R.S.Vimal is an Indian filmmaker who works in

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. He made his directorial debut in 2015 with the Malayalam film '' Ennu Ninte Moideen'', for which he received the Filmfare Award for Best Director – Malayalam.

Career

He made documentary films for a Malayalam television channel for a period of time. Prior to making his feature directorial debut, Vimal made a documentary on the same subject, titled ''Jalam Kondu Murivettaval''. He made his directorial debut in 2015 with the Malayalam film '' Ennu Ninte Moideen'', which was based on the real-life story of Moideen and Kanchanamala that took that place in the 1960s in Mukkam,

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. The film starred

Prithviraj Sukumaran Prithviraj Sukumaran (Help:IPA/Malayalam, /pr̩t̪ʰʋiɾaːd͡ʒ/; born 16 October 1982) is an Indian actor, producer, director, and playback singer who primarily works in Malayalam cinema, in addition to Tamil cinema, Tamil, Bollywood, Hin ...

and Parvathy. In January 2016, announcement of his second directorial was held at a function in

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. The high-budget film titled ''Mahavir Karna'' was based on the epic ''

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'' was initially launched as a Malayalam language film with

in the lead role. Later in the year, Vimal said that the film's budget estimate is around 300 crore. In 2017, for reasons unknown, Prithviraj opted out of the project and Vikram was signed in as a replacement, thus making the film a Tamil production.

Filmography

Accolades

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vimal, R. S. Living people Malayalam film directors Film directors from Thiruvananthapuram Year of birth missing (living people)