R. Raghu is an
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film director and television producer who has worked on
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and
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films and serials. In 2015, he changed his name to David Nathan. He is the son of veteran actor
V. K. Ramasamy.
Career
Raghu is an active director since 1990s, and made four consecutive drama films with
Karthik in the lead role. He began his career with ''
Vigneshwar
''Vigneshwar'' is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film directed by R. Raghu, starring Karthik, Khushbu and Radha Ravi. The film had musical score by Sangeetha Rajan and was released in 1991.
Cast
* Karthik as Vigneshwar IPS, As ...
'' (1991) and continued directing films until his final release, ''
Sundara Pandian
''Sundara Pandian'' is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language comedy film, directed and produced by R. Raghu, starring Karthik, Swathi and Heera Rajagopal. The film, had musical score by Deva and was released in 1998.
Plot
Pandi ( Karthik) is an une ...
'' (1998), where Karthik portrayed dual roles.
However he started doing serials and stopped doing films since. In 2015, he changed his name as David Nathan and provided story for Telugu films like ''
Gentleman
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'' (2016) and ''
Yuddham Sharanam
''Yuddham Sharanam'' () is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film produced by Sai Korrapati on Varahi Chalana Chitram banner and directed by debutant Krishna Marimuthu. The movie stars Naga Chaitanya and Lavanya Tripathi. Srikanth p ...
'' (2017).
Filmography
Director
Writer
Television Serial
References
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20th-century Indian film directors
Tamil film directors
Telugu film directors
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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