A. M. Rathnam

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A. M. Rathnam
Born
Arani Muni Ratnam

Buchireddypalem, Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupations
  • Producer
  • lyricist
  • screenwriter
  • director
Children Jyothi Krishna
Ravi Krishna
Awards Filmfare Awards South
Honours Kalaimamani 2018

A. M. Rathnam is an Indian film producer, lyricist, screenwriter, and director known for his works in Telugu and Tamil cinema. [1] [2] Under Sri Surya Movies Entertainment, a movie production house he owns in Hyderabad, he has produced blockbusters in Telugu such as Karthavyam (1990), Peddarikam (1992), Sneham Kosam (1999), and Kushi (2001). [3] He ventured into Tamil cinema in 1996 with the blockbuster Indian , which was India's Official Entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards. He then produced films such as Kushi , Run , Boys , Enakku 20 Unakku 18 , Dhool , Ghilli , 7G Rainbow Colony , Arrambam , Yennai Arindhaal and Vedalam . [4]

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Personal life

Rathnam was born in Buchireddypalem of Nellore district in Andhra Pradesh. Rathnam has two sons, director and actor Jyothi Krishna and actor Ravi Krishna. Jyothi Krishna's directorial debut Enakku 20 Unakku 18 and its Telugu version, as well as Ravi Krishna's first four films, that also include Jyothi Krishna's second directorial venture Kedi , were all produced by Rathnam himself.[ citation needed ] [5]

In 2012, he built a temple for Shirdi Sai Baba at his office in Valasaravakkam. [1] [6]

Career

Ratnam started his career as a make-up man for superstar actress Vijayashanti. Being the Executive Producer for the actress, he produced his first film Karthavyam , in 1990. Vijayashanti won the National Award for the Best Actress for this film. He made films with Kamal Haasan, Vijay, Ajith Kumar, Chiranjeevi, Vikram and many other actors. He later began producing films in Tamil and Hindi as well, dubbing and releasing several films in other languages. He went on to finance Shankar's Indian , which earned him the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil and was later submitted by India for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Nayak: The Real Hero and Sneham Kosam starring Chiranjeevi.

Rathnam produced the Tamil romance film Kushi , starring Vijay and its same-titled Telugu remake the following year, starring Pawan Kalyan, both of which were directed by S. J. Surya and became highly successful. [7] Later, he produced two more films, Ghilli and Sivakasi starring Vijay. Both Ghilli and Sivakasi were highly successful at the box office. During the early 1990s, he directed two films Peddarikam and Sankalpam in Telugu. [7] He has also written the screenplay for the film Naaga . [8] Later, he changed the name of his production company from Sri Surya Movies Entertainment to Shri Sai Raam Creations, which is now headed by S. Aishwarya. He had done three films with Ajith Kumar such as Arrambam , Yennai Arindhaal and Vedalam , all of which were huge successes.

Awards

Filmfare Awards South

Tamil Nadu State Film Awards

Others

Filmography

Producer
YearFilmLanguageNotesProduction Company
1990 Karthavyam Telugu Filmfare Award for Best Film - Telugu Sri Surya Movies
1992 Peddarikam Also Screenplay & Direction; Remake of Godfather
1993 Aasayam
1994 Tejasvini HindiChandra-Surya Movies Pvt. Ltd
1995 Sankalpam TeluguAlso Screenplay & Direction; Remake of Mithunam Surya Chitra
1996 Indian Tamil Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil
Cinema Express Award for Best Film – Tamil
Dubbed into Telugu as Bharateeyudu		Sri Surya Movies
1998 Natpukkaga Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil
Ellame En Pondattithaan
1999 Sneham Kosam TeluguRemake of Natpukkaga
Kadhalar Dhinam TamilDubbed into Hindi as Dil Hi Dil Mein and Telugu as Premikula Roju
2000 Kushi
2001 Khushi TeluguRemake of Kushi
Nayak: The Real Hero HindiRemake of Mudhalvan
2002 Run TamilDubbed into Telugu with the same title
2003 Dhool
Naaga TeluguAlso Screenplay
Boys TamilDubbed into Telugu as same title
Enakku 20 Unakku 18 Bilingual in Telugu as Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu
2004 Kovil
Ghilli Remake of Okkadu
7G Rainbow Colony Bilingual in Telugu as 7G Brundavan Colony [11]
2005 Ponniyin Selvan
Sivakasi
2006 Bangaram Telugu
Kedi Tamil25th Film
Dharmapuri
2008 Bheemaa
2013 Arrambam Sri Sathya Sai Movies
2015 Yennai Arindhaal Sri Sai Raam Creations
Vedalam
2017 Karuppan
Oxygen TeluguAlso screenplay
2025 Hari Hara Veera Mallu †Mega Surya Production
Distributor
Lyricist

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