Ameer (director)

Ameer
Ameer
Born	5 December 1967 (age 56); Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation(s)	Film director, film producer, screenwriter, actor

Ameer Sultan (born 5 December 1967) is an Indian film director, producer and actor, working in the Tamil film industry. He has directed four films and was critically acclaimed for three of them, the romantic comedy Mounam Pesiyadhe (2002), the mystery thriller Raam (2005) and the drama Paruthiveeran (2007). He made his acting debut in Yogi (2009).

Early life and career

Ameer Sultan was born in Madurai, Tamil Nadu India. He initially studied economics and worked as an entrepreneur before starting to work as an assistant director to Tamil filmmaker Bala on his award-winning film Sethu in 1999 and Nandha in 2001. Shortly after, he directed his first film, the romantic comedy Mounam Pesiyadhe (2002). The film starred Suriya in the lead and became Trisha Krishnan's first release featuring her in a leading role. The same year, he began his own production company, Teamwork Production House. His second directorial was the mystery thriller Raam, which he produced himself and released A three years later. The film, which revolves around an autistic teenager, portrayed by Jiiva, who is highly attached to his mother, but becomes suspected of having murdered her, received critical acclaim, with Jeeva and the film's composer Yuvan Shankar Raja winning awards at the 2005 Cyprus International Film Festival.^[2] It also became Jeeva's breakthrough in the film industry, who till then had appeared in two unsuccessful home productions only.^[3]^[4] In 2007, he directed the drama Paruthiveeran set in a village in Tamil Nadu, which marked the debut of Karthi, younger son of Sivakumar and brother of Suriya. Critics heaped high praise on the film and Ameer's direction, while Karthi as well as Priyamani, who performed the female lead, won several notable prizes for their performances. Paruthiveeran remains Ameer's most acclaimed work, having received six Filmfare Awards South including the Best Film and Best Director trophies, two National Film Awards, two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and four Vijay Awards. The film further fetched accolades at international platform, winning the Best Film Award at the Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema and Netpac Special Mention award at the Berlin International Film Festival.^[5]^[6] He did his fourth directorial, Aadhi Bhagavan, featuring Jayam Ravi and Neetu Chandra in the lead roles, released 2013 for positive reviews. Ameer's next film is Jihad which is his own production. That is a love story.

Filmography

Year	Film	Credited as				Language	Role	Notes
Year	Film	Director	Producer	Writer	Actor	Language	Role	Notes
1999	Sethu	N	N	N	Y	Tamil	College Student	Cameo appearance
2002	Mounam Pesiyadhe	Y	N	Y	N	Tamil
2005	Raam	Y	Y	Y	N	Tamil
2007	Paruthiveeran	Y	N	Y	N	Tamil		Filmfare Award for Best Director – Tamil
2009	Yogi	N	Y	Y	Y	Tamil	Yogeshwaran (Yogi)
2011	Yuddham Sei	N	N	N	Y	Tamil		Special appearance
2013	Aadhi Bhagavan	Y	N	Y	N	Tamil
2014	Ninaithathu Yaaro	N	N	N	Y	Tamil	Himself	Guest appearance
2018	Vada Chennai	N	N	N	Y	Tamil	Rajan	Ananda Vikatan Cinema Award Best Supporting Actor
2020	Achamillai Achamillai	N	Y	Y	Y	Tamil
2020	Narkaali	N	N	N	Y	Tamil

Controversy

On 24 October 2008, Ameer was arrested.^[7] Being a Tamil activist, he took part in a film rally condemning state atrocities against Tamils in Sri Lanka, organised by director Bharathiraja, also a Tamil activist, and other prominent Tamil directors, actors, and producers. The rally was part of statewide protests across Tamil Nadu in 2008 condemning Sri Lanka. During the rally, Ameer and fellow director Seeman made speeches criticising the Indian government and expressing support to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, a Tamil separatist group on the island and condemning the genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka.^[8]^[9] The two were later released on bail with the help of their assistant directors, Bharathiraja, and actor R. Sarath Kumar. Other Film directors such as Balu Mahendra, Bhagyaraj, Cheran, R K Selvamani, V Sekar, Bala, Rajkapoor, lyricists Arivumathi, Snehan and others waited from 8 am for the two directors' release.^[10] Ameer has expressed strong support to Eelam Tamils right to self-determination and the independence of Tamil Eelam.^[11]

