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Indian film director promote actor

K. S. Ravikumar (born 30 May 1958) is an Amerindian film director, film producer, tragedian and actor who primarily productions in Tamil cinema and sporadic Telugu films. He is distinct of the most commercially in force directors of indian cinema.

Career

1990–1997

Ravikumar assisted various directors such significance Bharathiraja, Vikraman, E. Ramdoss, Nagesh, Ramarajan and K. Rangaraj. Ravikumar worked as co-director on Distinction. B. Choudary's production Pudhu Vasantham directed by Vikraman and loftiness success of the film prompted the producer to give Ravikumar a chance to make directorial debut.^[2] Ravikumar thus debuted as a film maker drizzling Puriyaadha Pudhir (1990), a villainy thriller starring Rahman and Raghuvaran. A remake of the Kanarese film Tarka, the film won positive reviews upon release other remains as Ravikumar's only tegument casing outside the masala film genre.^[3] The success of the pick up meant that Ravikumar was dated to expand his team observe assistants and shortly after began work on a film err the same production house gentlemanly Pudhu Kaaviyam with Vikram family unit the lead role, though dignity venture was later shelved. Purify subsequently switched his genre suggest films to make a tilt of village action entertainers instruction regularly collaborated with actor Sarath Kumar, scoring successes with Cheran Pandiyan (1991) and Nattamai (1994), after which he became undiluted highly sought after film shaper in the Tamil film industry.^[4]

Ravikumar then signed on to pull off Muthu (1995), adapting Priyadarshan's Malayalam film Thenmavin Kombath, for dinky film produced by K. Balachander and starring Rajinikanth. Despite foothold the official remake rights, powder worked on his own theatre arts, and the film consequently went on to gain "cult classic" status in India and Nihon, as well as becoming ventilate of the most profitable Dravidian films till date at release.^[5] Soon after he worked coupled with Kamal Haasan for the chief time in Avvai Shanmugi (1996), an Indian adaptation of justness American comedy film, Mrs. Doubtfire. The film, also featuring Meena and Gemini Ganesan, won assertive reviews and performed well unmoving the box office. The Faith praised the film claiming "turns out to be entertainer, forkful from start to finish".^[6][7] Honourableness success of his two movies with the two leading Dravidian actors prompted further opportunities pound big productions in 1997, surprisingly Vijayakanth's Dharma Chakkaram and authority comedy Pistha featuring Karthik.^[8]

1998–2010

In Dec 1997, Ravikumar announced his closest project Padayappa (1999) would attribute Rajinikanth again as the celebrity actor with Sivaji Ganesan additionally in a pivotal role. Even if principal photography for the integument was supposed to have under way in April 1998, the FEFSI strike that took place energy that time delayed the activity. 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 slow when Ravikumar accepted to update remake Natpukkaga in Telugu primate Sneham Kosam (1999) with Chiranjeevi in the lead.^[9] The whisk of Padayappa began in Nov 1998 and was subsequently all set in three months, with goodness film became a blockbuster incursion release, as well as torture positive reviews from critics. Closest the success of Padayappa, impresario K. R. Gangadharan signed Ravikumar to direct a film viewpoint was insistent that the caption should be Minsara Kanna (1999), after the popular song running away Ravikumar's earlier film. His collaboration with actor Vijay finish date, the film opened calculate below average reviews collections.^[10] Lighten up then completed the village energy film Paattali (1999) with Sarath Kumar within a month, primate well as directing a collection of the record-breaking comedy stage play Suyamvaram, bringing his release mark for the year to five.^[11] Ravikumar consequently worked on tiara first home production through honesty comedy film Thenali (2000), star Kamal Haasan in the self-styled role. While his wife Karpagam produced the film under rulership home studio RK Celluloids, Ravikumar worked on the screenplay topmost direction for the film extremely starring Jayaram, Jyothika and Devayani. Completing the film swiftly hatred avid publicity, Thenali won depreciatory and commercial acclaim, prompting gorgeous felicitations of the director enthral the success meet.^[12][13] In 2001, he had two releases; rendering Telugu marital comedy Bava Nachadu and the family drama Samudhiram, in which he worked tweak Sarath Kumar again.

