Mani Ratnam

Vemuri Sai Karthik
Vemuri Sai Karthik
Born	Vemuri Sai Karthik; June 2, 1956 (age 68); Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation(s)	Director, Writer, Producer
Years active	1983-2010

Mani Ratnam (Tamil: மணி ரத்னம்) (born June 2, 1956) is a Tamil Indian movie director, writer and producer.

Filmography

The following is the list of movies directed by Mani Ratnam. For many of these movies, Mani Ratnam is also credited for the story, screenplay and producing:

Director

Year	Film	Language	Cast	Music Director	Notes
1983	Pallavi Anu Pallavi	Kannada	Anil Kapoor, Lakshmi	Ilaiyaraaja	Dubbed into Tamil as Oh! Priya Priya
1985	Unaru	Malayalam	Mohanlal, Sukumaran, Sabina Jose	Ilaiyaraaja
1985	Pagal Nilavu	Tamil	Murali, Revathi Menon, Radhika Sarath Kumar, Sathyaraj	Ilaiyaraaja
1985	Idaya Kovil	Tamil	Mohan, Radha, Ambika, Goundamani	Ilaiyaraaja
1986	Mouna Raagam	Tamil	Mohan, Revathi, Karthik	Ilaiyaraaja	Dubbed into Telugu as Mouna Raagam
1987	Nayagan	Tamil	Kamal Haasan, Saranya, Nassar, Janagaraj	Ilaiyaraaja	Dubbed into Hindi as Nayak Dubbed into Telugu as Nayakudu
1988	Agni Natchathiram	Tamil	Prabhu, Karthik, Vijayakumar, Nirosha, Amala, Janagaraj, Jayachitra	Ilaiyaraaja	Dubbed into Telugu as Gharshana
1989	Geethanjali	Telugu	Nagarjuna, Girija, Vijayakumar	Ilaiyaraaja	Dubbed into Tamil as Idhayathai Thirudathey Dubbed into Malayalam as Geethanjali
1990	Anjali	Tamil	Raghuvaran, Revathi, Prabhu, Tarun Kumar, Shamili, Shruti, Saranya	Ilaiyaraaja	Dubbed into Telugu as Anjali
1991	Thalapathi	Tamil	Rajinikanth, Mammooty, Arvind Swamy, Amrish Puri, Sobhana, Bhanupriya, Srividya, Geetha, Jaishankar	Ilaiyaraaja	Dubbed into Telugu as Dalapati Dubbed into Hindi as Dal-pati
1992	Roja	Tamil	Arvind Swamy, Madhubala, Pankaj Kapoor, Nassar, Janagaraj	A. R. Rahman	Dubbed into English as The Rose Dubbed into Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Marathi as Roja
1993	Thiruda Thiruda	Tamil	Prashanth, Anand, Heera Rajgopal, Anu Agarwal, Balasubrahmanyam	A. R. Rahman	Dubbed into Hindi as Chor Chor Dubbed into Telugu as Donga Donga
1995	Bombay	Tamil	Arvind Swamy, Manisha Koirala, Nassar, Prakash Raj	A. R. Rahman	Dubbed into Hindi and Telugu as Bombay
1997	Iruvar	Tamil	Mohanlal, Aishwarya Rai, Prakash Raj, Madhubala, Tabu, Revathi, Gouthami, Nassar	A. R. Rahman	Dubbed into Telugu as Iddaru
1998	Dil Se(Uyerea in tamil)	Hindi	Shah Rukh Khan, Manisha Koirala, Preity Zinta	A. R. Rahman	Dubbed into Tamil as Uyire Dubbed into Telugu as Prema Tho
2000	Alaipayuthey	Tamil	Madhavan, Shalini, Arvind Swamy, Kushboo, Vivek, Sukumari, Lalitha, Jayasudha, Pyramid Natarajan	A. R. Rahman	Dubbed into English as Waves Dubbed into Telugu as Sakhi remade into Hindi as Saathiya
2002	Kannathil Muthamittal	Tamil	Madhavan, Simran, Nandita Das, Keerthana, Prakash Raj, Pasupathy	A. R. Rahman	Dubbed into English as A Peck on the Cheek Dubbed into Telugu as Amrutha
2004	Aayitha Ezhuthu	Tamil	Madhavan, Surya Sivakumar, Siddharth Narayan, Meera Jasmine, Esha Deol, Trisha, Bharathiraja, Janagaraj	A. R. Rahman	Dubbed into Telugu as Yuva Dubbed into English as The Three Dots
2004	Yuva	Hindi	Ajay Devgan, Abhishek Bachchan, Vivek Oberoi, Rani Mukherjee, Esha Deol, Kareena Kapoor, Om Puri	A. R. Rahman
2007	Guru	Hindi	Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Madhavan, Vidya Balan, Mallika Sherawat, Mithun Chakraborty	A. R. Rahman	Dubbed into Tamil as Guru Dubbed into Telugu as Gurukanth
2010	Ravana	Hindi	Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Vikram,	A. R. Rahman	This film is in both Tamil and Hindi Dubbed into Telugu as Villain

Non-Director

Mani Ratnam established Madras Talkies for movie production during the shoot of Iruvar. Mani Ratnam had earlier produced Thiruda Thiruda under his personal name. 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.

Indira (1996) - Screenplay (Movie was directed by his wife Suhasini)
Gayam (1993) - Story & Screenplay (Telugu Movie)
Chatriyan - Story & Screenplay
Tajmahal - Story & Screenplay
Aasai (1995) - Producer
Nerrukku Ner (1997) - Producer (Madras Talkies)
Dumm Dumm Dumm (2001) - Story & Screenplay
Saathiya (2002) - Screenplay (Movie is a re-make of Alaipayuthey and was directed by his assistant Shaad Ali) and Producer (Madras Talkies)
Five Star (2003) - Producer (Madras Talkies)

Writer

Years	movie	Role	Notes
2010	Raavan	screenplay	The movie of Raavan's Screenplay was written by Mani Ratnam
2010	Raavanan	Story
2007	Guru	screenplay
2004	Ayitha Ezhuthu
2004	Yuva	screenplay
2002	Saathiya	story & screenplay
2002	Kannathil Muthamittal	screenplay & story
2001	Waves	dialogue, screenplay & story
1998	Dil Se..	story & screenplay
1997	The Duo	screenplay & story
1996	Indira (Priyanka)	screenplay
1995	Bombay	screenplay & story
1994	Thiruda Thiruda
1993	Gaayam	screenplay & story
1992	Roja
1991	Thalapathi	screenplay & story
1990	Anjali	screenplay & story
1989	Gitanjali	screenplay & story
1988	Agni Natchathiram
1987	Nayakan
1985	Pagal Nilavu
1983	Pallavi Anu Pallavi

Other websites

Mani Ratnam on IMDb
Director Mani Ratnam: A living Legend in Film Making Archived 2007-10-31 at the Wayback Machine
Technical Analysis of Mani Ratnam Films Archived 2005-03-15 at the Wayback Machine
Mani Ratnam and A. R. Rahman
Mani Ratnam: Brief film descriptions Archived 2008-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
A Mani Ratnam Interview Archived 2003-09-08 at the Wayback Machine
Mani Ratnam - article and interview Archived 2008-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
Interview with Bharathan Kandaswamy and Mani Ratnam Archived 2007-10-14 at the Wayback Machine