Ramana Madhesh (born 23 December 1971), known as R. Madhesh, is an Indian director, producer and writer in Tamil cinema. He is mainly known for his debut film Madhurey (2004) and Vijayakanth's 150th film Arasangam (2008).

Career

Madhesh works in Tamil cinema as a director, producer and writer. He worked as an assistant director for S. Shankar for Gentleman (1993), Indian (1996) and Jeans (1998). He has distributed many movies including Thulluvadho Ilamai (2002) and Villain (2002). He began his career by financing Shankar's Mudhalvan (1999), which was successful and was subsequently remade into a Bollywood film under the title Nayak (2001). After the success of his directorial debut with Vijay in Madhurey (2004), Madhesh has directed other movies including the crime thriller Arasangam (2008) and the action comedy Mirattal (2012). He has also written and directed the 2016 Marathi movie Friends. In 2018, Madhesh directed the Tamil horror thriller Mohini, which starred Trisha in the lead role. In 2019, Madhesh wrote and directed "Sandakari", featuring Vemal and Shriya Saran. Around 70 per cent of the filming was done in London. The film was scheduled for release in November 2021.

Filmography