Cheran is a Tamil film
director and actor, who has a reputation
for directing and producing culturally
strong films. His movies are
characterised by their realism and the
strong social messages that they convey.
He has won the National Award twice,one for Most Entertaining Film in 2004 (for Autograph) and the other for Vetri Kodi Kattu (which won Best Film of 2000
dealing with social issues).
Born at Pazhaiyurpatty, near Melur in Madurai district, Tamil Nadu. His father was a cinema (machine) operator and his mother was a school nursery school teacher.
Cheran nurtured his acting skills by the stage dramas enacted in
those days during local festival seasons.
He went on grooming himself and his dreams by undergoing self-designed rehearsals by himself standing in front of the mirror, speaking out the film dialogues of
Sivaji Ganesan, which he carried out with the accompanying acting gestures.
He was worn out after he
ran away from home to Chennai with dreams of becoming an actor.
As his endless chasings after people and cinema studios for getting cinema chances proved to be failures, his hopes were shattered. At last, putting an end to his day-
dreaming of becoming a film actor, he succeeded in turning his attention towards the other sides of film- making.
He learnt the art of film direction under the mentorship
of director K.S Ravikumar.He earned the reputation of
remaining a good film director capable of making quality
films. This became possible only through his directional
ventures, starting from Bharathi Kannamma to Paandavar
Boomi. While directing Paandavar Boomi he
demonstrated to the artistes how to enact their part.
The film’s cameraman Thangarbachchaan noticed this
and identified the actor in him during such instances
and introduced him as an actor in Solla Marantha Kathai.
The people, on their part, have accepted him as an actor
too. Cheran is a person who is against selling pirated
VCD’s. He conducted raids in his own style to stop
them.Cheran began his career as an assistant to K.S.
Ravikumar. The young man caught the attention of the
film producer, Henry.
Henry was the producer of the Malayalam film Yavanika
directed by K.G. George. Consequent to the success of
that movie,he made his entry into Tamil Cinema with
Kolangal, a subject based on a girl rescued from the red
light area in Mumbai who faces social problems back
home in Chennai. Henry insisted that the film should not
only be commercial but also have a strong social theme.
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