Vincent Selva is an Indian film director and screenwriter associated with the

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. This director is best known for his debut flick, '' Priyamudan'' starring Vijay,

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. Other directors such as

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and S. P. Jananathan worked under him.

Career

Vincent Selva got associated with film scene in the 1990s. He made his film debut as a director through the film '' Priyamudan''. The romantic film released in 1998 was a major hit at box office and had been remade to Telugu, Kannada and Hindi. This is the first movie where Vijay played an anti-hero role. In 1999 he released his second film, '' Iraniyan'', a fictional biography of freedom fighter "Vattakudi Iraniyan". The movie starred Murali and

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and opened to mixed reviews. In 2002 he directed ''

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'' a film starring Vijay, which was well received by critics and audiences. The movie starred the Fair & Lovely girl, Shaheen Khan in the lead role. In 2002, he was signed on by producer

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to make a film titled ''Enna Peyar Veikalaam'' featuring Karthik in the lead role. Despite travelling to Pollachi for the shoot, the actor refused to emerge from his hotel room, and following an extended period of confusion, the film was called off. He worked on ''Khakee'', a police thriller with

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in the lead role during 2006, but the film was shelved. Despite attempts to restart the venture in 2008, the film did not finish production. In 2005 he remade the Bollywood film, ''

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'' to Tamil titled, ''

Jithan ''Jithan'' is a 2005 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language supernatural romantic thriller film directed by Vincent Selva. The film stars Jithan Ramesh (in his Tamil debut) along with Pooja (actress), Pooja, Kalabhavan Mani, J. Livingston, Livings ...

''. The movie met with commercial success. After the film, he directed the same actor

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in '' Madurai Veeran'', but it was received negative reviews. ''

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'', ''

Thulli Vilayadu ''Thulli Vilayadu'' is a 2013 Tamil comedy thriller film written and directed by Vincent Selva and produced by D. Govindaraj. The film features newcomer Yuvaraj, Deepthi Nambiar, Soori, and Sendrayan in the lead roles. Prakash Raj and Jayaprak ...

'' and ''

Inga Enna Solluthu ''Inga Enna Solluthu'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by Vincent Selva, and produced and written by Arunraj who also plays the lead role, with Meera Jasmine and Santhanam in supporting roles. The film released on 30 Ja ...

'' are other releases. In 2016, he made a comeback with the sequel of Jithan and the movie titled ''

Jithan 2 ''Jithan 2'' is a 2016 Indian Tamil language horror comedy film directed by Rahul Paramahamsa and written by Vincent Selva. The film is a sequel to ''Jithan'' (2005), and stars Jithan Ramesh and Srushti Dange. The film began production in Dec ...

'' was a major setback. The talented and multiaward winning director Mysskin known for his off beat movies worked as an assistant under him. S. P. Jananathan has also worked under him as an assistant.

Filmography

References

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