- R. K. Selvamani
R.K. Selvamani is a well known Tamil director. He is known to make many movies of the police or
whodunit genre.Career
R.K. Selvamani made his debut with the thriller
Pulan Visaranai ; based on an allegation byAuto Shankar that he had kidnapped many girls at the behest of some political bigwigs. This movie starringVijaykanth was the biggest hit of 1990 in tamil. It also fetched a state award forSarath Kumar for his portrayal of the villain character. He also made two movies based on assassination ofIndira Gandhi andRajiv Gandhi . The latter (based on Rajiv's assassination) got embroiled into controversies with theIndian Film Censor Board and was cleared only recently (fourteen years after its completion). He also madeCaptain Prabhakaran starring Vijaykanth in 1991 which is both the director's andVijaykanth 's biggest hit. He then made Chembaruthi; an unusual love story starringRoja (actress) andPrashanth in 1992. However, since 1997 he has had no hits. So he retired in 1999. (Though he directed Roja's 100th film "Durga" in 2001). After being instrumental in launching the TV Channel "Tamilthirai ", he however had resigned from it now to start his next venture as director "Pulan Visaranai-2" withPrashanth as hero which may release soon.Personal
Roja who debuted in his Chembaruthi acted in many of his hit films and later became his wife in 2001. In fact, he always stood by her during her most difficult times. He evenmortgaged his property in
Chennai to bail outRoja from a cheque bounce case.Filmography
*2007 - "
Pulan Visaranai 2 "
*2007 - "Kutrapathirikkai" (banned since 1993)
*1999 - "Rajasthan"
*1997 - "Arasiyal"
*1995 - "Makkal Aatchi"
*1995 - "Raja Mudra" (Telugu)
*1994 - "Kanmani"
*1992 - "Chamanthi"
*1992 - "Chembaruthi"
*1991 - "Captain Prabhakaran"
*1990 - "Pulan Visaaranai"External links
*imdb name|id=0783585|name=R.K.Selvamani
* [http://www.thenisai.com/tamil/artists/d_r_k_selvamani.htm Selvamani at thenisai]
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