K. Selva Bharathy is an Indian film director and dialogue writer, who works in

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. He was one time assistant of late director-actor

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. He was also an erstwhile dialogue writer for director

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He has directed nine films in his illustrious career since making his directorial debut in 1998.

Career

He made his directorial debut with the Tamil film ''

Ninaithen Vandhai ''Ninaithen Vandhai'' () is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language romantic musical comedy film directed by K. Selva Bharathy and produced by Allu Aravind. It is the Tamil remake of the 1996 Telugu film ''Pelli Sandadi''. The film stars Vijay, Rambha a ...

'' (1998) starring Vijay, Rambha and

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. ''Ninaithen Vandhai'' was a Tamil remake of the Telugu film ''

Pelli Sandadi ''Pelli Sandadi'' () is a 1996 Indian Telugu language, Telugu-language musical romance film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. Produced by C. Aswini Dutt, C. Aswani Dutt and Allu Aravind on Sri Raghavendra Movie Corporation banner, the film stars ...

'' (1996) and became a successful venture in the box office. He had insisted that he opted to use body double of Rambha instead of casting Rambha herself in "Vannanilavae Vannanilavae" song sequence in ''Ninaithen Vandhai.'' Selva eventually wanted to shoot the song with both Vijay and Rambha, but Rambha during the meantime had given callsheet to a Telugu film and the director decided to not disturb Rambha due to her Telugu film commitments. It was without the knowledge of Rambha that director went ahead with the strategy of incorporating a body double option by roping in a dancer who could ideally fit in Rambha's mould in order to complete the shooting of the song. Following the success of ''Ninaithen Vandhai'', he collaborated with Vijay in two more remake films; ''

Priyamaanavale ''Priyamaanavale'' () is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by K. Selva Bharathy. The film stars Vijay and Simran in the lead roles with S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vivek and Radhika Chaudhari in supporting roles. It revolv ...

'' (2000) with

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and ''

Vaseegara ''Vaseegara'' () is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by K. Selva Bharathy. It is a remake of the 2001 Telugu film, '' Nuvvu Naaku Nachav''. The film stars Vijay and Sneha, while Vadivelu, Nassar, Gayatri ...

'' (2003) with

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which were also well received by the audience. His other directorial ventures post ''Vaseegara'', such as ''Anbe Vaa'' (2005), ''Pasupathy c/o Rasakkapalayam'' (2007), ''Murattu Kaalai'' (2012) and ''Kadhalai Thavira Verondrum Illai'' (2014) did not exactly live upto the expectations as they were considered predominantly as low profile releases and were deemed below average in the box office. He frequently collaborated with comedian

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in ''Anbe Vaa'', ''Pasupathy c/o Rasakkapalayam'' and ''Murattu Kaalai'' whereas Vivek's comical hilarious performances had turned out to be the only saving graces in those films that kept the films somewhat engaging to a certain extent. Selva Bharathy cast in blind musician Comagan alongside other Raaga Priya orchestra members for the song "Uyir Thantha Thaye" for the emotional climax sequence in ''Pasupathy c/o Rasakkapalayam.''

Filmography

;Director ;Writer ;Actor ;Lyricist

References

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