Mani Ratnam (Tamil: மணி ரத்னம்) (born June 2, 1956 in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India) is a critically acclaimed South Indian film director, writer and producer.
Mani Ratnam was born as G. Subramaniam on June 2, 1956, in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. After graduating with a degree in commerce from Madras University and an MBA from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, he embarked on a career as a management consultant before becoming a filmmaker. He got into film direction with the help of his late brother, film producer G. Venkateswaran. He is married with Suhasini. She is a tamil actress, daughter of actor Chaaru Haasan, cousin of Anu Haasan and Shruthi Haasan and niece of Kamal Haasan.
Mani Ratnam's films often feature realistic, contemporary themes and complex plots. With a career spanning over two decades, he has garnered high acclaim and has been praised for handling serious issues whilst retaining entertainment values in his films. Familial and marital hardships, terrorism, love, class and religious conflict, war, politics, adoption, history and disability are just some of the socio-political issues to have been featured in his films. His movies are generally made in the Tamil language, but are usually also dubbed into other languages like Telugu and Hindi owing to their national appeal. He has also made films in other languages like Hindi, Telugu and Kannada. Mani Ratnam's first film was a Kannada one, in which Anil Kapoor made his debut. Pallavi Anu Pallavi is a film that explores a relationship between an older woman and a young man. He followed this with the love-themed Mouna Raagam, a critical hit and his first box-office success. Nayakan was released in 1987. Through the 1990s and early 2000s, his output has included many acclaimed and commercial successes including Roja (1992), Bombay (1995) and Kannathil Muthamittal (2002). His most recent picture, released in 2007, is Guru.
In 2002, Mani Ratnam was awarded the Padma Shri.
In 1994, a retrospective of his Tamil films was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). His movie Nayakan was part of Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Movies issued in 2005.
The following is the list of films directed by Mani Ratnam. For many of these movies, Mani Ratnam is also credited for the story, screenplay and producing:
Mani Ratnam established Madras Talkies for film production during the shoot of Iruvar. 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.
He like Amithab very well as that of MGR and NTR.
