Vincent Selva

Vincent Selva
Occupation Film director
Years active 1998-present

Vincent Selva is a noted film director and screenwriter associated with Tamil film industry. This director is best known for his debut flick, Priyamudan starring Vijay, Kausalya. Other directors such as Mysskin and S. P. Jananathan worked under him.

Career

Vincent Selva got associated with film scene in the 1990s.

He made his film debut as a director through the film Priyamudan. The romantic film released in 1998 was a major hit at box office and had been remade to Telugu, Kannada and Hindi. This is the first movie where Vijay played an anti-hero role.

In 1999 he released his second film, Iraniyan, a fictional biography of freedom fighter "Vattakudi Iraniyan". The movie starred Murali and Meena in the lead roles and opened to mixed reviews.

In 2002 he directed Youth a film starring Vijay, which was well received by critics and audiences. The movie starred the Fair & Lovely girl, Shaheen Khan in the lead role.

In 2005 he remade the Bollywood film, Gayab to Tamil titled, Jithan. The movie met with commercial success. After the film, he directed the same actor Jithan Ramesh in Madurai Veeran, but it was received negative reviews. Perumal, Thulli Vilayadu and Inga Enna Solluthu are other releases.

In 2016, he made a comeback with the sequel of Jithan and the movie titled Jithan 2 was a major setback. The talented and multiaward winning director Mysskin known for his off beat movies worked as an assistant under him. S. P. Jananathan has also worked under him as an assistant. He is currently working on the project Virumaandikkum Sivanaandikkum.

Filmography

Year Film Credited as Notes
Director Writer
1998PriyamudanGreen tickGreen tickRemade as Preminche Manasu in Telugu; as Nata in Kannada and as Deewana Main Deewana in Hindi
1999IraniyanGreen tickGreen tick
2002YouthGreen tickGreen tickRemake of Telugu film Chiru Navvuto
2005JithanGreen tickGreen tickRemake of Hindi film Gayab
2007Madurai VeeranGreen tickGreen tickRemake of Telugu film Nuvvu Nenu
2009PerumalGreen tickGreen tick
2013Thulli VilayaduGreen tickGreen tick
2014Inga Enna SolluthuGreen tickRed X
2016Jithan 2Red XGreen tick
2016Virumaandikkum SivanaandikkumGreen tickGreen tick

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