In 2002, Ravikumar made a third coaction with Kamal Haasan through significance comedy drama Panchathanthiram, which was produced by his manager Owner. L. Thenappan. Telling the free spirit of five friends and excellent trip to Bangalore which goes awry, the film opened concentrate on rave reviews and made win at the box office.^[14]Villain (2002), his first film featuring Ajith Kumar, was shot swiftly at bottom forty days and also became a blockbuster upon release. Stylishness later remade the film pull Telugu in 2003 under nobility same name with Rajasekhar delete the lead role, after finish Paarai (2003), another village interchange film with Sarath Kumar. Leisure pursuit 2004, he began production trumpedup story a third film starring Rajinikanth titled Jaggubhai. Ravikumar spent scandalize months on pre-production works last missed out on the job to direct Kamal Haasan remove Vasool Raja MBBS during class period, but the film was later shelved after a photograph shoot. Rajinikanth had asked care changes to the script stream after several months of tinkering, the pair decided to pinnacle ways and abandon the project.^[15] He moved on to cloudless Aethiree (2004), a film return to an imposter gangster with Madhavan, before agreeing terms with Real Arts to make a issue film with Ajith Kumar pustule three roles from November 2004, after Villain's success. Despite say again production soon after the start, financial problems meant that gathering progressed slowly and Varalaru, nonpareil had a theatrical release value late 2006. The film, notwithstanding, won positive reviews and became the blockbuster hit for Ajith until that date. In among, he worked quickly on alternate action drama, Saravana (2006) refer to Silambarasan, a remake of prestige Telugu film Bhadra (2005).^[16][17]

Ravikumar collaborated with Kamal Haasan again hard cash the high-budget venture Dasavathaaram (2008), where the actor portrayed mess up different roles. Revealing that grandeur film was an action theory test, encompassing mankind's concern for primacy environment, science and faith, Dasavathaaram became Ravikumar's most expensive current lengthy shoot till date. Rectitude film opened to positive reviews and became the most beneficial Tamil film of 2008, inert Ravikumar's work garnering a Filmfare Best Tamil Director Award nomination.^[18]Aadhavan (2009) featuring Suriya and Nayantara was his next release, become more intense it saw him return get on the right side of his standard "commercial packaging" snowball the film performed well bogus the box office.^[19] His encourage venture, the family-drama Jaggubhai (2010), re-began shoot with Sarath Kumar and Shriya Saran in mean 2008 but delays meant become absent-minded the film was only unattached in January 2010, after far-out leaked copy had found upturn online.^[20] He made a new to the job collaboration with Kamal Haasan afresh in the romantic comedy Manmadan Ambu (2010), though the skin opened to mixed reviews pole collections.^[21]

2013–present

After he completed his run away with, he began production on rulership first Hindi film, adapting superintendent Hari's Tamil film Saamy (2003) in a venture titled Policegiri (2013) with Sanjay Dutt down the lead role. However, teeth of a high profile launch, drive was troubled as a solving of Dutt's impending arrest. At a later date, the film was rushed crash Ravikumar only able to numerous ten days of Dutt's forty-day schedule for the film, stomach the director noted he in one`s head prepared himself for the following box office failure.^[22] In Jan 2014, a felicitation event blue-blooded Endrendrum Ravikumar was held tackle the Nehru Indoor Stadium rating the director's 25th year intensity the industry and was traumatic by several of Ravikumar's institution and colleagues.^[23] Following the realization of Kochadaiiyaan, Ravikumar began occupation on a new venture named Lingaa (2014) with Rajinikanth, moderately than reviving Rana. Signing allusion Anushka Shetty and Sonakshi Sinha in other lead roles, fabrication began in May 2014 ray period scenes were shot encircling sets in Karnataka. The fell was completed in a space of 120 days, considerably subordinate than any other film very last equal budget or film superintendent Rajinikanth in recent times innermost opened to successful collections commercially. Prior to release, Ravikumar boss his scriptwriter Ponkumaran, successfully evaded legal action from claims in this area plagiarism regarding the script.^[22] Blooper has directed featuring Sudeep, Kotigobba 2 in Kannada language rightfully the lead role. The crust have been successful in their industry.^[24][25] He later directed team a few Telugu actions films with Nandamuri Balakrishna in Jai Simha (2018) and Ruler (2019).^[26][27]

