Ramana Madhesh

R. Madhesh
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Occupation	Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Rathnappa Madhesh (also known as R. Madhesh) is an Indian-born Tamil film director. He was responsible for directing Vijayakanth's 150th film, Arasangam, in 2008.

Career

He entered the industry along with director Shankar and working with him since his first film 'Gentleman'. While working on films like 'Gentleman', 'Kadhalan' and 'Jeans', He was exposed to production and direction, which had helped him establish himself as a successful producer. He not only co-produced 'Mudhalvan' starring Arjun but also co-directed the movie along with Shankar.

His experience while working in 'Jeans' (directed by Shankar) helped him venture into production with courage. He also got the opportunity to tour many countries to choose the locations for 'Jeans'. His involvement in the area of film production enabled him to learn the difficulties a producer faced.

Madhesh, who had distributed many movies including successful ones like 'Thulluvatho Illamai' till the Ajith-starrer 'Villain'.

He produced Prashanth's Chocolate under his banner 'Movie Magic'. He directed Vijay's Madurey which was a blockbuster and Arasangam which was 150th film of Vijayakanth.

In late 2005, he work on the pre-production of a film titled Sarkar with Madhavan in the lead role, but the film eventually did not materialise.

Filmography

Year	Film	Director	Producer	Writer	Other	Notes
1999	Mudhalvan	N	Y	N
2001	Chocolate	N	Y	Y
2004	Madhurey	Y	Y	Y
2009	Arasangam	Y	N	Y
2012	Mirattal	Y	N	Y
2014	Kochadaiiyaan	N	N	N	Y	As creative director
2016	Friends	Y	N	Y		Marathi film

External links

• R. Madhesh on IMDB
• The Official Website