Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi is an Indian film director. She is the wife of

Udhayanidhi Stalin Udhayanidhi Stalin (born 27 November 1977) is an Indian film producer, actor, and politician who prominently works in the Tamil cinema. He is the Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development of Tamil Nadu in the ministry led by his father, ...

, and editor of the literary magazine called ''Inbox 1305''.

Career

Kiruthiga started her career with the directorial debut ''

Vanakkam Chennai ''Vanakkam Chennai'' () is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by debutant Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi. Produced by her husband Udhayanidhi Stalin under the banner Red Giant Movies, the film stars Shiva and Priya ...

''. The movie produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin, starred Shiva and Priya Anand. In February 2017, she directed a music video "Sadhayai Meeri" composed by

Santhosh Narayanan Santhosh Narayanan is an Indian composer and musician in the Tamil film industry. Early life Santhosh Narayanan was born in Tiruchirappalli, India. He is the younger of two children. He was educated at RSK Higher Secondary School, Tiruchirappa ...

which portrays the pains of transgender people. She later directed '' Kaali'' (2018).

Personal life

Kiruthiga married Udhayanidhi Stalin in 2002 and the couple have a son and a daughter. Their son Inban has signed for

NEROCA FC NEROCA FC is an Indian professional association football, football club based in Imphal, Manipur, that competes in the I-League. The club made its I-League 2nd Division debut in the 2015–16 I-League 2nd Division, 2015–16 season. The club w ...

football club which plays in the

I-League The I-League (known as Hero I-League for sponsorship ties with Hero MotoCorp) is the second-tier men's professional football competition of the Indian football league system. It is currently contested by 12 clubs across the country with the w ...

Filmography

References

{{Reflist Film directors from Chennai Indian atheists Indian women film directors Living people Year of birth missing (living people)