Thangar Bachan

Thangar Bachan
Thangar Bachan
Born	Thangaraj; 1961; Pathirakottai, Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation(s)	Cinematographer, film director, actor, film producer, novelist
Years active	1990–

Thangar Bachan (born 1961) is an Indian film director and actor, cinematographer and novelist. He has served as jury member in National Film Awards.^[1]

Early life

Thankar Bachan was born in Pathirakottai, a village near Panruti, Cuddalore district, Tamilnadu.^[2]

Career

Bachan started his career as a cinematographer in debut film Malai Charal. He was known for his work in critically acclaimed films like Mogamul, Bharathi and Kadhal Kottai. He made his directorial debut in Azhagi.

Apart from films he occasionally contribute on literary works. Notable among his novels include Onbathu Roobai Nottu and Ammavin Kai Pesi. He eventually made these novel into films in his own direction.

Thankar Bachan was known for his contribution in portraying North Tamil Nadu villages which was not depicted in Tamil cinema properly. His story plots were set mostly at Panruti and surrounding villages. After Bharathiraja villages were best portrayed in Thangar Bachan movies. Bharathiraja himself declared that after him Bachan directs the best village films.^[3]

Filmography

As Director

Year	Film	Language	Cast	Notes
2002	Azhagi	Tamil	Parthiban, Devayani, Nandita Das
2002	Solla Marandha Kadhai	Tamil	Cheran, Rathi
2004	Thendral	Tamil	Parthiban, Uma
2005	Chidambarathil Oru Appasamy	Tamil	Thangar Bachan, Navya Nair
2007	Pallikoodam	Tamil	Narain, Sneha	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Director
2007	Onbadhu Roobai Nottu	Tamil	Sathyaraj, Archana
2012	Ammavin Kaipesi	Tamil	Shanthnu Bhagyaraj, Iniya
2017	Kalavaadiya Pozhuthugal	Tamil	Prabhu Deva, Bhumika Chawla
2020	Takku Mukku Tikku Thalam	Tamil	Vijith Bachan, Milana Nagaraj	TBA

As Actor

Chidambarathil Oru Appasamy (2005) as Elangovan
Pallikoodam (2007) as Kumarasamy
Ammavin Kaipesi (2012) as Prasad
Merlin (2018)

As Cinematographer only

Malai Charal (1990)
Dharma Seelan (1991)
Madhumathi (1992)
Mogamul (1993)
Veettai Paaru Naattai Paaru (1994)
Malappuram Haji Mahanaya Joji (1994) (Malayalam film)
Vaanmathi (1995)
Vaazhga Jananayagam (1995)
Karuvelam Pookkal (1996)
Kadhal Kottai (1996)
Kaalamellam Kadhal Vaazhga (1997)
Kaadhale Nimmadhi (1998)
Sirf Tum (1998) (Hindi film)
Marumalarchi (1998)
Kannedhirey Thondrinal (1999)
Kanave Kalaiyadhe (1999)
Kallazhagar (1999)
Unnudan (1999)
Bharathi (2000)
Kannukku Kannaga (2000)
Kutti (2001)
Pandavar Bhoomi (2001)
Periyar (2007)

Bibliography

Novels

Onbathu Roobai Nottu, 1996
Ammavin Kai Pesi, 2009^[4]

Short story collections

Vellai Maadu, 1993
Kodi Munthiri, 2002
Isaikaatha Isaithattu, 2006
Thangar Bachan Kathaigal^[5]
Solla Thonuthu- A collection of 50 articles published in Tamil Hindu daily news paper- 2015

Awards

1993 – Lilli Deivasigamani Memorial Award for Best Short Story Collection (Vellai Maadu)
1996 – Tamil Nadu Government's Award for Best Novel (Onbathu Rubai Nottu)^[6]
1996 – Agni Akshara Award for Best Novel (Onbathu Rubai Nottu)
1996 – Thiruppur Tamil Sangam Award for Best Novel (Onbathu Rubai Nottu)
1997 – Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer (Film – Kaalamellam Kadhal Vazhga)
1998 – "Kalaimamani" Award – awarded by the Government of Tamil Nadu for Contributions in Tamil cinema^[7]
2002 – GV SICA Award for Best Director (Film – Azhagi)
2005 – Jaya TV Award for Best Actor (Film – Chidambarathil Oru Appasamy)
2007 – Tamil Nadu State Raja Sando Award for Contribution in Film direction^[8]
2007 – Santhome Communication Award for Best Director (Film – Onbadhu Roobai Nottu)^[9]
2007 – Sathyan Memorial Film Award for Best Director (Tamil) (Film – Pallikoodam)^[10]
2007 – GV SICA Award for Best Story Dialogues (Film – Pallikoodamm)^[11]
2007 - Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Director for Pallikoodamm)^[12]
2015 - Best literary Athiththanar Award for "Thankar Bachan Kathaigal" - A Short Story Collection.

