Mani Ratnam
Mani Ratnam (Tamil: மணி ரத்னம்) (born June 2, 1956) is a Tamil Indian movie director, writer and producer.
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| Born | Vemuri Sai Karthik June 2, 1956 |
| Occupation(s) | Director, Writer, Producer |
| Years active | 1983-2010 |
Filmography
The following is the list of movies directed by Mani Ratnam. For many of these movies, Mani Ratnam is also credited for the story, screenplay and producing:
Director
| Year | Film | Language | Cast | Music Director | Notes |
| 1983 | Pallavi Anu Pallavi | Kannada | Anil Kapoor, Lakshmi | Ilaiyaraaja | Dubbed into Tamil as Oh! Priya Priya |
| 1985 | Unaru | Malayalam | Mohanlal, Sukumaran, Sabina Jose | Ilaiyaraaja | |
| 1985 | Pagal Nilavu | Tamil | Murali, Revathi Menon, Radhika Sarath Kumar, Sathyaraj | Ilaiyaraaja | |
| 1985 | Idaya Kovil | Tamil | Mohan, Radha, Ambika, Goundamani | Ilaiyaraaja | |
| 1986 | Mouna Raagam | Tamil | Mohan, Revathi, Karthik | Ilaiyaraaja | Dubbed into Telugu as Mouna Raagam |
| 1987 | Nayagan | Tamil | Kamal Haasan, Saranya, Nassar, Janagaraj | Ilaiyaraaja | Dubbed into Hindi as Nayak Dubbed into Telugu as Nayakudu |
| 1988 | Agni Natchathiram | Tamil | Prabhu, Karthik, Vijayakumar, Nirosha, Amala, Janagaraj, Jayachitra | Ilaiyaraaja | Dubbed into Telugu as Gharshana |
| 1989 | Geethanjali | Telugu | Nagarjuna, Girija, Vijayakumar | Ilaiyaraaja | Dubbed into Tamil as Idhayathai Thirudathey Dubbed into Malayalam as Geethanjali |
| 1990 | Anjali | Tamil | Raghuvaran, Revathi, Prabhu, Tarun Kumar, Shamili, Shruti, Saranya | Ilaiyaraaja | Dubbed into Telugu as Anjali |
| 1991 | Thalapathi | Tamil | Rajinikanth, Mammooty, Arvind Swamy, Amrish Puri, Sobhana, Bhanupriya, Srividya, Geetha, Jaishankar | Ilaiyaraaja | Dubbed into Telugu as Dalapati Dubbed into Hindi as Dal-pati |
| 1992 | Roja | Tamil | Arvind Swamy, Madhubala, Pankaj Kapoor, Nassar, Janagaraj | A. R. Rahman | Dubbed into English as The Rose Dubbed into Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Marathi as Roja |
| 1993 | Thiruda Thiruda | Tamil | Prashanth, Anand, Heera Rajgopal, Anu Agarwal, Balasubrahmanyam | A. R. Rahman | Dubbed into Hindi as Chor Chor Dubbed into Telugu as Donga Donga |
| 1995 | Bombay | Tamil | Arvind Swamy, Manisha Koirala, Nassar, Prakash Raj | A. R. Rahman | Dubbed into Hindi and Telugu as Bombay |
| 1997 | Iruvar | Tamil | Mohanlal, Aishwarya Rai, Prakash Raj, Madhubala, Tabu, Revathi, Gouthami, Nassar | A. R. Rahman | Dubbed into Telugu as Iddaru |
| 1998 | Dil Se(Uyerea in tamil) | Hindi | Shah Rukh Khan, Manisha Koirala, Preity Zinta | A. R. Rahman | Dubbed into Tamil as Uyire Dubbed into Telugu as Prema Tho |
| 2000 | Alaipayuthey | Tamil | Madhavan, Shalini, Arvind Swamy, Kushboo, Vivek, Sukumari, Lalitha, Jayasudha, Pyramid Natarajan | A. R. Rahman | Dubbed into English as Waves Dubbed into Telugu as Sakhi remade into Hindi as Saathiya |
| 2002 | Kannathil Muthamittal | Tamil | Madhavan, Simran, Nandita Das, Keerthana, Prakash Raj, Pasupathy | A. R. Rahman | Dubbed into English as A Peck on the Cheek Dubbed into Telugu as Amrutha |
