Thakkali Srinivasan

Thakkali Srinivasan is an Indian film director, musician and producer who has worked on Tamil films, often involving horror or murder mystery plotlines.

Thakkali Srinivasan
Other namesThakkali Srinivasan
OccupationDirector
Years active1991-present

Career

Thakkali Srinivasan began his career off as a producer and made the science fiction film Nalaya Manithan (1989) directed by Velu Prabhakaran. The success of the film prompted him to produce a sequel titled Adhisaya Manithan (1990) with a different cast, and the project did not perform as well commercially. He had also composed music for the films, along with Premi, forming the Premi-Srini duo. Subsequently, he directed two films in the 1990s, the horror film Jenma Natchathiram (1991) with Nassar and the murder mystery film, Witness (1995) with Raghuvaran in the lead role. He began work on the production of a Pandiarajan-starrer titled Maaruvedam in the late 1990s, but the film was later shelved.[1]

In 2001, he made Asokavanam, another murder mystery film featuring Livignston, Sriman and Riyaz Khan and won mixed reviews for his work. A critic from The Hindu noted that "the script is good in the first half but sags in the second".[2] He later began working on a film titled Satrumun Kidaitha Thagaval (2009) featuring Kanal Kannan, but was replaced midway through production by a debutant director, Bhuvanai Kannan.[3][4] His latest release was Aduthathu (2011), a thriller about reality show contestants on a desert island, starring Sriman in the lead role.[5][6]

Filmography
Year Film Director Producer Music Actor Notes
1987 Ivargal Varungala Thoongal N Y N N
1988 Manasukkul Mathappu N Y N N
1988 Soora Samhaaram N N N Y Kitty's son
1989 Nalaya Manithan N Y Y Y
1989 Valathu Kalai Vaithu Vaa N N Y N
1990 Adhisaya Manithan N Y Y N
1991 Jenma Natchathiram Y N Y Y
1995 Witness Y N Y Y Srinivasan
1995 Puthiya Aatchi N N Y N
2001 Asokavanam Y N N N
2011 Aduthathu Y N N N

References
  1. "A-Z (IV)". Indolink Tamil. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  2. http://www.thehindu.com/2001/10/19/stories/09190222.htm
  3. http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news/nov-07-03/21-11-07-bharathi.html
  4. http://www.sify.com/movies/kanal-kannan-turns-hero-news-tamil-kkfudBaidejsi.html
  5. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Sriman-in-Aduthathu/articleshow/9756332.cms
  6. http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/itsy-bitsy/article1999098.ece


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