References

^ . 23 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923214059/http://www.dff.nic.in/Jury%20Profiles.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2020. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "Director appeals for help to Thane victims". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
^ "Thangar Bachan - Back with yet another controversy". South Indian Cinema Magazine. 13 June 2010.
^ "Thangar pens his thoughts". indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
^ "Thangar Bachan to release his book today". www.deccanchronicle.com. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
^ "Thangar eyes Deepavali release". indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 23 March 2009.
^ "Tamil Cinema:1999 Year Highlights". Dinakaran. Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2009.
^ "Rajini, Kamal gets TN Govt Awards". Oneindia. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2009.
^ "Chief Minister of Tamilnadu honoured by Santhome Awards". signis.net. Retrieved 23 March 2009.
^ "Sathyan Memaorial Awards announced". malayalamcinema.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2009.
^ "GV SICA AWARD TAMIL FILMS 2007". v4entertainersindia.com. Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2009.
^ "Ayngaran International". www.ayngaran.com. Retrieved 1 April 2020.

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[1] . 23 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923214059/http://www.dff.nic.in/Jury%20Profiles.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2020. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[2] "Director appeals for help to Thane victims". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 1 April 2020.

[3] "Thangar Bachan - Back with yet another controversy". South Indian Cinema Magazine. 13 June 2010.

[4] "Thangar pens his thoughts". indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 3 March 2009.

[5] "Thangar Bachan to release his book today". www.deccanchronicle.com. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2016.

[6] "Thangar eyes Deepavali release". indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 23 March 2009.

[7] "Tamil Cinema:1999 Year Highlights". Dinakaran. Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2009.

[8] "Rajini, Kamal gets TN Govt Awards". Oneindia. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2009.

[9] "Chief Minister of Tamilnadu honoured by Santhome Awards". signis.net. Retrieved 23 March 2009.

[10] "Sathyan Memaorial Awards announced". malayalamcinema.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2009.

[11] "GV SICA AWARD TAMIL FILMS 2007". v4entertainersindia.com. Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2009.

[12] "Ayngaran International". www.ayngaran.com. Retrieved 1 April 2020.

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v t e Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Director
1967–1980	C. N. Shanmugam (1967) Krishnan–Panju (1968) P. Neelakantan (1969) P. Madhavan (1970) Not awarded (1971) Not awarded (1972) Not awarded (1973) Not awarded (1974) Not awarded (1975) Not awarded (1976) Bharathiraja (1977) Durai (1978) S. P. Muthuraman (1979) K. Balachander (1980)
1981–2000	Bharathiraja (1981) Muktha Srinivasan (1982) Not awarded (1983) Not awarded (1984) Not awarded (1985) Not awarded (1986) Not awarded (1987) P. R. Devaraj (1988) K. Balachander (1989) Vikraman (1990) P. Vasu (1991) Mani Ratnam (1992) Shankar (1993) K. S. Ravikumar (1994) Vasanth (1995) Agathiyan (1996) Vikraman & Cheran (1997) R. Parthiban (1998) Bala (1999) Vikraman (2000)
2001–present	Susi Ganesan (2001) Mani Ratnam (2002) Karu Palaniappan (2003) Cheran (2004) Shankar (2005) Thirumurugan (2006) Thangar Bachan (2007) Radha Mohan (2008) Vasanthabalan (2009) Prabhu Solomon (2010) A. L. Vijay (2011) Balaji Sakthivel (2012) Ram (2013) N. Ragavan (2014) Sudha Kongara (2015)

v t e Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer
1968–1980	P. N. Sundaram (1968) Marcus Bartley (1969) Amirtham (1970) — (1971) — (1972) — (1973) — (1974) — (1975) — (1976) Babu (1977–78) A. Somasundaram, Nallusamy / Gnanasekar, Tiwary (1978–79) B. S. Lokanath (1979–80) Ashok Kumar (1980–81)
1981–2000	B. Kannan (1981–82) Soumendu Roy (1982–83) — (1984) — (1985) — (1986) — (1987) Ajayan Vincent (1988) Ashok Kumar (1989) Abdul Rahman (1990) Raghunatha Reddy (1991) Santosh Sivan (1992) M. C. Shekar (1993) Jeeva (1994) Santosh Sivan (1995) Arthur A. Wilson (1996) Thangar Bachan (1997) Annadurai (1998) Ilavarasu (1999) Ananda Kuttan (2000)
2001–present	R. Rathnavelu (2001) Arjun Jena (2002) N. K. Ekambaram (2003) B. Kannan (2004) R. D. Rajasekhar (2005) Ravi Varman (2006) Nirav Shah (2007) Arthur A. Wilson (2008) Manoj Paramahamsa (2009) Santosh Sivan / V. Manikandan (2010) Balasubramaniem (2011) M. Sukumar (2012) Siddharth (2013) Nirav Shah (2014) Ramji (2015)