John Mahendran Explained

John Mahendran
Occupation:Director
Othername:John Roshan
Yearsactive:2002 - present
Parents:Mahendran

John Mahendran, credited as John, is an Indian film director and screenwriter who has worked on Tamil and Telugu and language films. John is the son of noted Tamil film maker Mahendran.[1]

Career

John Mahendran directed two low-key Telugu films: Preminchedi Endukamma and Neetho.[2] He remade Neetho in Tamil as Sachein (2005) with Vijay, Genelia D'Souza and Bipasha Basu in the lead roles.[3] [4] John later worked on the independent Tamil film Aanivaer (2006), which told the story of a doctor caught up in the Sri Lankan civil war. The film won positive reviews and had a limited release across regions with Tamil diaspora.[5]

In the early 2010s, John has worked on the script of Settai (2013) by helping director Kannan re-work the script of Hindi film Delhi Belly and on writing dialogues for Ambikapathy, the dubbed Tamil version of Raanjhanaa (2013) starring Dhanush and Sonam Kapoor directed by Aanand L. Rai.[6] He worked as a screenplay and dialogue writing teacher at the Bofta Film Institute based in Chennai. In 2022, he wrote for the Tamil movie Visithiran, the official remake of Malayalam movie Joseph directed by M. Padmakumar.[7]

Filmography

Director

YearFilmLanguageclass=unsortableNotes
1999 Preminchedi Endukamma Telugu credited as John
2002 Neetho Telugu
2005 Sachein Tamil
2007 Aanivaer Tamil

Actor

YearFilmclass=unsortableRole
2022 Raangi Krishnamurthy
2023 Raththam

Writer

width=35 Yearwidth=200 Filmwidth=50 Screenplaywidth=50 Dialogueswidth=50 Notes
2013 Settai
2013 Ambikapathy
2013 Athiradi Vettai
2017 Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva
2018 Kashmora
2020 Darbar
2021 Kabadadaari
2022 Visithiran
2022 Vikrant Rona
2023Kondraal Paavam
2023Agent

Notes and References

  1. Web site: John Roshan on director Mahendran's next. 26 September 2015. 31 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151031043425/http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-14/john-roshan-on-director-mahendrans-next.html. live.
  2. Web site: Idle Brain . 21 May 2022 . 21 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220521002451/http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-preminchedi.html . live .
  3. Web site: 9 Super Hit Telugu Films Remade By 'Beast' Actor Vijay In Tamil. The Times of India. 13 April 2022. 21 May 2022. 21 May 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220521002005/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/9-super-hit-telugu-films-remade-by-beast-actor-vijay-in-tamil/photostory/90821405.cms?picid=90821705. live.
  4. Web site: Bipasha is not there just for an item number. 23 October 2016. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095911/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/apr/13john.htm. live.
  5. News: Comedy, creativity mark cultural extravaganza. 8 September 2007. The Hindu.
  6. News: Dhanush an effortless actor: John Mahendran. IANS. Business Standard India. 21 June 2013. 26 September 2015. 27 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150927225616/http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/dhanush-an-effortless-actor-john-mahendran-113062100314_1.html. live.
  7. Web site: RK Suresh to remake 'Joseph' in Tamil, Bala to produce. https://web.archive.org/web/20191006045303/https://www.sify.com/movies/rk-suresh-to-remake-joseph-in-tamil-bala-to-produce-news-malayalam-tjsqHjidedaga.html. dead. 6 October 2019. .