Mani Ratnam

**Mani Ratnam** () (born June 2, 1956) is a Tamil Indian movie director, writer and producer.

## Filmography

The following is the list of movies directed by Mani Ratnam. For many of these movies, Mani Ratnam is also credited for the story, screenplay and producing:

### Director

|**Year**|**Film**|**Language**|**Cast**|**Music Director**|**Notes**|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1983|_Pallavi Anu Pallavi_|Kannada|_Anil Kapoor_, _Lakshmi_|_Ilaiyaraaja_|Dubbed into Tamil as _Oh! Priya Priya_|
|1985|_Unaru_|Malayalam|_Mohanlal_, _Sukumaran_, Sabina Jose|Ilaiyaraaja||
|1985|_Pagal Nilavu_|Tamil|_Murali_, _Revathi Menon_, _Radhika Sarath Kumar_, _Sathyaraj_|_Ilaiyaraaja_||
|1985|_Idaya Kovil_|Tamil|_Mohan_, _Radha_, _Ambika_, _Goundamani_|_Ilaiyaraaja_||
|1986|_Mouna Raagam_|Tamil|_Mohan_, _Revathi_, _Karthik_|_Ilaiyaraaja_|Dubbed into Telugu as _Mouna Raagam_|
|1987|_Nayagan_|Tamil|_Kamal Haasan_, _Saranya_, _Nassar_, _Janagaraj_|_Ilaiyaraaja_|Dubbed into Hindi as _Nayak_ Dubbed into Telugu as _Nayakudu_|
|1988|_Agni Natchathiram_|Tamil|_Prabhu_, _Karthik_, _Vijayakumar_, _Nirosha_, _Amala_, _Janagaraj_, _Jayachitra_|Ilaiyaraaja|Dubbed into Telugu as _Gharshana_|
|1989|_Geethanjali_|Telugu|_Nagarjuna_, _Girija_, _Vijayakumar_|Ilaiyaraaja|Dubbed into Tamil as _Idhayathai Thirudathey_ Dubbed into Malayalam as _Geethanjali_|
|1990|_Anjali_|Tamil|_Raghuvaran_, _Revathi_, _Prabhu_, _Tarun Kumar_, _Shamili_, _Shruti_, _Saranya_|_Ilaiyaraaja_|Dubbed into Telugu as _Anjali_|
|1991|_Thalapathi_|Tamil|_Rajinikanth_, _Mammooty_, _Arvind Swamy_, _Amrish Puri_, _Sobhana_, _Bhanupriya_, Srividya, Geetha, Jaishankar|Ilaiyaraaja|Dubbed into Telugu as _Dalapati_ Dubbed into Hindi as _Dal-pati_|
|1992|_Roja_|Tamil|_Arvind Swamy_, _Madhubala_, _Pankaj Kapoor_, _Nassar_, _Janagaraj_|A. R. Rahman|Dubbed into English as _The Rose_ Dubbed into Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Marathi as _Roja_|
|1993|_Thiruda Thiruda_|Tamil|_Prashanth_, _Anand_, _Heera Rajgopal_, _Anu Agarwal_, _Balasubrahmanyam_|_A. R. Rahman_|Dubbed into Hindi as _Chor Chor_ Dubbed into Telugu as _Donga Donga_|
|1995|_Bombay_|Tamil|_Arvind Swamy_, _Manisha Koirala_, _Nassar_, _Prakash Raj_|A. R. Rahman|Dubbed into Hindi and Telugu as _Bombay_|
|1997|_Iruvar_|Tamil|_Mohanlal_, _Aishwarya Rai_, _Prakash Raj_, _Madhubala_, _Tabu_, _Revathi_, _Gouthami_, _Nassar_|A. R. Rahman|Dubbed into Telugu as _Iddaru_|
|1998|_Dil Se(Uyerea in tamil)_|Hindi|_Shah Rukh Khan_, _Manisha Koirala_, _Preity Zinta_|A. R. Rahman|Dubbed into Tamil as _Uyire_ Dubbed into Telugu as _Prema Tho_|
|2000|_Alaipayuthey_|Tamil|_Madhavan_, _Shalini_, _Arvind Swamy_, _Kushboo_, _Vivek_, _Sukumari_, _Lalitha_, _Jayasudha_, _Pyramid Natarajan_|_A. R. Rahman_|Dubbed into English as _Waves_ Dubbed into Telugu as _Sakhi_ remade into Hindi as _Saathiya_|
|2002|_Kannathil Muthamittal_|Tamil|_Madhavan_, _Simran_, _Nandita Das_, _Keerthana_, _Prakash Raj_, _Pasupathy_|_A. R. Rahman_|Dubbed into English as _A Peck on the Cheek_ Dubbed into Telugu as _Amrutha_|
|2004|_Aayitha Ezhuthu_|Tamil|_Madhavan_, _Surya Sivakumar_, _Siddharth Narayan_, _Meera Jasmine_, _Esha Deol_, _Trisha_, _Bharathiraja_, _Janagaraj_|_A. R. Rahman_|Dubbed into Telugu as _Yuva_ Dubbed into English as _The Three Dots_|
|2004|_Yuva_|Hindi|_Ajay Devgan_, _Abhishek Bachchan_, _Vivek Oberoi_, _Rani Mukherjee_, _Esha Deol_, _Kareena Kapoor_, _Om Puri_|A. R. Rahman||
|2007|_Guru_|Hindi|_Abhishek Bachchan_, _Aishwarya Rai_,  _Madhavan_, _Vidya Balan_, _Mallika Sherawat_, _Mithun Chakraborty_|_A. R. Rahman_|Dubbed into Tamil as _Guru_ Dubbed into Telugu as _Gurukanth_|
|2010|_Ravana_|Hindi|_Abhishek Bachchan_, _Aishwarya Rai_,  _Vikram_,|_A. R. Rahman_|This film is in both Tamil and Hindi Dubbed into Telugu as _Villain_|

