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- J. Alexander (25 July 1939 – 2 April 2019), known professionally as Mahendran, was a Veteran Indian film Director, Screenwriter and Actor, known for his work in the Tamil film industry. Mahendran is regarded as one of the greatest film makers of Tamil cinema and has influenced several filmmakers of the generations that followed.
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J. Alexander (25 July 1939 – 2 April 2019), known professionally as Mahendran, was a Veteran Indian film Director, Screenwriter and Actor, known for his work in the Tamil film industry.
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Mahendran was born on 25 July 1939 (age 79 years at the time of death) in Ilayangudi town of Tamil Nadu, India. He did his schooling in Ilayangudi and completed his intermediate in American College, Madurai. He did his B.A. in Economics from Alagappa Government Arts College, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu. After completing his degree, he went to Madras to s...
He was born to Joseph Chelliah, who was a teacher and Manonmani. He got married to Jasmine Mahendran. His son, John Mahendran is also a director. He had two daughters named Dimple and Anurita.
He started his career as a scriptwriter for the film “Naam Moovar” in 1966. The film was a huge success and got him several offers. He wrote the dialogues for the classics like Thangappadhakkam (1974) and Aadu Puli Aatam (1977). He made his directorial debut with the movie “Mullum Malarum” in 1978. He had directed in 12 films, Saasanam (2006) being...
National Film Award for the Best Feature Film Tamil for the film “Nenjathai Killathe” in 1981Filmfare Awards South for the Best Director for the film “Uthiripookkal” in 1978Tamil Nadu State Film Awards for the film “Mullum Malarum” in 1978Lifetime Achievement Award at News 18’s Magudam Awards in 2018Actor: Kamal Haasan, RajnikanthMusician: IlaiyaraajaPoet: Rabindranath TagoreFilmmakers: Satyajit Ray, B.N. ReddyHe died on 2 April 2019. He was critically ill and was admitted to Apollo Hospitals in Chennai. He was rushed to the ICU, a week before his death after his dialysis session.
During his school days, Mahendran was very active in stage plays.M. G. Ramachandran (M.G.R), the veteran Indian actor and filmmaker and politician was invited to Mahendran’s college as a Chief Guest. Mahendran gave a speech that directly criticised the commercia...M.G.R met Mahendran again when he was working as a journalist in a periodical, and he asked Mahendran to make the screenplay of the historical novel “Ponniyin Selvan” for his film. However, the ide...Mahendran wrote a play titled “Anaadhaigal.” M.G.R decided to make the play into a film, and he named the film as “Vaazhve Vaa” in which, he acted alongside Savitri. The project got shelved after t...M.G.R acted in a film called Kaanchi Thalaivan (1966), and he recommended Mahendran as an assistant director to the director of the movie.Ilaiyaraaja, the veteran music composer, and Mahendran shared a great bond. They worked together in many films. Mahendran once said that he narrated his story first to him and then to the others an...John Mahendran, credited as John, is an Indian film director and screenwriter who has worked on Tamil and Telugu and language films. John is the son of noted Tamil film maker Mahendran. [1]
Apr 2, 2019 · A journalist recalls her meetings with J Mahendran, a filmmaker who has given us some of Tamil cinema's best characters. I first met J Mahendran in 2013 for an interview.
Apr 2, 2019 · It won’t be wrong to say that director J Mahendran was only the second filmmaker after K Balachander to spot the unbridled acting talent of Rajinikanth and made better use of it. Speaking at a Rajinikanth event in 2017, Mahendran recalled a great deal of struggle he had to face to make Mullum Malarum, which was considered a breakthrough in ...
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Apr 2, 2019 · Tamil filmmaker and screenwriter J Mahendran died in Chennai on Tuesday morning, days after he was hospitalised following complications after a dialysis session. His son, John Mahendran,...
Apr 2, 2019 · Veteran filmmaker J Mahendran, known for infusing realism in Tamil cinema and for giving superstar Rajinikanth his career breakthrough with Mullum Malarum, died in Chennai on Tuesday at the age...
