Thangar Bachan

Thangar Bachan
Born Thangaraj
(1962-06-12) 12 June 1962
Pathirakottai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation Cinematographer, film director, actor, film producer, novelist
Years active 1990–2016

Thangar Bachan (born 1962) is an Indian film director and actor, cinematographer and novelist. He was born in Pathrakottai, a village near Panruti.

Early life

Thankar Bachan was born in Pathirakottai, a village near Panruti.

Career

Thankar Bachan was known for his contribution in portraying North Tamil Nadu villages which was not depicted in Tamil cinema properly.His story plots were set mostly at Panruti and surrounding villages. After Bharathiraja villages were best portrayed in Thangar Bachan movies. Bharathiraja himself declared that after him Bachan directs the best village films.

Controversy

Thankar Bachan has often faced criticism for his public speeches and notably had to face the wrath of actresses including Khushboo for saying that "women who acted mainly for money are akin to prostitutes". He later had to apologise.[1] During the audio launch of Aridhu Aridhu, Thangar Bachan criticised some of the filmmakers in Kollywood for unnecessarily wasting more money on songs at foreign locations and technical extravaganzas in films that blatantly lacks a good concept.[2]

Filmography

As Director

YearFilmLanguageCastNotes
2002AzhagiTamilParthiban, Devayani, Nandita Das
2002Solla Marandha KadhaiTamilCheran, Rathi
2004ThendralTamilParthiban, Uma
2005Chidambarathil Oru AppasamyTamilThangar Bachan, Navya Nair
2007PallikoodamTamilNarain, SnehaTamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Director
2007Onbadhu Roobai NottuTamilSathyaraj, Archana
2012Ammavin KaipesiTamilShanthnu Bhagyaraj, Iniya
2017Kalavaadiya PozhuthugalTamilPrabhu Deva, Bhumika Chawla

As Actor

As Cinematographer only

Bibliography

Novels

  • Onbathu Roobai Nottu, 1996
  • Ammavin Kai Pesi, 2009[3]

Short story collections

  • Vellai Maadu, 1993
  • Kodi Munthiri, 2002
  • Isaikaatha Isaithattu, 2006
  • Thangar Bachan Kathaigal[4]
  • Solla Thonuthu- A collection of 50 articles published in Tamil Hindu daily news paper- 2015

Awards

References

  1. ↑ http://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/sep/26khushboo.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.southdreamz.com/21904/thangar-bachan-back-with-yet-another-controversy/
  3. ↑ "Thangar pens his thoughts". indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
  4. ↑ "Thangar Bachan to release his book today". http://www.deccanchronicle.com/. 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2016-11-13. External link in |newspaper= (help)
  5. ↑ "Thangar eyes Deepavali release". indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 23 March 2009.
  6. ↑ "Tamil Cinema:1999 Year Highlights". Dinakaran. Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2009.
  7. ↑ "Rajini, Kamal gets TN Govt Awards". Oneindia. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2009.
  8. ↑ "Chief Minister of Tamilnadu honoured by Santhome Awards". signis.net. Retrieved 23 March 2009.
  9. ↑ "Sathyan Memaorial Awards announced". malayalamcinema.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2009.
  10. ↑ "GV SICA AWARD TAMIL FILMS 2007". v4entertainersindia.com. Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2009.



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