Pavithran is an Indian film director, who has made many hit Tamil films. He was active primarily in the 1990s collaborating in ventures which often included Sarathkumar in pivotal roles. He was awarded the Tamil Nadu state Kalaimamani award for his works in the film industry.

Career

Pavithran a student of Pachaiyappa's college began his career with K. T. Kunjumon's production venture ''

Vasanthakala Paravai ''Vasanthakala Paravai'' () is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Pavithran in his debut. The film stars Ramesh Aravind, Sarathkumar and Shali. The film, produced by K. T. Kunjumon, had musical score b ...

'' (1991), before going on to make a successful action film with Sarathkumar titled ''

Suriyan ''Surieyan'' () is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Pavithran, and produced by K. T. Kunjumon. The film, starring Sarathkumar and Roja, revolves around IPS officer Surieyan who is forced to flee after being fr ...

'' (1992) which went on to become the biggest hit of the year, cementing his position in kollywood and then re-collaborated with the actor the following year with ''

I Love India ''I Love India'' is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by Pavithran. The film stars Sarath Kumar, débutante Tisca Chopra and Shenbagam. It was released on 14 October 1993. Plot Diwakar, an Indian Brigadier, is charged to er ...

'' (1993). Sarathkumar also featured in his next, the romantic musical ''

Indhu ''Indhu'' is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language dance film directed by Pavithran and produced by N. A. Sudhakar and K. P. Unnikrishnan. The film featured Prabhu Deva, appearing in his first leading role as the newcomer, alongside Roja, while Sarath ...

'' (1994), which marked the debut of

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as a lead actor. In 1995, he made another action film with

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titled '' Thirumoorthy''. He then made the college love story ''

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'' (1996) featuring

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and

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, though the film opened to a negative response from critics and at the box office. During the making of the film, the director clashed with actor Prashanth and his father, with the pair claiming that Pavithran had changed the characterisation of Prashanth's role in the film since the first narration. In 1996, he also produced the Vijay-starrer ''

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'' directed by A. Venkatesh, but the film's failure cost Pavithran 1.5 crore rupees. This also affected the making of his next venture titled ''Mookkuththi Kaasi'', which started with Sarathkumar, but was later filmed with Bhaskar Raj in the lead instead. The film subsequently failed to develop and did not release. His final Tamil film before an extended sabbatical was the Vignesh-starrer ''Kadhal Palli''. In 2000, he announced a project titled ''Pugazh'' again with Sarathkumar, Poonam Singar and

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, but the project failed to proceed after initial schedules. The firm had been partially shot in

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with the story inspired by the

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. He re-began work on the film in March 2004 with actor Jai and Sherin also brought in alongside Sarathkumar, but the film still failed to be completed. Pavithran began work on a low budget film titled '' Mattuthavani'' in 2007, though delays meant that the film only had a low key release in 2012. In 2018, he released another small-budget film titled ''Dharavi'', shot in Mumbai.

Filmography

References

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