Year Film Language Cast Music Director Notesġ983 Pallavi Anu Pallavi Kannada Anil Kapoor, Lakshmi Ilaiyaraaja Dubbed into Tamil as Oh! Priya Priyaġ985 Unaru Malayalam Mohanlal, Sukumaran, Sabina Jose Ilaiyaraajaġ985 Pagal Nilavu Tamil Murali, Revathi Menon, Radhika Sarath Kumar, Sathyaraj Ilaiyaraajaġ985 Idaya Kovil Tamil Mohan, Radha, Ambika, Goundamani Ilaiyaraajaġ986 Mouna Raagam Tamil Mohan, Revathi, Karthik Ilaiyaraaja Dubbed into Teluguġ987 Nayagan Tamil Kamal Haasan, Saranya, Nassar, Janagaraj Ilaiyaraaja Remade into Hindi as Dayavanġ988 Agni Natchathiram Tamil Prabhu, Karthik, Vijayakumar, Nirosha, Amala, Janagaraj, Jayachitra Ilaiyaraaja Dubbed into Telugu as Gharshanaġ989 Geethanjali Telugu Nagarjuna, Girija, Vijayakumar Ilaiyaraaja Dubbed into Tamil as Idhayathai Thirudatheyġ990 Anjali Tamil Raghuvaran, Revathi, Prabhu, Tarun Kumar, Shamili, Shruti, Saranya Ilaiyaraaja Dubbed into Telugu as Anjaliġ991 Thalapathi Tamil Rajinikanth, Mammooty, Arvind Swamy, Amrish Puri, Sobhana, Bhanupriya, Srividya, Geetha, Jaishankar Ilaiyaraaja Dubbed into Telugu as Dalapatiġ992 Roja Tamil Arvind Swamy, Madhubala, Pankaj Kapoor, Nassar, Janagaraj A. For many of these movies, Mani Ratnam is also credited for the story, screenplay and producing: The following is the list of films directed by Mani Ratnam.
His movie Nayakan was part of Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Movies issued in 2005. In 1994, a retrospective of his Tamil films was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). In 2002, Mani Ratnam was awarded the Padma Shri. His most recent picture, released in 2007, is Guru. Through the 1990s and early 2000s, his output has included many acclaimed and commercial successes including Roja (1992), Bombay (1995) and Kannathil Muthamittal (2002). He followed this with the love-themed Mouna Raagam, a critical hit and his first box-office success. Pallavi Anu Pallavi is a film that explores a relationship between an older woman and a young man. Mani Ratnam's first film was a Kannada one, in which Anil Kapoor made his debut. He has also made films in other languages like Hindi, Telugu and Kannada.
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. 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.
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.
Mani Ratnam's films often feature realistic, contemporary themes and complex plots. She is a tamil actress, daughter of actor Saru Haasan, cousin of Anu Haasan and Shruthi Haasan and niece of Padmasree Kamal Haasan. He got into film direction with the help of his late brother, film producer G. 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.
Subramaniam on June 2, 1956, in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.