AR Murugadoss is best known for directing action films mainly on social issues.
12 Facts About AR Murugadoss
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AR Murugadoss won the Filmfare Award for Best Director for his 2014 Tamil action drama Kaththi.
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AR Murugadoss then worked with S J Surya for the film Kushi before directing his first film, the Ajith starrer Dheena.
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AR Murugadoss worked with Vijay again with the box office hits Kaththi and Sarkar.
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The initials "AR" refer to his father's name Arunasalam and were added after AR Murugadoss signed his first film, Dheena, in 2001.
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AR Murugadoss had his schooling at the Government Higher Secondary School and studied BA in Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirapalli.
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AR Murugadoss subsequently became a cinephile watching up to seven films a week in his hometown and started writing jokes as well.
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AR Murugadoss became assistant director of Ratchagan for half of the film and continued as assistant script director for the Telugu film Kalusukundam Ra.
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AR Murugadoss's fifth film was Ghajini, which was a Hindi remake of his same-titled 2005 film and marked his Bollywood debut.
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AR Murugadoss signed a deal with Fox Star Studios to produce two Tamil films.
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AR Murugadoss directed the Hindi remake of the film, Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty.
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AR Murugadoss joined with Vijay for the movie Sarkar which is produced by Sun Pictures Kalanithi Maran which released on 6 November 2018 for the Diwali.