Thakkali Srinivasan is an Indian film director, musician and producer who has worked on Tamil films, often involving horror or murder mystery plotlines.

Career

Thakkali Srinivasan began his career off as a producer and made the science fiction film '' Nalaya Manithan'' (1989) directed by

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. The success of the film prompted him to produce a sequel titled '' Adhisaya Manithan'' (1990) with a different cast, and the project did not perform as well commercially. He had also composed music for the films, along with Premi, forming the Premi–Srini duo largely supported by another music director Manachanallur Giridharan. Subsequently, he directed two films in the 1990s, the horror film '' Jenma Natchathram'' (1991) with

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and the murder mystery film, ''

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'' (1995) with

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in the lead role. He began work on the production of a

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-starrer titled ''Maaruvedam'' in the late 1990s, but the film was later shelved. In 2001, he made '' Asokavanam'', another murder mystery film featuring Livignston, Sriman and

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and won mixed reviews for his work. A critic from

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noted that "the script is good in the first half but sags in the second". He later began working on a film titled ''

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'' (2009) featuring

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, but was replaced midway through production by a debutant director, Bhuvanai Kannan. His latest release was ''

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'' (2011), a thriller about reality show contestants on a desert island, starring Sriman in the lead role.

Filmography

References

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