Ravichandran is an Indian film director, who has directed Tamil films. After making his debut in 1998 with the successful ''

Kannedhirey Thondrinal ''Kannedhirey Thondrinal'' () is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by newcomer Ravichandran. The film stars Prashanth and Simran. It was released on 11 September 1998, and was commercially successful. The film was rema ...

'', he has gone on to make other ventures including ''

Sandhitha Velai ''Sandhitha Velai'' (Tamil: சந்தித்த வேளை) () is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Ravichandran, his second film after ''Kannedhirey Thondrinal'' (1998). The film stars Karthik in two roles. Roja and K ...

'' and ''

Majunu ''Majunu'' is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film directed by Ravichandran and produced by Sunanda Murali Manohar. The film stars Prashanth and Rinke Khanna with Sonu Sood, Raghuvaran, Rati Agnihotri and Vivek appearing in oth ...

''.

Career

Ravichandran made his debut by directing ''

'' (1998), a love story featuring

Prashanth Prashanth Thiagarajan (born 6 April 1973), known professionally as Prashanth, is an Indian actor, businessman, playback singer and film producer known for his works predominantly in Tamil cinema. Besides Tamil films, he has also appeared in f ...

and

Simran Simran (Gurmukhi: ਸਿਮਰਨ, pronunciation: ; ; from Sanskrit: , ''smaraṇa'', 'to remember, reminisce, recollect'), in spirituality, is a Hindi and Punjabi word referring to the continuous remembrance of the finest aspect of the self, ...

, and the film gained positive reviews from critics and went on to become a commercial success. His next ''

'' fared less well, while his third venture ''

'' saw him collaborate with Prashanth again. Through the film, he also introduced music director

Harris Jayaraj J. Harris Jayaraj (born 8 January 1975) is an Indian composer from Tamil Nadu. He composes soundtracks predominantly for Tamil cinema, Tamil films, while also having composed for a few films in Cinema of Andhra Pradesh, Telugu and two films i ...

to work on his first film soundtrack, though other projects eventually released earlier. His most recent release was ''

Urchagam ''Urchagam'' () is a 2007 Tamil romantic drama film directed by Ravichandran and starring Nandha and Sherin. The storyline is based on the problems and difficulties between a love marriage and arranged marriage. The movie was shot in Chennai, EC ...

'', a thriller starring Nandha and

Sherin Sherin Shringar, known by her stage name Sherin or Shirin is an Indian actress, who has appeared in Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Telugu-language films. After making her debut in Kannada films, her notable films include '' Thulluvadho Ilamai ...

, which opened to average reviews in 2007. In 2014, he announced that he is working on a movie featuring his nephew Raj Bharath and Amzhath in lead roles.

Filmography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ravichandran Living people Tamil film directors Film directors from Tamil Nadu 1971 births 20th-century Indian people 21st-century Indian people