R. T. Neason is an Indian

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

, he earlier worked as assistant director in film like '' Iraniyan'', '' Prematho Raa'', '' Thavasi'', '' Ondagona Baa'' and also with Director Bhagyaraj as a screenplay writer. Neason also assisted in story and screenplay of ''

Velayudham ''Velayudham'' () is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language superhero film directed by Mohan Raja and produced by V. Ravichandran under Aascar Film. It stars Vijay in the titular role with Hansika Motwani and Genelia D'Souza, while Santhanam, Sar ...

''.

Personal life

R. T. Neason born in

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. He did his schooling in Sainik School Amaravathinagar, Tamil Nadu, India. He is married to Lakshmi. They have two Daughters Adithi and Akshara. He completed his

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from

Madras University The University of Madras is a public university, public State university (India), state university in Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India. Established in 1857, it is one of the oldest and most prominent universities in India, incorporated by an ...

, studied in Film and Television Institute of Madras with direction and screenplay specialization. He worked as assistant director with

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and Udayasankar for films like '' Iraniyan'', '' Prematho Raa'', '' Thavasi'', '' Ondagona Baa''.

Film career

Neason started his directorial career with '' Muruga (film)'' in 2007, starring Ashok, Shruti Sharma, Samiksha, Vadivelu and others. The film had music by

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released to positive reviews on 7 March 2007 and was an average film. His second release ''

Jilla ''Jilla'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by R. T. Neason and produced by R. B. Choudary under Super Good Films. The film stars Mohanlal and Vijay as a crime boss and his adopted son, a police officer, whose ...

'' features

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, Vijay, Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles while Niveda Thomas portraying supporting roles. The film was released on 10 January 2014, coinciding with Pongal and clashing with

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's '' Veeram''. Neason has two films to his arsenal as of date and has not worked on any films since ''Jilla''.

Filmography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Neason, R.T. Living people Tamil film directors 1972 births M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute alumni University of Madras alumni People from Theni district Screenwriters from Tamil Nadu Tamil screenwriters Film directors from Tamil Nadu Telugu film directors