Agathiyan

Agathiyan
Agathiyan
	Agathiyan at the "Kennedy Club" film Audio Launch
Born	18 August 1952
Occupation	writer, director, actor
Years active	1991- Present
Spouse(s)	Radha (m.1978-2016) (deceased)[1]
Children	Karthika Agathiyan (b.1980) ; Vijayalakshmi Agathiyan (b.1982); Niranjani Ahathian (b.1990)

Agathiyan (pronunciation ) is an Indian film director.[2] He is credited to be the first director of Tamil cinema to win the National Film Award for Best Direction.[3] He was also awarded National Film Award for Best Screenplay in 1996 for the Tamil film Kadhal Kottai.

Personal life

He married Radha in 1978.[1] His elder daughter Karthika, host of Makkal TV, is married to Thiru, director of Theeratha Vilaiyattu Pillai and Samar.[4] His second daughter Vijayalakshmi Agathiyan made her acting debut in the Tamil film Chennai 600028 (2007) is married to Feroz, director of Pandigai movie. His younger daughter Niranjani Ahathian is a costume designer who worked in Kabali and Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal.

Career

Ahahtian, a director in his late forties entered films a decade back and struggled as an assistant to various directors. Hailing from a agriculturist family, he spent a happy-go-lucky time in college, and when he decided to pack his bags and come to Chennai to try his luck in films as a director, he lost his family's support. Struggling with no money, he did odd jobs in film companies and became an assistant to anyone who offered him food and shelter.[5]

He initially directed movie in 1991 and was credited as Ravi Thasan but it was an utter flop movie. Anbalaya Prabhakaran, who acted in that movie and also produces small budgeted films with new directors, gave Ahahtian his second break as a director with Madhumathi, a teenage love story with new faces. The film was a big hit. He was back to where he started, but again fate had bigger things in store for him. Sivasakthi Pandian, a film distributor turned producer, produced Vaanmathi with Ajith and Swathi. The film was a hit. Next came Kadhal Kottai from the same banner and Ahahtian became the toast of the industry. Offers poured in for films.[6]

In late 2014, he began work on an untitled project produced by Bharathiraja featuring Santhosh Prathap, Oviya, Vijayalakshmi and Manoj Bharathiraja in the lead roles, but the film was later shelved.[7]

He have served as jury member at 57th National Film Awards.[8]

Filmography

Year	Film	Language	Credited as				Role	Notes
Year	Film	Language	Director	Writer	Producer	Actor	Role	Notes
1989	Manasukketha Maharasa	Tamil	N	Y	N	N		Credited as Karunanidhi Santharam in the film
1991	Mangalyam Thanthunane	Tamil	Y	Y	N	N		Credited as Ravi Thasan in the film
1992	Pondatti Rajyam	Tamil	N	Y	N	N
1993	Madhumathi	Tamil	Y	Y	N	N
1996	Vaanmathi	Tamil	Y	Y	N	N
1996	Kadhal Kottai	Tamil	Y	Y	N	Y	Cameo	National Film Award for Best Direction National Film Award for Best Screenplay Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Director Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film (Third prize) Remade in Kannada as Yaare Neenu Cheluve Remade in Hindi as Sirf Tum Dubbed in Telugu as Premalekha
1996	Gokulathil Seethai	Tamil	Y	Y	N	Y	Cameo		Remade in Hindi as Hum Ho Gaye Aapke Remade in Kannada as Krishna Leele
1997	Vidukathai	Tamil	Y	Y
1998	Santhosham	Tamil		Y	N	N
1998	Kaadhal Kavithai	Tamil	Y	Y	N	N
1999	Sirf Tum	Hindi	Y	Y	N	N
2001	Hum Ho Gaye Aapke	Hindi	Y	Y	N	N
1999	Poovellam Kettuppar	Tamil	N	N	N	Y	Himself
2001	Vinnukkum Mannukkum	Tamil	N	N	N	Y	Cameo
2002	Kadhal Samrajyam	Tamil	Y	Y	N	N		Unreleased film
2004	Ramakrishna	Tamil	Y	Y	N	N
2004	Ee Abbai Chala Manchodu	Telugu	Y	Y	N	N
2005	Selvam	Tamil	Y	Y	Y	N
2007	Agaram	Tamil	N	N	N	Y	Thiru's father
2008	Nenjathai Killadhe	Tamil	Y	Y	N	N
2011	Avargalum Ivargalum	Tamil	N	N	N	Y
2011	Maithanam	Tamil	N	N	N	Y
2018	Mr. Chandramouli	Tamil	N	N	N	Y

Awards

National Film Awards

1997 – Best Direction – Kadhal Kottai
1997 – Best Screenplay – Kadhal Kottai
1997 – National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil – Kadhal Kottai

Filmfare Awards South

1997 – Best Director – Kadhal Kottai

Tamil Nadu State Film Awards

1996 – Best Director – Kadhal Kottai

gollark: Missed both, though.

gollark: I saw two AP garlands.

gollark: I think they both went through?

gollark: The raffle's end is nigh.

gollark: I wonder who arted the event.

