Mani Ratnam filmography

Mani Ratnam
Mani Ratnam at the Museum of the Moving Image, New York City, in 2015

Mani Ratnam is an Indian filmmaker who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. He is credited with redefining the "range and depth of Tamil cinema",[1] and is regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of Indian cinema.[2] As of 2016, he has directed 24 films, and produced over 15 under his production house Madras Talkies.

Ratnam made his directorial debut, without formal training or education in filmmaking, with the Kannada film Pallavi Anu Pallavi (1983). The critically acclaimed film won the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay for him.[3] Following a string of commercial failures, he had his first box-office success with the 1985 Tamil film Idaya Kovil.[4] The following year, he made the romantic drama Mouna Ragam. The critical and commercial success of the film established him as an important filmmaker in Tamil cinema.[5] His next release Nayakan, starring Kamal Haasan, was loosely based on the real-life story of the Bombay based don Varadarajan Mudaliar.[6] The film was submitted by India as its official entry for the 60th Academy Awards. Later, Nayakan would draw the attention of Time when the magazine included the film in its All-Time 100 Movies list in 2005.[7] Ratnam followed this with the tragic romance Geethanjali (1989), which marked his Telugu cinema debut; the tragedy Anjali (1990),[lower-alpha 1] which dealt with the story of an autistic child; and the crime drama Thalapathi (1991), which was a loosely based film adaptation of the Indian epic Mahabharata.[9] In 1992, he made the romantic thriller Roja for Kavithalayaa Productions.[10] The film was dubbed into many Indian languages including Hindi.[11] The widespread success of the film brought national recognition to Ratnam.[12][13][14] Three years later, he made Bombay (1995), which was based on the Bombay riots (1993).[12] Although controversial upon release,[15] the film met with wide critical response and became commercially successful in India.[16][17]

In 1997, Ratnam co-produced and directed the political drama film Iruvar,[lower-alpha 2] which was loosely based on the relationship between cinema and politics in Tamil Nadu. The following year, he made the third part of his "terrorism trilogy" titled Dil Se...[lower-alpha 3] A box-office failure in India, the film emerged as a success overseas; it became the first Indian film to be placed among the "top-10 hits" at the UK box-office.[19] In 2002, Ratnam directed the critically acclaimed drama Kannathil Muthamittal, which was set in the backdrop of the Sri Lankan Civil War.[20] The commercial failure was the most successful film at the 50th National Film Awards, winning six awards including the award for the Best Feature Film in Tamil.[21][22] He returned to Bollywood after a six-year hiatus with the political drama Yuva (2004); the project was simultaneously filmed in Tamil as Aaytha Ezhuthu with a different cast. His next releases were the biographical film Guru (2007) and the Tamil-Hindi bilinguals Raavanan/Raavan (2010). In 2013, he directed Kadal, a critical and box office failure. This was followed by the romantic drama O Kadhal Kanmani (2015), which opened to positive reviews and was a commercially successful venture.[23][24]

Filmography

List of films contributed to by Mani Ratnam
Film Year Director Producer Writer Notes Ref.
Pallavi Anu Pallavi 1983 Yes Yes Kannada film [3]
Unaru 1984 Yes Malayalam film [25]
Pagal Nilavu 1985 Yes Yes [25]
Idaya Kovil 1985 Yes [25]
Mouna Ragam 1986 Yes Yes [3]
Nayagan 1987 Yes Yes [3]
Agni Natchathiram 1988 Yes Yes [26]
Geethanjali 1989 Yes Yes Telugu film [3]
Anjali 1990 Yes Yes [3]
Sathriyan 1990 Yes[lower-alpha 4] Yes [27]
[28]
Thalapathi 1991 Yes Yes [3]
Roja 1992 Yes Yes [29]
Dasarathan 1993 Yes[lower-alpha 4] [30]
Gaayam 1993 Yes[lower-alpha 5] Telugu film [31]
Thiruda Thiruda 1993 Yes Yes [32]
Bombay 1995 Yes Yes[lower-alpha 4] Yes [33]
Indira 1995 Yes [34]
Aasai 1995 Yes[lower-alpha 4] [34]
Iruvar 1997 Yes Yes[lower-alpha 6] Yes [33]
Nerrukku Ner 1997 Yes[lower-alpha 7] [35]
Dil Se.. 1998 Yes Yes[lower-alpha 8] Yes Hindi film
Also distributor		 [27][36]
Taj Mahal 1999 Yes[lower-alpha 9] [37]
Alaipayuthey 2000 Yes Yes[lower-alpha 6] Yes[lower-alpha 9] Also distributor [36]
Dumm Dumm Dumm 2001 Yes[lower-alpha 6] Yes[lower-alpha 10] Also distributor [38]
Five Star 2002 Yes[lower-alpha 6] Also distributor [39]
Kannathil Muthamittal 2002 Yes Yes[lower-alpha 6] Yes Also distributor [36]
Saathiya 2002 Yes[lower-alpha 7] Yes Hindi film
Also distributor		 [40]
Yuva 2004 Yes Yes[lower-alpha 6] Yes Hindi film
Also distributor		 [41]
Aaytha Ezhuthu 2004 Yes Yes[lower-alpha 6] Yes Also distributor [42]
Guru 2007 Yes Yes[lower-alpha 6] Yes Hindi film
Also distributor		 [42]
Raavan 2010 Yes Yes[lower-alpha 7] Yes Hindi film
Also distributor		 [43]
Raavanan 2010 Yes Yes[lower-alpha 7] Yes [43]
Kadal 2013 Yes Yes[lower-alpha 7] Yes [44]
O Kadhal Kanmani 2015 Yes Yes[lower-alpha 7] Yes [45]

