Mani Ratnam

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mani Ratnam
Occupation	Director
Date Of Birth	Jun 2, 1956(1956-06-02)
Age	68
Birthplace	Madurai
Country	India
Birth City	Tamil Nadu
Horoscope	Gemini

Mani Ratnam Biography

Mani Ratnam is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on June 2, 1956 in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. He is one of the most important directors in Indian cinema. His award-winning films, including Mouna Ragam and Geethanjali were well-known.

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Gopala Ratnam Subramaniam (born 2 June 1956), commonly known by his screen name Mani Ratnam, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Ratnam has won six National Film Awards, four Filmfare Awards, six Filmfare Awards South, and numerous awards at various film festivals across the world. In 2002, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri, acknowledging his contributions to film.

Mani Ratnam was not satisfied with his job as a consultant as he found it to be a mere extension of his academics. During this time his friend Ravi Shankar, son of director B. R. Panthulu, was in the process of making his first film. Mani Ratnam, Ravi Shankar and another friend, Raman son of filmmaker S. Balachander, worked on the script of the film. Mani Ratnam took a sabbatical from his job in order to ensure his participation in the making of the film. Being inexperienced, the makers were largely dependent upon the American Cinematographer magazine. The principal cast included Vishnuvardhan, Srinath, Ambarish, Lakshmi, and Roja Ramani. When the filming was about to begin in Kolar, Karnataka, Mani Ratnam left his consulting job and joined the crew. The film, however, did not take off and was eventually shelved. Nevertheless, he was firm in his idea of becoming a film-maker. Although not impressed with many of the films made in Tamil cinema, he was “amazed” at P. Bharathiraja’s 16 Vayathinile (1977), K.Balachander’s Apoorva Raagangal (1975), and J. Mahendran’s Mullum Malarum (1978) and Uthiripookkal (1979). During this time, he befriended a group of people namely P. C. Sreeram, Santhana Bharathi, and P. Vasu, who shared his interest of entering into the film industry.

G. Venkateswaran, his brother, and G. Srinivasan, were both film producers.

Mani Ratnam Net Worth

Mani Ratnam is one of the richest Director from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mani Ratnam 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Before entering the film business, he worked as a manager consultant.

His 1987 film Nayagan was one of three Indian films that made it onto the 2005 All-Time 100 Greatest Movies List.

Mani Ratnam was born on 2 June 1956, as the second child of an Iyer family that was closely associated with film production. His father S. Gopala Ratnam was a film distributor who worked for Venus Pictures, and his uncle “Venus” Krishnamurthy was a film producer. His elder brother G. Venkateswaran would go on to produce some of Mani’s films. His younger brother is G. Srinivasan, who like Venkateswaran would also co-produced some of his films. Mani Ratnam grew up in Madras (now Chennai), along with his siblings and cousins. Despite being a film family, the children were not allowed to watch films as the elders considered them taboo. “As a youngster, films seemed like a waste of time”, he claimed in a 1994 interview; however, he started watching films more actively when he was studying in the Besant Theosophical School. During this time, he developed an admiration towards actors like Sivaji Ganesan and Nagesh; watching all their films. When he discovered the director K. Balachander, he became his fan. Upon completing his schooling, he graduated with a degree in commerce from the Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, affiliated to the Madras University. Later, he did his Master of Business Administration (MBA) in finance from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Bombay. After finishing his post-graduation in 1977, he was employed in a firm in Madras as a management consultant, and continued to work there for sometime.

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Who is Mani Ratnam Dating?

According to our records, Mani Ratnam married to Suhasini Maniratnam. As of December 1, 2023, Mani Ratnam’s is not dating anyone.

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Ratnam is married to Suhasini, an established actress in South Indian cinema. The marriage took place in the year 1988. The couple have a son Nandhan who was born in 1992. The family resides in Alwarpet, Chennai, where he runs his production company, Madras Talkies.

Facts & Trivia

Mani Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Mani Ratnam celebrates birthday on June 2 of every year.

Mani Ratnam handled screenplays for a majority of his films. Lauded for his casting in each of his films, he claimed in an interview that “I am not a director who performs and shows. I discuss the role, the scene with my actors and let them bring life to it”. Right from the beginning of his career, his works were noted for their technical expertise in areas such as cinematography, art direction, editing and background score. For his debut film, he managed to handpick Balu Mahendra, Thotta Tharani, B. Lenin, and Ilaiyaraaja, leading craftsmen in their respective fields. As his career progressed, he worked with his childhood friend P. C. Sreeram and continued his collaborations with him until Geethanjali. In 1991 for his film Thalapathi, he chose Santosh Sivan and Suresh Urs—both newcomers to the Tamil film industry—to do cinematography and editing respectively. Both would later go onto become a part of his regular crew. While working on Raavan, Santosh Sivan noted “any cameraman can hone his skills just working with [Mani]” and described Mani Ratnam’s films as difficult to film. From his debut project till Thalapathi, Ilaiyaraaja was his regular composer. For his next film Roja (1992), he collaborated with debutant A. R. Rahman, who has been his regular composer for all his films till date. Among cinematographers, he has also worked with Madhu Ambat, Rajiv Menon, Ravi K. Chandran, V. Manikandan and Ravi Varman while switching between Sreeram and Santosh Sivan otherwise. Since Alaipayuthey, Sreekar Prasad has been his regular film editor.