FILM DIRECTOR

Mani Ratnam

1956 - Today

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Gopalaratnam Subramaniam (born 2 June 1956), known professionally as Mani Ratnam, is an Indian film director, film producer and screenwriter who predominantly works in Tamil cinema and few Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. He is one of India's most acclaimed and commercially successful filmmakers. Ratnam has won seven National Film Awards, four Filmfare Awards, six Filmfare Awards South, and numerous awards at various film festivals across the world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mani Ratnam has received more than 8,438,806 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Mani Ratnam is the 1,661st most popular film director (down from 1,596th in 2019), the 953rd most popular biography from India (down from 861st in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Indian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Mani Ratnam ranks 1,661 out of 2,041. Before him are Trevor Nunn, Paolo Virzì, Radu Jude, Francesca Archibugi, Todd Solondz, and Marcus Nispel. After him are Jack Hannah, Sebastián Lelio, Larry Charles, Ira Sachs, Ken Hughes, and Kevin Macdonald.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Mani Ratnam ranks 591. Before him are Theodoros Kontidis, Lothar Thoms, Dinah Manoff, Vasile Pușcașu, Brahmanandam, and Uri Caine. After him are Larry Charles, Katalin Szili, Jean-René Bernaudeau, Volker Beck, Dieter Kühn, and Gert Frank.

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In India

Among people born in India, Mani Ratnam ranks 953 out of 1,861. Before him are Raman Singh (1952), Gauhar Jaan (1873), Brahmanandam (1956), Nimmi (1933), Bishan Singh Bedi (1946), and Pankaj Udhas (1951). After him are Anushka Sharma (1988), Arun Shourie (1941), Usha Uthup (1947), Bipasha Basu (1979), Dipali Barthakur (1941), and Ameesha Patel (1975).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, Mani Ratnam ranks 23. Before him are Deepa Mehta (1950), Aparna Sen (1945), Tapan Sinha (1924), Karan Johar (1972), Nasir Hussain (1931), and Prakash Jha (1952). After him are Sanjay Leela Bhansali (1963), Tariq Anwar (1945), Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1922), B. R. Chopra (1914), K. Balachander (1930), and David Dhawan (1955).

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Filmography

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Journalist Amar falls for a mysterious woman on an assignment, but she does not reciprocate his feelings. However, when Amar is about to get married, the woman shows up at his doorstep asking for help.
Aug 22o 19986.9 / 10
Guru
Director
A villager, Gurukant Desai, arrives in Bombay in 1958, and rises from its streets to become the biggest tycoon in India.
Jan 12o 20076.816 / 10
Nayakan
Director
Velu Naicker, who witnesses the brutal murder of his father, kills a corrupt policeman and escapes to Mumbai, only to become a gangster.
Oct 21o 19877.8 / 10