Thakkali Srinivasan

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Thakkali Srinivasan
OccupationDirector
Years active1991–present

Thakkali Srinivasan is an Indian film director, musician and producer who has worked on Tamil films, often involving horror or murder mystery plotlines.

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Career

Thakkali Srinivasan began his career off as a producer and made the science fiction film Nalaya Manithan (1989) directed by Velu Prabhakaran. The success of the film prompted him to produce a sequel titled Adhisaya Manithan (1990) with a different cast, and the project did not perform as well commercially. He had also composed music for the films, along with Premi, forming the Premi–Srini duo largely supported by another music director Manachanallur Giridharan. Subsequently, he directed two films in the 1990s, the horror film Jenma Natchathram (1991) with Nassar and the murder mystery film, Witness (1995) with Raghuvaran in the lead role. He began work on the production of a Pandiarajan-starrer titled Maaruvedam in the late 1990s, but the film was later shelved. [1]

In 2001, he made Asokavanam , another murder mystery film featuring Livignston, Sriman and Riyaz Khan and won mixed reviews for his work. A critic from The Hindu noted that "the script is good in the first half but sags in the second". [2] He later began working on a film titled Satrumun Kidaitha Thagaval (2009) featuring Kanal Kannan, but was replaced midway through production by a debutant director, Bhuvanai Kannan. [3] [4] His latest release was Aduthathu (2011), a thriller about reality show contestants on a desert island, starring Sriman in the lead role. [5] [6]

Filmography

YearFilm Director Producer Music ActorNotes
1987 Ivargal Varungala Thoongal Red x.svgGreen check.svgRed x.svgRed x.svg
1988 Manasukkul Mathappu Red x.svgGreen check.svgRed x.svgRed x.svg
1988 Soora Samhaaram Red x.svgRed x.svgRed x.svgGreen check.svgKitty's son
1989 Nalaya Manithan Red x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svg
1989Valathu Kalai Vaithu VaaRed x.svgRed x.svgGreen check.svgRed x.svg
1990 Adhisaya Manithan Red x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgRed x.svg
1991 Jenma Natchathram Green check.svgRed x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgLawrence
1995 Witness Green check.svgRed x.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgSrinivasan
1995 Puthiya Aatchi Red x.svgRed x.svgGreen check.svgRed x.svg
2001 Asokavanam Green check.svgRed x.svgRed x.svgRed x.svg
2011 Aduthathu Green check.svgRed x.svgRed x.svgRed x.svg

References

  1. "A-Z (IV)". Indolink Tamil. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  2. "The Hindu : Film Review: Asokavanam". www.thehindu.com. Archived from the original on 9 November 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  3. "AMMUVAAGHIYA NAAN ACTRESS BHARATHI THAKKALI SREENIVASAN SATRU MUN KIDAITHA THAGAVAL AGATHIYAN NENJATHAI KILLADHEY Tamil movie news hot stills picture image gallery".
  4. "Kanal Kannan turns hero!". Sify . Archived from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  5. "Sriman in 'Aduthathu'". The Times of India .
  6. Raghavan, Nikhil (7 May 2011). "Itsy Bitsy". The Hindu.