Lokesh Kanagaraj

Lokesh Kanagaraj is an Indian film director who works primarily in the Tamil film industry who started his film career with the 2016 anthology film called Aviyal. He is best known for writing and directing the action-thriller films Maanagaram (2017), Kaithi (2019), Master (2021) and his upcoming movie Vikram.

Lokesh Kanagaraj
Lokesh in 2020 at Zee Cine Awards Tamil
Born
Kinathukadavu, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India [1]
NationalityIndian
Alma materMalar Matric Higher Secondary School emur roade,karur-7. [2]
Occupation
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
Years active2015-present
Known forMaanagaram
Kaithi
Master

Film career

He was born in Kinathukadavu, Coimbatore. He majored in fashion technology before pursing his MBA.[3] He was an ex bank employee. He pursued his passion which is towards film making by participating in a corporate short film competition. The judge of the competition was director Karthick Subburaj. Subburaj then encouraged Lokesh to continue making films.[4]

In 2016, his short film Kaalam was included in the anthology film Aviyal produced by Karthick Subburaj.[5]

In 2017, he made his directorial feature debut with the action-thriller Maanagaram starring Sundeep Kishan, Sri, Regina Cassandra, Madhusudhan Rao, and Charle in the lead roles.[6]

In late 2018, he began working on a film for Dream Warrior Pictures, the same production company behind Maanagaram.[7] With Karthi in the lead role, the action-thriller was titled Kaithi.[8]

He completed an action-thriller Master which has Vijay and Vijay Sethupathi in the lead roles.[9] Which was released on 13 January 2021, a day before the Pongal festival. Although the film received mixed reviews, it ran successfully in theaters. [10]

In 2020, he announced his next directorial venture produced by and starring Kamal Haasan. The title of the film was revealed in a teaser as Vikram on 7 November 2020.[11]

Filmography
YearFilmDirectorWriterNotes
2016 AviyalYesYesAnthology film
Kalam segment
2017 MaanagaramYesYes
2018 Vella RajaNoYesWeb Series
Co-Writer
2019 KaithiYesYes

[12]

2021 MasterYesYes
2021 VikramYesYesPre-production [13]

Awards and nominations
FilmAwardCategoryResult Ref.
Maanagaram10th Vijay AwardsBest Debut DirectorWon[14]
Best ScreenplayNominated
KaithiZee Tamil Cine AwardsFavourite DirectorWon[15]

References
  1. "Lokesh Kanagaraj Interview: Kaithi Is About A Father's Love And That Rare Bond Between Strangers". 22 October 2019.
  2. "A celebration of cinema and filmmaking - Times of India". The Times of India.
  3. "'தளபதி-64' பத்தி இப்போ கேட்காதீங்க - Lokesh Kanagaraj | Kaithi | Thalapathy 64 | Open Pannaa - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  4. "முதல் படத்திலேயே முத்திரை பதித்த இளம் இயக்குநர்களுடன் ஒரு உரையாடல் | சினிமா18 | News 18 Tamilnadu - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  5. Anantharam, Chitra Deepa (9 March 2017). "The lives of others". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  6. "Maanagaram- Opens big on March 10". Sify.com.
  7. "No heroine in Karthi's next with Lokesh Kanagaraj". The News Minute. 15 December 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  8. "Kaithi will showcase Karthi's potential as a versatile actor: Lokesh Kanagaraj". The Times of India. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  9. "Team Thalapathy 64 arrives in Delhi; second schedule begins". The Indian Express. November 2019.
  10. "Master mixed reviews". The Hans India. January 2021.
  11. Kanagaraj, Lokesh [@Dir_Lokesh] (7 November 2020). "Dear Guru..This is our humble gift to you sir.. Wishing you a very happy birthday. Please do keep inspiring us always sir @ikamalhaasan 🙏 t.co/z8mEbtgldU #ஆரம்பிக்கலாங்களா #என்வீரமேவாகையேசூடும் #vikram #HBDKamalHaasan" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 January 2021 – via Twitter.
  12. "Has this Hollywood movie inspired Kaithi?". The Times of India. 29 October 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  13. "Lokesh Kanagaraj's next with Kamal Haasan officially announced". kollyinsider.com. 16 September 2020.
  14. "Vijay awards 2018: Nayanthara, Vijay Sethupathi win best actor award, Dhanush and Anirudh perform together. See pics". Hindustan Times. 4 June 2018.
  15. "Zee Cine Awards Tamil 2020 winners list: Ajith, Kamal Haasan, Dhanush won these honours". International Business Times. 5 January 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020.


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