Ramana Madhesh (born 23 December 1971) is an Indian film director, producer and writer in

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. He is mainly known for his debut ''

Madhurey ''Madhurey'' is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film directed by Ramana Madhesh. It stars Vijay, Sonia Agarwal and Rakshitha while Vadivelu, Pasupathy, Seetha, and Tejashree play supporting roles. The film released on 29 August 2004 ...

'' (2004) and

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's 150th film '' Arasangam'' (2008).

Career

Madhesh is film director and producer in

. He also distributed many movies like ''

Thulluvadho Ilamai ''Thulluvadho Ilamai'' () is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language teen drama film written and directed by Selvaraghavan, but Kasthuri Raja is credited for business reasons and the film marks the acting debut of Dhanush, who plays the lead role. The ...

'' (2002) and ''

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'' (2002). He started out in Tamil cinema by bankrolling Shankar's ''

Mudhalvan ''Mudhalvan'' () is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language political action thriller film produced by R. Madhesh and S. Shankar, written and directed by Shankar. The film stars Arjun, Manisha Koirala and Raghuvaran while Vadivelu and Manivannan appear in ...

'' (1999), which turned out to be a blockbuster and was subsequently remade into Bollywood under the title ''Nayak'' (2001). Since, his directorial debut with Vijay in ''

'' (2004), was a box office hit. Madhesh has helmed a handful of movies, notable among which are the crime thriller '' Arasangam'' (2008) and the action comedy ''

Mirattal ''Mirattal'' () is a 2012 Tamil language action romantic comedy film directed by R. Madhesh starring Vinay, Sharmila Mandre and Prabhu in the lead roles, Pradeep Rawat, Pandiarajan, and Santhanam in supporting roles, and Rishi in a cameo. A re ...

'' (2012). Besides these, he has also written and directed the 2016 Marathi movie ''Friends''. In 2018, Madhesh directed the Tamil horror thriller ''

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'', which starred

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in the lead role. As of 2019, Madhesh is writing and directing feature film titled "Sandakari" with Vemal and Shriya Saran. In this film Madhesh has finished almost 70 percent of the film in UK London. The production company released the first look poster with Shriya Saran and Vemal which is a runaway hit. The film was scheduled to be released in November 2021

Filmography

References

External links

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The Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Madhesh, Rathnappa Tamil film directors 21st-century Indian film directors Living people Tamil film producers Tamil screenwriters 1971 births