Revathy S Varmha is an Indian
director.
Career
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Varmha began to write scripts for commercials at age 16. Living in
New Delhi, she began directing commercials in the 1990s when she took over for the director of a
Rexona spot and by 2005 had directed more than 480 commercials, including spots for
Cadbury
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,
Parker Pens,
Nakshatra Jewellery and the
Hyundai Santro.
Around 60 novelettes in English, Hindi and Tamil is to her credit.
Film career
In 2005 Varmha began directing movies.
Her debut was the
Tamil family film ''
June R
''June R'' is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Revathy Varmha. The film stars Jyothika in the title role which was her 25th Tamil film along with the supporting cast Khushbu Sundar, Saritha and Biju Menon. The film's soundtrac ...
'', which release in 2006. The film stars
Jyothika in the title role which was her 25th Tamil film along with the supporting cast
Khushbu Sundar,
Saritha and
Biju Menon
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.The film was initially scheduled for release in June 2005 but was later pushed back to release in the Diwali season of 2005 so the film could be promoted more heavily. The film was also caught up when Kushboo's films were temporarily banned after her comments on pre-marital sex angered Indian political parties.
After the release of ''June R'',she began to direct two more films, the
Bollywood remake of ''June R'' entitled ''
Aap Ke Liye Hum'', and the Sri Lankan film ''
Yasoda Kanna'', which was criticized for its political stance.The film ''Aap Ke Liye Hum'' had the Bollywood star cast
Jaya Bachchan,
Mithun Chakraborty,
Manisha Koirala,
Raveena Tandon,
Ayesha Takia Azmi
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and
Ranvir Shorey in the lead roles.
In 2012 she directed ''
Maad Dad
''Maad Dad'' is a 2013 Malayalam film, directed by Revathy S Varmha, starring Lal, Nazriya Nazim, Meghana Raj, Lalu Alex, Padmapriya and Pooja Gandhi. It marked Nazriya’s debut film as a leading actress.
Cast
* Lal as Palachottil Geevar ...
'', her first
Malayalam film, with a second Malayalam film in pre-production in December 2012. It also had
ensemble cast
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Structure
In contrast to ...
including
Lal,
Nazriya Nazim,
Meghana Raj,
Lalu Alex
Lalu Alex is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam cinema. In a career spanning four decades, Lalu Alex has acted over 250 movies and is known for his character roles, comic roles and antagonistic roles in Malayalam movie industry.
Lalu Alex ...
,
Padmapriya and
Pooja Gandhi.
In 2014 She started pre-production works for the legend Olympian's biopic ''
The Golden Girl, P T Usha'',
This Pandemic descending time she started a quick Malayalam movie ''
e Valayam'' addressing a subject having a contemporary value.
Filmography
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Varmha, Revathy S.
Living people
Indian women film directors
Tamil film directors
Malayalam film directors
Year of birth missing (living people)