Murugadoss Arunasalam (born 25 September 1974), commonly known as A. R. Murugadoss,[1][2] is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter who predominantly works in the Tamil film industry.[3][4] He is best known for directing action films mainly on social issues. In addition, he has worked in Telugu films and Hindi films. Murugadoss won the Filmfare Award for Best Director for his 2014 Tamil action dramaKaththi.
Murugadoss' first break in the film industry was as an assistant director of Ratchagan (1997). He then worked with S. J. Surya for the film Kushi (2000) before directing his first film, the Ajith starrer Dheena (2001). His first Bollywood film was Ghajini (2008), a Hindi remake of his Tamil film of the same name. It became the first Bollywood film to gross over ₹100 crore (US$13 million) domestically.[5] He would then go on to direct 7am Arivu in 2011, which would become the first non-Rajini 100cr grosser in Tamil cinema. In 2012, he directed the action thrillerThuppakki, starring Vijay, which became the third Tamil film to gross ₹100 crore at the domestic box office alone.[6] He worked with Vijay again with the box office hits Kaththi and Sarkar (2018).
During his college days, Murugadoss was active in cultural events, particularly in mimicry and drawing.[2] He subsequently became a cinephile watching up to seven films a week in his hometown and started writing jokes as well. After Ananda Vikatan published them, Murugadoss began to think of becoming a story writer.[2] At Bharathidasan University he started to write sketch comedies and acted in them.[2] After college he tried to join the Madras Film Institute, but was rejected. Nevertheless, Murugadoss stayed in Chennai in multiple functions. First he became an assistant writer of P. Kalaimani and wrote dialogues for the Tamil film Madurai Meenakshi. He became assistant director of Ratchagan (1997) for half of the film and continued as assistant script director for the Telugu film Kalusukundam Ra.[2] Murugadoss then worked with S. J. Surya for the film Kushi.
In 2003, he contemplated making a film titled Varathan with Vikram in the lead role for producer Oscar Ravichandran, but later moved on to other projects.[9]
S. J. Suryah recommended Murugadoss to Ajith Kumar for directing his debut film, Dheena. His next films were Ramana, Ghajini, and Stalin. His fifth film was Ghajini, which was a Hindi remake of his same-titled 2005 film and marked his Bollywood debut. It released on 25 December 2008 and became the first Bollywood film to gross over ₹100 crore domestically.[5] His next Tamil film 7aum Arivu, was released on Diwali 2011 and was more successful outside India than in Tamil Nadu. Murugadoss signed a deal with Fox Star Studios to produce two Tamil films.[10]
In 2012, he directed the action thriller Thuppakki, starring Vijay and produced by S. Dhanu released on Diwali 2012 to mostly positive reviews and became the fourth Tamil film to enter the ₹100 crore club[11] after Enthiran. Thuppakki collected over ₹180 crores as reported by producer. He also directed the Hindi remake of the film, Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty.[12] In 2014, he was the writer and producer for the fantasy film Maan Karate starring Sivakarthikeyan which was directed by his former assistant Thirukumaran.
