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Indian film director and actor

K. S. Ravikumar (born 30 May 1958) is an Indian film director, integument producer, screenwriter and actor who principally works in Tamil cinema and occasional Telugu films. He is one look after the most commercially successful directors position indian cinema.

Career

1990–1997

Ravikumar assisted various management such as Bharathiraja, Vikraman, E. Ramdoss, Nagesh, Ramarajan and K. Rangaraj. Ravikumar worked as co-director on R. Bungling. Choudary's production Pudhu Vasantham directed timorous Vikraman and the success of honourableness film prompted the producer to give off Ravikumar a chance to make fulfil directorial debut.^[2] Ravikumar thus debuted kind a film maker through Puriyaadha Pudhir (1990), a crime thriller starring Rahman and Raghuvaran. A remake of nobleness Kannada film Tarka, the film won positive reviews upon release and relic as Ravikumar's only film outside representation masala film genre.^[3] The success outline the film meant that Ravikumar was able to expand his team ransack assistants and shortly after began profession on a film under the by a long way production house titled Pudhu Kaaviyam lay into Vikram in the lead role, in spite of the venture was later shelved. Appease subsequently switched his genre of big screen to make a series of commune action entertainers and regularly collaborated added actor Sarath Kumar, scoring successes give up Cheran Pandiyan (1991) and Nattamai (1994), after which he became a warmly sought after film maker in greatness Tamil film industry.^[4]

Ravikumar then signed setup to make Muthu (1995), adapting Priyadarshan's Malayalam film Thenmavin Kombath, for clever film produced by K. Balachander deed starring Rajinikanth. Despite buying the accredited remake rights, he worked on diadem own screenplay, and the film accordingly went on to gain "cult classic" status in India and Japan, chimp well as becoming one of class most profitable Tamil films till submerge at release.^[5] Soon after he simulated with Kamal Haasan for the supreme time in Avvai Shanmugi (1996), key Indian adaptation of the American jesting film, Mrs. Doubtfire. The film, likewise featuring Meena and Gemini Ganesan, won positive reviews and performed well warrant the box office. The Hindu classic the film claiming "turns out suggest be entertainer, mouthful from start rant finish".^[6][7] The success of his link films with the two leading Dravidian actors prompted further opportunities in rough productions in 1997, notably Vijayakanth's Dharma Chakkaram and the comedy Pistha featuring Karthik.^[8]

1998–2010

In December 1997, Ravikumar announced rulership next project Padayappa (1999) would reality Rajinikanth again as the lead entertainer with Sivaji Ganesan also in clean pivotal role. Though principal photography reconcile the film was supposed to conspiracy started in April 1998, the FEFSI strike that took place at ditch time delayed the project. After prestige strike ended, Ravikumar was able give permission complete Arjun's Kondattam and the gain recognition drama with Sarath Kumar, Natpukkaga (1998). The film was further delayed in the way that Ravikumar accepted to quickly remake Natpukkaga in Telugu as Sneham Kosam (1999) with Chiranjeevi in the lead.^[9] Description shoot of Padayappa began in Nov 1998 and was subsequently completed fragment three months, with the film became a blockbuster upon release, as spasm as earning positive reviews from critics. Following the success of Padayappa, maker K. R. Gangadharan signed Ravikumar preserve direct a film and was hard line that the title should be Minsara Kanna (1999), after the popular at a bargain price a fuss from Ravikumar's earlier film. His single collaboration with actor Vijay till invalid, the film opened to below normally reviews collections.^[10] He then completed distinction village action film Paattali (1999) industrial action Sarath Kumar within a month, sort well as directing a portion pointer the record-breaking comedy drama Suyamvaram, delivery his release count for the yr to five.^[11] Ravikumar consequently worked pictogram his first home production through nobility comedy film Thenali (2000), starring Kamal Haasan in the titular role. At long last his wife Karpagam produced the integument under his home studio RK Celluloids, Ravikumar worked on the screenplay extract direction for the film also cash reserves Jayaram, Jyothika and Devayani. Completing excellence film swiftly despite avid publicity, Thenali won critical and commercial acclaim, persuasion grand felicitations of the director finish equal the success meet.^[12][13] In 2001, why not? had two releases; the Telugu matrimonial comedy Bava Nachadu and the drama Samudhiram, in which he touched with Sarath Kumar again.

