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Vishnuvardhan

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Birth name Vishnuvardhan Kulasekaran
Nationality Inde
Birth at Kumbakonam (Inde)

Vishnuvardhan Kulasekaran, often credited simply as Vishnuvardhan, is an Indian film director. A one-time associate of Santosh Sivan he made his directorial debut in 2003 with Kurumbu, which did not fare well at the box office. However, his subsequent films, Arinthum Ariyamalum (2005), Pattiyal (2006) and Billa (2007) , arrambam(2013) went on to become highly successful ventures, turning him into a household name in Tamil Nadu.

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Om Prakash
Om Prakash
(2 films)
Arya
Arya
(6 films)
Nirav Shah
Nirav Shah
(3 films)
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Filmography of Vishnuvardhan (18 films)

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Actor

Isai
Isai (2015)
, 3h10
Directed by S. J. Surya
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians
Actors Sulagna Panigrahi, Prakash Raj, S. J. Surya, Sathyaraj, V. Jayaprakash, Thambi Ramaiah
Roles Himself (Cameo Appearance)
Rating63% 3.1985053.1985053.1985053.1985053.198505
Vetriselvan (Sathyaraj) is an established and an old fashioned music director in the industry. He is loved and respected for his works and is termed as the greatest musician of our times. A. K. Shiva (S. J. Surya) who works as an assistant under Vetriselvan gets an opportunity to compose music for a small time film. When he seeks permission from Vetriselvan to go ahead with his first venture as a music director, Vetriselvan doesn't oppose the idea as he wouldn't have imagined even in his wildest dream that one day A. K. Shiva would surpass him in the musical world.
Yatchan
Yatchan (2015)
, 2h20
Directed by Vishnuvardhan
Genres Comedy, Action, Romance
Actors Arya, Kreshna, Kishore, Deepa Sannidhi, Swathi Reddy, Adil Hussain
Roles Himself (Guest Appearance)
Rating56% 2.817832.817832.817832.817832.81783
Kazhugu
Kazhugu (2012)

Genres Thriller, Comedy
Actors Kreshna, Bindu Madhavi, Karunas Sethu, Thambi Ramaiah, V. Jayaprakash, Aarthi
Rating61% 3.096513.096513.096513.096513.09651
Sera (Krishna) is a guy who earns his living by retrieving dead bodies from Kodaikanal's Green Valley View suicide point. Nandu (Karunas), Shanmugam (Thambi Ramaiah) and a mute friend are part of Sera's crew. Chera meets Kavitha (Bindu Madhavi) when he and his crew retrieve her sister's body from a gully, after the sister had committed suicide with her boyfriend. Kavitha gradually falls in love with Sera. A parallel plot is of Iyya (Jayaprakash), who trades in stolen tea, with corrupt officials turning a blind eye to his activities.
The Terrorist, 1h35
Directed by Santosh Sivan
Origin Inde
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Musical films
Actors Ayesha Dharker, Vishnuvardhan, Anuradha, Kreshna, Vishnuvardhan
Roles Thyagu
Rating69% 3.4958053.4958053.4958053.4958053.495805
The Terrorist focuses on a 19 year old woman named Malli, who joined a terrorist organization at a very young age after her brother was killed in the cause. She eventually volunteers herself to become a suicide bomber in an assassination mission. As the plot moves forward, she discovers the importance of human life, after realizing she is pregnant. This causes Malli to question her determination to complete the mission.
Iruvar
Iruvar (1997)
, 2h38
Directed by Mani Ratnam
Genres Drama, Biography, Documentary
Themes Films about films, Films about music and musicians, Politique, Musical films, Political films
Actors Mohanlal, Prakash Raj, Aishwarya Rai, Gautami, Tabu, Madhubala
Roles Tamizhselvan's Son
Rating83% 4.194694.194694.194694.194694.19469
Set in the 1950s, the film begins with Anandan (Mohanlal), a struggling actor, seeking opportunities which will give him a big break in the film industry. Under his uncle's help, Anandan is given an opportunity to audition for the lead role in a forthcoming film. He arrives in the studio and practices his combat skills with sword props provided on the sets while waiting for the director and the crew. At this, he meets Tamizhselvan (Prakash Raj), a small time writer who enters the studio with some sarcastic poetry and this prompts both into a little debate. The debate turns into a mutual respect into each other, and impressed by Tamizhselvan's skills, Anandan requests Tamizhselvan to write dialogues for him to recite during the audition.
Zaalim
Zaalim (1994)