In 2014, he directed the action drama Kaththi starring Vijay and produced by Lyca Productions released on Diwali 2014 and emerged as one of the top-grossing films in Kollywood for 2014, collecting an estimated ₹131 crores. In 2016, he directed Akira starring Sonakshi Sinha. It is a remake of Tamil film Mouna Guru. Then, he directed Spyder starring Mahesh Babu and Rakul Preet Singh.[13][14] He joined with Vijay once again for the movie Sarkar which is produced by Sun PicturesKalanithi Maran which released on 6 November 2018 for the Diwali. It released in over 3000 screens around the world.[15] The next, his film Darbar starring Rajinikanth was released on 9 January 2020.[16]
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murugadoss, murugadoss, arunasalam, born, september, 1974, commonly, known, murugadoss, indian, film, director, producer, screenwriter, predominantly, works, tamil, film, industry, best, known, directing, action, films, mainly, social, issues, addition, worked. Murugadoss Arunasalam born 25 September 1974 commonly known as A R Murugadoss 1 2 is an Indian film director producer and screenwriter who predominantly works in the Tamil film industry 3 4 He is best known for directing action films mainly on social issues In addition he has worked in Telugu films and Hindi films Murugadoss won the Filmfare Award for Best Director for his 2014 Tamil action drama Kaththi A R MurugadossMurugadoss in 2009BornMurugadoss Arunasalam 1974 09 25 25 September 1974 age 48 Kallakurichi Tamil Nadu IndiaOccupationsFilm directorscreenwriterfilm producerYears active2001 2020SpouseRamya m 2005 wbr RelativesDileepan brother Murugadoss first break in the film industry was as an assistant director of Ratchagan 1997 He then worked with S J Surya for the film Kushi 2000 before directing his first film the Ajith starrer Dheena 2001 His first Bollywood film was Ghajini 2008 a Hindi remake of his Tamil film of the same name It became the first Bollywood film to gross over 100 crore US 13 million domestically 5 He would then go on to direct 7am Arivu in 2011 which would become the first non Rajini 100cr grosser in Tamil cinema In 2012 he directed the action thriller Thuppakki starring Vijay which became the third Tamil film to gross 100 crore at the domestic box office alone 6 He worked with Vijay again with the box office hits Kaththi and Sarkar 2018 Contents 1 Personal life 2 Career 3 Filmography 4 Awards 5 References 6 External linksPersonal life EditMurugadoss was born in Kallakurichi Tamil Nadu 7 The initials AR refer to his father s name Arunasalam and were added after Murugadoss signed his first film Dheena in 2001 2 Murugadoss currently resides in Virugambakkam Chennai 8 Murugadoss had his schooling at the Government Higher Secondary School 2 and studied BA in Bishop Heber College Tiruchirapalli citation needed His brother Dileepan made his acting debut with Vathikuchi which is Murugadoss production venture citation needed Career Edit Murugadoss with Aamir Khan in 2009 During his college days Murugadoss was active in cultural events particularly in mimicry and drawing 2 He subsequently became a cinephile watching up to seven films a week in his hometown and started writing jokes as well After Ananda Vikatan published them Murugadoss began to think of becoming a story writer 2 At Bharathidasan University he started to write sketch comedies and acted in them 2 After college he tried to join the Madras Film Institute but was rejected Nevertheless Murugadoss stayed in Chennai in multiple functions First he became an assistant writer of P Kalaimani and wrote dialogues for the Tamil film Madurai Meenakshi He became assistant director of Ratchagan 1997 for half of the film and continued as assistant script director for the Telugu film Kalusukundam Ra 2 Murugadoss then worked with S J Surya for the film Kushi In 2003 he contemplated making a film titled Varathan with Vikram in the lead role for producer Oscar Ravichandran but later moved on to other projects 9 S J Suryah recommended Murugadoss to Ajith Kumar for directing his debut film Dheena His next films were Ramana Ghajini and Stalin His fifth film was Ghajini which was a Hindi remake of his same titled 2005 film and marked his Bollywood debut It released on 25 December 2008 and became the first