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in pivotal roles. He was awarded the Tamil Nadu state Kalaimamani award for his works in the film industry. He is known to have made his assistants huge stars in the film Industry. His assistant film directors include

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, A. Venkatesh,

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and many more. He has also introduced stars like

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. During the 1990s his movies with newcomers like Sarathkumar,

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, and Vijay, who later became established actors in the industry. He also introduced comedians like Soori and Vimal in his movie ''Mattuthavani''.

Career

Pavithran a student of Pachaiyappa's college began his career with K. T. Kunjumon's production venture '' Vasanthakala Paravai'' (1991), before going on to make a successful action film with Sarathkumar titled '' Suriyan'' (1992) which went on to become the biggest hit of the year, cementing his position in kollywood and then re-collaborated with the actor the following year with ''

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'' (1993). Sarathkumar also featured in his next, the romantic musical '' Indhu'' (1994), which marked the debut of

as a lead actor. In 1995, he made another action film with

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titled ''

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''. He then made the college love story '' Kalloori Vaasal'' (1996) featuring

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and

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, though the film opened to a negative response from critics and at the box office. During the making of the film, the director clashed with actor Prashanth and his father, with the pair claiming that Pavithran had changed the characterisation of Prashanth's role in the film since the first narration. In 1996, he also produced the Vijay-starrer ''

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'' directed by A. Venkatesh, but the film's failure cost Pavithran 1.5 crore rupees. This also affected the making of his next venture titled ''Mookkuththi Kaasi'', which started with

, but was later filmed with Bhaskar Raj in the lead instead. The film subsequently failed to develop and did not release. His final Tamil film before an extended sabbatical was the Vignesh-starrer ''Kadhal Palli''. In 2000, he announced a project titled ''Pugazh'' again with Sarathkumar, Poonam Singar and

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, but the project failed to proceed after initial schedules. The firm had been partially shot in

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with the story inspired by the

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. He re-began work on the film in March 2004 with actor Jai and

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also brought in alongside Sarathkumar, but the film still failed to be completed. Pavithran began work on a low budget film titled '' Mattuthavani'' in 2007, though delays meant that the film only had a low key release in 2012. In 2018, he released another small-budget film titled ''Dharavi'', shot in Mumbai.

Filmography

References

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