Thiagarajan Kumararaja

January 9, 2024
Film Director

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Thiagarajan Kumararaja
Full Name Thiagarajan Kumararaja
Occupation Film Director
Date Of Birth May 7, 1977(1977-05-07)
Age 47
Birthplace Chennai
Country India
Birth City Tamil Nadu
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Thiagarajan Kumararaja Biography

Name Thiagarajan Kumararaja
Birthday May 7
Birth Year 1977
Place Of Birth Chennai
Home Town Tamil Nadu
Birth Country India
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Thiagarajan Kumararaja is one of the most popular and richest Film Director who was born on May 7, 1977 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Kumararaja began writing his maiden film in December 2006. Although he had wanted to make a “racy film” – he wrote the climax part first, before going on to add multiple storylines – he said that the film had eventually turned out to be a “leisurely paced film, taking its own time to unfold”. Kumararaja met Charan in January 2007 and narrated him the script for two hours. Filming was supposed to commence by late 2007, but Charan opted to produce another film first. Aaranya Kaandam was launched in December 2008, with Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff, who was being introducing to Tamil films, Ravi Krishna and Sampath Raj in the lead roles. Kumararaja took more than one and a half years to complete the film, which was entirely shot in and around Chennai. Upon completion, the film ran into trouble when the regional censor board in Chennai refused to clear it, demanding 52 cuts due to profanity and excessive violence. Kumararaja expressed that he made the film for a matured audience and not for children, while adding that he expected difficulties in the censorship. Since he wanted to present the film uncompromisingly to the audiences, he and Charan approached the Central Tribunal at Delhi, that cleared the film. Dubbed as the first neo-noir film in Tamil cinema, Aaranya Kaandam opened to strong critical acclaim, winning the Grand Jury Award for Best Film at the 2010 South Asian International Film Festival, and two prizes at the 59th National Film Awards, including the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director for Kumararaja.

Thiagarajan Kumararaja is an Indian film director and screenwriter. He made his feature film debut with the critically acclaimed gangster film Aaranya Kaandam (2011), which earned him the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director at the 59th National Film Awards.

Thiagarajan Kumararaja Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Film Director
House Living in own house.

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

He enrolled for a Visual Communications course at the Loyola College, Chennai, but dropped out shortly after to make films. Kumararaja cited that it was composer Ilaiyaraaja’s music that animated him to come to films and to study Visual Communications in the first place. However, he discontinued his studies in 1998 and started to work as a freelance copywriter and photographer for a while. He went on to shoot advertisement films and also directed a five-part documentary on South Indian Temples, Sthala Puranam for Vijay TV. In 2005, he participated at the one-minute film competition 60 Seconds to Fame by Ability Foundation, aiming for the prize money. His short film Becky was awarded the first prize at the AbilityFest2005. Kumararaja then collaborated with Pushkar- Gayathri, writing the dialogue of their directorial debut Oram Po (2007). He would later write all songs for their second project Va (2010) as well. Through Pushkar-Gayathri, Kumararaja met S. P. B. Charan, who agreed to produce his first feature film Aaranya Kaandam.

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Facts & Trivia

Thomas Ranked on the list of most popular Film Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Thiagarajan Kumararaja celebrates birthday on May 7 of every year.

What is special about Super Deluxe?

Super Deluxe won four awards at the Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards – Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress (Ramya Krishnan), Best Cinematography (P. S. Vinod and Nirav Shah) and Best Music Director (Yuvan Shankar Raja).

Where was Super Deluxe shot?

Super Deluxe is set over a day and a half and unfolds almost entirely in the daytime across various interior spaces in Chennai.

Who wrote what in Super Deluxe?

Thiagarajan Kumararaja

Who directed Super Deluxe?

Thiagarajan Kumararaja

Who is the villain in Super Deluxe?

Samantha Akkineni on playing Vaembu in Super Deluxe: The fear of playing the character got me excited. Samantha Akkineni, who plays Vaembu in Super Deluxe, has spoken about her experience of working on the film in a promotional video.

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