John Mahendran
John Mahendran | |
|---|---|
| Other names | John Roshan |
| Occupation | Director |
| Years active | 2002 - present |
| Parent(s) | Mahendran |
John Mahendran is an Indian film director and screenwriter who has worked on Tamil and Telugu and language films. John is the son of noted Tamil film maker Mahendran.[1]
Career[]
John Mahendran made the film in Tamil as Sachein (2005) with Vijay, Genelia D'Souza and Bipasha Basu in the lead roles.[2] John later worked on the independent Tamil film Aanivaer (2006), which told the story of a doctor caught up in the Sri Lankan civil war. The film won positive reviews and had a limited release across regions with Tamil diaspora.[3]
In the early 2010s, John has worked on the script of Settai (2013) by helping director Kannan re-work the script of Hindi film Delhi Belly and on writing dialogues for Ambikapathy, the dubbed Tamil version of Raanjhanaa (2013) starring Dhanush and Sonam kapoor Directed by Anand.L.Rai .[4] Subsequently, he worked as a writer on film including Kaashmora (2016) starring Karthi and Nayanthara Directed by Gokul and Motta Siva Ketta Siva (2017), while working as a screenplay and dialogue writing teacher at the Bofta Film Institute based in Chennai.[5] Currently he is writing for the Tamil movie Visithiran, official remake of Malayalam movie Joseph, Directed by M.Padmakumar.[6]
Filmography[]
Director[]
| Year | Film | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Preminchedi Endukamma | Telugu | |
| 2002 | Neetho | Telugu | |
| 2005 | Sachein | Tamil | |
| 2007 | Aanivaer | Tamil |
Writer[]
| Year | Film | Screenplay | Dialogues | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Settai |  |
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| 2013 | Ambikapathy |  |
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Dubbed version of Hindi film Raanjhanaa. Dialogues translated. |
| 2013 | Athiradi Vettai | |
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Dubbed version of Telugu film Dookudu. Dialogues translated. |
| 2018 | Kashmora | |
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References[]
- ^ "John Roshan on director Mahendran's next".
- ^ "Bipasha is not there just for an item number".
- ^ "Comedy, creativity mark cultural extravaganza". The Hindu. 8 September 2007.
- ^ IANS (21 June 2013). "Dhanush an effortless actor: John Mahendran". Business Standard India.
- ^ "Kaashmora (2016) - IMDb". IMDb. 28 October 2016.
- ^ "RK Suresh to remake 'Joseph' in Tamil, Bala to produce".
https://g.co/kgs/VFikG3 http://www.tamilsydney.com/content/view/44/37/[1]
- Living people
- Telugu film directors
- Tamil film directors
- Tamil screenwriters
- 21st-century Indian film directors