Kumar G. Venkatesh Explained

Venkatesh Kumar. G
Birth Date:1981 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Years Active:2012–present

Venkatesh Kumar. G (Tamil: வெங்கடேஷ் குமார் .ஜி;born 25 June 1981) is an Indian Film director and screenwriter working in Tamil cinema. His first project was the short film "White Dirt".[1] He made his debut in the Tamil film industry I 2012 with his film Neelam,[2] which is based on the Rise of Rebel Groups in Sri Lanka. In 2016 he Produced and Directed a Tamil feature film Unakkul Naan which was premiered in Norway and was released worldwide in April 2016. In 2017 he has come up with his second feature film Lightman. His Film The Beautiful Eye explored the world of the visually challenged. His third feature film A Home Away from Home won him the best director award at 14th Norway Film Festival 2023. He was awarded the Honorary Diploma by the Russian federal agency Rossotrudnichestvo for active work on the development of international humanitarian and public relations, exemplary organization, preparation and holding of significant events in the field of culture and education, popularization of the Russian language". He is the great grandson of Tamil Scholar and diplomat Rao Sahib K Kothandapani Pillai

Filmography

As director

Year Film Notes
2013 Neelam Unreleased
2014 Kannadi Bommaigal
2016 Unakkul Naan
2017 Lightman
2017 The Beautiful Eye Documentary
2020 Oru Manithan Oru Veedu Oru Ulagam
2023 A Home Away from Home
Seerum Puli Unreleased

Short films

Documentaries

External links

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/tamil-filmmaker-delivers-speech-on-tolstoy-in-russia/articleshow/71221250.cms

https://books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp.0340/tamil-tolstoy.xhtml

https://journalspress.com/a-clan-of-the-cholas/

https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2023/Feb/23/a-home-away-from-home-to-get-direct-ott-release-2550198.html

https://www.dtnext.in/cinema/2023/02/26/home-away-from-home-is-a-commercial-film-from-my-kitty

Notes and References

  1. Web site: விகடன்.காம் இணையதள ரசிகர்களின் இந்திரபுரி !!! . En.vikatan.com . 10 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121129124529/http://en.vikatan.com/article.php?aid=23560&sid=656&mid=31 . 29 November 2012 . dead .
  2. Web site: Combo of fresh and renowned team for 'Neelam' – Tamil Movie News . https://web.archive.org/web/20120923224123/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/86368.html . dead . 23 September 2012 . IndiaGlitz . 21 September 2012 . 10 November 2012.