Mani Ratnam Birthday: Did you know Mani had no intention of stepping into the entertainment industry. The director unknowingly fell into the world of director.
Famous filmmaker Mani Ratnam has turned 66 today. It is every big star’s dream to work in Mani Ratnam’s films. From South’s film industry to Bollywood, the director made more than one great films. His real name is Gopal Ratnam Subramaniam. Mani Ratnam is a film producer, director and screenwriter. In the year 2002, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India.
Mani Ratnam was born on 2 June in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. His father worked as a film distributor for Venus Pictures. His uncle Krishnamurthy was a film producer. He married to Suhasani on 26 August 1988. The name of their son is Nandan.
Mani studied in Madras. Despite being a film family, Mani had no intention of stepping into the film world. He did not like watching movies very much. So he turned to management. He started a job as a consultant in a company, but luck took a turn and Mani Ratnam became a famous filmmaker.
Mani Ratnam Birthday: Journey Of Filmmaker In The Industry
Actually something happened that his friend Ravi Shankar was producing the film Anu Pallavi Anu. For this film, he asked Mani to write the screenplay of the film. Mani Ratnam wrote the screenplay for this film and then his direction started from here. Also Read: Salman Khan’s Security Increased After Sidhu Moose Wala’s Murder, Suspect Threatened Him In 2018
Anil Kapoor played the lead role in this film. This film was awarded the Karnataka State Award, but his uncle had put a condition for this film that it has to be made in a limited budget.
Mani has achieved a different position in directing films. He has always been known for directing out-of-the-box movies. Mani Ratnam got his real identity from the Tamil film Maunga Rangam. In the year 1987, he made the film Lycan with Kamal Haasan. The film proved to be a big hit at that time.
In Hindi, he directed the first film ‘Dil Se’ which was well-liked by the critics and the audience. The ace director directed the film ‘Roja’ in 1992. This was the film from which AR Rahman made his debut as a music director. Mani Ratnam’s films created history in Bollywood from ‘Roja’ to ‘Guru’. Also Read: Ayan Mukerji On What The Audience Can Expect From Brahmastra
Mani Ratnam is known for showing different subjects through his films. He has sometimes made films based on classic love story, political drama and sometimes on terrorism. He has directed around 26 films in his film career. Along with this, he has produced about 15 films under the banner of his production c
