Directing
Jayabharathi
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Directing
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Jayabharathi (1946 or 1947 – 6 December 2024) was an Indian film director and screenwriter who worked on Tamil films. Regarded as one of the pioneers of alternate cinema in the Tamil film industry, Jayabharathi directed nine films across five decades. As a film student in the 1970s, Jayabharathi explored the idea of making films in an alternate genre in Tamil cinema and became one of the pioneers of the movement. His first film Kudisai (1979) was released after he undertook a crowd-funding route in order to raise Rs90,000 to distribute the film for screening, and in order to generate investment, he sold donation tickets and conducted programmes at government colleges. The film won critical …
Known for
Shanthi is worried when an astrologer predicts the death of Balu, her husband. Things turn upside down when Balu, who does not believe in astrology, comes to know about it.
Rendum Rendum Anju
1988
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Kudisai
1979
Kurukshetram (2006) is a Tamil film directed by director Jeyabharathi, starring Sathyaraj, Roja and Rajendra. Bharath (Sathyaraj) and his wife Vaishnavi (Roja) live in Western America with their children Subash and Sindu. Riots break out in the part of America where Bharath and his family live.
Gurukshetram
2006
NRSix years of marriage Father and Mother are blessed with a son,now eight years old. One evening he is playing with his friends. He does not return home after that. The couple search everywhere for the son. Son is not found. Mother goes into a severe depression. Father applies for a transfer and they relocate to the City. One day Father passes by a slum and is shocked to see children made to work as slaves.The couple protest with hunger strike.On the way to home they are beaten up by hired henchmen. Mother dies.Father is bleeding badly. Meanwhile a social activist group comes to rescue the group of children after getting the news of the protest. Among the rescued children is the Son.
Puthran
2010
Set among the streets of Madras and filmed in real time, with unknown actors, this is a story of the complex relations between family members.
Uchi Veyil
1990
No synopsis available yet.
Oomai Janangal
1984
Behind the camera
Shanthi is worried when an astrologer predicts the death of Balu, her husband. Things turn upside down when Balu, who does not believe in astrology, comes to know about it.
Rendum Rendum Anju
1988
Shanthi is worried when an astrologer predicts the death of Balu, her husband. Things turn upside down when Balu, who does not believe in astrology, comes to know about it.
Rendum Rendum Anju
1988
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Kudisai
1979
Kurukshetram (2006) is a Tamil film directed by director Jeyabharathi, starring Sathyaraj, Roja and Rajendra. Bharath (Sathyaraj) and his wife Vaishnavi (Roja) live in Western America with their children Subash and Sindu. Riots break out in the part of America where Bharath and his family live.
Gurukshetram
2006
NRSix years of marriage Father and Mother are blessed with a son,now eight years old. One evening he is playing with his friends. He does not return home after that. The couple search everywhere for the son. Son is not found. Mother goes into a severe depression. Father applies for a transfer and they relocate to the City. One day Father passes by a slum and is shocked to see children made to work as slaves.The couple protest with hunger strike.On the way to home they are beaten up by hired henchmen. Mother dies.Father is bleeding badly. Meanwhile a social activist group comes to rescue the group of children after getting the news of the protest. Among the rescued children is the Son.
Puthran
2010
NRSix years of marriage Father and Mother are blessed with a son,now eight years old. One evening he is playing with his friends. He does not return home after that. The couple search everywhere for the son. Son is not found. Mother goes into a severe depression. Father applies for a transfer and they relocate to the City. One day Father passes by a slum and is shocked to see children made to work as slaves.The couple protest with hunger strike.On the way to home they are beaten up by hired henchmen. Mother dies.Father is bleeding badly. Meanwhile a social activist group comes to rescue the group of children after getting the news of the protest. Among the rescued children is the Son.
Puthran
2010
NRSix years of marriage Father and Mother are blessed with a son,now eight years old. One evening he is playing with his friends. He does not return home after that. The couple search everywhere for the son. Son is not found. Mother goes into a severe depression. Father applies for a transfer and they relocate to the City. One day Father passes by a slum and is shocked to see children made to work as slaves.The couple protest with hunger strike.On the way to home they are beaten up by hired henchmen. Mother dies.Father is bleeding badly. Meanwhile a social activist group comes to rescue the group of children after getting the news of the protest. Among the rescued children is the Son.
Puthran
2010
Set among the streets of Madras and filmed in real time, with unknown actors, this is a story of the complex relations between family members.
Uchi Veyil
1990
No synopsis available yet.
Oomai Janangal
1984
No synopsis available yet.
Oomai Janangal
1984
Nanba Nanba ( transl. Friend, my dear friend) is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Jayabharathi, starring Charle and Chandrasekhar. The film was released on 27 December 2002 and received critical acclaim, winning Chandrasekhar the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Nanba Nanba
2002
Nanba Nanba ( transl. Friend, my dear friend) is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Jayabharathi, starring Charle and Chandrasekhar. The film was released on 27 December 2002 and received critical acclaim, winning Chandrasekhar the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Nanba Nanba
2002