1. Bharathiraja is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor who works mainly in the Tamil film industry.
23 Facts About Bharathiraja
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Bharathiraja started his film career as an assistant to Kannada filmmaker Puttanna Kanagal.
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Bharathiraja confirmed his versatility and refusal to be tied down to one particular genre with an experimental film Nizhalgal, and the action thriller Tik Tik Tik.
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Bharathiraja has successfully managed to modernise his film-making techniques for the 1990s.
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Bharathiraja was on the same stage in 1996 to receive another National Award for Anthimanthaarai.
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In late 1996, Bharathiraja was signed on to direct two films, with the Sarathkumar-starrer Vaakkapatta Bhoomi announced in October.
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Bharathiraja planned to revive Vaakkapatta Bhoomi with Cheran during late 2004, but the collaboration did not materialise.
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In 2008, Bharathiraja made his television debut with series Thekkathi Ponnu which aired on Kalaignar TV.
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Bharathiraja went on to direct two other series Appanum Aathaalum and Muthal Mariyathai for the same channel.
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Bharathiraja later moved on to plan a film starring director Vasanth's son, Ritwik Varun, and Vikram's nephew, but the film was dropped after two schedules.
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Bharathiraja changed the attire of male lead role as simple and without much cosmetics and female leads in his films as dusky looking which were before dominated by fair skinned ladies.
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Bharathiraja started the style of directors speaking to the audience with his famous dialogue "En Iniya Thamizh Makkale ".
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Bharathiraja is revered as one of the best directors of Indian cinema.
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Bharathiraja's ideas were original and his subjects were complex ideas expressed in a manner every common man could understand.
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Bharathiraja is known for introducing a number of new faces to the film industry.
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Bharathiraja has introduced many actors as new faces notable among them are Karthik, Radha, Revathi, Radhika, and Vijayashanti.
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Bharathiraja was instrumental in portraying Sathyaraj for the first time in lead role.
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Bharathiraja inspired many young film makers and runs a school called Bharathi Raja International Institute of Cinema on film making.
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Bharathiraja directed socially themed films with special emphasis on women and their complicated interpersonal relationships.
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Bharathiraja addressed other social evils like caste discrimination in his films.
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Bharathiraja married ChandraLeela in 1974 and has two children Manoj Bharathiraja.
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Bharathiraja's relative Stalin is a television actor who acted in serials such as Saravanan Meenatchi and 7C.
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List of TV Serials directed by Bharathiraja and aired on Kalaignar TV.