Production

A. M. Rathnam

Born

1960-04-04 (66)

Place of birth

Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India

Known for

Production

Credits

31 titles

A. M. Rathnam is an Indian film producer, lyricist, screenwriter, and director known for his works in Telugu and Tamil cinema. he has produced blockbusters in Telugu such as Karthavyam (1990), Peddarikam (1992), Sneham Kosam (1999), and Kushi (2001). He ventured into Tamil cinema in 1996 with the blockbuster Indian, which was India's Official Entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards. He then produced films such as Natpukkaga, Kadhalar Dhinam, Kushi, Run, Dhool, Kovil, Ghilli, 7G Rainbow Colony, Sivakasi, Dharmapuri, Arrambam, Yennai Arindhaal and Vedalam.

Known for

Boys poster
6.7

The story centers on six youngsters, who experience the downfalls of teenage life. The film conveys a message about the importance of a good education and career over other distractions, such as romance and sex.

Boys

2003

Dil Hi Dil Mein poster
7.3

Ram Chandra is a Tamilian who lives in a shanty hut in Bombay's Dharavi, along with his mom and a younger sister. He dream is to attend school, which he does so, after his sister is loaned out to a beggar to collect alms, but she is unable to withstand hunger for long and passes away. Ram leaves home and subsequently works hard, studies, becomes rich and constructs several colleges to accommodate needy students. One such student he accommodates is a new arrival from Allahabad, Raja, and he arranges his admission in Ram Chandra College for Business Management along with full board and shelter. He also helps Raja sort out his personal problems, including his romance with a young woman he met at the Cyber Café and then at Bandra Railway Station. While Ram Chandra is busy arranging his daughter's marriage with Rajesh Gupta, the only son of a multi-millionaire and educationist, he is quite unaware that the object of Raja's affections is none other than Roja, his very own daughter.

Dil Hi Dil Mein

2000

Dhool poster
6.1

Arumugham is an uneducated, good hearted, helpful village hick. Easwari is his childhood friend. A chemical factory in the village pollutes the local river and when all attempts to stop the factory waste from going to the drinking water falls flat, the villagers decide to send Arumugham to Chennai and meet the concerned minister who has won from their constituency. He sets out for the city with Easwari and her grandmother and they stay with Arumugham's friend and gang.

Dhool

2003

Kushi poster
7.1

College friends Jenny and Shiva part ways due to a misunderstanding. Although they are in love and realize they cannot live without each other, their egos prevent them from uniting.

Kushi

2000

Kadhalar Dhinam poster
7.3

Two college students, the slum child Raja and the dean's daughter Roja, chat with each other over the Internet and fall in love. However, Roja is engaged and Raja cannot bear to disrespect her father, to whom he owes his livelihood.

Kadhalar Dhinam

1999

Yennai Arindhaal poster
6.9

Sathyadev, who is on a career break, is forced to put on his cop shoes ones again to save Thenmozhi, a young woman who is the target of a criminal organ harvesting group, led by a ghost from his past.

Yennai Arindhaal

2015

Behind the camera

Boys poster
6.7

The story centers on six youngsters, who experience the downfalls of teenage life. The film conveys a message about the importance of a good education and career over other distractions, such as romance and sex.

Boys

2003

Dil Hi Dil Mein poster
7.3

Ram Chandra is a Tamilian who lives in a shanty hut in Bombay's Dharavi, along with his mom and a younger sister. He dream is to attend school, which he does so, after his sister is loaned out to a beggar to collect alms, but she is unable to withstand hunger for long and passes away. Ram leaves home and subsequently works hard, studies, becomes rich and constructs several colleges to accommodate needy students. One such student he accommodates is a new arrival from Allahabad, Raja, and he arranges his admission in Ram Chandra College for Business Management along with full board and shelter. He also helps Raja sort out his personal problems, including his romance with a young woman he met at the Cyber Café and then at Bandra Railway Station. While Ram Chandra is busy arranging his daughter's marriage with Rajesh Gupta, the only son of a multi-millionaire and educationist, he is quite unaware that the object of Raja's affections is none other than Roja, his very own daughter.

Dil Hi Dil Mein

2000

Dhool poster
6.1

Arumugham is an uneducated, good hearted, helpful village hick. Easwari is his childhood friend. A chemical factory in the village pollutes the local river and when all attempts to stop the factory waste from going to the drinking water falls flat, the villagers decide to send Arumugham to Chennai and meet the concerned minister who has won from their constituency. He sets out for the city with Easwari and her grandmother and they stay with Arumugham's friend and gang.

Dhool

2003

Kushi poster
7.1

College friends Jenny and Shiva part ways due to a misunderstanding. Although they are in love and realize they cannot live without each other, their egos prevent them from uniting.

Kushi

2000

Kadhalar Dhinam poster
7.3

Two college students, the slum child Raja and the dean's daughter Roja, chat with each other over the Internet and fall in love. However, Roja is engaged and Raja cannot bear to disrespect her father, to whom he owes his livelihood.

Kadhalar Dhinam

1999

Yennai Arindhaal poster
6.9

Sathyadev, who is on a career break, is forced to put on his cop shoes ones again to save Thenmozhi, a young woman who is the target of a criminal organ harvesting group, led by a ghost from his past.

Yennai Arindhaal

2015

Ellame En Pondattithaan poster
NR

Ramki moves to the city to stay at his aunty Radhika's house. Radhika is married to Manivannan, a politician, who forces Radhika to nominate herself for the regional MLA position. Radhika initially refuses the chance but later gets convinced by her nephew to stand in the elections. She later becomes a MLA and wants to help and serve the people. On the other hand, her husband wants to take bribes, misuse power and become rich.

