Rathna Kumar is an Indian film director and writer. He is known for directing ''
Meyaadha Maan
''Meyaadha Maan'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Rathna Kumar in his directorial debut. Produced by Karthik Subbaraj's Stone Bench Creations. The film stars Vaibhav and Priya Bhavani Shankar in ...
'' (2017).
Career
Kumar began his career with the low-budget film ''Madhu'', which was included in an anthology film called ''
Bench Talkies
''Bench Talkies'' is a 2015 Indian Tamil language independent anthology film consisting of six short films directed by Karthik Subbaraj, Anil Krishnan, Gopakumar, Charukesh Sekar, Monesh and Rathna Kumar. The film was produced by Subbaraj's new ...
''. He later turned the short film into a feature film titled ''
Meyaadha Maan
''Meyaadha Maan'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Rathna Kumar in his directorial debut. Produced by Karthik Subbaraj's Stone Bench Creations. The film stars Vaibhav and Priya Bhavani Shankar in ...
'' (2017).
The film turned out to be a success and an important film in
Vaibhav's career because the film was not a multistarrer and several of Vaibhav's successful films had only been multistarrers. He went on to direct ''
Aadai
''Aadai'' () is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language thriller film written and directed by Rathna Kumar, and produced by V Studios. Pradeep Kumar composed the film's soundtrack alongside the Oorka band, who made their debut with this film. Amala Paul st ...
'' (2019), starring
Amala Paul. The film released to mixed reviews, but highlighted an important aspect of society.
Kumar was signed as a co-writer to
Lokesh Kanagaraj's ''
Master''. Regarding his decision of becoming a writer from a director, Kumar told ''The Times of India'' that Kanagaraj is his friend. Kumar started working with Lokesh again as a co-writer for Vijay's 67th film titled tentatively as ''
Leo
Leo or Léo may refer to:
Acronyms
* Law enforcement officer
* Law enforcement organisation
* ''Louisville Eccentric Observer'', a free weekly newspaper in Louisville, Kentucky
* Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity
Arts an ...
'' co-starring Trisha, Janany, Azeem and Sanjay Dutt as villain in the film.
''Leo'' will be in a separate universe and continuation of hit film ''Master'' story.
Filmography
*''All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.''
As director and writer
References
External links
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Living people
Film directors from Tamil Nadu
Screenwriters from Tamil Nadu
Indian film directors
Tamil film directors
Year of birth missing (living people)