Rajasekhar (director)

Rajasekhar
Died 1991
Occupation Director, screenwriter
Years active 1978–1991

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
1981 Jeene Ki Arzoo Hindi Mithun Chakraborty, Rati Agnihotri, Rakesh Roshan
1981 Kanneer Pookkal Tamil Vijayan, Sripriya, Roopa
1982 Amma Tamil
1983 Malaiyoor Mambattiyan Tamil Thiagarajan, Saritha, Jaishankar, Silk Smita
1984 Thambikku Entha Ooru Tamil Rajinikanth, Madhavi, Sulakshana, Sathyaraj
1984 Gangvaa Hindi Rajinikanth, Shabana Azmi, Suresh Oberoi, Amrish Puri, Sarika Remake of Malaiyoor Mambattiyan
1985 Eetti Tamil Vijayakanth, Vishnuvardhan, Nalini, Viji, Sathyaraj
1985 Padikkadavan Tamil Rajinikanth, Sivaji Ganesan, Ambika Remake of Khud-Daar
1985 Kaakki Sattai Tamil Kamal Haasan. Madhavi, Ambika, Sathyaraj, Rajeev
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
1986 Kalamellam Unn Madiyil Tamil Murali, Jayashree
1986 Lakshmi Vandhachu Tamil Sivaji Ganesan Remake of Khubsoorat
1986 Maaveeran Tamil Rajinikanth, Ambika, Sujatha Remake of Mard
1987 Cooliekkaran Tamil Vijayakanth, Rupini
1988 Kazhugumalai Kallan Tamil Charan Raj, Rekha, Disco Shanthi
1988 Paatti Sollai Thattathe Tamil Pandiarajan, Urvashi, Manorama, S. S. Chandran
1989 Mappillai Tamil Rajinikanth, Amala, Srividya, Chiranjeevi Remake of Attaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu
1989 Karunguyil Kundram Tamil Charan Raj, Saranya Ponvannan, Pandiyan
1990 Pudhu Varisu Tamil Pandiarajan, Rohini
1990 Bamma Maata Bangaru Baata Telugu Bhanumathi Ramakrishna, Rajendra Prasad, Gouthami, Nutan Prasad
1991 Dharma Dorai Tamil Rajinikanth, Madhu, Gouthami, Nizhalgal Ravi, Charan Raj Remade in Kannada as Deva

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