A.R. Murugadoss – Maker of blockbusters

People who watched a young student's mimicry performance of 'Kirubanantha Variar' in Bishop Heber's college might not have imagined that he will be one of the blockbuster directors in future. Holding a mere number of five movies to his credit, it's astounding to see his reach among the masses. Director A.R. Murugadoss began his career with Ajith in 'Dheena' which became a super hit. Even though being a debutant, his directional skills were captivating that lured the masses. Following it was the box office blockbuster 'Ramana' starring Vijayakanth.

A.R. Murugadoss envisaged a unique script that had a mix of commercialism and substance. He is the only director who ventured out of Tamil cinema to direct megastars of Tollywood and Bollywood. Chiranjeevi's 'Stalin' became one more feather in his cap and nevertheless is a super hit in Telugu. He boomeranged back to Tamil with 'Ghajini' casting Surya. By the time, Murugadoss had a huge number of fans and he satiated their every expectation.

The movie's colossal success garnered attention from Bollywood which paved way for the director to make 'Ghajini' with Aamir Khan. The director is always humble and down to the earth. Talent is the only abundant thing in the able filmmaker and not pride. The filmmaker's talent lies in his slick skill to commingle commercial elements that has substance and is sensible. Aamir Khan's 'Ghajini' might escalate Murugadoss's talent to international standards.

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Who will crank the camera 'Robot'?

Confusion over the cinematographer of Shankar’s Robot continues. Earlier it was said that Nirav Shaw would be the cinematographer of the mega movie starring Superstar Rajinikanth and Bollywood queen Aishwarya Rai. However, according to a grapevine, Nirav Shaw’s demand for a huge salary made Shankar look for other options.

The ace director then roped in Thiru but even this arrangement did not last for long. The latest news is that Thiru is out and Rathnavelu is in.


Rathnavelu, who is fondly called as ‘Randy’ in Kollywood circles, is one of the favorite cinematographers of the leading heroes. Moreover, he hasn’t demanded much salary to work in the project. So it is believed that Randy, who cranked the camera for movies like ‘Sethu’, ‘Nandha’, ‘Jeyam’, ‘Thirumalai’ and ‘Perazhagan’, will be the cinematographer for the mega budget movie produced by Ayngaran International and Eros Multimedia.

Rathnavelu is currently working for Goutham Menon’s ‘Vaaranam Aayiram’, starring Suriya, Sameera Reddy, and Divya Spandana.

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The cinematographer for 'Robot'

Director Shankar’s 'Robot', starring superstar Rajinikanth, will have a new cinematographer. Shankar has to look beyond his trusted ally K.V. Anand due to some unavoidable reasons.

The ace cinematographer, who has been an integral part of Shankar’s films right from 'Mudhalvan', has now committed for AVM’s new film starring Suriya and Tamanna. Shankar feels that it won’t be nice to call him at this juncture.


Then the leading director, who was impressed by Nirav Shaw’s work in 'Billa', has approached the cinematographer for 'Robot'. Unfortunately Shaw could not oblige, as he is already committed to ‘Sarvam’, directed by Vishnuvardhan.

Left with very little choice, Shankar has now opted for Thiru, who impressed everyone with his fine work in Ajith – Trisha starrer ‘Kireedom’.

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