P. T. Selvakumar is an

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film director, producer, marketing and PRO who has worked in the Tamil film industry.

Career

Selvakumar started his career as a journalist before becoming associated with film director S. A. Chandrasekhar, who later appointed Selvakumar as his son Vijay's press relations officer. Selvakumar briefly also forayed into production during 2003, financing T. P. Gajendran's family drama, ''

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'' (2003), which was later remade in Hindi as ''

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was also soon after reported to have joined the cast, but the film was not officially announced. In October 2012, the film re-emerged with a new cast featuring Vinay Rai, Aravind Akash and Sathyan alongside Premji, while

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'' (2009), Selvakumar's '' Onbadhula Guru'' (2013) shooting started from October 2012 and was released in early 2013 to negative reviews. Rediff.com gave 2 out of 5 stating "The entire film is like a collection of comic scenes put together to make the audience laugh without much thought to the storyline". In 2014, he began working on the production of '' Puli'' (2015) directed by

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and featuring Vijay in the lead role. The movie received negative reviews and became a box-office disaster. His next film is Pokkiri Raja'' (2016)'' released to mixed reviews.

Filmography

*''All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.''

As director

As producer

References

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