Selvaraghavan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Selvaraghavan
Occupation	Director
Date Of Birth	Mar 5, 1977(1977-03-05)
Age	47
Birthplace	Chennai
Country	India
Birth City	Tamil Nadu
Horoscope	Pisces

Selvaraghavan Biography

Selvaraghavan is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on March 5, 1977 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Director of the popular Indian film Kadhal Kondein, Aayirathil Oruvan as well as Mayakkam Enna.

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Selvaraghavan is an Indian film director and screenwriter who has directed predominantly Tamil language films. After writing the script for his father’s directorial venture Thulluvadho Ilamai (2002) which stars his brother Dhanush, Selvaraghavan went on to make a series of romantic drama films with Kadhal Kondein (2003) (also starring Dhanush) and 7G Rainbow Colony (2004) before also venturing into coming-of-age films Pudhupettai (2006) and Mayakkam Enna (2011), both starring Dhanush. He has also ventured into making science fiction and fantasy films, such as depicting a fantasy Chola kingdom in Aayirathil Oruvan (2010) and a parallel universe in Irandam Ulagam (2013). He has been critically acclaimed for his directorial skills.

Selvaraghavan then moved on to direct a Telugu film which he had committed to make since 2003 with Venkatesh in the leading role. Titled Aadavari Matalaku Arthale Verule, he wrote the script, taking experiences from life experiences of friends who were unemployed graduates, like the film’s main character. Featuring an ensemble cast also including Trisha Krishnan, K. Vishwanath, Swati Reddy and Srikanth, the film marked a move away from Selvaraghavan’s hard-hitting films and was a simple romantic drama film. Aadavari Matalaku Arthale Verule opened to positive reviews in April 2007, with critics noting: “Selva reads the safe path in AMAV, and is most likely to emerge with a winner.” Another reviewer added: “Selva Raghavan succeeds in touching the right chord by directing a big hero for the first time”, adding “he concentrated on entertainment in the first half and mixed strong emotions in the second half to make sure that audience will have certain positive heaviness in their hearts when they leave the theatre.” The film went on to gain recognition at award ceremonies the following year, while becoming amongst the biggest commercial successes in the Telugu film industry for 2007. The film was later remade in Tamil as Yaaradi Nee Mohini (2008) by Selvaraghavan’s assistant Mithran Jawahar, with Dhanush, Nayantara and Karthik Kumar in the leading roles.

His father was a film Director Kasthuri Raja.

Selvaraghavan Net Worth

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

It was his first feature film in which he worked as writer was Thulluvadho Ilamai.

He made a film in 2009 in caves close to the Himalayas. His crew were in great danger because of the cold weather.

Despite coming from a family from the film industry, Selvaraghavan and his sisters were persuaded by their parents to seek a career with an academic background. He subsequently went on to attain a BEng. in Mechanical Engineering, though his exam performances were unremarkable and he acknowledges he was “never going to become one of the best”. During his studies, he engaged part-time in different career paths in a process he describes as “soul-searching”, before finding satisfaction as a writer. After he graduated in 1997, he approached producers to fund his screenplay writing, but was unsuccessful and often remained at home as an unemployed graduate. His family faced financial pressures in the early 2000s with his father being out of work, and subsequently they decided to put their remaining earnings into a venture titled Thulluvadho Ilamai (2002), which Selvaraghavan had written. Featuring his brother Dhanush in his first role, alongside Sherin and Abhinay, the film told the coming-of-age story of six high school students and featured a hit soundtrack by Yuvan Shankar Raja. After taking a small opening, the film began to get teen audiences to cinema halls for its adolescent themes, while also being publicized in quarters as a “soft porn” film. It subsequently went on to become a sleeper hit and won positive reviews from critics for breaking the stereotypes of Tamil films. After release, Selvaraghavan stated that he had also directed the film, but was forced to credit his more established film-maker father Kasthuri Raja as the director, in order to help the project find a distributor.

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Who is Selvaraghavan Dating?

According to our records, Selvaraghavan married to Gitanjali , Sonia Agarwal. As of December 1, 2023, Selvaraghavan’s is not dating anyone.

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On 15 December 2006, he married actress Sonia Agarwal, with whom he had previously worked with on three films. After their two-year marriage, Sonia Agarwal and Selvaraghavan filed for divorce with mutual consent in a Chennai family court on 9 August 2009.

Facts & Trivia

Selvaraghavan Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Selvaraghavan celebrates birthday on March 5 of every year.

After release of Aayirathil Oruvan, Selvaraghavan began work on a fantasy romance script titled Maruvan, which would yet again feature Dhanush and Andrea Jeremiah in the lead roles. Production started in July 2010 and the shoot of the film progressed slowly, with the project undergoing a title change to Irandam Ulagam. However, the film subsequently ran into trouble after Andrea Jeremiah pulled out of the film, citing differences with the director, and Selvaraghavan chose to shelve the project and begin a new film instead featuring Dhanush and Richa Gangopadhyay. The film began production in May 2011 and the entire filming portions were completed within three months. During production, Selvaraghavan announced he would collaborate with Yuvan Shankar Raja again after G. V. Prakash Kumar became busy, but eventually later changed his mind and retained his original choice. The title was confirmed as Mayakkam Enna (2011), and the film depicted the story of an aspiring wildlife photographer and his struggles in life. Selvaraghavan revealed that he drew instances from his and Dhanush’s lives and adapted the screenplay to make it applicable to “gen-next” audiences. The film opened in November 2011 to unanimously positive reviews, with a critic from The Hindu noting it is an “electrifying movie that captures the attention of the youth”, and that “Selva’s narrative style takes the film to a level that caters to all age groups”. Sify.com wrote that the film has “simplistic story telling with hard hitting impact” and that “Mayakkam Enna will stay with you long after the lights have come back on”, while Rediff noted that if Selvaraghavan “had tightened the second half, we would have had a masterpiece on our hands.”

Who is Selvaraghavan to Dhanush?

Dhanush, who is easily one of the best actors in the country right now, has always maintained that it was his brother Selvaraghavan who groomed him right from the start and sharpened his acting chops.

Why does Selvaraghavan have eye?

Early life. Selvaraghavan was born to film director Kasthuri Raja and Vijayalakshmi. He has a brother, Dhanush, who is an actor, and two sisters, who are both doctors. In his youth, one of his eyes was removed after he developed retinal cancer.

Who is Selvaraghavan wife?

Wife

What is the age of Selvaraghavan?

45 years (March 5, 1977)

Who is Selvaraghavan brother?

Dhanush