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Mani Ratnam was born on 2 June 1956 in Madurai, Tamil Nadu as the second child of a Tamil Brahmin family that was closely associated with film production. His father, S. Gopalaratnam, was a film distributor who worked for Venus Pictures, while his uncle, "Venus" Krishnamurthy, was a film producer. His elder brother, G. Venkateswaran, would go on to produce some of his films. His younger brother was G. Srinivasan, who like G. Venkateswaran, would also co-produce some of his films. Mani Ratnam ...
A struggling actor and a writer-politician become friends as young men and rise to great heights in cinema and politics respectively. But when both become contenders for the top political post in the state, a rift develops between them.
Mani Ratnam is an Indian filmmaker who works predominantly in Tamil cinema.Regarded as one of the greatest Indian filmmakers, he is credited with redefining the "range and depth of Tamil cinema". As of 2019, he has directed 28 films, and produced over 15 under his production company Madras Talkies.. Mani Ratnam made his directorial debut, without formal training or education in filmmaking, with the Kannada film Pallavi Anu Pallavi (1983). The critically acclaimed film, which he also wrote ...
Mani Ratnam. Writer: Ponniyin Selvan: Part I. The man who revolutionized Tamil-language cinema, Mani Ratnam is the biggest director in south India and one of the most respected directors in all of India. Each of his films contain its own unique style, with beautifully photographed songs and unique back-lighting. However, his films contain substance as well as style--Ratnam has dealt with a wide variety of topics, from the classic Indian...
Nov 2, 2023 · Mani Ratnam remained tight-lipped about his much-hyped reunion with Kamal Haasan in KH234, but the legendary filmmaker did provide some insight into what took him so long to work with one of his ...
Jan 20, 2023 · The Mani Ratnam era, which started way back in January 1983 and is today 40 years old, is still going strong. The history of Tamil cinema can never be written without Mani Ratnam featured as one ...
Jan 6, 2023 · Thanks to filmmakers like Mani Ratnam, the meaningless division of Indian cinema into art and commercial; regional and national has become passe and the post-independent/ educated new generation has elevated his films into saleable propositions for rapidly-growing metro-centric audiences.
Mani Ratnam. Writer: Dil Se... The man who revolutionized Tamil-language cinema, Mani Ratnam is the biggest director in south India and one of the most respected directors in all of India. Each of his films contain its own unique style, with beautifully photographed songs and unique back-lighting. However, his films contain substance as well as style--Ratnam has dealt with a wide variety of topics, from the classic Indian love story...
Jun 15, 2024 · Mani Ratnam (born June 2, 1956, Madura [now Madurai], Tamil Nadu, India) is an Indian filmmaker noted for his popular films in both Tamil and Hindi cinema.. Ratnam was the son of film producer Ratnam Iyer. He obtained a management degree at the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies at the University of Bombay (now the University of Mumbai) before foraying into filmmaking in the early 1980s. He made his first movie Pallavi anu pallavi in 1983. The success of Mouna ragam (1986; “A ...
Feb 5, 2017 · It is hard to create something that appeals to the masses. It must be even harder to make something that attracts the audience without compromising the artistic quality. Mani Ratnam not only did that but also boldly played around with ‘untouchable’ subjects, pushed the envelope and presented it in an attractive colorful, musical package to […]
