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Wishing MANI RATNAM Many More Happy Birthdays; God Bless
Wishing MANI RATNAM, full name Gopala Ratnam Subramaniam Iyer (born 2 June 1956), Indian Film Director, Screenwriter and Producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema, on his Birthday today..
Starting his career as a management consultant, he made an entry into films through the Kannada film Pallavi Anu Pallavi in 1983. Despite a commercial failure, the film earned critical acclaim and fetched an award for the screenplay at the Karnataka State Film Awards. Ratnam's following efforts were the Malayalam film Unaru (1984), and the Tamil films: Pagal Nilavu and Idhaya Kovil, both in 1985.
He came into prominence after Mouna Ragam (1986) which established himself as a leading director in Tamil cinema. He followed that with the Godfatheresque Nayagan (1987), which was among the three Indian films to be named by Time magazine's list of All-Time 100 Greatest Movies in 2005.
His Telugu film Geethanjali won multiple Nandi Awards apart from the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. His next release Anjali (1990) was India's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Ratnam is well known for his "Terrorism trilogy" consisting of Roja (1992), Bombay (1995) and Dil Se.. (1998).
Widely regarded as one of the leading directors in Indian cinema, Ratnam is widely credited with having revolutionized the Tamil film industry and altering the profile of Indian cinema. Ratnam is married to Tamil actress Suhasini and has a son with her. In 2002, he was honoured with the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award given by the Government of India.
Ratnam has won several film awards, including six National Film Awards. In addition to these, he is a recipient of a number of awards at various international film festivals and a few Filmfare Awards.
Source: Venkata Raman G
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mani_Ratnam
Wishing MANI RATNAM, full name Gopala Ratnam Subramaniam Iyer (born 2 June 1956), Indian Film Director, Screenwriter and Producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema, on his Birthday today..
Starting his career as a management consultant, he made an entry into films through the Kannada film Pallavi Anu Pallavi in 1983. Despite a commercial failure, the film earned critical acclaim and fetched an award for the screenplay at the Karnataka State Film Awards. Ratnam's following efforts were the Malayalam film Unaru (1984), and the Tamil films: Pagal Nilavu and Idhaya Kovil, both in 1985.
He came into prominence after Mouna Ragam (1986) which established himself as a leading director in Tamil cinema. He followed that with the Godfatheresque Nayagan (1987), which was among the three Indian films to be named by Time magazine's list of All-Time 100 Greatest Movies in 2005.
His Telugu film Geethanjali won multiple Nandi Awards apart from the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. His next release Anjali (1990) was India's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Ratnam is well known for his "Terrorism trilogy" consisting of Roja (1992), Bombay (1995) and Dil Se.. (1998).
Widely regarded as one of the leading directors in Indian cinema, Ratnam is widely credited with having revolutionized the Tamil film industry and altering the profile of Indian cinema. Ratnam is married to Tamil actress Suhasini and has a son with her. In 2002, he was honoured with the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award given by the Government of India.
Ratnam has won several film awards, including six National Film Awards. In addition to these, he is a recipient of a number of awards at various international film festivals and a few Filmfare Awards.
Source: Venkata Raman G
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mani_Ratnam
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