Facts: - birth name: k. v. saravanan - yearsactive: 1998 -- present - name: saran - image: saran.tif - birth place: coimbatore , tamil nadu , india - occupation: director , producer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of saran -lrb- director -rrb- .
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saran is a tamil film director from coimbatore in tamil nadu .he was once an assistant to k. balachander .he now owns a production houses called gemini productions and saran movie factory .