Ellame En Pondattithaan

1998

Nayak: The Real Hero poster
7.1

Shivajirao, a TV reporter, gets a chance to be the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for a day after being challenged by incumbent Chief Minister Balraj Chauhan. After his one-day stint turns out to be a huge success, his life spirals out of control and he is embroiled in political intrigue.

Nayak: The Real Hero

2001

7G Rainbow Colony 2 poster
NR

Nearly 10 years post the tragic death of Anitha, Kathir's ailing mother makes desperate attempts to get him settled after sensing his attraction to the daughter of Flat No.7G's Newest Tenant.

7G Rainbow Colony 2

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Naaga poster
3.5

A man wages a battle against politicians and their dishonourable ways of campaigning when some political goons harm his father and sister due to a trivial issue.

Naaga

2003

Naaga poster
3.5

A man wages a battle against politicians and their dishonourable ways of campaigning when some political goons harm his father and sister due to a trivial issue.

Naaga

2003

Enakku 20 Unakku 18 poster
5.5

Sridhar and Preeti begin to like each other, but part ways without confessing their feelings. Over the years, they search for each other in vain while fate keeps working its own magic. The film was also simultaneously shot and released in Telugu with a slightly different cast as Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu.

Enakku 20 Unakku 18

2003

Oxygen poster
5.5

Krishna arrives in India to get married to Shruti, but when Krishna saves her father from an attack, it is revealed he has a hidden agenda.

Oxygen

2017

Indian poster
7.0

Senapathy, an ex-freedom fighter, is angry. He is angry against the rampant corruption at every level of the bureaucracy. He will clean it up at any cost.

Indian

1996

7G Rainbow Colony poster
6.8

Kathir is a young underachiever who frequently vents his frustrations through public outbursts. When Anitha, a North Indian girl whose family has fallen on hard times, moves into his housing colony, he soon decides to pursue her with his love, but she keeps rejecting his advances.

7G Rainbow Colony

2004

Arrambam poster
6.2

A former anti-terrorism officer teams up with a hacker and his girlfriend to execute a string of strategic attacks. As the authorities race to stop them, their true motive slowly unravels—a dangerous mission to uncover a high-level conspiracy involving government corruption and betrayal.

Arrambam

2013

Khushi poster
6.6

College friends Siddhu and Madhumati part ways due to a misunderstanding. Although they are in love and realize they cannot live without each other, their egos prevent them from uniting.

Khushi

2001

Natpukkaga poster
6.2

A rich man's daughter accuses a loyal servant of attempting to rape her and sends him out of the house. However, she later reveals that she had falsely accused him as she had hated his father.

Natpukkaga

1998

Sivakasi poster
5.6

Muthappa is forced to leave his house at a young age for a crime that his older brother, Udayappa, committed. When he returns home, he learns about his brother's antics and decides to punish him.

Sivakasi

2005

Vedalam poster
5.9

Ganesh, a cab driver and a doting brother to his sister Tamizh, is hunting down three notorious criminals in Kolkata. Who is he actually and what's his motive?

Vedalam

2015

Ghilli poster
7.1

Muthu Pandi, a village strongman, decides to marry Dhanalakshmi, and begins his quest by eliminating everyone who opposes their union - starting with both her brothers. In desperation, Dhanalakshmi decides to escape from the village, and in the process is unwittingly assisted by a university Kabaddi player Velu.

Ghilli

2004

Ponniyin Selvan poster
5.5

Venu is a youth struck with an inferiority complex, who loses all his confidence to come up in life. However, he comes across a bunch of people and his encounter with them instills confidence in his mind to fight and succeed.

Ponniyin Selvan

2005

Kovil poster
5.4

Shaktivel and Angel, who belong to rival villages, fall in love with each other. However, as Angel's father is unhappy with her choice of groom, he forces her to become a nun.

Kovil

2004

Kedi poster
3.2

A happy-go-lucky student at a university gets embroiled in a love triangle with two very different young women.

Kedi

2006

Karthavyam poster
7.0

Karthavyam is a 1990 Telugu film directed by Mohan Gandhi. The film was a super hit and was subsequently dubbed into Tamil as Vyjayanthi IPS and became a hit there too. The lead actress Vijayashanti won the National Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in this film.

Karthavyam

1991

Run poster
6.9

Siva comes to Madras from a small Tamil Nadu town to study. He instantly falls in love with elusive stranger Priya who resists his charms quite persistently. Madhavan later discovers that romancing Priya can be a dangerous hobby.

Run

2002

Karuppan poster
5.9

A man wins the hand of a girl after winning in jallikattu, but her relative, who had hopes of marrying her, tries to cause a permanent rift between the couple.

Karuppan

2017

No artwork available
NR

Against mafia opposition, Krishna Murthy aims to establish a biscuit factory on his father's land.

Sankalpam

1995

Dharmapuri poster
5.5

Dharmapuri movie revolves around Sivaram (Vijayakanth) who lives in exile in Rameswaram with his parents, father Meiyappan (Vijaykumar) and mother Sumithra. Meiyappan is a sincere farmer and a head of a village in Dharmapuri.He strongly believes in traditional industry and encourages his fellow people to take up businesses like making clay pots and artifacts instead of selling their lands to large builders in cities, who want their lands for its rich sand soil. To gain confidence among his people, Meiyappan donates his 200 acres of land for the benefit of the village.

Dharmapuri

2006

Peddarikam poster
NR

Krishna Mohan and Janaki, youngsters from two rival families, try to deceive one another. But as forbidden love blossoms between them, they strive to end their families' enmity.

Peddarikam

1992

Peddarikam poster
NR

Krishna Mohan and Janaki, youngsters from two rival families, try to deceive one another. But as forbidden love blossoms between them, they strive to end their families' enmity.

Peddarikam

1992