Raja Krishnamoorthy, popularly known as Kitty is an Indian director, screenwriter and

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, primarily working in the Tamil film industry with a few films in Telugu,

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, and Hindi cinema. He has directed films like '' Dasarathan'' (1993). He made his acting debut in

Mani Ratnam Gopala Ratnam Subramaniam (born 2 June 1956), known professionally as Mani Ratnam, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema and few Hindi, Telugu and Kannada films. Ratnam has won six ...

' s ''

Nayakan ''Nayakan'' (; ) is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language gangster film written and directed by Mani Ratnam. Produced by Muktha Srinivasan, the film stars Kamal Haasan, Saranya (in her feature debut) and Karthika, with Janagaraj, Vijayan, M. V. Vasu ...

'', released in 1987.

Early life

He has done his Masters in Management Studies from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies,

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, 1975. He started with Mukund Iron & Steel as Management Trainee and Personnel Officer; he was with ITC Welcome Group as Personnel Manager and Regional Personnel Manager, and subsequently, with Enfield India Limited as General Manager (

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). Between June 2000 and March 2002, he worked actively with Polaris Software Lab Ltd., an organization of 2600 people, as consultant and President of Human Resources. From July 2002 till August 2005, he was leading the Consulting and training Division, as Principal Consultant - at ProLease India Pvt. Ltd., part of the

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based Interpro Group. Currently, he heads the Consulting and Training Division and directs the HRD function at talent Maximus. Kitty was at one point the manager at Chola Sheraton, and was therefore known as "Chola" Krishnamurthy. He briefly worked as General Manager at Enfield which he quit to pursue acting as a career.

Actor

Kitty is known for his impressive performances in Kamal Haasan' s '' Soora Samhaaram'' (1988) and '' Sathya'' (1988), Rajinikanth' s ''

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'' (1995) and

' s ''

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'' (1995).

Other works

Apart from acting, he is the director HRD of Talent Maximus India Ltd. He wrote a book called Rajini Punchtantra: Business and Life management. He has contested in

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election The Fifteenth Legislative Assembly Election was held on 16 May 2016 for the 232 seats (except Thanjavur and Aravakurichi for which held on 26 October 2016) of the Legislative Assembly in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. AIADMK under J. Jayal ...

in Velachery constituency as an Independent candidate and lost the election.

Filmography

As actor

Films

Television

As director

As dubbing artist

References

General

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kitty Tamil film directors Male actors in Tamil cinema Tamil male actors Tamil screenwriters Living people Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies alumni Male actors from Mumbai 20th-century Indian film directors 20th-century Indian male actors 21st-century Indian male actors Male actors in Telugu cinema Indian male film actors Male actors in Hindi cinema Film directors from Mumbai Screenwriters from Tamil Nadu 1952 births