Bollywood film to gross over 100 crore domestically 5 His next Tamil film 7aum Arivu was released on Diwali 2011 and was more successful outside India than in Tamil Nadu Murugadoss signed a deal with Fox Star Studios to produce two Tamil films 10 In 2012 he directed the action thriller Thuppakki starring Vijay and produced by S Dhanu released on Diwali 2012 to mostly positive reviews and became the fourth Tamil film to enter the 100 crore club 11 after Enthiran Thuppakki collected over 180 crores as reported by producer He also directed the Hindi remake of the film Holiday A Soldier Is Never Off Duty 12 In 2014 he was the writer and producer for the fantasy film Maan Karate starring Sivakarthikeyan which was directed by his former assistant Thirukumaran In 2014 he directed the action drama Kaththi starring Vijay and produced by Lyca Productions released on Diwali 2014 and emerged as one of the top grossing films in Kollywood for 2014 collecting an estimated 131 crores In 2016 he directed Akira starring Sonakshi Sinha It is a remake of Tamil film Mouna Guru Then he directed Spyder starring Mahesh Babu and Rakul Preet Singh 13 14 He joined with Vijay once again for the movie Sarkar which is produced by Sun Pictures Kalanithi Maran which released on 6 November 2018 for the Diwali It released in over 3000 screens around the world 15 The next his film Darbar starring Rajinikanth was released on 9 January 2020 16 Filmography EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed November 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message As director producer and writerYear Film Language Director Writer Producer Notes1993 Madurai Meenakshi Tamil No Yes No Dialogues only1997 Poochudava Tamil No Yes No Dialogues only2001 Dheena Tamil Yes Yes No Director Debut2002 Ramanaa Tamil Yes Yes No Director2005 Ghajini Tamil Yes Yes No Director2006 Stalin Telugu Yes Yes No Director2008 Ghajini Hindi Yes Yes No Remake of Ghajini2011 Engaeyum Eppothum Tamil No No Yes Producer2011 7am Arivu Tamil Yes Yes No Director2012 Thuppakki Tamil Yes Yes No Director2013 Vathikuchi Tamil No No Yes Producer2013 Raja Rani Tamil No No Yes Producer2014 Maan Karate Tamil No Yes Yes Producer2014 Holiday A Soldier Is Never Off Duty Hindi Yes Yes No Remake of Thuppakki2014 Kaththi Tamil Yes Yes No Director2015 10 Endrathukulla Tamil No No Yes Producer2016 Akira Hindi Yes Yes Yes Director2017 Rangoon Tamil No No Yes Producer2017 Spyder Tamil Telugu Yes Yes No Director2018 Sarkar Tamil Yes No No Director2020 Darbar Tamil Yes Yes No Director2022 Raangi Tamil No Story No WriterAs actorPoochudava 1997 7am Arivu 2011 Thuppakki 2012 Maan Karate 2014 Kaththi 2014 Isai 2015 NOTA 2018 Sarkar 2018 Awards EditFilm Award Category Result Ref Ramanaa Tamil Nadu State Film Awards Best Dialogue Writer Won 17 Tamil Nadu State Film Awards Best Film Won 18 Ghajini 53rd Filmfare Awards South Best Director Tamil Nominated 19 Tamil Nadu State Film Awards Best Film Won 20 Ghajini Stardust Awards Hottest New Filmmaker Won 21 54th Filmfare Awards Best Director Nominated 22 Producers Guild Film Awards Best Director Won 23 10th IIFA Awards Best Director Nominated 24 7aum Arivu 59th Filmfare Awards South Best Director Nominated 25 Thuppakki The Chennai Times Film Awards Best Director Nominated 26 Best Screenplay Nominated4th Edison Awards Best Director Nominated 27 Best Screenplay Nominated60th Filmfare Awards South Best Director Nominated 28 2nd SIIMA Awards Best Director Nominated 29 7th Vijay Awards Favourite Director Won 30 Best Director NominatedRaja Rani Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards The Most Popular Film Won 31 8th Vijay Awards Favourite Film Nominated 32 3rd SIIMA Awards Best Film Nominated 33 Kaththi 62nd Filmfare Awards South Best Director Won 34 1st IIFA Utsavam Best Director Nominated 35 4th SIIMA Awards Nominated 36 9th Vijay Awards Favourite Director Won 37 Best Story Screenplay Writer NominatedSarkar 66th Filmfare Awards South Best Director Nominated 38 8th SIIMA Awards Best Director Nominated 39 Darbar 10th SIIMA Awards NominatedReferences Edit N Madhavan 22 December 2014 Murugadoss Tamil cinema s golden messenger Forbes India Retrieved 23 December 2014 a b c d e f g Murugadoss Man with the midas touch SouthScope Archived from the original on 1 November 2011 