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Atlee

Directors and Filmmakers

Atlee, born Arun Kumar on 21 September 1986, is an Indian filmmaker who works mainly in Tamil cinema and has also directed in Hindi. After a degree in visual communications at Sathyabama University in Chennai and a short film, En Mel Vizhundha Mazhaithuli, he approached several directors for work and was taken on by S. Shankar, under whom he was assistant director on Enthiran in 2010 and Nanban in 2012. His directorial debut was the romantic comedy Raja Rani in 2013, which earned more than 50 crore rupees and won him the Vijay Award for Best Debut Director. He then wrote and directed Theri in 2016, Mersal in 2017 and Bigil in 2019, all starring Vijay, with Bigil becoming the highest-grossing Tamil film of its year. He made his Hindi debut with Jawan in 2023, one of the highest-grossing Indian films. With his wife Krishna Priya he runs the production house A for Apple Productions, which produced Sangili Bungili Kadhava Thorae, Andhaghaaram and the Hindi film Baby John, a remake of Theri. His films have also drawn plagiarism allegations, which he says he has defeated in court.

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Birth Year
1986 1
Role
Director 1
Classification
Award
Vijay Award for Best Debut Director 1
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Works Created

Raja Rani (2013 film), Landmark Works
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India

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is an Indian filmmaker who primarily works in Tamil films
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1. Atlee (director) (Wikipedia)
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    (born 21 September 1986) is an Indian filmmaker who primarily works in Tamil films
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    He made his directorial debut with the film Raja Rani (2013)
  • Lead, nationality
    is an Indian filmmaker who primarily works in Tamil films
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    for which he was awarded Best Debut Director by the Vijay Award
  • Associated With: Film, Lead, medium
    is an Indian filmmaker who primarily works in Tamil films
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Raja Rani (2013 film) (Wikipedia)
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written and directed by Atlee
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