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Revathy S Varmha is an Indian
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Career


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Varmha began to write scripts for commercials at age 16. Living in
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, she began directing commercials in the 1990s when she took over for the director of a
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spot and by 2005 had directed more than 480 commercials, including spots for
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and the
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. Around 60 novelettes in English, Hindi and Tamil is to her credit.


Film career

In 2005 Varmha began directing movies. Her debut was the
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family film ''
June R ''June R'' is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Revathy S. Varmha, in her feature directorial debut. The film, based on her English novella of the same name, stars Jyothika in the title role, along with Khushbu Sundar, Saritha ...
'', which release in 2006. The film stars
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in the title role which was her 25th Tamil film along with the supporting cast
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,
Saritha Saritha is an Indian actress who has acted in more than 150 films and provided voice for many actress for more than 200 films in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu languages. She was one of the popular and critically acclaimed lead actresses ...
and
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.The film was initially scheduled for release in June 2005 but was later pushed back to release in the Diwali season of 2005 so the film could be promoted more heavily. The film was also caught up when Kushboo's films were temporarily banned after her comments on pre-marital sex angered Indian political parties. After the release of ''June R'', she began to direct two more films, the
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remake of ''June R'' entitled '' Aap Ke Liye Hum'', and the Sri Lankan film '' Yasoda Kanna'', which was criticized for its political stance.The film ''Aap Ke Liye Hum'' had the Bollywood star cast
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,
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,
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, Ayesha Takia Azmi and
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in the lead roles. In 2012 she directed ''
Maad Dad ''Maad Dad'' is a 2013 Malayalam film, directed by Revathy S Varmha, starring Lal, Nazriya Nazim, Meghana Raj, and Lalu Alex. It marked Nazriya's debut film as a leading actress. Cast Production Mohanlal was to play the title role first, b ...
'', her first
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film, with a second Malayalam film in pre-production in December 2012. It also had
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including Lal,
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,
Meghana Raj Meghana Sundar Raj Sarja is an Indian actress who primarily works in Malayalam and Kannada films along with a few Telugu and Tamil films. She made her acting debut in the 2009 Telugu film '' Bendu Apparao R.M.P''. She has won Karnataka State ...
,
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,
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and
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. In 2014 She started pre-production works for the legend Olympian's biopic '' The Golden Girl, P T Usha'', This Pandemic descending time she started a quick Malayalam movie ''e Valayam'' addressing a subject having a contemporary value.


Filmography


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Varmha, Revathy S. Living people Indian women film directors Tamil film directors Malayalam film directors Year of birth missing (living people)