A. Venkatesh (director)

A. Venkatesan
Born Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu
Occupation actor, director
Years active 1996-present

A. Venkatesh is a Tamil film director born in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu.

Career

Initially, he worked as an assistant to director K. Rajeshwar in Nyaya Tharasu (1989) and Idhaya Thamarai (1990). He assisted Pavithran in Vasanthakala Paravai (1991) and Suriyan (1992), then he was an associate director to director Shankar in Gentleman (1993) and Kadhalan (1994). During the shooting of the film Kadhalan, producer G. K. Reddy approached him to direct a film. In 1996, he made his directional debut through Mahaprabhu starring R. Sarathkumar, Sukanya and Vineetha. He is known for directing films in short spans of times.

Following the death of director Thirupathisamy in 2001, Venkatesh was briefly announced as the new director of the film Velan featuring Vijay and Priyanka Chopra, but the project was later shelved.[1]

During 2008, Venkatesh worked simultaneously on six productions, which were at different stages of completion. The Arjun-starrer Durai (2008) and Arun Vijay's Malai Malai (2009) were released first, while Sundar C's Vaadaa (2010) and Bharath's Killadi (2015) had delayed releases. Two further films, Prashanth's Petrol and Sarathkumar's Imaya Malai, were subsequently shelved midst production.[2]

He has also acted in various Tamil movies, Angadi Theru being one among them.

Filmography

YearFilmLanguageNotes
1996MahaprabhuTamil
SelvaTamil
1998Nilaave VaaTamil
1999Pooparika VarugiromTamil
2001ChocolateTamil
2002BhagavathiTamil
2003DumTamilRemake of Kannada film Appu
2004KuthuTamilRemake of Telugu film Dil
AaiTamil
2005ChanakyaTamil
2006VathiyarTamil
2008SingakuttyTamil[3]
DuraiTamil[4]
2009Malai MalaiTamil[5]
2010Maanja VeluTamilRemake of Telugu film Lakshyam[6]
VaadaaTamil
VallakottaiTamilRemake of Malayalam film Mayavi[7]
2013Summa Nachunu IrukkuTamil[8]
2015KilladiTamil
SandamaruthamTamil
Rombha Nallavan Da NeeTamil
2018NethraTamilFilming
PambanTamilFilming

As actor

References

  1. ↑ "S U B A S". Cinematoday3.itgo.com. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  2. ↑ "{title}". Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "{title}". Archived from the original on 26 June 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "DURAI MOVIE REVIEW - Behindwoods.com - Arjun Keerath Director A Venkatesh Music D Imman Jassie Gift Timmy Ramya Udit Narayan Shreya Ghosal Karthik SaloniS P Balasubramaniam Images Gallery Stills". behindwoods.com.
  5. ↑ "Sify Movies - Review listing (1970)". www.sify.com.
  6. ↑ "Tamil Cinema News - Tamil Movie Reviews - Tamil Movie Trailers - IndiaGlitz Tamil".
  7. ↑ "VALLAKOTTAI MOVIE REVIEW - TAMIL MOVIE VALLAKOTTAI MOVIE REVIEW". behindwoods.com.
  8. ↑ Kumar, S. R. Ashok (25 May 2013). "Audio Beat: Summa Nachunu Irukku - Comic story, peppy tunes" – via www.thehindu.com.



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