Tamil screenwriters

Shivaji Rao Gaikwad (born 12 December 1950), known professionally as Rajinikanth, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. In a career spanning over five decades, he has done 170 films that includes films in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Bangla, and Malayalam. He is widely regarded to be one of the most successful and popular actors in the history of Indian cinema. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Bhushan in 2000 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2016, India's third and second highest civilian honours respectively, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2019, the highest

Indian actor, activist and joker (born 1954 )

Indian actor, film director, and producer

Indian film director

Indian politician, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, India (1924–2018)

Indian actress and director

Indian filmmaker

Indian actor and film director

Silambarasan Tesingu Rajendar (born 3 February 1983), popularly known as Simbu or by his initials as STR, is an Indian actor, producer,director and playback singer who primarily works in Tamil cinema. He is a recipient of two Edison Awards and three SIIMA Awards.

D. Jayakanthan (24 April 1934 – 8 April 2015), popularly known as JK, was an Indian writer, journalist, orator, filmmaker, critic and activist. Born in Cuddalore, he dropped out of school at the age of 9 and went to Madras, where he joined the Communist Party of India. In a career spanning six decades, he authored around 40 novels, 200 short stories, apart from two autobiographies. Outside literature, he made two films. In addition, four of his other novels were adapted into films by others.

Indian film director

Indian film director

Sri Lankan born Indian film director (1939–2014)

film director and producer

Bharathiraja ( born 17 July 1941) is a multiple-award-winning Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor who works mainly in the Tamil film industry. Making his debut in 1977 with 16 Vayathinile, he is known for realistic and sensitive portrayals of rural life in his films and popularly referred to as Iyakkunar Imayam. Also, in the 1980s-90s, the '''''Bharathiraja (Direction)+Ilaiyaraaja (Music)+Vairamuthu (Lyric's)''''' Best Combination was very popular among Tamil film fans. As of 2017, he has won six National Film Awards, four Filmfare Awards South, six Tamil Nadu State Film Aw

Indian (Tamil) film director and actor

Indian film director (1966-)

Indian actor (1934-2016)

Indian film director and screenwriter

Indian film director

Selvaraghavan is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and actor who has directed and acted predominantly Tamil films and few Telugu films credited himself as Sri Raghava. He had his directorial debut with Thulluvadho Ilamai (2002). Still, his father is credited for business reasons, which stars his brother Dhanush, Selvaraghavan went on to make a series of romantic drama films with Kadhal Kondein (2003) (also starring Dhanush) and 7G Rainbow Colony (2004) before also venturing into coming-of-age films Pudhupettai (2006) and Mayakkam Enna (2011), both starring Dhanush. He has also ventured in

Indian actor

Indian actor

Indian actor, director, writer, producer (1952–2022)

Pradeep Ranganathan is an Indian actor, film director, playback singer, lyricist, and screenwriter who works in Tamil cinema. He is known for directing Comali (2019) and Love Today (2022), debuting as a lead actor in the latter. He is an recipient of two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and one Filmfare Award South.

Indian film director

Indian director, actor, playwright, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker and lyricist

Indian film director

Indian lyricist

Indian film director

Agathiyan (born 18 August 1952; ) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, lyricist, and actor. He was the first director in Tamil cinema to win the National Film Award for Best Direction for Kadhal Kottai (1996). For the film, he also won National Film Award for Best Screenplay and Filmfare Award for Best Director – Tamil.

Director, screenwriter, cinematographer, and lyricist

Indian filmmaker (1939-2019)

Indian film director

Indian filmmaker and screenwriter

Indian actor (1952–2019)

Indian filmmaker (1917–2003)

Indian film director

Indian writer and producer

Indian film director, writer, actor, producer (born 1968)

Indian film director, writer, and actor

Indian actor

Indian film editor and film director

Indian film director (1959-2021)

Indian actor (1951-2010)

Indian film director

Indian film director (1894–1942)

Indian writer of Tamil literature (1935-2008)

Indian film director

Indian film director (born 1964)

Indian author (born 1962)

Indian actor

Indian film director

Indian film director

Kathir is an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter who works predominantly in Tamil cinema.

Indian actor

Indian film director

Indian film director

Indian film director and screenwriter

Indian film director, screenwriter and author