A. Jagannathan (26 November 19357 October 2012) was an Indian film director who worked in the Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi film industries and he was introduced by R.M. Veerappan in his Sathya Movies banner for Manipayal. He directed nearly 50 films in

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Film career

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for almost 15 films, most of them being

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movies. He directed the MGR film ''

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'', under the tutleage of R.M.Veerappan and went on to direct five other blockbuster films for RMV's Sathya Movies including Moondru Mugam with Rajinikanth and Kadhal Parisu with Kamal Hasaan. He also directed some television serials. He directed

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's ''

Vellai Roja ''Vellai Roja'' () is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by A. Jagannathan and written and A. L. Narayanan. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Ambika, Prabhu and Radha. It is a remake of the Malayalam film ''Post Mortem''. ''Vellai Roja'' ...

'' which won awards including the Filmfare Award. Another successful venture in his career was ''

Moondru Mugam ''Moondru Mugam'' () is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by A. Jagannathan. The film stars Rajinikanth in three distinct roles as Alex Pandian, Arun and John. The film was a blockbuster and ran for 175 days in theatres. Rajin ...

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Partial filmography

Death

He suffered from breathing ailments and was hospitalized in Coimbatore for a fortnight. He died on 7 October 2012, and was cremated at Tiruppur. He was survived by his wife Rajamani, daughters Usha Devi and Pavithra Devi and son Arun Kumar.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jagannathan A Tamil film directors Telugu film directors Kannada film directors People from Tiruppur Filmfare Awards South winners 1935 births 2012 deaths 20th-century Indian film directors Film directors from Tamil Nadu