K. V. Saravanan, better known as Saran, is an Indian film director active mainly in Tamil cinema. He was once an assistant to K. Balachander. He owns production house called Gemini Productions.
Saran's father T. Kulandaivelayudam worked with the directorate of examinations and many of his relatives are teachers. He finished diploma in visual communications from the College of Arts And Crafts and became an instructor in textile designing. Saran worked as instructor for a year and, during this time, he did some work with a lady called Mohana who was art director for K. Balachander. KB was the director whom Saran admired above all others. Saran hoped this relationship would be the key to get to him. He joined as an assistant director to KB when he was making Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal (1989).
By then, Saran was also a cartoonist for Ananda Vikatan. He would do this work at two in the morning, sleep for a bit and get back to work with KB by 7 am. Finally, Sarann gave up working as a cartoonist because assisting KB was too demanding. And then, Sarann's first film happened.[2] He describes that he "was wondering what would happen if a girl, who is engaged to a particular person, falls in love with someone else" and this formed the basis of his plot for his first film Kadhal Mannan (1998). The film saw veteran music composer M. S. Viswanathan make his acting debut in a supporting role, whilst the lead actress Maanu from Assam and music composer Bharadwaj also debuted.[3] The film's soundtrack gained rave review prior to release.[4] Viswanathan had initially waded away the approach but actor Vivek later convinced him to partake in the film.[5] The film won positive reviews from critics, with a reviewer praising the film for tackling a taboo subject. The critic claimed that Ajith Kumar "was back at his best", whilst also crediting success to Maanu's performance and Bharadwaj's soundtrack.[6] The film received a good response at the box office. The first copy was worth Rs 22 million, but was only sold for Rs 16 million.[2] Despite all this, it ran 100 days and re-established Ajith Kumar's market after a string of failures. The producers of the previous collaboration of Ajith Kumar and Sarann during Kadhal Mannan, Venkateswaralayam had lost a lot of money on that film so Ajith insisted on doing another film for the studio, Amarkalam (1999). Sarann initially approached Shalini, who was studying at the time and she refused but after a three-month pursuit, he finally got her to sign on as well.[2] The role of Tulasi Das was initially offered to Amitabh Bachchan who accepted before later pulling out of the film.[7] The film began production in January 1999 and during the production of the film, the lead pair Ajith Kumar and Shalini fell in love and eventually got married in April 2000.[8][9][10] The film won predominantly positive reviews upon release with a reviewer describing the film as having an "okay storyline made very good because of its brilliant execution" whilst stating that the "climax is also very well-developed" and praising the performance of Ajith Kumar.[11] The film went on to become a large commercial success at the box office, extending the lead actor Ajith Kumar's success after his previous film Vaali.[12][13] Ajith went on to purchase Sarann a car as a token of gratitude for the success.[14]
His next film was Parthen Rasithen (2000) with Prashanth and Simran (their third time pair after successful hits such as Kannedhirey Thondrinal and Jodi). which did well at the box office and Simran's performance was well praised by critics (her first Villainous role).
But his next film Alli Arjuna (2002) was a flop in spite of a r rahman's compositions. Then he directed a film for Vikram in a production under AVM Productions in Gemini (2002), it became a mass success at the time, it made Vikram very popular and one of the hit film, Ajith neglect to act because of his Racing Career Then he directed Jay Jay (2003) with Madhavan which was a hit. After Jay Jay, Saran works for the first time with Kamal Haasan in Vasool Raja MBBS (2004) which was a remake of the Hindi film Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.. The film received positive reviews and was a commercial success. His next film is again with Ajith in Attahasam (2004) also this film became a commercial success. After this films Saran directed Idhaya Thirudan (2006) with Jayam Ravi and was produced by veteran Director K. Balachander, The film received mixed reviews and was later considered a flop at the Box-office. His next venture is Vattaram with Arya the film received positive reviews and was a hit at the box office.
