Rajasekhar (director)
Rajasekhar |
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Died |
1991 |
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Occupation |
Director, screenwriter |
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Years active |
1978–1991 |
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Rajasekhar was an Indian film director and producer of Kollywood. He was one of the most successful director of 1980s and his major works were with Rajnikanth and Kamal Haasan .Almost all of Rajnikanth's mid to late 80s blockbusters like Thambikku Entha Ooru, Padikkadavan, Maapillai and Dharma Dorai were directed by Rajasekhar. He was also the director of Kamal Haasan movies Vikram, the first Tamil film which crossed the budget of 1 crore and Kakki Chattai, the cult entertainer. He also directed Malaiyoor Mambattiyan which was a sliver jublee hit, and Maaveeran the only movie that did not do well in box office. He also directed Vijaykanth movie Eetti and Cooliekkaran which was a silver jublee hit.
He died shortly before the 100 days celebration of his last film Dharma Dorai in an accident in the year 1991.
Filmography
Year | Film | Language | Cast | Notes |
1980 |
Punnami Naagu |
Telugu |
Chiranjeevi, Rati Agnihotri, Narasimha Raju |
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1981 |
Jeene Ki Arzoo |
Hindi |
Mithun Chakraborty, Rati Agnihotri, Rakesh Roshan |
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1981 |
Kanneer Pookkal |
Tamil |
Vijayan, Sripriya, Roopa |
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1982 |
Amma |
Tamil |
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1983 |
Malaiyoor Mambattiyan |
Tamil |
Thiagarajan, Saritha, Jaishankar, Silk Smita |
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1984 |
Thambikku Entha Ooru |
Tamil |
Rajinikanth, Madhavi, Sulakshana, Sathyaraj |
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1984 |
Gangvaa |
Hindi |
Rajinikanth, Shabana Azmi, Suresh Oberoi, Amrish Puri, Sarika |
Remake of Malaiyoor Mambattiyan |
1985 |
Eetti |
Tamil |
Vijayakanth, Vishnuvardhan, Nalini, Viji, Sathyaraj |
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1985 |
Padikkadavan |
Tamil |
Rajinikanth, Sivaji Ganesan, Ambika |
Remake of Khud-Daar |
1985 |
Kaakki Sattai |
Tamil |
Kamal Haasan. Madhavi, Ambika, Sathyaraj, Rajeev |
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1986 |
Vikram |
Tamil |
Kamal Haasan, Sathyaraj, Amjad Khan, Ambika, Dimple Kapadia, Lizy |
Based on novel of same name by Sujatha Rangarajan |
1986 |
Kanmaniye Pesu |
Tamil |
Sivakumar, Lakshmi, Ambika |
Remake of Baseraa |
1986 |
Murattuk Karangal |
Tamil |
Thiagarajan, Sathyaraj, Jaishankar, Ravichandran, Bhanu Chander, Sulakshana |
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1986 |
Kalamellam Unn Madiyil |
Tamil |
Murali, Jayashree |
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1986 |
Lakshmi Vandhachu |
Tamil |
Sivaji Ganesan |
Remake of Khubsoorat |
1986 |
Maaveeran |
Tamil |
Rajinikanth, Ambika, Sujatha |
Remake of Mard |
1987 |
Cooliekkaran |
Tamil |
Vijayakanth, Rupini |
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1988 |
Kazhugumalai Kallan |
Tamil |
Charan Raj, Rekha, Disco Shanthi |
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1988 |
Paatti Sollai Thattathe |
Tamil |
Pandiarajan, Urvashi, Manorama, S. S. Chandran |
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1989 |
Mappillai |
Tamil |
Rajinikanth, Amala, Srividya, Chiranjeevi |
Remake of Attaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu |
1989 |
Karunguyil Kundram |
Tamil |
Charan Raj, Saranya Ponvannan, Pandiyan |
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1990 |
Pudhu Varisu |
Tamil |
Pandiarajan, Rohini |
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1990 |
Bamma Maata Bangaru Baata |
Telugu |
Bhanumathi Ramakrishna, Rajendra Prasad, Gouthami, Nutan Prasad |
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1991 |
Dharma Dorai |
Tamil |
Rajinikanth, Madhu, Gouthami, Nizhalgal Ravi, Charan Raj |
Remade in Kannada as Deva |
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