R. Madhesh Explained

R. Madhesh
Birth Date:1971 12, df=y
Occupation:director, producer, Screenwriter
Years Active:1993-present

Ramana Madhesh (born 23 December 1971), known as R. Madhesh, is an Indian director, producer and writer in Tamil cinema. He is mainly known for his debut film Madhurey (2004) and Vijayakanth's 150th film Arasangam (2008).[1]

Career

Madhesh works in Tamil cinema as a director, producer and writer. He worked as an assistant director for S. Shankar for Gentleman (1993), Indian (1996) and Jeans (1998). He has distributed many movies including Thulluvadho Ilamai (2002) and Villain (2002).[2] He began his career by financing Shankar's Mudhalvan (1999),[3] which was successful and was subsequently remade into a Bollywood film under the title Nayak (2001).

After the success of his directorial debut with Vijay in Madhurey (2004), Madhesh has directed other movies including the crime thriller Arasangam (2008) and the action comedy Mirattal (2012). He has also written and directed the 2016 Marathi movie Friends.[4] In 2018, Madhesh directed the Tamil horror thriller Mohini, which starred Trisha in the lead role.[5]

In 2019, Madhesh wrote and directed "Sandakari", featuring Vemal and Shriya Saran. Around 70 per cent of the filming was done in London. The film was scheduled for release in November 2021.[6]

Filmography

YearFilmDirectorProducerScreenwriterNotes
1999Mudhalvan
2001Chocolate
2004Madhurey
2008Arasangam
2012Mirattal
2014Kochadaiiyaan
2016Friends Marathi film
2018Mohini
Sandakkari

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Vijaykanth and his crew take to the GTA for the Tamil film Arasangam . Toronto Star . 13 December 2007 . Gloria . Elayadathusseril . 22 May 2010.
  2. Web site: Madhesh, producer, director, distributor... . Chennai Online . 14 May 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100129155630/http://archives.chennaionline.com/interviews/ma.asp . 29 January 2010 .
  3. Web site: Mudhalvan . https://web.archive.org/web/20190227071643/https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/mudhalvan-17764/cast-crew . live . 27 February 2019 . Cinestaan . 1999.
  4. Web site: Friends Movie Review . The Times of India . 15 January 2016.
  5. Web site: Mohini Movie Review . The Times of India . 27 July 2018.
  6. Web site: Sandakari Movie . The Times of India . 30 August 2019.