Kathir is an

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director, producer, and screenwriter who works predominantly in

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Early life

Kathir was born in kalkarai, a small village in the Radhapuram Taluk of Tirunelveli District, state of

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, India. Kathir grew up in a middle-class family as the only son along with his three sisters. His father Subhash was a farmer and mother Isakiammal assisted him in his farming. Kathir had his elementary schooling in kalkarai elementary school. He finished his 5th standard there and joined St. Teresa's school in Vadakangulam. He completed his school studies here. Kathir got into the College of Fine arts and Crafts, Chennai. He did a five-year course in Fine arts and graduated with a Diploma in Fine Arts.

Career

Kathir started out as a poster designer in the film industry, and designed posters for films including ''

Moondram Pirai ''Moondram Pirai'' () is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written, directed and filmed by Balu Mahendra. The film stars Kamal Haasan and Sridevi, while Y. G. Mahendran, Silk Smitha and Poornam Viswanathan play supporting ro ...

'' (1981), ''

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'' (1981), ''

Darling, Darling, Darling ''Darling, Darling, Darling'' is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film, written and directed by K. Bhagyaraj. It was released on 14 November 1982. The film was remade in Kannada as ''Premi No. 1''. Plot In Ooty, Raja is the son of a ...

'' (1982) and

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's ''

Pagal Nilavu ''Pagal Nilavu'' () is a 1985 Indian Tamil-language gangster film directed by Mani Ratnam, starring Murali, Revathi and Sathyaraj. It is about a carefree youth caught between his loyalty to a mafia don and his love for a cop's sister. The fil ...

'' (1985) to make pocket money while he was in college. He worked as an assistant director for Pandiyarajan and GM Kumar. In 2001, he founded his own production studio Sound Light Studio through which he produced ''Kadhal Virus''. He also distributed the film all over Tamil Nadu. In 1996, ''Kadhal Desam'' emerged as the biggest hit of his career grossing 10 crore at the box office. Kathir scripted and was ready to make a film titled ''I Love You'' by 1997. After being unable to produce the film himself, he shelved the venture. He moved on to briefly begin pre-production work on a project titled ''Bangalore'' in late 1999, before opting not to continue. Kathir announced a comeback in 2008 and began work on a film titled ''Manavar Dhinam'' with Vinay in the lead role. Following a delay, the actor was replaced by Srikanth and a launch was held in 2009 by the production house

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. However, the film was later shelved and the pair decided to collaborate for the new venture titled ''Kodai Vidumurai''. The film underwent a change in cast and work on the film, featuring

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, began again in July 2012. The film has since failed to make progress.

Personal life

He is married to Shanthinidevi in 2013.

Filmography

References

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