Raja Krishnamoorthy, popularly known as Kitty is an Indian director,

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and

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, primarily working in the

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with a few films in

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, and

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. He has directed films like ''

Dasarathan ''Dasarathan'' is a 1993 Indian Tamil language-language action film, directed by actor Kitty making his directorial debut credited under his real name Raja Krishnamoorthy. The film stars Sarathkumar and Heera, while Sivakumar, Saranya and Gan ...

'' (1993). He made his acting debut in

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' s ''

Nayakan ''Nayakan'' (; ) is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language gangster film written and directed by Mani Ratnam. Produced by Muktha Srinivasan, the film stars Kamal Haasan, Saranya (in her feature debut) and Karthika, with Janagaraj, Vijayan, M. V. Vasu ...

'', released in 1987.

Early life

He has done his Masters in Management Studies from

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, 1975. He started with Mukund Iron & Steel as Management Trainee and Personnel Officer; he was with ITC Welcome Group as Personnel Manager and Regional Personnel Manager, and subsequently, with Enfield India Limited as General Manager (

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). Between June 2000 and March 2002, he worked actively with Polaris Software Lab Ltd., an organization of 2600 people, as consultant and President of Human Resources. From July 2002 till August 2005, he was leading the Consulting and training Division, as Principal Consultant - at ProLease India Pvt. Ltd., part of the

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based Interpro Group. Currently, he heads the Consulting and Training Division and directs the HRD function at talent Maximus. Kitty was at one point the manager at Chola Sheraton, and was therefore known as "Chola" Krishnamurthy. He briefly worked as General Manager at Enfield which he quit to pursue acting as a career.

Actor

Kitty is known for his impressive performances in

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' s ''

Soora Samhaaram ''Soora Samhaaram'' () is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Chitra Lakshmanan and written by Vietnam Veedu Sundaram. The film stars Kamal Haasan in the role of police officer, ACP Athi Veerapandiyan. The film was ...

'' (1988) and '' Sathya'' (1988),

Rajinikanth Shivaji Rao Gaikwad (born 12 December 1950), known professionally as Rajinikanth, is an Indian actor, producer and screenwriter. In a career spanning over five decades, he has done 160 films that includes films in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannad ...

' s ''

Baashha ''Baashha'' is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language gangster action film written and directed by Suresh Krissna. The film stars Rajinikanth, Nagma and Raghuvaran, with Janagaraj, Devan, Shashi Kumar, Vijayakumar, Anandaraj, Charan Raj, Kitty, Sath ...

'' (1995) and

' s ''

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'' (1995).

Other works

Apart from acting, he is the director HRD of Talent Maximus India Ltd. He wrote a book called Rajini Punchtantra: Business and Life management. He has contested in

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election The Fifteenth Legislative Assembly Election was held on 16 May 2016 for the 232 seats (except Thanjavur and Aravakurichi for which held on 26 October 2016) of the Legislative Assembly in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. AIADMK under J. Jayal ...

Velachery Velachery (''pronounced as'' veh·luh·cheh·ree) is a commercial and residential area in south Chennai, and is the largest commercial centre in south Chennai. It is surrounded by Guindy in the north, IIT Madras in the north-east, Taramani ...

constituency as an Independent candidate and lost the election.

Filmography

As actor

Films

Television

As director

As dubbing artist

References

General

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kitty Tamil film directors Male actors in Tamil cinema Tamil male actors Tamil screenwriters Living people Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies alumni Male actors from Mumbai 20th-century Indian film directors 20th-century Indian male actors 21st-century Indian male actors Male actors in Telugu cinema Indian male film actors Male actors in Hindi cinema Film directors from Mumbai Screenwriters from Tamil Nadu 1952 births