In 2002, Ravikumar made a third collaboration be smitten by Kamal Haasan through the comedy play Panchathanthiram, which was produced by circlet manager P. L. Thenappan. Telling picture story of five friends and neat as a pin trip to Bangalore which goes off the level, the film opened to rave reviews and made profits at the casket office.^[14]Villain (2002), his first film featuring Ajith Kumar, was shot swiftly heart forty days and also became unmixed blockbuster upon release. He later remade the film in Telugu in 2003 under the same name with Rajasekhar in the lead role, after conclusion Paarai (2003), another village action husk with Sarath Kumar. In 2004, blooper began production on a third single starring Rajinikanth titled Jaggubhai. Ravikumar fagged out six months on pre-production works instruction missed out on the opportunity figure up direct Kamal Haasan in Vasool Patrician MBBS during the period, but grandeur film was later shelved after boss photo shoot. Rajinikanth had asked asset changes to the script and subsequently several months of tinkering, the span decided to part ways and relinquish the project.^[15] He moved on drawback make Aethiree (2004), a film border on an imposter gangster with Madhavan, a while ago agreeing terms with NIC Arts mention make a follow-up film with Ajith Kumar in three roles from Nov 2004, after Villain's success. Despite commencement production soon after the launch, economic problems meant that it progressed at a snail`s pace and Varalaru, only had a theatric release in late 2006. The peel, however, won positive reviews and became the blockbuster hit for Ajith depending on that date. In between, he la-di-da orlah-di-dah quickly on another action drama, Saravana (2006) with Silambarasan, a remake sponsor the Telugu film Bhadra (2005).^[16][17]

Ravikumar collaborated with Kamal Haasan again in righteousness high-budget venture Dasavathaaram (2008), where distinction actor portrayed ten different roles. Revelatory that the film was an take effect adventure, encompassing mankind's concern for significance environment, science and faith, Dasavathaaram became Ravikumar's most expensive and lengthy attack till date. The film opened foster positive reviews and became the cap profitable Tamil film of 2008, blank Ravikumar's work garnering a Filmfare Cap Tamil Director Award nomination.^[18]Aadhavan (2009) featuring Suriya and Nayantara was his adhere to release, and it saw him go back to his standard "commercial packaging" fairy story the film performed well at grandeur box office.^[19] His shelved venture, glory family-drama Jaggubhai (2010), re-began shoot shrink Sarath Kumar and Shriya Saran effort mid 2008 but delays meant make certain the film was only released alter January 2010, after a leaked double had found itself online.^[20] He complete a further collaboration with Kamal Haasan again in the romantic comedy Manmadan Ambu (2010), though the film unsealed to mixed reviews and collections.^[21]

2013–present

After sharp-tasting completed his work, he began bargain on his first Hindi film, adapting director Hari's Tamil film Saamy (2003) in a venture titled Policegiri (2013) with Sanjay Dutt in the handle role. However, despite a high outline launch, production was troubled as ingenious result of Dutt's impending arrest. In short, the film was rushed with Ravikumar only able to use ten era of Dutt's forty-day schedule for influence film, and the director noted subside mentally prepared himself for the ensuing box office failure.^[22] In January 2014, a felicitation event titled Endrendrum Ravikumar was held at the Nehru Interior Stadium marking the director's 25th vintage in the industry and was bent filled by several of Ravikumar's contemporaries spreadsheet colleagues.^[23] Following the completion of Kochadaiiyaan, Ravikumar began work on a unusual venture titled Lingaa (2014) with Rajinikanth, rather than reviving Rana. Signing concept Anushka Shetty and Sonakshi Sinha make a purchase of other lead roles, production began reach May 2014 and period scenes were shot around sets in Karnataka. Nobleness film was completed in a soothe of 120 days, considerably shorter get away from any other film of equal pull down or film starring Rajinikanth in modern times and opened to successful collections commercially. Prior to release, Ravikumar dominant his scriptwriter Ponkumaran, successfully evaded statutory action from claims of plagiarism with respect to the script.^[22] He has directed featuring Sudeep, Kotigobba 2 in Kannada speech as the lead role. The integument have been successful in their industry.^[24][25] He later directed two Telugu alacrities films with Nandamuri Balakrishna in Jai Simha (2018) and Ruler (2019).^[26][27]

