Mani Ratnam

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Mani Ratnam or Maniratnam (born 1956, Madras, India) is a leading movie maker (screen writer and director) of the Indian film industry. He was educated at Jamnalalal Bajaj Insitute 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 (also called Masala Movies). His movies are generally in the Tamil language, but are usually also dubbed into other languages like Telugu and Hindi, owing to their national appeal. He has also made films in other languages like Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada.

Mani Ratnam is widely known for his ability to tread the middle way between artistic cinema and commercial cinema, working out a perfect recipe for all kinds of audience. His movies are 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. In 2002, he was awarded the Padma Shri.

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Filmography

The characteristic elements of Mani Ratnam's films include memorable music by A. R. Rahman (earlier Ilayaraja), a strong story line, sharp dialogue and innovative cinematography and art direction. He has worked with the best cinematographers in the country - notably P. C. Sriram, Santosh Sivan, Ravi K. Chandran, Rajiv Menon and the likes.

Family

Unique dialogues

A strong dialogue is usually part of the motif of a Mani Ratnam movie.

  • nee en nanban (Because, you are my friend) - Thalapathi
  • neenga nallavara? kettavara? (are you a good person or bad person?) - Nayagan
  • avangala nirutha sollu, naangalum niruthurom (You ask Them to stop, then we will) - Thalapathi
  • enthiri anjali, enthiri (Wake up Anjali, wake up) -- Anjali
  • en pondaatti oorukku poyittaa! (My wife has left the city!) - Agni Natchathiram
  • Wasim Khanai viduthalai sei (Release Wasim Khan) - Roja
  • Nee azhaga irukiyannu theriyala.. Ennaku unnai pudichirukkannu theriyala.. Naan onna love panrenaanu theriyala... Aanna ithellam nadanthirumonnu bayama irukku (I am not sure if you are beautiful... I am not sure if I like you... I am not sure if I am in love with you.. but i am afraid that these might happen) - Alaipayuthey
  • Naalu peruku nalladhu panna, yedhum thapilla (There is nothing called as Sin if it helps others)-Nayagan
  • Nan verum nadigan thaney?(Ain't I just an actor?) - Iruvar

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