Raja Mohan is an Indian film director, primarily working in the Tamil film industry. As of 2011, he has directed six films, all of them being a remake.[1] Notably all his five directorials in Tamil starred his brother Jayam Ravi and were produced by his father, editor Mohan under his home production studio, Jayam Company.
[edit] Career
Raja is the son of film editor, A. Mohan, and older brother of actor, Jayam Ravi.[2] He made his directorial debut in Telugu with Hanuman Junction, a remake of the Malayalam film Thenkasi Pattanam, which remains his only non-Tamil project.[3] His next film, Jayam, a remake of the same-titled Telugu film, introduced his brother Jayam Ravi in the lead role. His subsequent directorials, M. Kumaran son of Mahalakshmi, Unakkum Enakkum, Santosh Subramaniam all featured his brother in the lead role and emerged commercial successes. His fifth film Thillalangadi with his brother again was an average grosser. He finished Velayudham with Vijay which released in 2011. He won the best director award for his movie Velayutham at Jaya Awards.
[edit] Filmography
| Year |
Film |
Language |
Cast |
Notes |
| 2002 |
Hanuman Junction |
Telugu |
Arjun, Jagapati Babu, Sneha, Laya |
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| 2003 |
Jayam |
Tamil |
Jayam Ravi, Sadha, Gopichand |
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| 2004 |
M. Kumaran son of Mahalakshmi |
Tamil |
Jayam Ravi, Asin, Nadhiya, Prakash Raj |
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| 2006 |
Unnakkum Ennakkum |
Tamil |
Jayam Ravi, Trisha Krishnan, Richa Pallod, Prabhu Ganesan |
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| 2008 |
Santosh Subramaniam |
Tamil |
Jayam Ravi, Genelia D'Souza, Kirat Bhattal, Prakash Raj |
Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Director – Tamil |
| 2010 |
Thillalangadi |
Tamil |
Jayam Ravi, Tamannaah Bhatia, Shaam |
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| 2011 |
Velayudham |
Tamil |
Vijay, Genelia D'Souza, Hansika Motwani |
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[edit] References
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Films directed by M. Raja
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Raja, M. |
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Madurai |
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