Elan is an Indian film director, screenwriter and lyricist who predominantly works in the

Tamil film industry Tamil cinema is the segment of cinema of India, Indian cinema dedicated to the production of Film, motion pictures in the Tamil language, the main spoken language in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is nicknamed Kollywood, a portmanteau of the nam ...

Personal life

Elan was making short films since he finished his schooling in 2007. He is the son of Stills Pandian, a photographer.

Career

In 2017, he worked on ''Graghanam'' starring

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and

Chandran Chandramouli (born 1988), known by his stage name Chandran, is an Indian actor working in the Tamil film industry. After featuring in short films and music videos, Chandramouli made his feature film debut with Prabhu Solomon's romantic film '' ...

. It was a thriller film about the happenings of a night. The film, however, remains unreleased. After completing a love story script, he began working on the next one without reaching out to producers. By chance, a friend of

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 ...

asked if he had any romance scripts, leading to Elan's debut directorial, ''

Pyaar Prema Kaadhal ''Pyaar Prema Kaadhal'' () is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Elan in his directorial debut, and produced by Yuvan Shankar Raja, under the banner YSR Films, who also composed music for the film, and co-produced by ...

'' (2018). In celebration of ''

'''s success,

gifted Elan a luxury car. The film was later remade in

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as ''

Urvasivo Rakshasivo ''Urvasivo Rakshasivo'' is a 2022 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Rakesh Sashii and produced by GA2 Pictures and Shri Tirumala Production. A remake of the 2018 Tamil language film ''Pyaar Prema Kaadhal'', ...

'' (2022). After the collaboration on ''

'' (2018) with

Harish Kalyan Harish Kalyan (born 29 June 1990) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Tamil cinema. He made his acting debut in 2010 with the film '' Sindhu Samaveli'' and gained recognition for his roles in '' Poriyaalan'' (2014), '' Vil Ambu'' (2016), ...

, Elan was reported to collaborate with Harish again for his next directorial in 2019. In August 2023,

Kavin Kavin (/kəvɪn/)(Tamil கவின்) is a unisex given name, which is Tamil for "beauty", "grace", "fairness" or "comeliness". Notable people with the name include: People * Kavinn (born 1984), Jamaican football player *Kavin Dave (born 1984), ...

, was reported to replace Harish for the lead role and the principal photography began on 1 June 2023 in

Chennai Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...

. In an interview, Elan stated that "Vaaranam Aayiram was one of my biggest inspirations to make Star." and that it was a tribute to his father.

Filmography

References

External links

* * {{YouTube, id=GOTDHKiWans, title=Elan Interview with Baradwaj Rangan {{! Star {{! Deep Dive Place of birth missing (living people) Tamil film directors Tamil cinema Living people Year of birth missing (living people)