Bharathan is an Indian filmmaker and writer who works in

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. He has directed with actor Vijay twice in his career.

Career

He initially began his career as a dialogue writer to film director

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and penned dialogues for the Vikram-starrer ''

Dhill ''Dhill'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by Dharani. The film stars Vikram and Laila, while Ashish Vidyarthi, Nassar and Vivek play supporting roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Vidyasagar, while ...

'' (2001), ''

Dhool ''Dhool'' () is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language masala film written and directed by Dharani. The film stars Vikram, Jyothika and Reema Sen. Vivek, Sayaji Shinde, Telangana Shakuntala, and Pasupathy, among others, play important roles. Produced ...

'' (2003) and Vijay-starrer ''

Ghilli ''Ghilli'' () is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language romantic action masala film directed by Dharani and produced by A. M. Rathnam. It is a remake of the Telugu-language film ''Okkadu'' (2003). The film stars Vijay, Trisha and Prakash Raj with ...

'' (2004), as well as for

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's ''

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 2 ...

'' (2004). Since then, he has intermittently been credited as a dialogue writer, most notably working on Ajith Kumar's '' Veeram'' (2014) which was directed by

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. Bharathan made his directorial debut with the thriller film ''

Azhagiya Tamil Magan ''Azhagiya Tamil Magan'' ( Adorable Tamil son) is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language psychological action thriller film written and directed by Bharathan, written by S. K. Jeeva and produced by Swargachitra Appachan. The film stars actor Vijay in a ...

'' (2007) starring Vijay and

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in the lead roles and Had a renowned technical crew, including music composed by

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. His second film, the thriller '' Athithi'' (2014) featuring

Nandha ''Nandha'' is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Bala. The film stars Suriya in the lead role, while Rajkiran, Laila, Saravanan and Rajshree play other supporting roles. The film also marked the debut of com ...

and

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, opened to mixed reviews . He later worked with Vijay again in ''

Bairavaa ''Bairavaa'' is a 2017 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language action comedy film, action masala film written and directed by Bharathan (director), Bharathan, and produced by B. Venkatarama Reddy. The film stars Vijay (actor), Vijay as the titular ...

'' (2017), with the film taking a strong opening at the box office.

Filmography

References

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