John Mahendran
John Mahendran | |
|---|---|
| Other names | John Roshan |
| Occupation | Director |
| Years active | 2002 - present |
| Parent | 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 Mahendran.[1]
Career[edit]
John Mahendran directed two low-key Telugu films: Preminchedi Endukamma and Neetho.[2] He remade Neetho in Tamil as Sachein (2005) with Vijay, Genelia D'Souza and Bipasha Basu in the lead roles.[3][4] John later worked on the independent Tamil film Aanivaer (2006), 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.[5]
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 .[6] Subsequently, he worked as a writer on film including Kaashmora (2016) starring Karthi and Nayanthara Directed by Gokul and Motta Siva Ketta Siva (2017), while working as a screenplay and dialogue writing teacher at the Bofta Film Institute based in Chennai.[7] Currently he is writing for the Tamil movie Visithiran, official remake of Malayalam movie Joseph, Directed by M.Padmakumar.[8]
Filmography[edit]
Director[edit]
| Year | Film | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Preminchedi Endukamma | Telugu | |
| 2002 | Neetho | Telugu | |
| 2005 | Sachein | Tamil | |
| 2007 | Aanivaer | Tamil |
Actor[edit]
| Year | Film | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Raangi | Tamil |
Writer[edit]
- All films are in Tamil including dubs. He has translated other language films into Tamil.
| Year | Film | Screenplay | Dialogues | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Settai | Yes | Yes | |
| 2013 | Ambikapathy | No | Translated | |
| 2013 | Athiradi Vettai | No | Translated | |
| 2017 | Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva | No | Yes | |
| 2018 | Kashmora | No | Yes | |
| 2018 | Darbar | No | Yes | |
| 2021 | Kabadadaari | No | Yes | |
| 2022 | Visithiran | No | Yes | |
| 2022 | Vikrant Rona | No | Translated |
References[edit]
- ^ "John Roshan on director Mahendran's next".
- ^ "Idle Brain".
- ^ "9 Super Hit Telugu Films Remade By 'Beast' Actor Vijay In Tamil". The Times of India. 13 April 2022.
- ^ "Bipasha is not there just for an item number".
- ^ "Comedy, creativity mark cultural extravaganza". The Hindu. 8 September 2007.
- ^ IANS (21 June 2013). "Dhanush an effortless actor: John Mahendran". Business Standard India.
- ^ "Kaashmora (2016) - IMDb". IMDb. 28 October 2016.
- ^ "RK Suresh to remake 'Joseph' in Tamil, Bala to produce". Archived from the original on 6 October 2019.
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