Shakti Soundar Rajan is an Indian film director who predominantly works in

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Career

Rajan worked as an assistant director to

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. His debut movie was ''

Naanayam ''Naanayam'' (lit. ''coin'' or ''integrity'') is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language heist thriller film written and directed by Shakti Soundar Rajan in his directorial debut. Produced by Atharsh Capital Film Works, the film stars Prasanna as the p ...

,'' released in 2010. In 2014, he directed ''

Naaigal Jaakirathai ''Naaigal Jaakirathai'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language comedy thriller film written and directed by Shakti Soundar Rajan featuring Sibiraj, Arundhati and a German Shepherd dog named Mani in the lead. It is inspired from the 1989 film ''Tur ...

'', which received stellar reviews from both the critics and the audience. After this movie, Shakti achieved a certain stance in the industry. Following a zombie film in ''

Miruthan ''Miruthan'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action horror film written and directed by Shakti Soundar Rajan, starring Jayam Ravi, Lakshmi Menon and Anikha Surendran. D. Imman composed the music, while Venkatesh S. handled the cinematograph ...

'' (2016), and a space film in '' Tik Tik Tik'' (2018), Shakti Soundar Rajan returned with one of the country's first live-action animated films, ''

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'' (2021).

Filmmaking style

Rajan has a reputation for introducing different concepts to Tamil cinema relative to

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films. His second film,

, was the first Tamil film to feature a dog as the main protagonist. His third film,

, was the first Indian film in Tamil language to feature zombies. Rajan's latest venture,

, is also the first Tamil film to use an Indian animation company to design a special animated character and the second Tamil film (after

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's ''

Kochadaiiyaan ''Kochadaiiyaan: The Legend'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language 3D animated action film written by K. S. Ravikumar and directed by Soundarya Rajinikanth. It is India's first photorealistic motion capture film, featuring characters whose desig ...

'') to use motion-capture technology, marking the new wave of animation usage in Tamil industry. For his first two films, Rajan has collaborated with music directors

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and

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, after which he has collaborated with music director

D. Imman Immanuel Vasanth Dinakaran (born 24 January 1983), better known as D. Imman, is an Indian film composer and singer, predominantly working in Tamil cinema. Also worked in Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, and Hindi film industry. His first film as mu ...

for his subsequent films.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rajan, Shakti Soundar Tamil film directors Tamil-language film directors Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 1982 births