Personal Info:
Name: Vetrimaaran
Nick Name: Vetrimaaran
Date Of Birth: 4 September 1975
Birth Place: Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, India
Profession: Film Director, Writer
Height: 5.4”
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Biography:
Personal Life:
Vetrimaaran was born on 4 September 1975, Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, India. He is an Indian movie director, screenwriter, and film producer, who works in the Tamil movie industry. His father Dr.V.Chitravel was a Veterinary Scientist and his mother Megala Chitravel is a noted novelist. He studied up to his tenth grade in Ranipet and later, he joined Loyola College, Chennai in 1994, to study English Literature. He did his studies there till 1999 after which he dropped out of his master’s degree to pursue a career in the movie industry.
Career:
In 1999, He worked as an assistant director for Kadhai Neram for Sun TV by Balu Mahendra, featuring 52 short stories for 52 episodes. In a team of 4-5 assistant directors, He read around 50-60 short stories in a week and shortlist a few and present the synopsis to Balu Mahendra, who would select the required storyline. After Kadai Neram, Vetrimaaran went on to work with Kadhir in Kadhal Virus for 2 years, whilst also working with Balu Mahendra for Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam and then Julie Ganapathy. At the time, he prepared a script for Dhanush, who has the lead hero of the movies he worked in, and Dhanush immediately accepted the offer after hearing the story. The movie named Desiya Nedunchalai 47 was initially launched with Yuvan Shankar Raja as the music director and Ekambaram as the cinematographer.
He has since described that he had ‘ample time’ for the production works of Polladhavan as ‘Dhanush had confidence in him’. Production designer Durai helped him rope in G.V.Prakash Kumar to score the movie's music, while Dhanush also recommended cinematographer Velraj to Vetrimaaran after the pair had worked together in Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram. He chose Kannada language actor Kishore to make him rave reviews of the actor’s performance in the unfinished Prashanth- starrer Petrol. He is currently undertaking pre-production and scripting work for his next directorial venture, Vada Chennai, a tale on the mafia wars of North Chennai. In 2009 He announced, Karthi was initially touted to play the lead role, although an official announcement from the producers in 2012 revealed that Rana Daggubati, Silambarasan, Divya Spandana, and Andrea Jeremiah would essay pivotal roles in the movie. In 2012, He also launched his own production house called the Grass-Root Film Company and launched his maiden project, Udhayam – NH47 with Siddharth in the main lead role and his associate Manimaran as director.
His Movies List:
2007 – Polladhavan
2011 – Aadukalam
2013 – Udhayam NH4, Naan Rajavaga Pogiren
2014 – Poriyaalan
2015 – Kaakka Muttai
2016 – Visaaranai, Kodi
2017 – Lens
2018 – Vada Chennai, Annanukku Jai
2019 – Asuran, Miga Miga Avasaram
2020 – Vadivasal
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