References

http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-16/director-agathiyans-wife-radha-passes-away.html
"IndiaGlitz — Agathiyan on the move — Tamil Movie News". IndiaGlitz.com. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
Dhananjayan, G. (3 November 2014). PRIDE OF TAMIL CINEMA: 1931 TO 2013: Tamil Films that have earned National and International Recognition. Blue Ocean Publishers. p. 358.
"Thoranai, Vishal and Thiru — Behindwoods.com — Tamil Movies News — Thoranai Vishal Agathiyan". Behindwoods.com. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
"Tamil Star — Profile". Archive.org. 22 December 2001. Archived from the original on 22 December 2001. Retrieved 8 March 2017.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
"Welcome To Sify.com". Sify.com. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
"Agathiyan to direct Bharathiraaja's film". ChennaiOnline.com. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
"57th National Film Awards" (PDF): 32. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

External links

Agathiyan on IMDb

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[ra-1] ttp://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-16/director-agathiyans-wife-radha-passes-away.html

[2] "IndiaGlitz — Agathiyan on the move — Tamil Movie News". IndiaGlitz.com. Retrieved 8 March 2017.

[3] Dhananjayan, G. (3 November 2014). PRIDE OF TAMIL CINEMA: 1931 TO 2013: Tamil Films that have earned National and International Recognition. Blue Ocean Publishers. p. 358.

[4] "Thoranai, Vishal and Thiru — Behindwoods.com — Tamil Movies News — Thoranai Vishal Agathiyan". Behindwoods.com. Retrieved 8 March 2017.

[5] "Tamil Star — Profile". Archive.org. 22 December 2001. Archived from the original on 22 December 2001. Retrieved 8 March 2017.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)

[6] "Welcome To Sify.com". Sify.com. Retrieved 8 March 2017.

[7] "Agathiyan to direct Bharathiraaja's film". ChennaiOnline.com. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2017.

[8] "57th National Film Awards" (PDF): 32. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

National Film Award for Best Direction
1967–1980	Satyajit Ray (1967) Satyajit Ray (1968) Mrinal Sen (1969) Satyajit Ray (1970) Girish Karnad and B. V. Karanth (1971) Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1972) Mani Kaul (1973) Satyajit Ray (1974) Satyajit Ray (1975) P. Lankesh (1976) G. Aravindan (1977) G. Aravindan (1978) Mrinal Sen (1979) Mrinal Sen (1980)
1981–2000	Aparna Sen (1981) Utpalendu Chakrabarty (1982) Mrinal Sen (1983) Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1984) Shyam Benegal (1985) G. Aravindan (1986) Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1987) Shaji N. Karun (1988) Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1989) Tapan Sinha (1990) Satyajit Ray (1991) Goutam Ghose (1992) T. V. Chandran (1993) Jahnu Barua (1994) Saeed Akhtar Mirza (1995) Agathiyan (1996) Jayaraj (1997) Rajeevnath (1998) Buddhadeb Dasgupta (1999) Rituparno Ghosh (2000)
2001–present	B. Lenin (2001) Aparna Sen (2002) Goutam Ghose (2003) Buddhadeb Dasgupta (2004) Rahul Dholakia (2005) Madhur Bhandarkar (2006) Adoor Gopalakrishnan (2007) Bala (2008) Rituparno Ghosh (2009) Vetrimaaran (2010) Gurvinder Singh (2011) Shivaji Lotan Patil (2012) Hansal Mehta (2013) Srijit Mukherji (2014) Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2015) Rajesh Mapuskar (2016) Jayaraj (2017) Aditya Dhar (2018)

Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Director
1972–1990	P. Madhavan (1972) A. C. Tirulokchandar (1973) K. Balachander (1974) K. Balachander (1975) S. P. Muthuraman (1976) S. P. Muthuraman (1977) Bharathiraja (1978) J. Mahendran (1979) K. Balachander (1980) K. Balachander (1981) Balu Mahendra (1982) A. Jagannathan (1983) K. Balachander (1984) Fazil (1985) Mani Ratnam (1986) Bharathiraja (1987) (1988) K. Balachander (1989) Mani Ratnam (1990)
1991–2000	Mani Ratnam (1991) K. Balachander (1992) Shankar (1993) Shankar (1994) Mani Ratnam (1995) Agathiyan (1996) Cheran (1997) Cheran (1998) Bala (1999) Rajiv Menon (2000) Cheran (2001) Mani Ratnam (2002) Bala (2003) Cheran (2004) Shankar (2005) Vasanthabalan (2006) Ameer Sultan (2007) M. Sasikumar (2008) Priyadarshan (2009) Vasanthabalan (2010)
2011–present	Vetrimaaran (2011) Balaji Sakthivel (2012) Bala (2013) AR Murugadoss (2014) Mohan Raja (2015) Sudha Kongara (2016) Pushkar–Gayathri (2017)

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)