Personal Info:
Name Pa. Ranjith
Nick Name: Ranjith
Date Of Birth: 8 December 1982
Birth Place: Karalapakkam
Profession: Director
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Biography:
Personal Life:
Pa.Ranjith was born on 8 December 1982, Karalapakkam, a village near Avadi, north-west of Chennai. He has two brothers – Prahu and Saravana. He completed his schooling in Multiple schools- Karapakkam Panchayat Union School, Veliyur Government Higher Secondary School, and Avadi Government School. He completed his graduation in Government College Of Fine Arts, Chennai, and has described that his travels to and from his college often helped create inspiration for film ideas. He married to Anitha and the couple has a daughter.
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Career:
Pa.Ranjith is an Indian director and filmmaker who makes Tamil language movies. In 2012 He made his directorial debut with romantic comedy film Attakathi, and the film was completed in fifty days on a budget of 1.75 crores. Following promising pre-release reviews, the venture became bigger when production house Studio Green chose to buy the distribution rights and the movie opened to positive reviews. Studio Green signed up Pa.Ranjith to direct a movie for their production house and in 2012 December, he confirmed that he would shortly begin work on a project titled Sarpatta Paramparai with Karthi in the main lead role, though production was subsequently delayed and did not take off as planned. In 2013 July, it was announced that the pair would collaborate on a new script and that Sarpatta Parambarai and their ongoing venture, Madras, were two different scripts.
In 2014 October he began pre-production work for a venture starring Suriya after the actor approached him being impressed with Madras. The project has been put on hold after he began working on [2016] Kabali featuring Rajinikanth in the title lead role. It is a gangster movie. Ranjith explores actor Rajinikanth and this film delivers class style acting of Rajinikanth. In 2018 Kaala is the first Indian movie ever to be released in Saudi Arabia, following the country lifting its ban on public theatres in December 2017. The film received positive reviews. Ranjith's next project is a Hindi language biopic on freedom fighter Birsa Munda and the movie, which marks the Tamil filmmaker's first non-Tamil project, will be produced by Namah Pictures, which had co-produced Iranian filmmakers Majid Majid’s beyond the clouds in 2018.
His Movies List:
2012 – Attakathi
2014 – Madras
2016 – Kabali
2018 – Kaala, Pariyerum Perumal
2019 – Irandam Ulagaporin Kadaisi Gundu
2020 – Saheb, Salpetta
Awards:
2012 – Jaya TV Awards for Best Director – Attakathi
2014 – Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards, Edison Awards, Filmfare Awards South for Best Director Tamil – Madras
2016 – Filmfare Awards South for Best Director – Kabali
2018 – Ananda Vikatam Cinema Awards for Best Dialogue Writer – Kaala
2018 – Edison Awards, South Indian International Movie Awards for Best Film Tamil – Pariyerum Perumal
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