C. Ranganathan is an
Indian film director and screenwriter who has worked on Tamil films. He made his debut with the 1996 romantic drama film, ''
Coimbatore Mappillai'' starring
Vijay and
Sanghavi
Sanghavi (born Kavya Ramesh) is an Indian actress and a model known for her work predominantly in Telugu and Tamil language films. She was one of the leading actresses in South Indian cinema for a decade from 1993 to 2004. In her career spann ...
.
Career
Ranganathan is a distant relative of director
R. Sundarrajan
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worked as an assistant director under him and
S. A. Chandrasekhar. He initially began his career as actor portraying lead role in ''Oyilattam'' (1991) directed by Sundarrajan. He then became a director and made three consecutive successful Tamil films between 1996 and 1997 with the
Vijay-starrer ''
Coimbatore Mappillai'', ''
Tata Birla'' and ''
Aahaa Enna Porutham
''Aahaa Enna Porutham'' () is a 1997 Tamil-language comedy film directed by C. Ranganathan. The film stars Ramki, Goundamani and Sanghavi. The film, produced by K. Balu, had musical score by Vidyasagar and was released on 19 September 1997 to ...
'' all ending up as profitable ventures. By late 1997, he had started work on a new film titled ''Indru Mudhal Happy'' featuring
Jayaram
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,
Goundamani
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and
Senthil
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Personal life
Pandiarajan was born to Sulochana in Saidapet, Chennai in a lower ...]
and
Preetha, though the film did not complete production.
He then launched another project titled ''Saamy Koduththa Varam'' in August 1998, with
Napolean,
Vignesh and
Preetha starring. Despite a grand launch event, the film did not finish production. Similarly the film, ''Love Pannunga Sir'' featuring
Livingston and Preetha, did not progress despite being announced in mid-1998. In 2001, he began another project titled ''Vandharu Jeicharu'' with television actor Akash and
Uma. However, despite beginning production, the film also failed to finish.
As offers to make films began to get difficult, Ranganathan moved on to make television serials and notably worked with
K. Bhagyaraj in the making of ''
Vilakku Vacha Nerathula''.
Filmography
Films
Director
Actor
Television
As actor
As director
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ranganathan, C.
Living people
Tamil film directors
Male actors in Tamil cinema
20th-century Indian film directors
Tamil-language film directors
1966 births