In early 2007, Saran agreed terms to direct his second film with Kamal Haasan in the lead role, while also taking up the role of producer. Saran later sold the production rights of the move to Ayngaran International, a move which irked Kamal Haasan and his team. As a result, the actor opted out and the film was shelved.[15] Later he directed Modhi Vilayadu (2009) starring Vinay Rai and Kajal Aggarwal, the film was released to mixed reviews and fared poorly at the box office. His next film is Aasal in which film Saran works once again with Ajith met with mixed reviews upon release but was an average at the box-office.
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K V Saravanan better known as Saran is an Indian film director active mainly in Tamil cinema He was once an assistant to K Balachander He owns production house called Gemini Productions SaranBornK V Saravanan 1 Coimbatore Tamil Nadu IndiaOccupation s Director producerYears active1998 presentSpouseSoobaChildrenSanjanaa Sanjith Contents 1 Early life 2 Personal life 3 Filmography 4 References 5 External linksEarly life EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed November 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Saran s father T Kulandaivelayudam worked with the directorate of examinations and many of his relatives are teachers He finished diploma in visual communications from the College of Arts And Crafts and became an instructor in textile designing Saran worked as instructor for a year and during this time he did some work with a lady called Mohana who was art director for K Balachander KB was the director whom Saran admired above all others Saran hoped this relationship would be the key to get to him He joined as an assistant director to KB when he was making Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal 1989 By then Saran was also a cartoonist for Ananda Vikatan He would do this work at two in the morning sleep for a bit and get back to work with KB by 7 am Finally Sarann gave up working as a cartoonist because assisting KB was too demanding And then Sarann s first film happened 2 He describes that he was wondering what would happen if a girl who is engaged to a particular person falls in love with someone else and this formed the basis of his plot for his first film Kadhal Mannan 1998 The film saw veteran music composer M S Viswanathan make his acting debut in a supporting role whilst the lead actress Maanu from Assam and music composer Bharadwaj also debuted 3 The film s soundtrack gained rave review prior to release 4 Viswanathan had initially waded away the approach but actor Vivek later convinced him to partake in the film 5 The film won positive reviews from critics with a reviewer praising the film for tackling a taboo subject The critic claimed that Ajith Kumar was back at his best whilst also crediting success to Maanu s performance and Bharadwaj s soundtrack 6 The film received a good response at the box office The first copy was worth Rs 22 million but was only sold for Rs 16 million 2 Despite all this it ran 100 days and re established Ajith Kumar s market after a string of failures The producers of the previous collaboration of Ajith Kumar and Sarann during Kadhal Mannan Venkateswaralayam had lost a lot of money on that film so Ajith insisted on doing another film for the studio Amarkalam 1999 Sarann initially approached Shalini who was studying at the time and she refused but after a three month pursuit he finally got her to sign on as well 2 The role of Tulasi Das was initially offered to Amitabh Bachchan who accepted before later pulling out of the film 7 The film began production in January 1999 and during the production of the film the lead pair Ajith Kumar and Shalini fell in love and eventually got married in April 2000 8 9 10 The film won predominantly positive reviews upon release with a reviewer describing the film as having an okay storyline made very good because of its brilliant execution whilst stating that the climax is also very well developed and praising the performance of Ajith Kumar 11 The film went on to become a large commercial success at the box office extending the lead actor Ajith Kumar s success after his previous film Vaali 12 13 Ajith went on to purchase Sarann a car as a token of gratitude for the success 14 His next film was Parthen Rasithen 2000 with Prashanth and Simran their third time pair after successful hits such as Kannedhirey Thondrinal and Jodi which did well at the box office and Simran s performance was well praised by critics her first Villainous role But his next film Alli Arjuna 