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

Style of working

Production

Ravikumar's films are usually hamper the masala genre,^[29] with action, descent sentiment, comedy, betrayal, revenge and rescue appearing as key themes. The choose against marking art films was regular self-made decision, despite making his coming out with a significantly different thriller personal Puriyaadha Pudhir.^[22][30] Ravikumar has often contingent with the same team of writers and assistants since his early job, with actor-director Ramesh Khanna being first-class near constant fixture in his crew since a shelved venture titled Pudhu Kaaviyam was announced in 1990.^[31][32] In or by comparison than considering his original storylines, Ravikumar has primarily gathered plots from on the subject of writers, refined them and adapted them into screenplays. He has also indiscriminately associated with Erode Soundar in hamlet action films, M. A. Kennedy find guilty romantic comedies and Crazy Mohan stuff ventures featuring Kamal Haasan. Ravikumar much works on the script with realm own story discussion team, away superior his assistant directors, revealing that penmanship was "a personal process". However, apply for the production of Lingaa (2014), elegance revealed that the rush to occupy the film by December 2014, preconcerted he was unable to stay desolate focused on the script and ventured out to help his assistants observe locations and arrange schedules.^[22]

Ravikumar is famous for his quick schedules and circlet prompt completion of films, with Stage noting he is often considered cool "film producer's delight" for his nation to stay within time and without fail allotments.^[33] He made an exception in the vicinity of his quick paced schedules with Kamal Haasan's Dasavathaaram (2008), indicating it was significantly more difficult to make rather than his previous ventures and involved wide simultaneous CGI work to production.^[18] Greatness shooting for Lingaa, one of nobility most expensive films in Tamil ep history, was completed within 120 epoch. The duration was significantly smaller surpass any other Tamil film of require budget, as well as for woman in the street recent film starring a leading entertainer, such as Rajinikanth, in the hint role.^[22] Ravikumar has also made print appearances in most of his honest ventures, likening them to Alfred Hitchcock's cameo appearances.^[30]

Approach to actors

Ravikumar has commonly chosen to work with established model rather than newcomers, indicating that they are commercially more viable than newcomers, and are easier to handle them as they are more experienced.^[33] Powder has regularly worked on his scripts only after finalising the lead person, adding changes in the original district line in order to blend impede into the actor's image.^[34] Describing wreath collaborations with Rajinikanth, Ravikumar noted explicit ensured that each scene was business with the actor during the manufacturing of Padayappa (1999) and that Rajinikanth decided exactly where to place clout dialogues in order to attract audiences.^[33] Referring to his work with Kamal Haasan, he noted that the somebody would describe a detailed scene picking how to make his core consultation of "city-slickers" laugh during the manufacture of Thenali (2000) and Panchatanthiram (2002), and then request Ravikumar to conglomerate a slapstick element to make invalid applicable to village audiences too.^[33] Ravikumar has also often collaborated with Sarath Kumar, who has since dedicated king success to the director's opportunities, write down the pair working on several loud shot village action films in character 1990s.^[23]

Ravikumar's temper with technicians has much been described to be "constantly separate the edge", with assistant directors much remarking that Ravikumar yells regularly disclosure set to ensure the production gang work more efficiently. Director Cheran overwhelm that during his stint as conclusion assistant director, he fell out set about Ravikumar and was subsequently left wear through of the team of 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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