Suresh Krissna (born 25 June 1959) is an Indian film director who has directed

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Language films. His first independent film as a director was '' Sathya'' (1988), with Kamal Haasan. He is well known for having directed Rajinikanth in four films which include, '' Annamalai'' (1992), '' Veera'' (1994), ''

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'' (1995) and '' Baba'' (2002). In the 1990s, he has also directed other major superstars including

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and

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Early life and career

Suresh was born to R. Krishna and K. Sharada in

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. He has two brothers, Sreeram and Satheesh, and one sister, actress

Shanthi Krishna Shanthi Krishna is an Indian actress known for her leading roles in Malayalam and Tamil films. As a star in the 1980s and 1990s, she won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress for her performance as Sharadammini in ''Chakoram'' (1994), t ...

. He spent his early career in Mumbai. After completing his graduation in economics he joined the Mumbai office of

L. V. Prasad Akkineni Laxmi Vara Prasada Rao (17 January 1907 – 22 June 1994), known professionally as L. V. Prasad, was an Indian film director, producer, actor, and businessman. He was one of the pioneers of Indian cinema and is the recipient of the Dad ...

for accounts management. Later he became an executive assistant to

and also took care of the Prasad Productions Mumbai office. When L. V. Prasad started production of ''

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'' (1981), directed by K. Balachander, he assisted Prasad Productions on location. After completion of the film he went on to work for K. Balachander first assisting in ''

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'' (1981). Later he was elevated to associate director status in ''

Achamillai Achamillai ''Achamillai Achamillai'' () is a 1984 Indian Tamil-language political drama film written and directed by K. Balachander. It stars Rajesh and Saritha, with Pavithra, Jeyagopi, Delhi Ganesh, Charle and Delhi Nayakar in supporting roles. It rev ...

'' (1984). Suresh first Independent directorial film was '' Sathya'' (1988) starring Kamal Haasan which was a remake of the Hindi movie '' Arjun'' starring Sunny Deol. In 1989, he received the

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for '' Prema''. Suresh Krissna became famous after he worked with Rajinikanth in the 1992 movie ''

Annaamalai ''Annaamalai'' (also spelt ''Annamalai''; ) is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language masala film directed by Suresh Krissna and produced by Kavithalayaa Productions. A remake of the 1987 Hindi film '' Khudgarz'', itself based on Jeffrey Archer's 1979 n ...

''. The movie became successful at the box office with a 175-day run. In 1995, Rajnikanth and Suresh Krissna paired up once again for the movie ''

'', which received an appraisal and it broke ''Annaamalai''s record at the Box Office. The movie is considered as one of the breaking points in Rajnikanth’s career. In 2001, Suresh Krissna directed a Telugu movie, ''

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'' in which he worked with

. In 2002, he began working on a film titled ''Vamana'' featuring Ajith Kumar, Reema Sen and Sneha. Despite the beginning production, the film was later stalled. Suresh Krissna has directed movies like '' Baba'' (2002), '' Rocky – The Rebel'' (2006), ''

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'' (2011) and ''

Katari Veera Surasundarangi ''Katari Veera Surasundarangi'' is a 2012 Indian Kannada-language romantic fantasy film starring Upendra triple role two leads and one cameo appearance and Ramya. The film is a spiritual sequel to Upendra's 2003 film '' Raktha Kanneeru''. Veter ...

'' (2012). In 2012, Suresh Krissna published a book called ‘My Days with ''

''’, in which the director has penned down his memories of making super hit films with Rajnikanth. Rajnikanth in an interview said that directors Suresh Krissna and

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are the ones who made him a Superstar. He has directed films in many languages starring leading heroes like Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan,

, Venkatesh,

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, Vishnuvardhan and

. Suresh Krissna, who has directed about 40 films so far, has also directed series on leading television channels like Sun TV and

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. He directed the ''

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'' (2013) serial on Sun TV. Suresh Krissna is getting into the web series space with '' In the Name of God'' (2021), to be streamed in Telugu, which he has produced.

As director

Films

Television

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Krishna, Suresh Living people 20th-century Indian film directors Tamil film directors Telugu film directors Kannada film directors Nandi Award winners Film directors from Mumbai 21st-century Indian film directors Malayalam film directors Hindi-language film directors 1959 births