TOP 20 DIRECTORS IN TAMIL

Cheran

He made a tremendous mark with his nostalgic Autograph and Cheran has been consistent in delivering heartwarming scripts ever since. The director is ready with J.K Enum Nanbanin Vaazhkai which is due for release soon.


K.S Ravikumar

K.S Ravikumar has had a very long run in the Tamil film industry helming big movies such as Padayappa, Dasavatharam and Varalaru. He has also written the screenplay for the most anticipated Kochadaiyaan and has apparently worked as the direction supervisor in the movie too.


Vikraman

The director has given us numerous box office hits and has also bagged plenty of awards, which also includes the Tamil Nadu State Award. Vikraman has another film in his kitty, titled Ninaithathu Yaaro which is set for release sometime in the coming year.


Sundarrajan

Sundarrajan’s contribution to Tamil Cinema as a director starts from the year 1977. He has made many notable movies such as Payanangal Mudivathillai, Vaidehi Kathirunthal and Rajadhi Raja. His latest movie was Chithirayil Nilachoru that was released this year.


P Vasu

He has been entertaining the audience since the early 1980’s making films such as Panakkaran, Chinna Thambi and Mannan. His Chandramukhi, starring Rajinikanth was a tremendous box office success and was screened in some theaters for two long years.


R.K Selvamani

Debuting into Tamil Cinema through Pulan Visaranai, R.K Selvamani went on to make successful movies like Captain Prabhakaran, Athiradi Padai and Raja Muthirai. The director is renowned for his police and investigation stories.


Manivannan

Debuting in Tamil in the movie Gopurangal Saivathillai, late Manivannan proved his talent as a director and went on to make around fifty films including ventures in Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi. Although the actor turned director is not with us today, his movies will remain in our hearts forever.


Rama Narayanan

In a career that started in the year 1980, director Rama Narayanan came out with Arya Surya last year, which was his 125^th film. The director has given us hit movies like Durga, Veeran and Sahadevan Mahadevan.