Vasanth

Vasanth
Vasanth
Born	Devakottai, Tamilnadu, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Director
Years active	1987–present

Vasanth is an Indian director well known in

Keladi Kanmani (1990), Aasai (1995), Nerrukku Ner (1997), Rhythm (2000) and Satham Podathey (2007).^[1]

Career

Vasanth began his career as a journalist and short story writer,

Tamil Nadu State Film Award

for Best Director.

In 1997, Vasanth's next project,

Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal, a film involving three love stories.^[11] In 2015, he began his next feature film titled Sivaranjaniyum Innum Sila Pengalum, reported to be a "pro-women film", in which he would introduce Carnatic singer Sudha Ragunathan as a music director.^[12]

During his

Netru, Indru, Naalai along with Mani Ratnam. Besides, Vasanth has been conducting workshops, too, teaching nuances of filmmaking.^[15]^[3]

His short film Sanath won the National award for the best film on social awareness, in the 64th National Film Awards, 2016. Sanath is an inspiring story of a victim of medical negligence, who initially becoming invalid, struggles and opens educational institutions where thousands can learn and become successful in life. This is his second National award.

Filmography

Year	Film	Credited as		Notes
Year	Film	Director	Writer	Notes
1990	Keladi Kanmani	Y	Y	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film
1991	Nee Pathi Naan Pathi	Y	Y
1995	Aasai	Y	Y	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Director
1997	Nerrukku Ner	Y	Y
1999	Poovellam Kettuppar	Y	Y
2000	Appu	Y	Y
2000	Rhythm	Y	Y
2002	Yai! Nee Romba Azhaga Irukke!	Y	Y
2005	Thakkaiyin Meedhu Naangu Kangal	Y	Y	National Film Award for Best Short Fiction Film
2007	Satham Podathey	Y	Y	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Story Writer
2013	Moondru Per Moondru Kadal	Y	Y
2016	Sanath	Y	Y	National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues
2021	Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum	Y	Y	2022 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil Released on a digital platform Sony LIV

Web series

Year	Web Series	Role	Language	Notes
2021	Navarasa	Director (Payasam)	Tamil	A Netflix anthology web series; Segment : Payasam

Voice artist

Year	Film	Role	Actor	Notes
1982	Gandhi	Mahatma Gandhi	Ben Kingsley	Dubbed for older Gandhi^[16]

Actor

Films

Year	Film	Role
1987	Manathil Uruthi Vendum	Reporter
1988	Unnal Mudiyum Thambi	Reporter
2014	Ninaithathu Yaaro	Himself
2015	Vai Raja Vai	Karthik's father

Television

Kadhal Pagadai (1996) as himself (episode 6)

References

^ "Exclusive biography of #Vasanth(TamilDirector) and on his life".
^ "Just Above The Pond – A Short Film By S M A Vasant: Events in Hyderabad". Fullhyderabad.com. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Metro Plus Chennai / Columns : A fine balance". The Hindu. 21 September 2010. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
^ "Rediff on the Net, Movies:Ajith.. the south hero signed for ABCL's film". Rediff.com. 4 April 1997. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
^ "Realistic film-making". The Hindu. 1 December 2001. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
^ "Rediff on the NeT, Movies: An interview with Ajith Kumar". Rediff.com. 6 July 1999. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Satham Podathay images". Sify. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
^ "Satham Podathey is a good thriller". Rediff.com. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
^ Balasubramanian, Sharada (21 September 2007). "Satham Podathey Review". Nowrunning.com. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
^ "Dailynews – Rajini & Kamal nominated for best actor". Cinesouth.com. 30 September 2009. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
^ Lakshmi, V (2 August 2011). "'MPMK' is not a love story". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
^ Karthik, Janani. "Padmapriya in Vasanth's pro-women film". The Times of India.
^ "Metro Plus Coimbatore / Cinema : Vasanth in a new role". The Hindu. 14 March 2005. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
^ "Dailynews – National award for director Vasanth". Cinesouth.com. Archived from the original on 28 May 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
^ "Vasanth dons the teacher's hat!". The Times of India. 6 April 2010. Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
^ "Gandhi". 29 October 2000. p. 130.

External links

Vasanth at
IMDb

[1] "Exclusive biography of #Vasanth(TamilDirector) and on his life".

[2] "Just Above The Pond – A Short Film By S M A Vasant: Events in Hyderabad". Fullhyderabad.com. Retrieved 7 July 2012.

[hindu1-3] "Metro Plus Chennai / Columns : A fine balance". The Hindu. 21 September 2010. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.

[4] "Rediff on the Net, Movies:Ajith.. the south hero signed for ABCL's film". Rediff.com. 4 April 1997. Retrieved 7 July 2012.

[5] "Realistic film-making". The Hindu. 1 December 2001. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.

[6] "Rediff on the NeT, Movies: An interview with Ajith Kumar". Rediff.com. 6 July 1999. Retrieved 7 July 2012.

[autogenerated1-7] "Satham Podathay images". Sify. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2015.

[8] "Satham Podathey is a good thriller". Rediff.com. Retrieved 7 July 2012.

[9] Balasubramanian, Sharada (21 September 2007). "Satham Podathey Review". Nowrunning.com. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.

[10] "Dailynews – Rajini & Kamal nominated for best actor". Cinesouth.com. 30 September 2009. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2012.

[11] Lakshmi, V (2 August 2011). "'MPMK' is not a love story". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.

[12] Karthik, Janani. "Padmapriya in Vasanth's pro-women film". The Times of India.

[13] "Metro Plus Coimbatore / Cinema : Vasanth in a new role". The Hindu. 14 March 2005. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.

[14] "Dailynews – National award for director Vasanth". Cinesouth.com. Archived from the original on 28 May 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2012.

[indiatimes1-15] "Vasanth dons the teacher's hat!". The Times of India. 6 April 2010. Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.

[16] "Gandhi". 29 October 2000. p. 130.

[1]

[11]

[12]

[15]

[3]

[16]

v t e Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Director
1967–1980	C. N. Shanmugam (1967) Krishnan–Panju (1968) P. Neelakantan (1969) P. Madhavan (1970) Not awarded (1971) Not awarded (1972) Not awarded (1973) Not awarded (1974) Not awarded (1975) Not awarded (1976) Bharathiraja (1977) Durai (1978) S. P. Muthuraman (1979) K. Balachander (1980)
1981–2000	Bharathiraja (1981) Muktha Srinivasan (1982) Not awarded (1983) Not awarded (1984) Not awarded (1985) Not awarded (1986) Not awarded (1987) P. R. Devaraj (1988) K. Balachander (1989) Vikraman (1990) P. Vasu (1991) Mani Ratnam (1992) Shankar (1993) K. S. Ravikumar (1994) Vasanth (1995) Agathiyan (1996) Vikraman & Cheran (1997) R. Parthiepan (1998) Bala (1999) Vikraman (2000)
2001–present	Susi Ganesan (2001) Mani Ratnam (2002) Karu Pazhaniappan (2003) Cheran (2004) Shankar (2005) Thirumurugan (2006) Thangar Bachan (2007) Radha Mohan (2008) Vasanthabalan (2009) Prabhu Solomon (2010) A. L. Vijay (2011) Balaji Sakthivel (2012) Ram (2013) N. Ragavan (2014) Sudha Kongara (2015)