| 2004 | Aayitha Ezhuthu | Tamil | Madhavan, Surya Sivakumar, Siddharth Narayan, Meera Jasmine, Esha Deol, Trisha, Bharathiraja, Janagaraj | A. R. Rahman | Dubbed into Telugu as Yuva Dubbed into English as The Three Dots |
| 2004 | Yuva | Hindi | Ajay Devgan, Abhishek Bachchan, Vivek Oberoi, Rani Mukherjee, Esha Deol, Kareena Kapoor, Om Puri | A. R. Rahman | |
| 2007 | Guru | Hindi | Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Madhavan, Vidya Balan, Mallika Sherawat, Mithun Chakraborty | A. R. Rahman | Dubbed into Tamil as Guru Dubbed into Telugu as Gurukanth |
| 2010 | Ravana | Hindi | Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Vikram, | A. R. Rahman | This film is in both Tamil and Hindi Dubbed into Telugu as Villain |
Non-Director
Mani Ratnam established Madras Talkies for movie production during the shoot of Iruvar. Mani Ratnam had earlier produced Thiruda Thiruda under his personal name. All movies directed by Mani Ratnam subsequent to Iruvar have been produced through Madras Talkies. Apart from production, Mani Ratnam also has written story and screenplay for movies directed by others.
- Indira (1996) - Screenplay (Movie was directed by his wife Suhasini)
- Gayam (1993) - Story & Screenplay (Telugu Movie)
- Chatriyan - Story & Screenplay
- Tajmahal - Story & Screenplay
- Aasai (1995) - Producer
- Nerrukku Ner (1997) - Producer (Madras Talkies)
- Dumm Dumm Dumm (2001) - Story & Screenplay
- Saathiya (2002) - Screenplay (Movie is a re-make of Alaipayuthey and was directed by his assistant Shaad Ali) and Producer (Madras Talkies)
- Five Star (2003) - Producer (Madras Talkies)
Writer
| Years | movie | Role | Notes |
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| 2010 | Raavan | screenplay | The movie of Raavan's Screenplay was written by Mani Ratnam |
| 2010 | Raavanan | Story | |
| 2007 | Guru | screenplay | |
| 2004 | Ayitha Ezhuthu | ||
| 2004 | Yuva | screenplay | |
| 2002 | Saathiya | story & screenplay | |
| 2002 | Kannathil Muthamittal | screenplay & story | |
| 2001 | Waves | dialogue, screenplay & story | |
| 1998 | Dil Se.. | story & screenplay | |
| 1997 | The Duo | screenplay & story | |
| 1996 | Indira (Priyanka) | screenplay | |
| 1995 | Bombay | screenplay & story | |
| 1994 | Thiruda Thiruda | ||
| 1993 | Gaayam | screenplay & story | |
| 1992 | Roja | ||
| 1991 | Thalapathi | screenplay & story | |
| 1990 | Anjali | screenplay & story | |
| 1989 | Gitanjali | screenplay & story | |
| 1988 | Agni Natchathiram | ||
| 1987 | Nayakan | ||
| 1985 | Pagal Nilavu | ||
| 1983 | Pallavi Anu Pallavi |
Other websites
- Mani Ratnam on IMDb
- Director Mani Ratnam: A living Legend in Film Making Archived 2007-10-31 at the Wayback Machine
- Technical Analysis of Mani Ratnam Films Archived 2005-03-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Mani Ratnam and A. R. Rahman
- Mani Ratnam: Brief film descriptions Archived 2008-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
- A Mani Ratnam Interview Archived 2003-09-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Mani Ratnam - article and interview Archived 2008-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Interview with Bharathan Kandaswamy and Mani Ratnam Archived 2007-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
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