Notes

  1. ↑ The film was India's official entry to the 63rd Academy Awards.[8]
  2. ↑ The film was the debut venture of Madras Talkies.
  3. ↑ The preceding films are Roja and Bombay.[18]
  4. 1 2 3 4 Co-produced with S. Sriram under Aalayam Productions
  5. ↑ Co-wrote with Ram Gopal Varma
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Co-produced with G. Srinivasan under Madras Talkies
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Produced under Madras Talkies
  8. ↑ Co-produced with Shekhar Kapur and Ram Gopal Varma under the banner titled India Talkies
  9. 1 2 Co-wrote with R. Selvaraj
  10. ↑ Co-wrote with R. Selvaraj and Azhagam Perumal

Citations

  1. ↑ Indian Cinema. Directorate of Film Festivals. 1991. p. 18.
  2. ↑ Corliss, Richard (14 January 2010). "All-TIME 100 Movies". Time. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ramachandran, Naman (2014). Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography. Penguin Books. pp. 165—166. ISBN 978-81-8475-796-5.
  4. ↑ Shiva Kumar, S (9 November 2012). "Leader for all times". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  5. ↑ Ramnath, Nandini (8 February 2013). "Cinema Current: Mani Ratnam gestures hypnotically". Mint. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  6. ↑ Tejonmayam, U (7 October 2010). "'Nayagan' daughter planned to settle in US". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "A Brilliant Tribute To The Wonderful Kamal Haasan". The Times of India. 8 November 2014. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  8. ↑ "India's Oscar failures". India Today. 16 February 2009. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  9. ↑ "Happy Birthday Rajinikanth: How the superstar came to be". The Indian Express. 12 December 2015. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  10. ↑ Ganti, Tejaswini (2004). Bollywood: A Guidebook to Popular Hindi Cinema. Psychology Press. p. 165. ISBN 978-0-415-28854-5.
  11. ↑ Chandara, Anupama (15 November 1995). "Audible success". India Today. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  12. 1 2 Rai, Saritha (15 January 1995). "Falling in love with the 'Enemy'". India Today. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  13. ↑ "Will the dubbed ‘Enthiran’ work?". The New Indian Express. 7 September 2010. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  14. ↑ Sivaswamy, Saisuresh (18 June 2010). "Vikram's Raavanan is better, as is Prithviraj's Dev". Rediff. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  15. ↑ Biswas, Soutik (21 August 2014). "Why India loves to ban films". BBC. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  16. ↑ G. Tilak, Sudha; Jung Thapa, Vijay (15 April 1995). "Treading on a dangerous divide". India Today. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  17. ↑ "Bombay: Interesting facts about the film". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  18. ↑ Ahmed, Omar (2015). Studying Indian Cinema. Auteur Publishing. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-9932384-9-9.
  19. ↑ Sattar, Miral (27 October 2010). "Dil Se – 1998". Time. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  20. ↑ Prabhakar, Jyothi (26 August 2014). "Films with Sri Lankan connect run into trouble in TN". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  21. ↑ Pillai, Sreedhar (4 September 2002). "Switching over to action". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  22. ↑ "50th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  23. ↑ "Mani Ratnam’s Tamil film ‘O Kadhal Kanmani’ mints over Rs.14 crore in 4 days of release". The Indian Express. 21 April 2015. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  24. ↑ "'Kanchana 2', 'OK Kanmani' rock the box office this week". Daily News and Analysis. 22 April 2015. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  25. 1 2 3 Rangan 2012, p. 289.
  26. ↑ Rangan 2012, p. 290.
  27. 1 2 Rangan 2012, p. 136.
  28. ↑ Radhakrishnan, Vignesh (2 June 2015). "Happy b'day Ilayaraja-Mani Ratnam: 10 magical film scores of the duo". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  29. ↑ Monti, Alessandro; Rozzonelli, Carole. Experiments in Film Appreciation. Lulu. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-326-41841-0.
  30. ↑ Rangan 2012, p. 125.
  31. ↑ "When Mani Ratnam worked with RGV". The Times of India. 12 February 2013. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  32. ↑ Rangan 2012, p. 291.
  33. 1 2 Rangan 2012, p. 292.
  34. 1 2 Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. p. 197. ISBN 978-1-135-94318-9.
  35. ↑ Rajitha (17 August 1998). "Starry Sush". Rediff. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  36. 1 2 3 Rangan 2012, p. 293.
  37. ↑ "3 men and a movie". India Today. 6 April 1998. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  38. ↑ Rajitha (28 April 2001). "Drums for Dum Dum Dum!". Rediff. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  39. ↑ Kamath, Sudhish (7 October 2002). "A five star debut". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  40. ↑ "Filmfare awards: 'Devdas' bags 11, 'Saathiya' 4". The Hindu. 23 February 2003. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  41. ↑ "Shah Rukh, Rani Mukherjee bag awards". The Hindu. 28 February 2005. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  42. 1 2 Rangan 2012, p. 294.
  43. 1 2 Rangan 2012, p. 295.
  44. ↑ Sidhardhan, Sanjith (15 August 2012). "50 crore for Mani Ratnam’s next?". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  45. ↑ "28th Tokyo International Film Festival". Tokyo International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.

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