Ravichandran is an Indian film director, who has directed Tamil films. After making his debut in 1998 with the successful ''
Kannedhirey Thondrinal'', he has gone on to make other ventures including ''
Sandhitha Velai
''Sandhitha Velai'' () is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Ravichandran, his second film after '' Kannedhirey Thondrinal'' (1998). The film stars Karthik in two roles. Roja and Kausalya play the female leads, while Vijayakum ...
'' and ''
Majunu
''Majunu'' is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film directed by Ravichandran and produced by Sunanda Murali Manohar. The film stars Prashanth and Rinke Khanna with Sonu Sood, Raghuvaran, Rati Agnihotri and Vivek appearing in othe ...
''.
Career
Ravichandran made his debut by directing ''
Kannedhirey Thondrinal'' (1998), a love story featuring
Prashanth
Prashanth Thiagarajan (born 6 April 1973), known professionally as Prashanth, is an Indian actor and businessman, known for his works predominantly in Tamil cinema. Besides Tamil films, he has also appeared in few Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam fi ...
and
Simran
Simran (Gurmukhi: ਸਿਮਰਨ; hi, सिमरण, सिमरन ; from Sanskrit: , ''smaraṇa'', 'to remember, reminisce, recollect'), in spirituality, is a Sanskrit word referring to the continuous remembrance of the finest aspect of ...
, and the film gained positive reviews from critics and went on to become a commercial success. His next ''
Sandhitha Velai
''Sandhitha Velai'' () is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Ravichandran, his second film after '' Kannedhirey Thondrinal'' (1998). The film stars Karthik in two roles. Roja and Kausalya play the female leads, while Vijayakum ...
'' fared less well, while his third venture ''
Majunu
''Majunu'' is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film directed by Ravichandran and produced by Sunanda Murali Manohar. The film stars Prashanth and Rinke Khanna with Sonu Sood, Raghuvaran, Rati Agnihotri and Vivek appearing in othe ...
'' saw him collaborate with Prashanth again. Through the film, he also introduced music director
Harris Jayaraj
Harris Jayaraj (born 8 January 1975) is an Indian composer from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He composes soundtracks predominantly for Tamil films, while also having composed for a few films in Telugu and two films in Hindi.
He has been honoured with K ...
to work on his first film soundtrack, though other projects eventually released earlier.
His most recent release was ''
Urchagam
''Urchagam'' ( en, Excitement) is a 2007 Tamil romantic drama film directed by Ravichandran and starring Nandha and Sherin. The storyline is based on the problems and difficulties between a love marriage and arranged marriage. The movie was shot i ...
'', a thriller starring
Nandha
''Nandha'' is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Bala. The film stars Suriya in the lead role, while Rajkiran, Laila, Saravanan and Rajshree play other supporting roles. The film also marked the debut of co ...
and
Sherin, which opened to average reviews in 2007. In 2014, he announced that he is working on a movie featuring his nephew Raj Bharath and Amzhath in lead roles.
Filmography
References
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Living people
Tamil film directors
Film directors from Tamil Nadu
1971 births
20th-century Indian film directors
21st-century Indian film directors