S. S. Stanley

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S. S. Stanley
Born14 December 1967
Munnar, Kerala, India
EducationGraduated in Botany from Government arts college, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
OccupationFilm director
Years active2002–present

S. S. Stanley is an Indian film director and actor, who has directed Tamil films. He was active primarily as a filmmaker and a writer in the 2000s collaborating in ventures which often included Srikanth. [1]

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Career

S. S. Stanley apprenticed with directors Mahendran and Sasi before his directorial debut.[ citation needed ] After working as an assistant director for twelve years, he made his first film April Maadhathil , a college love story starring Srikanth and Sneha, which became a box office success. His second venture, Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan featuring Dhanush, became an average grosser with Stanley suggesting the film's story was misunderstood by audiences. [2] [3] He then began work on a film featuring Ravi Krishna, Anjali Devi's granddaughter Saila Rao and Sonia Agarwal for producer Krishnakanth, but financial troubles meant that the film was stalled and Stanley took a sabbatical. [4] [5]

Stanley then worked again with Srikanth in his next two ventures, with the romantic drama Mercury Pookkal releasing first. His most recent directorial venture Kizhakku Kadalkarai Salai (2006) opened to poor reviews, with a critic noting it was "pathetic" and a "virtually invisible script". [6] Stanley then began to appear in films as an actor, notably playing C. N. Annadurai in the biographical film Periyar (2007).[ citation needed ]

In early 2015, he planned to make a film titled Adam's Apple for AR Murugadoss's production house and cast Vaibhav and Andrea Jeremiah. However the project eventually did not materialise. [7]

Filmography

YearFilmNotes
2002 April Maadhathil
2004 Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan
2006 Mercury Pookkal
2006 Kizhakku Kadalkarai Salai

As actor

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References

  1. ↑ "Welcome to SIFY Movies". Sify . Archived from the original on 9 January 2005. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Tamil Cinema News - S.S.Stanley - Interview".
  3. ↑ "Movie Review : Puthukottayilirundu Saravanan". Sify . Archived from the original on 14 April 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Stanley smiles, finally - Tamil News". 18 March 2006.
  5. ↑ "Behindwoods : Anjali Devi's grand daughter debuts".
  6. ↑ "Kizhakku Kadakarkarai Salai: Pathetic".
  7. ↑ "Vaibhav and Andrea Likely for SS Stanley's Next". 7 January 2015.
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