50 and still going strong

Manirathinam needs no introduction. The man of perfection, this director has carved a niche for himself rendering quality movies bring name and fame to Tamil film industry.

Celebrating his 50th birthday today, Manirathinam has scaled all heights in life rendering blockbusters at regular intervals.

Educated at Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management, a noted management school in India, he got into film direction with the help of his late brother, film producer G Venkateswaran.

Mani Ratnam consistently chooses realistic, contemporary themes and complex plots for his movies in an industry often accused of making commercial, fairy-tale-like, formulaic movies.

With a career spanning over two decades, he has been praised for handling serious issues whilst retaining a high entertainment factor in his films. His movies are further noted for their brilliance in technical aspects like art direction, cinematography and background score. Of late, his talent has come to be acknowledged at an international level also.

The director who was awarded the Padma Shri, is currently busy directing Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai for his next movie titled Guru, being made in Bollywood. He has worked with the best cinematographers in the country like P C Sriram, Santosh Sivan, Ravi K Chandran and Rajiv Menon.

Let's hope the director on his 50th year, go on to repeat his magic in Guru.

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