Tamil-Language Film Directors - Mani Ratnam, K. Balachander, P. Bharathiraja, Aparna Sen, P. K. Raja Sandow, S. S. Vasan, S. Shankar (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Mani Ratnam, K. Balachander, P. Bharathiraja, Aparna Sen, P. K. Raja Sandow, S. S. Vasan, S. Shankar, Rajesh Touchriver, Suhasini Maniratnam, Santosh Sivan, Balu Mahendra, K. S. Ravikumar, Thangar Bachan, Rajiv Menon, Eric Khoo, Vishnuvardhan, Balaji Sakthivel, A. R. Murugadoss, Yugi Sethu, Ameer Sultan, M. Sasikumar, Amudhan R P, Cheran, Arun Vaidyanathan, Selvaraghavan, Niddhish Puuzhakkal, B. Ramakrishnaiah Panthulu, P. C. Sreeram, K. Subramaniam, Kundrai Vaendan Karikalan, Kathir, Bharat Bala. Excerpt: Mani Ratnam (Tamil: born Gopala Ratnam Subramaniam Iyer on 2 June 1956) is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter and producer. He made his directorial debut with the Kannada film Pallavi Anu Pallavi starring Anil Kapoor in 1983. Directing landmark films such as Mouna Raagam (1986), Nayagan (1987), Anjali (1990), Thalapathi (1991), Iruvar (1997), Alaipayuthey (2000), Kannathil Muthamittal (2002), Yuva (2004), Guru (2007), and his terrorism trilogy consisting of Roja (1992), Bombay (1995) and Dil Se (1998), he went on to become one of the leading directors in Indian Cinema Ratnam is widely credited with having revolutionised the Tamil film industry and altering the profile of Indian cinema. His films Nayagan (1987) and Anjali (1990) were submitted by India in contest for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Ratnam has won multiple National Film Awards, five Filmfare Awards (South), four Filmfare Awards (Hindi), and twelve international film festival awards. His Tamil movie Nayagan, Satyajit Ray's Apu trilogy and Guru Dutt's Pyaasa are the only Indian films that have appeared in TIME Magazine's All-Time 100 Greatest Movies. His film Roja was the only Indian film to feature in TIME Magazine's "10 Best Soundtracks" of all time. In 2003 BBC International poll, people from 155 countries voted "Rakkamma Kaiya T...