Tamilvannan

Tamilvannan, credited as T. Tamilvannan, is an Indian film director in Tamil cinema whose best known films are Kalvanin Kadhali and Machakaaran. He started as an assistant director to Ezhil on Thullatha Manamum Thullum, the Vijay hit, and then on Pennin Manathai Thottu with Prabhu Deva, and went on to work as a co-director on Poovellam Un Vasam with Ajith Kumar and on Raja. His directorial debut was Kalvanin Kadhali, a 2006 film starring S. J. Suryah and Nayanthara that did well at the box office. He followed it with Machakaaran, with Jeevan in the lead, and a third film titled Nandhi. Later he worked on a shelved project titled Uyarntha Manidhan, which was to star Amitabh Bachchan and S. J. Suryah, after what the article describes as extensive script work.