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Mani Ratnam
Sign in to saveAlso known as Gopalaratnam Subramaniam, Maniratnam, Manirathnam, Mani Rathnam, Gopala Ratnam Subramaniam
Indian film director
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Mani Ratnam is an Indian film producer, director, actor, and screenwriter. Born Gopala Ratnam Subramaniam in Madurai, he began his work period in 1983. He is educated at the University of Madras and resides in Chennai. His spouse is Suhasini Maniratnam, and he owns Madras Talkies.
He identifies with atheism. His name in his native language is Mani Ratnam, written as மணிரத்னம். While sources list his date of birth as either 1955 or 1956, he is recognized for his role in the directing department.
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Film & TV
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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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)
via Wikipedia infobox
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
- Residence
- Chennai
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- Commons category
- Mani Ratnam
- date of birth
- 1955-06-02
- owner of
- Madras Talkies
- name in native language
- மணிரத்னம்
- start of work period
- 1983-00-00
- birth name
- Gopala Ratnam Subramaniam
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Mani Ratnam
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Encyclopedic overview
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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