John Mahendran
John Mahendran | |
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| Other names | John Roshan |
| Occupation | Director |
| Years active | 2002 - present |
| Parent | J. 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 J. 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)https://www.wikizeroo.org/index.php?q=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5oaW5kdS5jb20vZnIvMjAwNy8wOC8xNy9zdG9yaWVzLzIwMDcwODE3NTEzOTAzMDAuaHRt, 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 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5980232/. and Motta Siva Ketta Siva (2017), while working as a screenplay and dialogue writing teacher at the Bofta Film Institute based in Chennai. Currently writing for Tamil movie Visithiran, Tamil official remake of Malayalam movie Joseph, Directed by M.Padmakumar.https://www.sify.com/movies/rk-suresh-to-remake-joseph-in-tamil-bala-to-produce-news-malayalam-tjsqHjidedaga.html
Filmography
Director
| Year | Film | Language | Notes |
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| 1999 | Preminchedi Endukamma | Telugu | |
| 2002 | Neetho | Telugu | |
| 2005 | Sachein | Tamil | |
| 2007 | Aanivaer | Tamil |
Writer
| Year | Film | Screenplay | Dialogues | Notes |
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| 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. |
| 2016 | 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". 8 September 2007 – via The Hindu.
- ^ IANS. "Dhanush an effortless actor: John Mahendran".
https://g.co/kgs/VFikG3 http://www.tamilsydney.com/content/view/44/37/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/08/17/stories/2007081751390300.htm