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Date of Birth
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02-June-1956
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Place of Birth
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Madurai
(India, Tamil Nadu, Madurai district)
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Nationality
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India
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Also know as
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Gopalaratnam Subramaniam, Manirathnam, Mani Rathnam, Mani Sir, Gopala Ratnam Subramaniam, मणि रतà¥à¤¨à¤®, मणि सर, गोपाला रतà¥à¤¨à¤® सà¥à¤¬à¥à¤°à¤¹à¥à¤®à¤£à¥à¤¯à¤®, गोपालारतà¥à¤¨à¤® सà¥à¤¬à¥à¤°à¤¹à¥à¤®à¤£à¥à¤¯à¤®
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Profession
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Film director, Screenwriter, Film Producer, Writer
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Gopala Ratnam Subramaniam is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema, based in Chennai. Widely regarded as one of the leading directors in Indian cinema, he made his directorial debut with the Kannada film Pallavi Anu Pallavi in 1983. Despite a commercial failure the film earned critical acclaim and fetched an award for the screenplay at the Karnataka State Film Awards. Ratnam's following efforts were the Malayalam film Unaru, and two Tamil films—Pagal Nilavu and Idhaya Kovil—both in 1985. He came into prominence after Mouna Ragam, a story that dealt with the friction between a newly–wed couple. He followed that with the Godfatheresque Nayagan that went on to gain national acclaim. The film was among the three Indian films to be named by Time magazine's list of All-Time 100 Greatest Movies. Ratnam entered Telugu cinema with the romantic drama Geethanjali.
Anjali released in 1990, story of a mentally disabled child, was submitted by India for the Academy Award consideration in the category of Best Foreign Language Film. He is well known for his "terrorism trilogy" consisting of Roja, Bombay and Dil Se... Ratnam is widely credited with having revolutionised the Tamil film industry and altering the profile of Indian cinema.
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