Pavithran (Tamil film director)

Pavithran (Tamil: A.N.Pavithran) is an Indian film director, who has made many hit Tamil films. He was active primarily in the 1990s collaborating in ventures which often included Sarathkumar in pivotal roles.

Pavithran. A.N
Born	India
Occupation	Director
Years active	1981–present
Spouse(s)	Deeja Pavithran
Children	Abhay,Anuj

Career

Pavithran a student of Pachaiyappa's college began his career with K. T. Kunjumon's production venture Vasanthakala Paravai (1991), before going on to make a successful action film with Sarathkumar titled Suriyan (1992) which went on to become the biggest hit of the year,cementing his position in kollywood and then re-collaborated with the actor the following year with I Love India (1993). Sarathkumar also featured in his next, the romantic musical Indhu (1994), which marked the debut of Prabhu Deva as a lead actor. In 1995, he made another action film with Vijayakanth titled Thirumoorthy.

He then made the college love story Kalloori Vaasal (1996) featuring Ajith Kumar, Prashanth and Pooja Bhatt, though the film opened to a negative response from critics and at the box office. During the making of the film, the director clashed with actor Prashanth and his father, with the pair claiming that Pavithran had changed the characterisation of Prashanth's role in the film since the first narration.[1] In 1996, he also produced the Vijay-starrer Selva directed by A. Venkatesh, but the film's failure cost Pavithran 1.5 crore rupees. This also affected the making of his next venture titled Mookkuththi Kaasi, which started with Sarathkumar, but was later filmed with Bhaskar Raj in the lead instead. The film subsequently failed to develop and did not release.[2][3] His final film before an extended sabbatical was the Vignesh-starrer Kadhal Palli.[4] In 2000, he announced a project titled Pugazh again with Sarathkumar, Poonam Singar and Sanghavi, but the project failed to proceed after initial schedules.[5][6] He re-began work on the film in March 2004 with actor Jai and Sherin also brought in alongside Sarathkumar, but the film still failed to be completed.[7]

Pavithran began work on a low budget film titled Mattuthavani in 2007, though delays meant that the film only had a low key release in 2012.[8] Pavithran has now started his next venture named "Dharavi" based on Mumbai and is set to release soon.

Filmography

Year	Film	Credited as			Notes
		Director	Producer	Writer
1991	Vasanthakala Paravai	Y	N	Y
1992	Suriyan	Y	N	Y
1993	I Love India	Y	N	Y
1994	Indhu	Y	N	Y
1995	Thirumoorthy	Y	N	Y
1996	Kalloori Vaasal	Y	N	Y
1996	Selva	N	Y	N
1997	Kadhal Palli	Y	N	Y
1999	Hello Yama	Y	N	N	Telugu film
2012	Mattuthavani	Y	Y	Y
2018	Dharavi	Y	Y	Y

References

1. "Google Groups". Retrieved 26 June 2015.
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20130927193804/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Oct/a-z/atoz-4.htm. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20031021114354/http://www.chennaionline.com/interviews/pavithran.asp
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20130927193802/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Oct/a-z/atoz-3.htm. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
5. "An interview with Director Pavithran". Archived from the original on 2 May 2002. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
6. https://web.archive.org/web/20020222224707/http://cinematoday2.itgo.com/Pukazh.htm
7. "Reel Talk - Cheran makes right moves". Archived from the original on 5 April 2004. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
8. "Pavithran back with Mattuthavani - Tamil Movie News". Indiaglitz.com. 28 May 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2015.

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