Sreedhar Rajan is an Indian journalist and film critic, based in

Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

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. He started his career as an advertising executive and later became a film director and screenwriter. His directorial debut ''

Kann Sivanthaal Mann Sivakkum ''Kann Sivanthaal Mann Sivakkum'' () is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language film directed by debutant Sreedhar Rajan. Produced by R. Venkatraman, the film won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director at the 30th National Film Awards i ...

'' (1983) was based on

Indira Parthasarathy R. Parthasarathy, commonly known as Indira Parthasarathy or Ee. Paa., is an Indian author and playwright who writes in Tamil. He has published 16 novels, 10 plays, anthologies of short stories, and essays. He is best known for his plays, "Aurang ...

's novel ''Kuruthipunal'', about the

Kilvenmani massacre The Kilvenmani massacre (or Keezhvenmani massacre) was an incident in Kizhavenmani village, Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu state in India on 25 December 1968 in which a group of around 44 people, the families of striking Dalit village labour ...

of 1968. The film won the

Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director The Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organization set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of sev ...

in 1983. Following that, he made films such as ''

Iravu Pookkal ''Iravu Pookkal'' () is a 1986 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film directed by Sreedhar Rajan, starring Sathyaraj and Nalini. It was released on 19 September 1986. Plot Cast * Sathyaraj as Inspector Rajadurai * Nalini as Meena ...

'' (1986) and ''

Pookkal Vidum Thudhu ''Pookkal Vidum Thudhu'' () () is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language teen romance film produced and directed by Sreedhar Rajan, and written by T. Rajendar who also composed the music. A remake of the Malayalam film ''Nakhakshathangal'' (1986), it star ...

'' (1987). He has also served various positions including a member of the advisory panel of the

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, and the

National Film Development Corporation of India The National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC) based in Mumbai is the central agency established in 1975, to encourage high quality Indian cinema. It functions in areas of film financing, production and distribution and under Ministr ...

. He is married to Jaya Sreedhar Rajan, daughter of Tamil actor

Gemini Ganesan Ramasamy Ganesan (17 November 1920 – 22 March 2005), better known by his stage name Gemini Ganesan, was an Indian actor who worked mainly in Tamil cinema. He was referred to as the ''Kaadhal Mannan'' (King of Romance) for his romantic roles ...

Select filmography

* ''

'' (1983) * ''

'' (1986) * ''

'' (1987)

References

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