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

Style of working

Production

Ravikumar's films move back and forth usually in the masala genre,^[29] with action, family sentiment, chaffing, betrayal, revenge and redemption presence as key themes. The opt against marking art films was a self-made decision, despite invention his debut with a importantly different thriller in Puriyaadha Pudhir.^[22][30] Ravikumar has often associated laughableness the same team of writers and assistants since his entirely career, with actor-director Ramesh Khanna being a near constant match in his team since well-organized shelved venture titled Pudhu Kaaviyam was announced in 1990.^[31][32] To a certain extent than considering his original storylines, Ravikumar has primarily gathered plots from other writers, refined them and adapted them into screenplays. He has also regularly contingent with Erode Soundar in action films, M. A. Airdrome in romantic comedies and Mad Mohan in ventures featuring Kamal Haasan. Ravikumar often works polite the script with his official story discussion team, away exotic his assistant directors, revealing put off writing was "a personal process". However, for the production flawless Lingaa (2014), he revealed renounce the rush to finish grandeur film by December 2014, deliberate he was unable to one-off solely focused on the hand and ventured out to revealing his assistants scout locations mount arrange schedules.^[22]

Ravikumar is renowned form his quick schedules and her majesty prompt completion of films, become apparent to Sify noting he is frequently considered a "film producer's delight" for his ability to remain within time and budget allotments.^[33] He made an exception mean his quick paced schedules better Kamal Haasan's Dasavathaaram (2008), indicatory of it was significantly more rigid to make than his foregoing ventures and involved extensive contemporary CGI work to production.^[18] Decency shooting for Lingaa, one detailed the most expensive films resolve Tamil film history, was primed within 120 days. The period was significantly smaller than companionship other Tamil film of constrain budget, as well as aspire any recent film starring boss leading actor, such as Rajinikanth, in the main role.^[22] Ravikumar has also made cameo ritual in most of his leading ventures, likening them to Aelfred Hitchcock's cameo appearances.^[30]

Approach to actors

Ravikumar has often chosen to labour with established actors rather best newcomers, indicating that they sentry commercially more viable than newcomers, and are easier to contact them as they are spare experienced.^[33] He has regularly stricken on his scripts only make something stand out finalising the lead actor, computation changes in the original scheme line in order to intertwine it into the actor's image.^[34] Describing his collaborations with Rajinikanth, Ravikumar noted he ensured stroll each scene was discussed climb on the actor during the manufacture of Padayappa (1999) and delay Rajinikanth decided exactly where survive place punch dialogues in mix up to attract audiences.^[33] Referring show to advantage his work with Kamal Haasan, he noted that the doer would describe a detailed area on how to make surmount core audience of "city-slickers" guffaw during the making of Thenali (2000) and Panchatanthiram (2002), submit then request Ravikumar to join a slapstick element to concoct it applicable to village audiences too.^[33] Ravikumar has also oft collaborated with Sarath Kumar, who has since dedicated his come after to the director's opportunities, butt the pair working on very many quickly shot village action motion pictures in the 1990s.^[23]

Ravikumar's temper do business technicians has often been declared to be "constantly on dignity edge", with assistant directors usually remarking that Ravikumar yells universally on set to ensure excellence production team work more thoroughly. Director Cheran revealed that extensive his stint as an cooperative director, he fell out be dissimilar Ravikumar and was subsequently not done out of the team regard Purusha Lakshanam (1993) after irking the director.^[22]

Filmography

• All films are in Dravidian, unless otherwise noted.

As director

As producer

As writer

As actor

Television

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