Ramana (director)
Ramana | |
|---|---|
| Born | Tamil Nadu, India |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 2003–present |
Ramana is an Indian film director who has directed 3 Tamil films. After making his debut in 2003 with the successful Thirumalai, he has gone on to make other ventures, Sullan (2004) and Aathi (2006).
Career
[edit]Ramana penned a series of film scripts featuring serious off-beat stories and approached producers with little luck, hoping to land an offer. He spent several years narrating the script of a proposed film titled Karkaalam to actors and then finally agreed terms with Prakash Raj to play the lead role during 1996, but no financiers eventually backed the project.[1] After failing to establish himself as a director who could be funded to make films with serious themes, he felt that he should make a series of commercially viable films in the masala genre before diversifying into serious subjects.[2] Ramana's first release was Thirumalai (2003), an action-masala venture featuring Vijay, which took a large opening at the box office and performed well commercially. He briefly began work on Parthasarathy, a project starring Vijayakanth in the lead but the film was later stalled.[3] Despite receiving several offers to remake the film in Telugu, he chose to make Sullan (2004), an action film featuring Dhanush as the main hero, which was a flop at the box office. His next film, Aathi (2006) an action-masala venture featuring Vijay for the second time, took a large opening at the box office but turned out to be a disaster incurring ₹5 crore loss.
In 2007, he revealed that he was simultaneously working on a Telugu film featuring Mahesh Babu in the lead role, while Sarath Kumar had agreed to finance and star in his next Tamil film. However, neither of the projects materialised.[4] He then briefly forayed into acting and was approached for a role in S. A. Chandrasekhar's Pandhayam (2008), before playing a pivotal role in an unreleased film titled Kuthirai.[5] In 2011, it was reported that Ramana was suffering from throat cancer and would take a break from films. In July 2013, it was announced that he had recovered from the disease but had lost his voice permanently during his recovery.[6]
Filmography
[edit]As director
[edit]| Year | Film |
|---|---|
| 2003 | Thirumalai |
| 2004 | Sullan |
| 2006 | Aathi |
As actor
[edit]| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Varmaa | |
| 2023 | Dinosaurs | Arumugam |
| 2024 | Mazhai Pidikkatha Manithan | Daali's uncle |
References
[edit]- ^ "டோடோவின் ரஃப் நோட்டு — Tamil Kavithai -- தமிழ் கவிதைகள் - நூற்று கணக்கில்!". Archived from the original on 6 June 2004.
- ^ "I am sorry I sold the artiste in me". Rediff.com. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ "08-05-2004". Archived from the original on 15 April 2005.
- ^ "Movie News ramana rajinikanth vijay thirumalai sarathkumar ulavan magan Tamil movie news trisha Picture Gallery Images". Behindwoods.com. 26 November 2006. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ "Vijay's director shifts base – Behindwoods.com Sundar C director Ramana Thirumalai Aadhi Dhanush Sullan Pandayam Nazar S. A. Chandrasekhar Sabesh Murali hot images Tamil picture gallery images". Behindwoods.com. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ "Director Ramana lost speech to throat cancer". Kolly Talk. Retrieved 27 February 2015.