C. Ranganathan

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C. Ranganathan
Born (1966-01-10) 10 January 1966 (age 58) [1]
OccupationDirector

C. Ranganathan is an Indian film director and screenwriter who has worked on Tamil films. He made his debut with the 1996 romantic drama film, Coimbatore Mappillai starring Vijay and Sanghavi. [2] [3]

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Career

Ranganathan is a distant relative of R. Sundarrajan and worked as an assistant director under him and S. A. Chandrasekhar. He initially began his career as actor portraying lead role in Oyilattam (1991) directed by Sundarrajan. [4] He then became a director and made three consecutive successful Tamil films between 1996 and 1997 with the Vijay-starrer Coimbatore Mappillai , Tata Birla and Aahaa Enna Porutham all ending up as profitable ventures. By late 1997, he had started work on a new film titled Indru Mudhal Happy featuring Jayaram, Goundamani and Senthil in leading roles. [5] By April 1998, the cast of the film was changed to include Pandiarajan and Preetha, though the film did not complete production. [6] [7]

He then launched another project titled Saamy Koduththa Varam in August 1998, with Napolean, Vignesh and Preetha starring. Despite a grand launch event, the film did not finish production. [8] [9] Similarly the film, Love Pannunga Sir featuring Livingston and Preetha, did not progress despite being announced in mid-1998. [10] [11] In 2001, he began another project titled Vandharu Jeicharu with television actor Akash and Uma. However, despite beginning production, the film also failed to finish. [12] [13]

As offers to make films began to get difficult, Ranganathan moved on to make television serials and notably worked with K. Bhagyaraj in the making of Vilakku Vacha Nerathula . [14]

Filmography

Films

Director

YearFilmNotes
1996 Coimbatore Mappillai
1996 Tata Birla
1997 Aahaa Enna Porutham

Actor

YearFilmRoleNotes
1991OyilattamChinnaswamyLead Actor
2014 Lingaa Security guard
2015 Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga Doctor
2016 Nayyapudai
2016 Mudinja Ivana Pudi Bus passengerBilingual film in Kannada and Tamil
2018 Torchlight
2020 Darbar Lilly's father
2021 Annaatthe Potential groom’s father
2022 Yaanai Marriage broker
2023 Chandramukhi 2

Television

As actor

YearTitleRoleChannel
2016 Ponnunjal Naveenetha Krishnan Sun TV
2018 Vaani Rani Haneef
2018–2019 Perazhagi Paramashivam Colors Tamil
2018–2020 Kalyana Parisu 2 Ramanathan Sun TV
2021 Abhi Tailor VKR Colors Tamil
2021–2022 Chithiram Pesuthadi Zee Tamil
2022 Ramany vs Ramany 3.0 Web series;
Appeared in episode 9 - Unwanted guest
Aha Tamil
2022–presentChellamma Dr. Rajendar Star Vijay

As director

YearTitleChannel
2007Vandhana Thandhana Kalaignar TV
2009-2010Comedy Colony Jaya TV
2009–2011 Vilakku Vacha Nerathula Kalaignar TV

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