John Mahendran | |
|---|---|
| Other names | John Roshan [1] |
| Occupation | Director |
| Years active | 2002 - present |
| Parent | Mahendran |
John Mahendran, credited as John, is an Indian film director and screenwriter who has worked on Tamil and Telugu and language films. John is the son of noted Tamil film maker Mahendran.[ citation needed ]
John debut film in Tamil was Sachein (2005) with Vijay, Genelia D'Souza and Bipasha Basu in the lead roles. [2] John later worked on the independent Tamil film Aanivaer (2006), which told the story of a doctor caught up in the Sri Lankan civil war. The film won positive reviews and had a limited release across regions with Tamil diaspora. [3] J
In the early 2010s, John has worked on the script of Settai (2013) by helping director Kannan re-work the script of Hindi film Delhi Belly and on writing dialogues for Ambikapathy, the dubbed Tamil version of Raanjhanaa (2013). [4] Subsequently he worked as a writer on film including Kaashmora (2016) and Motta Siva Ketta Siva (2017), while working as a screenplay and dialogue writing teacher at the Bofta Film Institute based in Chennai.
In 2022, he wrote for the Tamil movie Visithiran , the official remake of Malayalam movie Joseph directed by M. Padmakumar. [5]
| Year | Film | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| credited as John | |||
| 2005 | Sachein | Tamil | |
| 2007 | Aanivaer | Tamil |
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Raangi | Krishnamurthy |
| 2023 | Raththam | Inspector Vimal Raj |
| Year | Film | Screenplay | Dialogues | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Settai | Yes | Yes | |
| 2013 | Ambikapathy | No | Translated | |
| 2013 | Athiradi Vettai | No | Translated | |
| 2017 | Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva | No | Yes | |
| 2018 | Kashmora | No | Yes | |
| 2020 | Darbar | No | Yes | |
| 2021 | Kabadadaari | No | Yes | |
| 2022 | Visithiran | No | Yes | |
| 2022 | Vikrant Rona | No | Translated | |
| 2023 | Kondraal Paavam | No | Yes | |
| 2023 | Agent | No | Translated |