S. Kathiresan is an Indian film producer and film director who has worked on

Tamil films Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Tamil language. Based out of the Kodambakkam neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it is popularly called ''Kollywood ...

. He made his debut production with '' Polladhavan'' in 2007 and debuted direction with ''

Rudhran ''Rudhran'' is an 2023 Indian Tamil-language action masala film produced and directed by S. Kathiresan (in his directorial debut) under his banner Five Star Creations LLP. The film stars Raghava Lawrence, R. Sarathkumar, and Priya Bhavani Shank ...

''. He owns the production company, Five Star Creations.

Career

S. Kathiresan was born in

Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of ...

. He made his debuted production with

Vetrimaaran Vetrimaaran is an Indian film director, screenwriter and film producer, who works in the Tamil film industry. As of 2021, he has won five National Film Awards, eight Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards, two Filmfare South Awards and the Amnesty Int ...

's direction '' Polladhavan'' (2007) starring

Dhanush Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja (born 28 July 1983), known professionally as Dhanush, is an Indian actor, producer, director, lyricist and playback singer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Starring in 46 films over his career, among hi ...

. The film was received positive responses from the audience and went on to become a super hit. In 2011 Kathiresan made his second collaboration with

starring

's ''

Aadukalam ''Aadukalam'' (; ) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Vetrimaran, who also co-wrote the screenplay and dialogues with Vikram Sugumaran from his story. Produced by Five Star Kathiresan and distributed by Sun Pictures, the ...

''. This was later released by Sun pictures which was a all time Block buster bagging six national awards. 2013, Kathrisan made 3rd collaboration with

and produced ''

Naiyaandi ''Naiyaandi'' () is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by A. Sarkunam. The film features Dhanush and Nazriya Nazim in the lead roles. The plot focuses on a love story between a Kuthu Vilakku (lamp) shop owner ...

which was a disaster at the box office.'' Later,

Karthik Subbaraj Karthik Subbaraj is an Indian film director, writer and producer working mainly in Tamil cinema. Life and career Karthik did his schooling in SBOA Matriculation and Higher Secondary School, Madurai after which he went on to study Mechatroni ...

direction '' Jigarthanda'' (2014) was produced. The film

Jigarthanda (2014 film) ''Jigarthanda'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film written and directed by Karthik Subbaraj and produced by Kathiresan's Group, features Siddharth, Bobby Simha, Lakshmi Menon, Karunakaran and Guru Somasundaram. Gavemic U. ...

was given a

U/A certificate The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) is a statutory film-certification body in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India. It is tasked with "regulating the public exhibition of films under the provision ...

by the

Indian Censor Board The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) is a statutory film-certification body in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India. It is tasked with "regulating the public exhibition of films under the provision ...

due to its violent content. Producer Kathiresan, however, wanted a U certificate to avoid problems while selling the satellite rights of the film, for which the violent sequences were demanded to be cut short, which Karthik Subbaraj did not agree to. Due to the conflict, the film's release got further delayed, but the movie became a blockbuster. He made his debut direction with

Raghava Lawrence Lawrence Raghavendra is an Indian dance choreographer, actor, director, composer, dancer and playback singer. After making his debut as a dance choreographer in 1993, he began looking for acting opportunities. He began his career as an actor in ...

starring ''

''.The film was released in 2023 and was a disaster.

Filmography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kathiresan, S. Living people Film producers from Tamil Nadu Tamil film producers Film directors from Tamil Nadu Tamil film directors Year of birth missing (living people)