Kasthuri Raja is an Indian film director. He is the father of director

Selvaraghavan Selvaraghavan is an Indian film director, screenwriter and actor who has directed and acted predominantly Tamil cinema, Tamil films. His directorial debut had with ''Thulluvadho Ilamai'' (2002) but his father is credited for business reasons, w ...

and actor

Dhanush Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja (born 28 July 1983), known professionally as Dhanush, is an Indian actor, producer, director, lyricist and playback singer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Starring in 46 films over his career, among hi ...

. He worked as an assistant director with Director K.S.G. Most of the films he directed were either village based or infatuation of youngsters. He also worked with Director

Visu Meenakshisundaram Ramasamy Viswanathan (1 July 1945 – 22 March 2020), best known by his stage name Visu, was an Indian writer, director, stage, film and television actor and talk-show host. Visu initially worked as an assistant to director K ...

on more than 16 films. Prior to entering the film industry, he ran away from home to Chennai and worked in a mill.Archived a
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Filmography

;As director ;As an actor *'' Aval Sumangalithan'' (1985) *''

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'' (1992) ;As lyricist *Solaiyamma - all songs *Dreams - all songs *Thaai Manasu - all songs *Kummi Paatu - all songs

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* Living people People from Theni district Film directors from Chennai 21st-century Indian film directors Tamil film directors 20th-century Indian film directors Film producers from Chennai 1952 births {{India-film-bio-stub