Mithran R. Jawahar (born 8 June 1979) is an Indian film director who works predominantly in Tamil cinema.

Career

Jawahar, an erstwhile assistant of Selvaraghavan, began working on his first film starring

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in December 2004. A remake of the Telugu film '' Arya'' (2004), the film was later put on hold and restarted at a later date. As a result, his debut venture was the 2008 film ''

Yaaradi Nee Mohini ''Yaaradi Nee Mohini'' () is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Mithran Jawahar. It is a remake of the 2007 Telugu hit Selvaraghavan's ''Aadavari Matalaku Arthale Verule'' and stars Dhanush, Selvaraghavan's brother, a ...

'', starring

and Nayantara, which was a runaway hit. The film was a remake of the Telugu film ''

Aadavari Matalaku Arthale Verule ''Aadavari Matalaku Arthale Verule'' () is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film written and directed by Selvaraghavan (credited as Sri Raghava). The film stars Venkatesh and Trisha while Sriram and Kota Srinivasa Rao play supporti ...

'', directed by Selvaraghavan. His next two films '' Kutty'' (2010) and '' Uthamaputhiran'' (2010), both again featuring Dhanush in the lead role, also became successful. The former was a remake of ''Arya'', while the latter was a remake of the Telugu film ''

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''. In 2014, Jawahar began work on ''Saamiyattam'', a remake of the Telugu film ''

Swamy Ra Ra ''Swamy Ra Ra'' is a 2013 Indian Telugu-language crime comedy film directed by Sudheer Varma in his directorial debut and produced by Chakri Chirugupati under Lakshmi Narasimha Entertainments. It stars Nikhil Siddharth and Swathi Reddy while Po ...

'', produced and featuring

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in the lead role, but it was later shelved. He then moved on to direct a remake of the Malayalam film '' Thattathin Marayathu'', titled ''

Meendum Oru Kadhal Kadhai ''Meendum Oru Kadhal Kadhai'' () is a 2016 Tamil-language musical romance film directed by Mithran Jawahar, starring Walter Philips and Isha Talwar. It is a remake of the Malayalam film '' Thattathin Marayathu''. Plot The film is the story ...

'', in 2016. In 2021, Jawahar made his first original script with the social drama ''

Mathil ''Mathil'' () is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Mithran R. Jawahar; produced Singa Sankaran under the production house SS Group; and written by Jothi Arunachalam and Ezhichur Aravindan. The film stars K. S. Ravikumar, Mime ...

'', which starred director-actor

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in the lead role. In 2022, he directed the film ''

Thiruchitrambalam ''Thiruchitrambalam'' is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Mithran R Jawahar and produced by Kalanidhi Maran, under the banner Sun Pictures. The film stars Dhanush, Nithya Menen, Bharathiraja, ...

'', which was his fourth collaboration with Dhanush.

Filmography

;Films

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jawahar Indian film directors Tamil film directors Living people Film directors from Tamil Nadu Place of birth missing (living people) 1971 births Artists from Tiruchirappalli