Ananda Krishnan is an Indian film director working in

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. He made his directorial debut with the 2014 thriller '' Aal'' and went on to direct the 2016 action crime film ''

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'', before which he worked as an assistant director with

Susi Ganeshan Ganesan Subbiah (born 25 August 1969), popularly known as Susi Ganesan, is an Indian film director, producer, and writer who predominately works in Tamil films apart from a few Hindi remakes of his own films. Early life Ganesan was born on (25 ...

for the 2009 superhero film ''

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''.

Career

Ananda Krishnan began his career as a first assistant director in ''

'' under director Susi Ganeshan and he also worked as a co-editor for editor

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for the same movie. In 2014, he made his directional debut through '' Aal''. The film was produced by Shoundaryan Pictures. It was an official remake of the Hindi movie '' Aamir'' featuring

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, and Hardika Shetty. In 2016, he produced and directed an action thriller film ''Metro'' under his banner Metro Productions. in 2024, he worked on his upcoming film ''Non-Violence''.

Personal life

Ananda Krishnan was the son of Arul Mozhi Varman and Rajivee. His brother Dhanraj Rajendran, who works for Wipro in United States had always encouraged him. He studied until 12th grade in St.Patrick Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Pondicherry. Right from his school days, he was inclined towards writing short stories and participated in several speech competitions, which later pulled him to join B.Sc., Visual Communication Course (2006) in The New College, Chennai. He married Shrilekha on 24 August 2017 in Madurai.

Filmography

References

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20140211164301/http://isikkim.com/2012-12-south-indian-star-vidharths-aal-being-shot-in-sikkim-21-6/ *http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-10/vidharth-rescued-by-indian-army--vidharth-aalu-25-03-13.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Krishnan, Ananda 1987 births People from Pondicherry Living people Tamil film directors Film directors from Puducherry