### Non-Director

Mani Ratnam established Madras Talkies for movie production during the shoot of _Iruvar_. Mani Ratnam had earlier produced _Thiruda Thiruda_ under his personal name. All movies directed by Mani Ratnam subsequent to _Iruvar_ have been produced through _Madras Talkies_. Apart from production, Mani Ratnam also has written story and screenplay for movies directed by others.

- _Indira_ (1996) - Screenplay (Movie was directed by his wife Suhasini)
- _Gayam_ (1993) - Story & Screenplay (Telugu Movie)
- _Chatriyan_ - Story & Screenplay
- _Tajmahal_ - Story & Screenplay
- _Aasai_ (1995) - Producer
- _Nerrukku Ner_ (1997) - Producer (Madras Talkies)
- _Dumm Dumm Dumm_ (2001) - Story & Screenplay
- _Saathiya_ (2002) - Screenplay (Movie is a re-make of _Alaipayuthey_ and was directed by his assistant Shaad Ali) and Producer (Madras Talkies)
- _Five Star_ (2003) - Producer (Madras Talkies)

### Writer

|Years|movie|Role|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2010|Raavan|screenplay|The movie of Raavan's Screenplay was written by Mani Ratnam|
|2010|Raavanan|Story||
|2007|Guru|screenplay||
|2004|Ayitha Ezhuthu|||
|2004|Yuva|screenplay||
|2002|Saathiya|story & screenplay||
|2002|Kannathil Muthamittal|screenplay & story||
|2001|Waves|dialogue, screenplay & story||
|1998|Dil Se..|story & screenplay||
|1997|The Duo|screenplay & story||
|1996|Indira (Priyanka)|screenplay||
|1995|Bombay|screenplay & story||
|1994|Thiruda Thiruda|||
|1993|Gaayam|screenplay & story||
|1992|Roja|||
|1991|Thalapathi|screenplay & story||
|1990|Anjali|screenplay & story||
|1989|Gitanjali|screenplay & story||
|1988|Agni Natchathiram|||
|1987|Nayakan|||
|1985|Pagal Nilavu|||
|1983|Pallavi Anu Pallavi|||

## Other websites

- Director Mani Ratnam: A living Legend in Film Making
- Technical Analysis of Mani Ratnam Films
- Mani Ratnam and A. R. Rahman
- Mani Ratnam: Brief film descriptions
- A Mani Ratnam Interview
- Mani Ratnam - article and interview
- Interview with Bharathan Kandaswamy and Mani Ratnam

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Vemuri Sai Karthik
- **birth name**: Vemuri Sai Karthik
- **image**: Mani Ratnam at the Museum of the Moving Image.jpg
- **birth place**: Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
- **occupation**: Film director, Director, Writer, Producer
- **years active**: 1983-2010