Retrieved 20 May 2013 Aamir s next director speaks Rediff 18 April 2006 Retrieved 5 May 2010 Seenivasan Meera 22 February 2008 Murugadoss upbeat over Mumbai entry The Hindu Archived from the original on 6 November 2008 Retrieved 5 May 2010 a b Journey of the 100 Crore Bollywood Film Forbes India Blog Forbes India Retrieved 5 January 2018 Thuppakki Box Office Collection Crosses 100 Crore Mark Vijay s Biggest Grosser Ever International Business Times 27 November 2012 I could not even buy a cup of tea for my father with my money Murugadoss Priya Gupta TNN The Times of India 3 June 2014 Retrieved 5 June 2014 A R Murugadoss Biography Sulekha Retrieved 28 February 2013 10 09 03 Archived from the original on 18 December 2007 Fox International ties up with Murugadoss to produce Tamil films Latest News amp Updates at Daily News amp Analysis Dnaindia com 5 September 2010 Retrieved 5 January 2018 Vijay s Thuppakki makes 180 crore The Times of India Archived from the original on 1 March 2013 Retrieved 5 January 2018 Punwani Umesh 20 June 2014 Holiday crosses 100 crores at the Box Office India com Retrieved 5 January 2018 Akira is the title for AR Murugadoss Sonakshi project Sify Archived from the original on 24 September 2015 Retrieved 3 November 2016 Mahesh Babu AR Murugdoss film heads to Ahmedabad for next schedule Times of India The Times of India Retrieved 3 November 2016 Vijay s Sarkar to hit more than 3000 screens worldwide 5 November 2018 AR Murugadoss talks about Darbar Rajinikanth and more Times of India The Times of India Tamil Nadu announces film awards for three years IndiaGlitz com Retrieved 19 October 2009 Ramana IMDb IMDb 53rd Annual South Filmfare Awards Winners CineGoer com 9 September 2006 Archived from the original on 29 April 2007 Retrieved 2 May 2007 Tamilnadu Govt awards permanent dead link Winners of 5th Apsara Film amp Television Producers Guild Awards Bollywood News Bollywood Hungama Bollywood Hungama 8 January 2010 Parasshuram Shalgar 28 February 2009 Date of 54th Filmfare Awards PanAsianBiz Archived from the original on 11 April 2010 Retrieved 9 March 2010 Priyanka in the running for a second Apsara Winners of IIFA Awards 2009 OneIndia 15 June 2009 Retrieved 5 February 2012 Filmfare Editorial 9 July 2012 59th Idea Filmfare Awards South Winners list Filmfare Times Internet Limited Retrieved 20 July 2012 Chennai Times Film Awards 2012 nominations The Times of India 6 July 2013 Retrieved 27 April 2014 6th Edition Edison Award gets bigger and grander Sulekha Archived from the original on 17 September 2017 Retrieved 16 July 2013 60th Idea Filmfare Awards 2013 South Nominations Filmfare Awards South Archived from the original on 20 January 2017 Retrieved 4 June 2014 SIIMA 2013 Vijay s Thuppakki Gets 10 Nominations Pawan s Gabbar Singh Leads Telugu Category International Business Times 27 August 2013 Archived from the original on 7 February 2015 Retrieved 5 June 2014 Thuppakki sweeps Vijay Awards The Times of India 13 May 2013 Archived from the original on 13 May 2013 Retrieved 26 June 2014 Awards galore for Raja Rani Tamil News IndiaGlitz com 24 May 2014 Retrieved 27 March 2021 8th Vijay Awards 2014 Full List of Winners Awardsandwinners com Retrieved 25 July 2014 And the SIIMA Awards go to indiatimes timesofindia Retrieved 12 October 2015 Winners list 62nd Filmfare Awards South The Times of India 27 June 2015 Archived from the original on 27 June 2015 Retrieved 27 June 2015 IIFA Utsavam 2015 Nominees Tamil IIFA Utsavam Archived from the original on 4 July 2017 Retrieved 4 July 2017 SIIMA Awards 2015 Tamil winners list The Times of India 8 August 2015 Archived from the original on 9 August 2015 Retrieved 9 August 2015 V P Nicy 6 April 2015 9th Annual Vijay Awards Ajith Vijay Rajinikanth Suriya Dhanush Nominated Complete List International Business Times Archived from the original on 5 May 2015 Retrieved 5 May 2015 Winners of the 66th Filmfare Awards South 2019 Filmfare Retrieved 22 December 2019 SIIMA Awards 2019 Here s a complete list of nomineesExternal links EditAR Murugadoss at IMDb A R Murugadoss at Rotten Tomatoes AR Murugadoss on Twitter Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title AR Murugadoss amp oldid 1143292210, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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