Sundar C.
Vinayagar Sundar Vel, also known as Sundar.
C, is a Tamil film director and actor.
He has directed over 16 films in Tamil and acted in over 9 movies as the protagonist.
Initially, he worked as an assistant director to Manivannan.
His notable films include "Ullathai Allitha" (1996), "Arunachalam" (1997), "Anbe Sivam" (2003), "Winner" (2003), "Giri" (2004), "Kalakalappu" (2012), "Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru" (2013), "Aranmanai" (2014) and "Kalakalappu 2" (2018).
He took a short break from direction after his initial launch as an actor in 2006 with the film "Thalai Nagaram" which was a commercial failure.
He returned to direction with his trade mark comedy roller coaster in the movie "Kalakalappu" in 2012 and it went on to become a moderate success.
His successful career as a director continued with movies like "Aranamanai film series" (2014).
He also produced the TV series "Nandini" along with his wife, actress Kushboo aired on "Sun TV."
He is a pioneer in television industry to produce a TV Series in 4 languages:
Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada, simultaneously.
The show has been praised and well received by audience, becoming a huge success and India's most watched television series in a matter of weeks since it first aired.
He also produced movies like "Hello Naan Pei PesurenMuthina Kathirika" and "Meesaya Murukku".
Sundar C is one of the few directors who directed the two Super Stars of Tamil Cinema, "Rajinikanth" and "Kamal Haasan" in "Arunachalam" (1997) and "Anbe Sivam" (2003), respectively.
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The film has music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja, cinematography by U. K. Senthil Kumar, and editing by P. Sai Suresh.
The film released on 16 February 2001.

Question: Do director of film Rishi (2001 Film) and director of film Dorian Blues have the same nationality?
Answer: no