Ibrahim Rowther

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Ibrahim Rowther
Born
A S Ibrahim Rowther

1952
Madurai, Madras State
Died22 July 2015 (aged 64)
Chennai
Occupation(s)Film Producer, writer
Parent(s)Abubackar Rowther (father)
Fathima Beevi (mother)

Ibrahim Rowther was an Indian film producer and writer who had worked on Tamil language films. He produced films under the studios Rowther Films, Tamilannai Cine Creation and IV Cine International.

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Career

Ibrahim Rowther launched his first film, Uzhavan Magan in 1987 to promote his friend Vijayakanth as an actor in the Tamil film industry. Vijayakanth subsequently garnered several bigger offers, and regularly collaborated with Ibrahim during his acting career. [1]

In the late 1990s, Ibrahim took up a key administrative role in the Tamil Film Producers Council and later served as its president. [2] His production house, Rowther Films, began to fail in the late 1990s and films such as K.Paarthasarathy's Unakkum Enakkum Kalyanam featuring Livingston and Devayani were put on hold. [3]

In 2000, Ibrahim Rowther announced five new films as a part of a comeback after the slowdown. He created a new banner known as Kamban Kalaikoodam, and planned to collaborate with directors he had already worked with. He announced films including Manobala's Naan Paada Ninaippathellam featuring Ramesh Aravind, Swarnamalya and Suhasini; Senthilnathan's Kadhal Mudal Kadhal Varai featuring Bala Kumaran and Uma; J. Panneer's Enakkoru Snehithi featuring Hamsavardhan and Rishi; A. R. Ramesh's Daddy featuring Raghuvaran; and R. Aravindraj's Pesum Vizhigal featuring Jaishankar's son Jaivijay. None of the films materialised owing to financial problems. [4] [5]

Rowther Films' first release in the 21st century was Puriyadha Anandam Puthithaga Arambam (2015) featuring Krish and Srushti Dange in the lead role. Rowther had selected Krish for the role in late 2012, but the film eventually went through a production delay and did not perform well at the box office. [6] [7] [8]

Personal life

Ibrahim had a close relationship with his childhood friend, actor Vijayakanth. As his trusted confidante in the industry, Ibrahim was entrusted with the job of picking out the right scripts and producing films for the actor. [6] However, the pair later fell out in 2012, with Rowther departing from Vijayakanth's political party to the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam citing that Vijayakanth lacked decorum. [9] [10]

Death

Vijayakanth often visited Rowther in hospital a week before his death, and wrote an open letter about their friendship. [11] Ibrahim Rowther died aged 64, following a prolonged illness on 22 July 2015. [12]

Filmography

As producer

Rowther Films
TitleYearDirectorCastNotes
Uzhavan Magan 1987 R. Aravindraj Vijayakanth, Radhika, Radha
Thalattu Padava 1990 R. Sundarrajan Parthiban, Rupini, Khushbu
Bharathan 1992 Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy Vijayakanth, Bhanupriya, Napoleon
Thai Mozhi 1992R. R. Ilavarasan Sarathkumar, Vijayakanth, Mohini
Rajadurai 1993 S. A. Chandrasekhar Vijayakanth, Jayasudha, Sivaranjani
Karuppu Nila 1995 R. Aravindraj Vijayakanth, Ranjitha, Khushbu
Aavathum Pennale Azhivathum Pennale 1996 Senthilnathan Arun Pandian, Mansoor Ali Khan, Rajashree
Dharma 1998 Keyaar Vijayakanth, Preetha Vijayakumar, Shilpa
Puriyadha Anandam Puthithaga Arambam 2015Syed Ibrahim Krish, Srushti Dange
Ellaam Mela Irukuravan Paathuppan 2023U. Kaviraj Aari Arujunan, Shaashvi Bala
Tamilannai Cine Creation
TitleYearDirectorCastNotes
Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran 1988 Senthilnathan Vijayakanth, Radhika, Anand
Paattukku Oru Thalaivan 1989 Liaquat Ali Khan Vijayakanth, Shobana
En Aasai Machan 1994 R. Sundarrajan Vijayakanth, Murali, Revathi
Gandhi Pirantha Mann 1995 R. Sundarrajan Vijayakanth, Revathi, Ravali
Aavathum Pennale Azhivathum Pennale 1996 Senthilnathan Arun Pandiyan
Dhinamum Ennai Gavani 1997 A. R. Ramesh Ramki, Sanghavi, Prakash Raj
Simmasanam 2000Eshwaran Vijayakanth, Khushbu, Manthra
I. V. Cine Productions
TitleYearDirectorCastNotes
Pulan Visaranai 1990 R. K. Selvamani Vijayakanth, Rupini, Radharavi
Captain Prabhakaran 1991 R. K. Selvamani Vijayakanth, Rupini, Sarathkumar
Sakkarai Devan 1993J. Panneer Vijayakanth, Sukanya, Kanaka
Ulavuthurai 1998 Ramesh Selvan Vijayakanth , Meena ,
Pulan Visaranai 2 2015 R. K. Selvamani Prashanth, Karthika, Parul Yadav

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