R. V. Udayakumar

R. V. Udayakumar is a veteran Tamil film director, who worked predominantly in the 1990s, making films including Yejaman and Chinna Gounder.[2][3]

R. V. Udayakumar
Born
Mullaipalayam, Mettupalayam, Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu
OccupationDirector, film actor, lyricist
Years active1988–1996
2005
2012–present
Spouse(s)Sujatha[1]
ChildrenBhumikka Uthayakumar

Early life

Udayakumar was born to an agricultural family in a village called Mullaipalayam near Mettupalayam. His father is Venkatasamy and mother is Kannammal. He graduated with P. U. C from govt Arts and science College and studied BSc in Coimbatore. He joined the Madras Film Institute to pursue a diploma in direction. During the course, Udayakumar directed various short films.[4]

Career

He worked as an associate director for films like Neram Vandhachu, Janani and Oomai Vizhigal. He made his directorial debut with Urimai Geetham starring Prabhu Ganesan and Karthik. The film became successful and RM Veerappan provided him an opportunity to direct his second film Puthiya Vaanam, remake of Hindi film Hukumat. The film starred Sivaji Ganesan and Sathyaraj.[4] He then directed Uruthimozhi. His fourth film Kizhakku Vasal became successful at the box office, the shooting of this film was plagued with various problems. The set which was built for the film was burnt, M. S. Madhu, storywriter of this film suffered from fits after witnessing the fire. Actress Sulakshana was admitted to hospital due to nose bleeding. RV Udayakumar was hospitalised due to car accident and he went into coma for one month. After recovery, Udayakumar completed the climax of the film.[5] His next venture Chinna Gounder featured Vijayakanth as a soft-spoken village chieftain which was radically different from larger than life action roles which he was used to play, it was another successful film for both actor and director. He then directed Singaravelan with Kamal Haasan which also became successful.

After the success of Chinna Gounder, Udayakumar was approached by various producers but he was in confusion in selecting hero for his next film and then he decided to have Rajinikanth as hero for his next film. Rajini agreed to act under the direction of Udayakumar and Udayakumar expressed his interest to make this film for AVM Productions. Initially different script was narrated but Udaykumar later opted to film other script as AVM Saravanan felt that it might go over budget. Meena was selected as heroine, Rajini was initially reluctant to have her as heroine as she appeared as child artist for his film Anbulla Rajinikanth and he felt that his fans might not accept this combination but eventually Rajini agreed to do so.[6] The success of Ejamaan meant that Udayakumar began a film titled Jilla Collecter with Rajinikanth, but the film was later cancelled. He again directed Ponnumani with Karthik which also became successful venture.

He then directed Prabhu's 100th film Rajakumaran which became a flop but featured a successful soundtrack. His subsequent films Nandhavana Theru starring Karthik and Subash starring Arjun became failure and average at box office respectively. He made his debut in Telugu with Tarakaramudu starring Srikanth and Soundarya, became a flop and was dubbed in Tamil as Velli Malare. He then began an incomplete film titled Ulagai Vilai Pesava with Karthik and Malavika, before completing a project called Chinna Ramasamy Periya Ramasamy with himself and Jayaram in leading roles. In spite of the soundtrack being released, the film remains unreleased.[7][8] He was announced to direct Telugu remake of Nandha with Kalyanram which failed to proceed after launch.[9] He then made a comeback with Karka Kasadara introducing actor Vijay's cousin Vikranth in lead role. The film flopped at box office and Udayakumar opted against directing films and started portraying supporting roles as an actor.

Filmography

As director
YearFilmLanguageCastMusicVerdict
1988Urimai GeethamTamilPrabhu, Karthik, Ranjani, PallaviManoj-Gyan
1988Puthiya VaanamTamilSivaji Ganesan, Satyaraj, RupiniHamsalekha
1990Urudhi MozhiTamilPrabhu, Sivakumar, GeethaIlaiyaraaja
1990Kizhakku VasalTamilKarthik, Revathi, KushbooIlaiyaraajaTamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film (Third prize)
1992Chinna GounderTamilVijayakanth, SukanyaIlaiyaraajaTamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film (Third prize)
1992SingaravelanTamilKamal Haasan, KushbooIlaiyaraaja
1993EjamaanTamilRajinikanth, Meena, AishwaryaIlaiyaraaja
1993PonnumaniTamilKarthik, SoundaryaIlaiyaraaja
1994RajakumaranTamilPrabhu, Meena, NadhiyaIlaiyaraaja
1995Nandhavana TheruTamilKarthik, SrinidhiIlaiyaraaja
1996SubashTamilArjun, RevathiVidyasagar
1997Taraka RamuduTeluguSrikanth, SoundaryaKoti
2000Chinna Ramasamy Periya RamasamyTamilJayaram, Udaya BhanuIlaiyaraajaUnreleased
2005Karka KasadaraTamilVikranth, Lakshmi Rai, DiyaPrayog
2011 Mr. Rascal Telugu Paruchuri Ravindranath, Payal Ghosh , Nadisha Hemamalini John Peter (Remake of Thirttu Payale)

As actor

As lyricist
YearFilm nameSong nameMusicNotes
1990Urudhi MozhiAll songsIlaiyaraaja
1990Kizhakku VasalAll songs except Ada VeettukkuIlaiyaraaja
1992SingaravelanInnum EnnaiIlaiyaraaja
1992Chinna Gounderall songsIlaiyaraaja
1993Ponnumaniall songsIlaiyaraaja
1993Ejamaanall songs except Adi RaakkuIlaiyaraaja
1993DharmaseelanTitle songIlaiyaraaja
1994Rajakumaranall songsIlaiyaraaja
1995Nandhavana Theruall songsIlaiyaraaja
1996Subashall songsVidyasagar
1997Dharma Chakkaramall songsDeva
2000Kakkai Siraginilaeall songsIlaiyaraaja
2002ShreeT. S. Muralidharan
2003Chokka ThangamEnna NenachaDeva
2005Karka Kasadaraall songsPrayog
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References
  1. "Tamil Cinema news - Tamil Movies - Cinema seithigal". maalaimalar.com.
  2. "Archive News - The Hindu". hindu.com.
  3. "A director's take on movies". 27 November 2004. p. 03 – via The Hindu (old).
  4. "சத்யா மூவிஸ் படத்தில் சிவாஜிகணேசனை டைரக்ட் செய்த உதயகுமார்" [Udayakumar directed Sivaji Ganesan for Sathya Movies]. Maalai Malar. 11 April 2016. Archived from the original on 3 May 2016.
  5. "கிழக்கு வாசல் படப்பிடிப்பின்போது விபத்தில் சிக்கிய உதயகுமார்" [Udayakumar met with accident during the shoot of 'Kizhakku Vaasal']. Maalai Malar. 13 April 2016. Archived from the original on 30 April 2016.
  6. "உதயகுமார் டைரக்ஷனில் ரஜினிகாந்த்" [Udayakumar directed Rajinikanth]. Maalai Malar. 14 April 2016. Archived from the original on 30 April 2016.
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 2015-02-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. "Gokul's Tamil Cinema News". oocities.org.
  9. "Muhurat Function - Production No.3 - Sri Mahaganapathy Films". Idlebrain. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
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