2002 was a flop in spite of a r rahman s compositions Then he directed a film for Vikram in a production under AVM Productions in Gemini 2002 it became a mass success at the time it made Vikram very popular and one of the hit film Ajith neglect to act because of his Racing Career Then he directed Jay Jay 2003 with Madhavan which was a hit After Jay Jay Saran works for the first time with Kamal Haasan in Vasool Raja MBBS 2004 which was a remake of the Hindi film Munna Bhai M B B S The film received positive reviews and was a commercial success His next film is again with Ajith in Attahasam 2004 also this film became a commercial success After this films Saran directed Idhaya Thirudan 2006 with Jayam Ravi and was produced by veteran Director K Balachander The film received mixed reviews and was later considered a flop at the Box office His next venture is Vattaram with Arya the film received positive reviews and was a hit at the box office In early 2007 Saran agreed terms to direct his second film with Kamal Haasan in the lead role while also taking up the role of producer Saran later sold the production rights of the move to Ayngaran International a move which irked Kamal Haasan and his team As a result the actor opted out and the film was shelved 15 Later he directed Modhi Vilayadu 2009 starring Vinay Rai and Kajal Aggarwal the film was released to mixed reviews and fared poorly at the box office His next film is Aasal in which film Saran works once again with Ajith met with mixed reviews upon release but was an average at the box office His next movie Aayirathil Iruvar starring Vinay Rai released in September 2017 His movie Market Raja MBBS with Arav was released in 2019 Personal life EditSaran and his wife Subha have two kids Sanjanaa and Sanjith 16 His younger brother K V Guhan works as cinematographer in Tamil film industry 17 Filmography EditThis section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately Find sources Saran director news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Year Film Credited as NotesDirector Writer Producer1998 Kadhal Mannan Y Y N Director Debut1999 Amarkalam Y Y N2000 Parthen Rasithen Y Y N2002 Alli Arjuna Y Y N2002 Gemini Y Y N2002 Gemeni Y Y N Telugu film2003 Jay Jay Y Y N2004 Vasool Raja MBBS Y N NAttagasam Y Y N2005 Aaru N N Y2006 Idhaya Thirudan Y Y NVattaram Y Y Y2007 Muni N N Y2009 Modhi Vilayadu Y Y N2010 Aasal Y Y N2017 Aayirathil Iruvar Y Y Y2019 Market Raja MBBS Y Y NReferences Edit TANTIS Archived from the original on 2 March 2014 Retrieved 2 March 2014 a b c Rediff on the NeT Movies Director Saran on matters close to his heart Rediff com A Z III Archived from the original on 27 September 2013 Retrieved 15 September 2014 Time to Rock The Times of India 4 January 2010 Archived from the original on 5 November 2012 What Vaali borrowed from Rajini Behindwoods com Vasanth TV Daily Thanthi MS Viswanathan YMCA Royapettah Vivek Kadhal Mannan Viswanathan Rajinikanth Balachander tamil movie news images picture gallery images Behindwoods com Kaadhal Mannan A Movie Review Archived from the original on 18 March 2012 Retrieved 11 April 2012 Rediff on the Net Movies Where is Karisma Rediff com 30 April 1998 Retrieved 4 January 2012 Tamil Nadu Tiruchi News From a child artiste to badminton player The Hindu Chennai India 15 September 2006 Archived from the original on 4 March 2009 Retrieved 4 January 2012 Talk of the Town The Hindu Chennai India 26 April 2000 Archived from the original on 3 March 2009 Retrieved 4 January 2012 Rediff on the NeT Movies The Ajit Shalini romance Rediff com 15 September 1999 Retrieved 4 January 2012 Amarkalam Tamil Movie Review Thiraipadam com Retrieved 4 January 2012 rediff com Movies Gossip from the southern film industry Rediff com 14 June 2000 Retrieved 4 January 2012 Filmfare Print Edition Downloads movies indiatimes com Archived from the original on 6 October 2013 Retrieved 4 January 2012 rediff com Movies Gossip from the Southern film industry Rediff com 11 August 2000 Retrieved 4 January 2012 Tamil movie news kamal dasavatharam ksravikumar ayngaran saran vasool raja MBBS muni kamalahassan asink s ravikumar Tamil movies kamal hasan gallery Yet to see daylight www chennaionline com Archived from the original on 6 January 2002 Retrieved 12 January 2022 Suganth M Saran gets Arav and keeps his title Market Raja MBBS Times of India The Times of India External links EditSaran at the Society Promoting Indian Cinematic Entertainment Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Saran director amp oldid 1149976601, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
