Dharani (director)

Dharani (director)

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Dharani (director) Profile

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  • Dharani (director)
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  • V. C. Ramani

Dharani (director) Biography

Dharani is a Tamil film director known for masala action flicks. Yet his movies have been successful at box office. Dhill, Dhool and Ghilli directed by him have become action blockbusters. He has been instrumental in making the struggling actor then, Vikram to one of the stars of the industry. Now Vikram is one of the most established superstars of Tamil film industry. He gave Vikram two action blockbuster hits back to back – Dhill in 2001 and Dhool in 2003. Dharani hit a hat-trick with his third blockbuster in a row – Ghilli with Vijay in the pivot role. He made the Tamil remake of Bollywood blockbuster Debaangg in 2011 titled Osthe with Silambarasan, which was only a moderate success. Bangaram and Kuruvi are other noted movies of Dharani and both were moderate hits.

 

His real name is V. C. Ramani. He made his directorial debut through Ethirum Pudhirum in 1999 which was a commercial success. The movie starred Mammootty in lead role and loosely based on the life of Veerappan. The movie’s release was lagged due to controversies and lack of film fund. Yet the movie was a commercial hit and bagged the second best Tamil movie at State awards for the year 1999. After a break of 2 years, he returned in a bang with a series of 3 blockbuster action hits - Dhill, Dhool and Ghilli which cemented his position among the successful movie makers of Tamil. His movies are known for entertainment and often placed under ‘masala’ tag.   Dhool and Gilli were produced by A. M. Rathnam.

 

In 2006 he made his Telugu debut through Pawan Kalyan starrer Bangaram. But the big budget movie was only an average at box office. Currently he is working on ‘Rascal’ which stars his favourite actor Vikram in the lead role. The movie is scheduled to get released in 2014.

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Updated: June 20, 2014

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