Dharani Dharan is an Indian film director and screenwriter working primarily in the

Tamil cinema Tamil cinema is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Tamil language, the main spoken language in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is nicknamed Kollywood, a portmanteau of the names Kodambakkam, a Ch ...

Career

After quitting his IT job he worked as an assistant director for

Susi Ganesan 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 ...

in ''

Kanthaswamy ''Kanthaswamy'' is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language vigilante action film directed and written by Susi Ganesan. The film stars Vikram as the titular character, with Prabhu, Shriya Saran, Ashish Vidyarthi, Mukesh Tiwari, Krishna and Vadivelu app ...

''. he made his directorial debut with ''

Burma Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and ha ...

'' in 2014. His second directorial venture ''

Jackson Durai ''Jackson Durai'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language comedy horror film based on the theme of the classic goth story, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. The movie is written and directed by Dharani Dharan, starring Sathyaraj, Sibiraj, ...

'' is a

horror comedy Comedy horror (also called horror comedy) is a literary, television and film genre that combines elements of comedy and horror fiction. Comedy horror has been described as having three types: "black comedy, parody and spoof." Comedy horror can a ...

released in July 2016 under Sri Green Productions. His third directorial venture ''

Raja Ranguski ''Raja Ranguski'' is a 2018 Tamil-language drama film, drama thriller film written, produced and directed by Dharani Dharan. The film stars Metro Shirish and Chandini Tamilarasan, with the former playing the title role of Raja while the latter pl ...

'' is a murder mystery, music composed by

Yuvan Shankar Raja Yuvan Shankar Raja (born 31 August 1979), is an Indian composer and playback singer. He mainly scores music for Tamil films along with few Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi films. Considered a versatile composer, he is particularly known for his use o ...

and produced under his own banner "Burma Talkies", released in September 2018. His Fourth directorial venture '' Ranger'' is a Tiger-based movie, Shoot completed by Feb 2020, now movie in the post-production stage.

Filmography

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