Actors Akshay Kumar, Madhoobala Shah, Vishnuvardhan, Vishnuvardhan, Raveena Tandon, Alok Nath
Roles Inspector Mohan
Rating49% 2.461282.461282.461282.461282.46128
Judge Somnath lives with his wife, three sons, and a daughter. Two of his sons, Vikram and Mohan are married, while his daughter, Kaamna, and youngest son, Ravi, are of marriageable age. Somnath had wanted his sons to be a doctor, police officer, and a Judge. While Vikram is a surgeon, Mohan's a Police Inspector, & Ravi is now studying law and on his way to become a lawyer and then a Judge like his dad. This family does have a dark secret. Ravi is prone to losing his temper, so much so that he gets out of control, and has killed someone in his childhood. When Kaamna gets raped, the family are reluctant to tell Ravi. When they do they do convince him to control himself, while Mohan gets an arrest warrant for Vinod, Kaamna's molester. Things do not go smoothly in court as the matter is put off for several months and then Somnath and Kaamna are killed in a bomb explosion. Now Mohan and Vikram handcuff Ravi on their balcony while they finalize the funeral arrangements, and when they return Ravi is no longer there. And then the killings begin.
Ashaant
Ashaant (1993)

Actors Akshay Kumar, Vishnuvardhan, Vishnuvardhan, Ashwini Bhave, Mamta Kulkarni, Pankaj Dheer
Roles Vishnu
Rating44% 2.216242.216242.216242.216242.21624
Ashaant is a story about effort made by the whole Police Force of the country, especially two police officers A.C.P.
Anjali
Anjali (1990)
, 2h30
Directed by Mani Ratnam
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Musical films, Children's films
Actors Raghuvaran, Revathi, Shamili, Prabhu, Saranya, Tarun Kumar
Roles colony kid
Rating81% 4.0924.0924.0924.0924.092
The film revolves around a family of four – a young civil engineer Shekar (Raghuvaran), his wife, Chitra (Revathi), and their two young children named Arjun (Tarun) and Anu (Shruti). The movie opens with Chitra giving birth to her third child, but unfortunately the daughter is stillborn. Two years later, Shekar and his family move to a new apartment complex. The family seems to have moved on from their grief due to the stillborn child incident and live happily. After a few altercations with the kids in the colony, Arjun and Anu are accepted by all the kids as their own. The kids are all for pulling pranks and generally causing a clamor around the apartment colony. One such constant joke they play on a mentally retarded ex-watchman (Janakaraj) of the colony, much to the chagrin of his wife. The only tenant they are afraid of is an ex-convict (Prabhu Ganesan) who lives alone in one of the apartments.
Viduthalai
Viduthalai (1986)

Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Sivaji Ganesan, Rajinikanth, Vishnuvardhan, Vishnuvardhan, Madhavi Alladurgam, R. N. Sudarshan
Roles Amar
Rating63% 3.1783853.1783853.1783853.1783853.178385
The combination of Super Star Rajini and Kannada Superstar Dr. Vishnuvardhan came together for this movie. Raja (RajiniKanth) is a thief- expert in breaking open treasuries. In one such robbery, he is being watched by a jolly but shrewd police inspector Rajasingam (Sivaji Ganesan). Radha (Madhavi) is a gorgeous disco club dancer & singer. Both Raja and Radha are in love with each other. But Raja has not disclosed to Radha that he is a thief. An evil brother-sister duo- seek revenge against crime boss Sudarshan who cheated Jwaala and siphoned her money. Therefore they hire Raja to break open Sudarshan's treasury and steal back the money. Raja is paid a token amount to do the job. But suddenly Inspector Rajasingam arrests Raja and the court sentences Raja to 2 years imprisonment. Radha is devastated after she realizes Raja was a thief. Meanwhile, Amar (Vishnuvardhan) is an ace crime member in Sudarshan's gang who revolts against Sudarshan. He is a widower with a daughter is studying in a boarding school. However before quitting Sudarshan's gang, Amar has committed a crime wearing a mask and Inspector Rajasingam is investigating that case. Once Amar saves Radha from a gang of rowdy bikers. They meet regularly as Radha likes Amar's daughter. Soon Amar begins to love Radha who does not reciprocate because she still loves Raja. Amar realizes Radha is not interested and does not proceed. Raja completes his jail sentence. While returning, he meets the Vijaykumar, who again reminds him of the deal to rob Sudarshan. During the conversation, Amar incidentally reaches the site and a fist fight ensues between Amar and the Vijaykumar. While fleeing, Vijaykumar swears revenge against Amar. Thus Raja and Amar meet for the first time. Raja takes Amar to introduce to Radha but both Radha and Amar pretend as if they do not know each other since they don't want Raja to unnecessarily suspect them.
Sri Raghavendrar, 2h40
Directed by SP. Muthuraman
Genres Drama
Actors Rajinikanth, Lakshmi Narayan, Vishnuvardhan, Delhi Ganesh, Sathyaraj, Sundarrajan
Rating69% 3.4771153.4771153.4771153.4771153.477115
This film is the life of Sri Raghavendra. From Birth till his Mahasamadhi has been portrayed by Rajinikanth. The film highlights some of the miracles Sri Raghavendra performed. The film has Lakshmi as his wife and guest appearances by Vishnuvardhan, Mohan and Sathyaraj.

Director

Arrambam
Arrambam (2013)
, 2h38
Directed by Vishnuvardhan
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Ajith Kumar, Arya, Suman Ranganathan, Nayantara, Taapsee Pannu, Jai
Rating69% 3.498393.498393.498393.498393.49839
The film starts with Ashok setting bombs in three places and informing the police about them. Before the police arrive, the bombs are set off. He along with his lady love Maya (Nayanthara), both threaten her old collegemate hacker Arjun (Arya) who starts hacking one system after the other. Ashok then threatens Sridhar Raghavan (Aadukalam Naren) by trying to kill his baby so that he can extract the truth about black money, Ashok murders him in a fit of rage. Arjun, who is particularly irritated by the things happening around him, complains about the misdeeds of Ashok to inspector Prakash (Kishore). When Ashok gets closer to achieving his goals, he gets arrested by the police.
Panjaa
Panjaa (2011)
, 2h36
Directed by Vishnuvardhan
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors Pawan Kalyan, Sarah-Jane Dias, Jackie Shroff, Helen Khan, Atul Kulkarni, Adivi Sesh
Rating64% 3.2486853.2486853.2486853.2486853.248685
Jaidev (Pawan Kalyan) is an accomplished hitman and the most trusted aide of Bhagawan (Jackie Shroff), who is the supreme Don of Kolkata. Jaidev remains loyal to him as he helped in seeking revenge with the people who raped his mother and sister when he came to Kolkata in his childhood after his father's death. They share a business rivalry with Kulkarni (Atul Kulkarni), who aims to overthrow Bhagawan. Things are smooth until Bhagwan’s son Munna (Adivi Sesh) returns to India. He is a psychotic and highly impulsive youngster. He has his eyes on club dancer Jahnavi (Anjali Lavania) but she rejects him as she adores Jaidev.
Sarvam
Sarvam (2009)
, 2h23
Directed by Vishnuvardhan
Genres Drama, Romantic comedy, Action, Romance
Actors Arya, Trisha Krishnan, J. D. Chakravarthy, Indrajith Sukumaran, Anu Hasan, Pratap K. Pothen
Rating55% 2.759622.759622.759622.759622.75962
The film opens with a bully fight between two individuals on a rainy night in a deep, dark forest. In the opening scene, a title card is presented with a Upanishad quote: "Death is just the beginning of another life". It follows a flashback
Billa
Billa (2007)
, 2h8
Directed by Vishnuvardhan
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Ajith Kumar, Nayantara, Namitha, Prabhu, Rashin Rahman, Santhanam
Rating72% 3.6469553.6469553.6469553.6469553.646955
The underworld don David Billa (Ajith Kumar), featured on Interpol's criminal list, is hiding and operating out of Malaysia. DSP Jayaprakash (Prabhu) has spent the last few years looking for Billa, leaving behind a life in India.