A. M. Rathnam
A. M. Rathnam | |
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| Born | Arani Muni Ratnam Ravi Krishna |
| Awards | Filmfare Awards South |
| Honours | Kalaimamani 2018 |
A. M. Rathnam is an Indian film producer, lyricist, screenwriter, and director known for his works in
Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards. He then produced films such as Kushi, Run, Boys, Enakku 20 Unakku 18, Dhool, Ghilli, 7G Rainbow Colony, Arrambam, Yennai Arindhaal and Vedalam.[4]
Personal life
Rathnam was born in
Career
Ratnam started his career as a make-up man for superstar actress
Nayak: The Real Hero and Sneham Kosam
starring Chiranjeevi.
Rathnam produced the Tamil romance film S. J. Surya and became highly successful.[7] Later, he produced two more films, Ghilli and Sivakasi starring Vijay. Both Ghilli and Sivakasi were highly successful at the box office. During the early 1990s, he directed two films Peddarikam and Sankalpam in Telugu.[7] He has also written the screenplay for the film Naaga.[8] Later, he changed the name of his production company from Sri Surya Movies Entertainment to Shri Sai Raam Creations, which is now headed by S. Aishwarya. He had done three films with Ajith Kumar such as Arrambam, Yennai Arindhaal and Vedalam, all of which were huge success.
Awards
- Filmfare Award for Best Film - Telugu – Karthavyam (1990) [9]
- Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil – Indian (1996)[10]
- Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil – Natpukkaga (1998)
- Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film (First Prize) – Indian (1996)
- Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film (First Prize) – Natpukkaga (1998)
Others
Filmography
- Producer
| Year | Film | Language | Notes | Production Company |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Karthavyam | Telugu |
Filmfare Award for Best Film - Telugu
|
Sri Surya Movies |
| 1992 | Peddarikam | Also Screenplay & Direction; Remake of Godfather | ||
| 1993 | Aasayam | |||
| 1994 | Tejasvini | Hindi | ||
| 1995 | Sankalpam | Telugu | Also Screenplay & Direction; Remake of Mithunam | |
| 1996 | Indian | Tamil |
Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil Cinema Express Award for Best Film – Tamil Dubbed into Telugu as Bharateeyudu | |
| 1998 | Natpukkaga | Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil | ||
| Ellame En Pondattithaan | ||||
| 1999 | Sneham Kosam | Telugu | Remake of Natpukkaga | |
| Kadhalar Dhinam | Tamil | Dubbed into Hindi as Dil Hi Dil Mein and Telugu as Premikula Roju | ||
| 2000 | Kushi | |||
| 2001 | Khushi | Telugu | Remake of Kushi | |
Nayak: The Real Hero |
Hindi | Remake of Mudhalvan | ||
| 2002 | Run | Tamil | Dubbed into Telugu with the same title | |
| 2003 | Dhool | |||
| Naaga | Telugu | Also Screenplay | ||
| Boys | Tamil | Dubbed into Telugu as same title | ||
Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu |
Tamil Telugu |
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| 2004 | Kovil | Tamil | ||
| Ghilli | Remake of Okkadu | |||
| 7G Rainbow Colony | Bilingual in Telugu as 7G Brundavan Colony[11] | |||
| 2005 | Ponniyin Selvan | |||
| Sivakasi | ||||
| 2006 | Bangaram | Telugu | ||
| Kedi | Tamil | 25th Film | ||
| Dharmapuri | ||||
| 2008 | Bheemaa | |||
| 2013 | Arrambam | Sri Sathya Sai Movies | ||
| 2015 | Yennai Arindhaal | Sri Sai Raam Creations | ||
| Vedalam | ||||
| 2017 | Karuppan | |||
| Oxygen | Telugu | Also screenplay | ||
| 2024 | Hari Hara Veera Mallu |
Telugu | Mega Surya Production |
- Distributor
- Vyjayanthi IPS (1990, Tamil dubbed version)
- Gentleman (1993, Telugu dubbed version)
- Premikudu (1994, Telugu Dubbed version)
- The King (1995, Tamil dubbed version)
- Unnaiye Kalyanam Pannikiren (1996, Tamil dubbed version)
- Bharateeyudu (1996, Telugu dubbed version)
- Arunachalam (1997, Telugu dubbed version)
- Jeans (1998, Telugu dubbed version)
- Oke Okkadu(1999, Telugu dubbed version)
- Priyuralu Pilichindi(2000, Telugu dubbed version)
- Sukran (2005, Tamil Nadu release)
- Lyricist
- Jeans - Telugu version
- Boys - Telugu version
- Naaga - Entha Chinna Muddu, Macarina, Oka Konte, Megham Karigenu
References
- ^ a b V Lakshmi (5 May 2012). "A M Rathnam builds temple". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ^ palPalani (29 September 2011). "Ajith-Vishnuvardhan-A.M Rathnam project confirmed". Southdreamz.com. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ^ "A.m. Rathnam photos, videos, latest news, A.m. Rathnam wallpapers". ApunKaChoice.com. Archived from the original on 26 June 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ^ S. R. Ashok Kumar (20 July 2012). "Arts / Cinema : Showbitz: Lean and mean". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ^ "Video : Producer A.M.Rathnam Speaks About Ajith Kumar". Star Ajith. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ^ "Ajith at Ratnam's Sai Baba temple". Sify. 7 May 2012. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ^ a b "Telugu Cinema Etc". Idlebrain.com. 12 June 2001. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ^ "Telugu Cinema – Review – Naaga – NTR, Sadaf, Jennifer, Raghuvaran, Rajan P Dev, Rambha – AM Ratnam". Idlebrain.com. 10 January 2003. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- 38th filmfare awards south
- ^ "Kamal wins 17th Film fare award for role in Indian". The Economic Times. 9 July 1997. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011.
- ^ "'7-G Rainbow Colony is my story'". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
External links
- A. M. Rathnam at IMDb
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