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A. M. Rathnam

Born

Arani Muni Ratnam


Occupations

  • Producer
  • lyricist
  • screenwriter
  • director
  • Children

    Jyothi Krishna
    Ravi Krishna

    Awards

    Filmfare Awards South

    Honours

    Kalaimamani 2018

    A. M. Rathnam is an Indian film producer, lyricist, screenwriter, and director known for his works in Telugu and Tamil cinema.[1][2] Under Sri Surya Movies Entertainment, a movie production house he owns in Hyderabad, he has produced blockbusters in Telugu such as Karthavyam (1990), Peddarikam (1992), Sneham Kosam (1999), and Kushi (2001).[3] He ventured into Tamil cinema in 1996 with the blockbuster Indian, which was India's Official Entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards. He then produced films such as Kushi, Run, Boys, Enakku 20 Unakku 18, Dhool, Ghilli, 7G Rainbow Colony, Arrambam, Yennai Arindhaal and Vedalam.[4]

    Personal life[edit]

    Rathnam was born in BuchireddypalemofNellore district in Andhra Pradesh. Rathnam has two sons, director and actor Jyothi Krishna and actor Ravi Krishna. Jyothi Krishna's directorial debut Enakku 20 Unakku 18 and its Telugu version, as well as Ravi Krishna's first four films, that also include Jyothi Krishna's second directorial venture Kedi, were all produced by Rathnam himself.[citation needed][5]

    In 2012, he built a temple for Shirdi Sai Baba at his office in Valasaravakkam.[1][6]

    Career[edit]

    Ratnam started his career as a make-up man for superstar actress Vijayashanti. Being the Executive Producer for the actress, he produced his first film Karthavyam, in 1990. Vijayashanti won the National Award for the Best Actress for this film. He made films with Kamal Haasan, Vijay, Ajith Kumar, Chiranjeevi, Vikram and many other actors. He later began producing films in Tamil and Hindi as well, dubbing and releasing several films in other languages. He went on to finance Shankar's Indian, which earned him the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil and was later submitted by India for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Nayak: The Real Hero and Sneham Kosam starring Chiranjeevi.

    Rathnam produced the Tamil romance film Kushi, starring Vijay and its same-titled Telugu remake the following year, starring Pawan Kalyan, both of which were directed by S. J. Surya and became highly successful.[7] Later, he produced two more films, Ghilli and Sivakasi starring Vijay. Both Ghilli and Sivakasi were highly successful at the box office. During the early 1990s, he directed two films Peddarikam and Sankalpam in Telugu.[7] He has also written the screenplay for the film Naaga.[8] Later, he changed the name of his production company from Sri Surya Movies Entertainment to Shri Sai Raam Creations, which is now headed by S. Aishwarya. He had done three films with Ajith Kumar such as Arrambam, Yennai Arindhaal and Vedalam, all of which were huge successes.

    Awards[edit]

    Filmfare Awards South

    Tamil Nadu State Film Awards

    Others

    Filmography[edit]

    Producer

    Year

    Film

    Language

    Notes

    Production Company

    1990

    Karthavyam

    Telugu

    Filmfare Award for Best Film - Telugu

    Sri Surya Movies

    1992

    Peddarikam

    Also Screenplay & Direction; Remake of Godfather

    1993

    Aasayam

    1994

    Tejasvini

    Hindi

    1995

    Sankalpam

    Telugu

    Also Screenplay & Direction; Remake of Mithunam

    1996

    Indian

    Tamil

    Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil
    Cinema Express Award for Best Film – Tamil
    Dubbed into Telugu as Bharateeyudu

    1998

    Natpukkaga

    Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil

    Ellame En Pondattithaan

    1999

    Sneham Kosam

    Telugu

    Remake of Natpukkaga

    Kadhalar Dhinam

    Tamil

    Dubbed into Hindi as Dil Hi Dil Mein and Telugu as Premikula Roju

    2000

    Kushi

    2001

    Khushi

    Telugu

    Remake of Kushi

    Nayak: The Real Hero

    Hindi

    Remake of Mudhalvan

    2002

    Run

    Tamil

    Dubbed into Telugu with the same title

    2003

    Dhool

    Naaga

    Telugu

    Also Screenplay

    Boys

    Tamil

    Dubbed into Telugu as same title

    Enakku 20 Unakku 18
    Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu

    Tamil
    Telugu

    2004

    Kovil

    Tamil

    Ghilli

    Remake of Okkadu

    7G Rainbow Colony

    Bilingual in Telugu as 7G Brundavan Colony[11]

    2005

    Ponniyin Selvan

    Sivakasi

    2006

    Bangaram

    Telugu

    Kedi

    Tamil

    25th Film

    Dharmapuri

    2008

    Bheemaa

    2013

    Arrambam

    Sri Sathya Sai Movies

    2015

    Yennai Arindhaal

    Sri Sai Raam Creations

    Vedalam

    2017

    Karuppan

    Oxygen

    Telugu

    Also screenplay

    2024

    Hari Hara Veera Mallu

    Telugu

    Mega Surya Production

    Distributor
    Lyricist

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b V Lakshmi (5 May 2012). "A M Rathnam builds temple". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  • ^ palPalani (29 September 2011). "Ajith-Vishnuvardhan-A.M Rathnam project confirmed". Southdreamz.com. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  • ^ "A.m. Rathnam photos, videos, latest news, A.m. Rathnam wallpapers". ApunKaChoice.com. Archived from the original on 26 June 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  • ^ S. R. Ashok Kumar (20 July 2012). "Arts / Cinema : Showbitz: Lean and mean". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  • ^ "Video : Producer A.M.Rathnam Speaks About Ajith Kumar". Star Ajith. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  • ^ "Ajith at Ratnam's Sai Baba temple". Sify. 7 May 2012. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  • ^ a b "Telugu Cinema Etc". Idlebrain.com. 12 June 2001. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  • ^ "Telugu Cinema – Review – Naaga – NTR, Sadaf, Jennifer, Raghuvaran, Rajan P Dev, Rambha – AM Ratnam". Idlebrain.com. 10 January 2003. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  • ^ http:// Refer Filmfare Magazine August 1991, 38th filmfare awards south
  • ^ "Kamal wins 17th Film fare award for role in Indian". The Economic Times. 9 July 1997. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011.
  • ^ "'7-G Rainbow Colony is my story'". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
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