Awards

Filmfare Awards South
Best Movie (Tamil)
2007 Paruthiveeran
Best Director (Tamil)
2007 Paruthiveeran
Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema's Award for Best Film
2007 Paruthiveeran
Berlin Film Festival – Netpac Award – Special Mention
2007 Paruthiveeran

8th South Indian International Movie Awards
SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
2019 Vada Chennai

References

^ "TANTIS". Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
^ "Events – Actor Jeeva Felicitated". IndiaGlitz. 31 March 2006. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
^ "Jeeva: I risked my life for Dishyum". Rediff.com. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
^ "Welcome To". Sify.com. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
^ "9th Osian Cinefan, Festival of Asian & Arab Cinema".
^ "Paruthiveeran honoured at Berlin festival".
^ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/42580.html
^ "Cases to be filed against Seeman, Ameer". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 24 October 2008.
^ "Ameer and Seeman arrested". Sify.com. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
^ "Directors' cut: Ameer, Seeman walk out of jail, as role mode". Indian Express. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
^ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/47719.html

http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/95724.html Tamil Cinema News - Ameer - Maalaimalar.com ^[1]

External links

Ameer Sultan at IMDb

^ https://cinema.maalaimalar.com/Cinema/Artist/Actor/Ameer

[1] "TANTIS". Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2018.

[2] "Events – Actor Jeeva Felicitated". IndiaGlitz. 31 March 2006. Retrieved 9 January 2011.

[3] "Jeeva: I risked my life for Dishyum". Rediff.com. Retrieved 22 April 2018.

[4] "Welcome To". Sify.com. Retrieved 22 April 2018.

[5] "9th Osian Cinefan, Festival of Asian & Arab Cinema".

[6] "Paruthiveeran honoured at Berlin festival".

[7] ttp://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/42580.html

[8] "Cases to be filed against Seeman, Ameer". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 24 October 2008.

[9] "Ameer and Seeman arrested". Sify.com. Retrieved 22 April 2018.

[nie-10] "Directors' cut: Ameer, Seeman walk out of jail, as role mode". Indian Express. Retrieved 2 April 2014.

[11] ttp://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/47719.html

[12] ttps://cinema.maalaimalar.com/Cinema/Artist/Actor/Ameer

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v t e Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Director
1972–1990	P. Madhavan (1972) A. C. Tirulokchandar (1973) K. Balachander (1974) K. Balachander (1975) S. P. Muthuraman (1976) S. P. Muthuraman (1977) Bharathiraja (1978) Mahendran (1979) K. Balachander (1980) K. Balachander (1981) Balu Mahendra (1982) A. Jagannathan (1983) K. Balachander (1984) Fazil (1985) Mani Ratnam (1986) Bharathiraja (1987) Balu Mahendra (1988) K. Balachander (1989) Mani Ratnam (1990)
1991–2010	Mani Ratnam (1991) K. Balachander (1992) Shankar (1993) Shankar (1994) Mani Ratnam (1995) Agathiyan (1996) Cheran (1997) Cheran (1998) Bala (1999) Rajiv Menon (2000) Cheran (2001) Mani Ratnam (2002) Bala (2003) Cheran (2004) Shankar (2005) Vasanthabalan (2006) Ameer Sultan (2007) M. Sasikumar (2008) Priyadarshan (2009) Vasanthabalan (2010)
2011–present	Vetrimaaran (2011) Balaji Sakthivel (2012) Bala (2013) AR Murugadoss (2014) Mohan Raja (2015) Sudha Kongara (2016) Pushkar–Gayathri (2017)