Person
- Born
- 1955-06-02
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Film & TV
Directing · Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
The man who revolutionized Tamil-language cinema, Mani Ratnam is the biggest director in South India and one of the most respected directors in all of India. Each of his films contains its own unique style, with beautifully photographed songs and unique back-lighting, and deal with a wide variety of topics, from the classic Indian love story to political thrillers.
Known for
- Jai Ho — self2014
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 20
- Total plays
- 466
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Key facts
- Born
- Gopalaratnam Subramaniam , ( 1956-06-02 ) 2 June 1956 (age 70) , Madurai , Madras State , India
- Alma mater
- Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies
- Occupations
- Film director film producer screenwriter
- Years active
- 1983–present
- Works
- Full list
- Spouse
- Suhasini Charuhasan ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1988 )
- Relatives
- G. Venkateswaran (brother) Charuhasan (father-in-law) Kamal Haasan (uncle-in-law)
- Awards
- Full list
- Honours
- Padma Shri (2002)
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Key dates
- Born
- 2 June 1955
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- India
- Place of birth
- Madurai
- Spouse
- Suhasini Maniratnam
- Occupation
- film actor
- Religion
- atheism
- Image
- Mani Ratnam at the Museum of the Moving Image.jpg
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Gopalaratnam Subramaniam (born 2 June 1956), known professionally as Mani Ratnam, is an Indian film director, film producer and screenwriter who predominantly works in Tamil cinema and a few Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, and Kannada films. He is known as one of the most prominent and greatest directors in the history of Indian cinema.
He has won seven National Film Awards, four Filmfare Awards, seven Filmfare Awards South, and numerous awards at various film festivals across the world. In 2002, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri, acknowledging his contributions to film.
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