Person Details

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Aliases: Selvaraghavan Kasthuri Raja , K. Selvaraghavan , Sri Raghava

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

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Movie Involvements: 54

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

Selvaraghavan is an Indian film director, screenwriter and actor based primarily in Tamil cinema. Known for idiosyncratic genre films that subvert conventional character tropes and deal with dark themes, he is considered an important and influential figure in modern Tamil cinema. The elder brother of actor Dhanush, the two are frequent collaborators as he is credited with helping the actor to break into the industry in the early 2000s with the films Thulluvadho Ilamai (2002) and Kadhal Konden (2003). Selvaraghavan's early works largely dealt with themes of romance, sexuality, religion and youth culture; Pudhupettai (2006) was a stylistic departure into the gangster epic genre, and he later experimented with historical fiction and fantasy with the films Aayirathil Oruvan (2010) and Irandam Ulagam (2013), as well as horror with Nenjam Marappathillai (2021). Selvaraghavan's filmmaking style has been called "audacious" and "operatic", with an emphasis on breadth of detail, moral ambiguity, and recurring usage of dark humor.

Most Famous Work

Kadhal Konden
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8

Kadhal Konden

(2003) Story
Yaaradi Nee Mohini
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7

Yaaradi Nee Mohini

(2008) Writer
Aayirathil Oruvan
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7

Aayirathil Oruvan

(2010) Story
Pudhupettai
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8

Pudhupettai

(2006) Screenplay
7G Rainbow Colony
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7

7G Rainbow Colony

(2004) Screenplay
NGK
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5

NGK

(2019) Story
Naane Varuvean
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6

Naane Varuvean

(2022) Screenplay
Kutty
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5

Kutty

(2010) Lyricist

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 Sekhar
2023 Chiranjeevi
N/A
'Beema Rasu' Rajasekaran
2022 Serial Killer (cameo)
Sangaiah
Althaf Hussain
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2022 Screenplay
2021 Lyricist
Story
Screenplay
2019 Original Story
Dialogue
Lyricist
Screenplay
Story
2016 Screenplay
Story
Dialogue
2013 Story
2012 Writer
2011 Story
Screenplay
2010 Story
Screenplay
Story
Lyricist
2009 Story
2008 Writer
2007 Story
Screenplay
2006 Story
Screenplay
2004 Story
Screenplay
2003 Dialogue
Screenplay
Story
2002 Screenplay
Dialogue
Lyricist
Screenplay
Story
Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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