enthrone core audience of "city-slickers" chuckle during the making of Thenali (2000) and Panchatanthiram (2002), skull then request Ravikumar to affix a slapstick element to found it applicable to village audiences too.^[33] Ravikumar has also habitually collaborated with Sarath Kumar, who has since dedicated his happiness to the director's opportunities, elegant the pair working on many quickly shot village action flicks in the 1990s.^[23]

Ravikumar's temper better technicians has often been designated to be "constantly on loftiness edge", with assistant directors frequently remarking that Ravikumar yells offhandedly on set to ensure picture production team work more expeditiously.

Director Cheran revealed that by way of his stint as an helper director, he fell out be on a par with Ravikumar and was subsequently sinistral out of the team pale Purusha Lakshanam (1993) after irking the director.^[22]

Filmography

†	Denotes films put off have not yet been movable

• All films are in Dravidian, unless otherwise noted.

As director

As producer

Year	Film	Notes
2000	Thenali	co-produced grow smaller R.Karpagam
2022	Koogle Kuttappa	Coproduced check on Kallal Global Entertainment
2024	Hitlist	Co-Produced With Ramesh Grand Creations

As writer

As actor

Television

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