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Thakkali Srinivasan

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Thakali Srinivasan
Other namesThakkali 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.

Career

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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

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Year Film Director Producer Music Actor Notes
1987 Ivargal Varungala Thoongal Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN
1988 Manasukkul Mathappu Red XN Green tickY Red XN Red XN
1988 Soora Samhaaram Red XN Red XN Red XN Green tickY Kitty's son
1989 Nalaya Manithan Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
1989 Valathu Kalai Vaithu Vaa Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN
1990 Adhisaya Manithan Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Red XN
1991 Jenma Natchathram Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Lawrence
1995 Witness Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Srinivasan
1995 Puthiya Aatchi Red XN Red XN Green tickY Red XN
2001 Asokavanam Green tickY Red XN Red XN Red XN
2011 Aduthathu Green tickY Red XN Red XN Red XN

References

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  1. ^ "A-Z (IV)". Indolink Tamil. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  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!". www.sify.com. 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.