Arun Vaidyanathan

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Arun Vaidyanathan
Born
Arunachalam

Occupations
  • Film director
  • Film producer
  • Screenwriter

Arun Vaidyanathan is an Indian-American film director who works predominantly in Tamil-language films. He directed his first full-length feature film in Tamil, Achchamundu! Achchamundu! , which released in July 2009. He produced a Tamil romantic-comedy film, Kalyana Samayal Saadham in 2013. [1] In 2014, he directed Mohanlal in a Malayalam-language political satire film, Peruchazhi . [2]

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Early life and career

In 2008, he began working on his debut Tamil feature film, Achchamundu! Achchamundu! . Is a Tamil social thriller starring Prasanna, Sneha and Emmy Award-winning American film actor John Shea. The film was shot in New Jersey and New York during early 2008 and subsequently released in 2009. The film premiered in New Jersey's Garden State Film Festival, and shared 'Best Homegrown Feature Film' award with Dorothy Lyman's Split Ends Ethaya Rajan along with Ananth Govindan produced an Indian Tamil romantic-comedy film written and directed by RS Prasanna, Kalyana Samayal Saadham . It features Prasanna and Lekha Washington in lead roles, Krishnan Vasant and Arora as the cinematographer and music composer respectively. The film was covered as part of the TV series Born to Explore with Richard Wiese. Richard Wiese, who features in the show, in his interview with KSS director RS Prasanna, focused on two points – Indian weddings, their universal appeal, and the growing interest in stories and movies based in India [3]

He then directed Nibunan / Vismaya, a bilingual film starring Arjun Sarja, Varalakshmi Sarathkumar, Prasanna, Sruthi Hariharan, Vaibhav Reddy, Suhasini Maniratnam and Suman. [4] Along with Anand Raghav, he has penned the dialogues and screenplay for the film which is being produced by Passion Film Factory who also produced Kappal (2014). [5]

Filmography

YearFilmCredited asLanguageRoleNotes
DirectorWriterProducerActor
2009 Achchamundu! Achchamundu! Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgRed x.svg Tamil   Shanghai International Film Festival- Official Selection
Garden State Film Festival – Best Homegrown Film
Chennai International Film Festival – Best Film
32nd Moscow International Film Festival – Official Selection
17th Minsk International Film Festival "Listapad" – Official Selection
33rd Cairo International Film Festival – Official Selection
International Film Festival of India- Official Selection
Asia-Pacific Film Festival – Official Selection
2013 Kalyana Samayal Saadham Red x.svgSpecial DialoguesGreen check.svgRed x.svg 
2014 Peruchazhi Green check.svgGreen check.svgRed x.svgRed x.svg Malayalam  
2017 Nibunan Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgRed x.svgTamil  Bilingual film
Vismaya Kannada
2023 Aneethi Red x.svgRed x.svgRed x.svgGreen check.svgTamil
Takkar Red x.svgRed x.svgRed x.svgGreen check.svgVaidy
Shot Boot Three Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgDr. Shekar [6]

References

  1. Warrier, Shobha. "A big fat Indian wedding in Tamil cinema". Rediff.com.
  2. "Underbelly of politics". The Hindu. 17 July 2014.
  3. "Bollywood Life". 11 March 2013.
  4. Rao, Subha J. (28 June 2017). "Hit and (A)run". The Hindu.
  5. "Vaidyanathan Cop Thriller". Archived from the original on 7 November 2015.
  6. Rajendran, Gopinath (3 October 2023). "Calling the shots: Director Arunachalam Vaidyanathan on 'Shot Boot Three'". The Hindu.