Salangai Durai

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Salangai Durai
Born
S. Duraisamy

Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation(s)Film director, writer
Years active1994–present

Salangai Durai is an Indian film director and producer, who has directed Tamil language films. He became known for the rural drama Kathavarayan (2008), and has gone on to make feature films including Kandharvan (2014) and Kadathal (2023).

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Career

After working as a television director and a dialogue writer in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Salangai Durai made his directorial debut with Kathavarayan (2008) starring Karan and Vidisha. The film opened to negative reviews, with a critic noting "debutant director Salangai Durai may not have made a dream debut but this start is not disappointing." [1]

In early 2009, Durai began work on Kantharvan , a love story narrating the tale of a romance between a lorry driver and a college girl, starring Kathir - who had featured in a small role in Kathavarayan- and Honey Rose. [2] [3] The film had a delayed release in 2014. [4] [5] [6]

In 2019, Durai began work on a police procedural film titled EPCO 302 starring Kasthuri in the lead role, under his own production studio, South Indian Productions. The film eventually had a delayed release, owing to the coronavirus pandemic, in December 2021. [7] [8] Despite a low-profile release, the film garnered critical acclaim. [9] His next release, Kadathal, had a low-profile release in 2023.

Durai worked on a project titled Kandeepan Kanai in the early 2020s, starring newcomers, but the project did not have a theatrical release. [10]

Filmography

Films

As director
YearFilmNotes
2008 Kathavarayan
2014 Kandharvan Also producer
2021EPCO 302
2023Kadathal
As dialogue writer
As actor

Television

As director

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References

  1. ↑ "Kathavarayan review". Sify. Archived from the original on 2013-11-27.
  2. ↑ "Audio beat: Kantharvan". The Hindu. June 2, 2012 – via www.thehindu.com.
  3. ↑ "The honored promise! - Behindwoods.com - Tamil Movie News - Kandarvan Durai Kathavarayan". www.behindwoods.com.
  4. ↑ "Kandharvan Team Interview, Kandharvan Team Interview, Kathir, Salangai Durai". www.behindwoods.com.
  5. ↑ "One more Soundarya in Tamil industry - Kannada News". IndiaGlitz.com. August 20, 2009.
  6. ↑ "Shotcuts: In the top 10 - The Hindu". The Hindu . March 24, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-03-24.
  7. ↑ "Kasthuri turns cop for EPCo302". Cinema Express .
  8. ↑ "Kasthuri Shankar turns cop for Salangai Durai's upcoming thriller 'EPCo 302'". The New Indian Express. 25 April 2019.
  9. ↑ Bureau, N. T. (January 8, 2022). "Salangai Durai's EPIKO 302 wins raise".
  10. ↑ https://www.directorsalangaidurai.com/
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