Pa Ranjith made his directorial debut with the 2012 romantic comedy Attakathi, before earning unanimously positive reviews for his second film, the political drama Madras.
16 Facts About Pa Ranjith
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Pa Ranjith graduated from Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai, and has described how his travels to and from his college often helped create inspiration for film ideas.
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Pa Ranjith gained inspiration from films including The Battle of Algiers, Gunda and City of God, stating they changed his thinking of cinema and revealed that they had a deep impact on him.
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Pa Ranjith joined the film industry as an assistant director and first worked on Shiva Shanmugam's Thagapansamy, which he has since revealed as an "unmemorable stint", before moving on to apprentice under film maker Venkat Prabhu.
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Pa Ranjith initially helped prepare a storyboard for a Malaysian album that Venkat Prabhu had been working on in 2006, before gaining trust and being allowed to work closely with him during the making of Chennai 600028.
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Pa Ranjith informed that some changes were made to the script to accommodate Karthi in the lead role.
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Pa Ranjith began pre-production work for a venture starring Suriya in October 2014, after the actor approached him being impressed with Madras.
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Pa Ranjith marked his foray into production under his banner Neelam Productions with release of two documentaries titled Dr Shoe Maker and Beware of Castes: Mirchpur.
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In 2019, Pa Ranjith's worked on a Hindi-language biopic on freedom fighter Birsa Munda.
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Pa Ranjith shelved the Birsa Munda film, and wrote the script of Sarpatta Parambarai with Suriya in mind, but due to his prior commitments, he later approached Arya to play the lead role.
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Pa Ranjith, who co-produced the film under his banner Neelam Productions, along with Shanmugam Dhakshanaraj of K9 Studios.
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In 2022, Pa Ranjith worked on an episode of the anthology series Victim titled Dhammam.
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In July 2022, Pa Ranjith unveiled the first look poster for his next film Natchathiram Nagargiradhu, a film about the politics behind love, starring Dushara Vijayan, Kalidas Jayaram, and Kalaiyarasan in the lead roles.
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Pa Ranjith unveiled the first look poster for his next project Vettuvam at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
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Pa Ranjith extended his social work in another form, which is 'Neelam Panpaatu Maiyam'.
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Pa Ranjith explained that this festival would act as a platform to discuss more complex social issues through art.