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A. M. Rathnam is an Indian film producer, lyricist, screenwriter, and director known for his works in Telugu and Tamil cinema.[1][2] Under the gamut of Sri Surya Movies Entertainment, Hyderabad, a movie production house owned by him, he has produced blockbusters in Telugu such as Karthavyam (1990), Peddarikam (1992), Sneham Kosam (1999), and Kushi (2001).[3] 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 Kushi, Run, Boys, Enakku 20 Unakku 18, Dhool, Ghilli, 7G Rainbow Colony, Arrambam, Yennai Arindhaal and Vedalam.[4]

Personal life

Rathnam was born in Buchireddypalem of Nellore district in Andhra Pradesh. Rathnam has two sons, director and actor Jyothi Krishna and actor Ravi Krishna. Jyothi Krishna's directorial debut Enakku 20 Unakku 18 and its Telugu version, as well as Ravi Krishna's first four films, that also include Jyothi Krishna's second directorial venture Kedi, were all produced by Rathnam himself.Шаблон:Citation needed[5] In 2012, he built a temple for Shirdi Sai Baba at his office in Valasaravakkam.[1][6]

Career

Ratnam started his career as a make-up man for superstar actress Vijayashanti. Being the Executive Producer for the actress, he produced his first film Karthavyam, in 1990. Vijayashanti won the National Award for the Best Actress for this film. He made films with Kamal Haasan, Vijay, Ajith Kumar, Chiranjeevi, Vikram and many other actors. He later began producing films in Tamil and Hindi as well, dubbing and releasing several films in other languages. He went on to finance Shankar's Indian, which earned him the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil and was later submitted by India for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Nayak: The Real Hero and Sneham Kosam starring Chiranjeevi.

Rathnam produced the Tamil romance film Kushi, starring Vijay and its same-titled Telugu remake the following year, starring Pawan Kalyan, both of which were directed by S. J. Surya and became highly successful.[7] Later, he produced two more films, Ghilli and Sivakasi starring Vijay. Both Ghilli and Sivakasi were highly successful at the box office. During the early 1990s, he directed two films Peddarikam and Sankalpam in Telugu.[7] He has also written the screenplay for the film Naaga.[8] Later, he changed the name of his production company from Sri Surya Movies Entertainment to Shri Sai Raam Creations, which is now headed by S. Aishwarya. He had done three films with Ajith Kumar such as Arrambam, Yennai Arindhaal and Vedalam, all of which were huge success.

Awards

Filmfare Awards South

Tamil Nadu State Film Awards

Others

Filmography

Producer
Year Film Language Notes Production Company
1990 Karthavyam Telugu Filmfare Award for Best Film - Telugu Sri Surya Movies
1992 Peddarikam Also Screenplay & Direction
1993 Aasayam
1994 Tejasvini Hindi
1995 Sankalpam Telugu Also Screenplay & Direction
1996 Indian Tamil Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil
Cinema Express Award for Best Film – Tamil
Dubbed into Telugu as Bharateeyudu
1998 Natpukkaga Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil
1998 Ellame En Pondattithaan
1999 Sneham Kosam Telugu
1999 Kadhalar Dhinam Tamil Dubbed into Hindi as Dil Hi Dil Mein and Telugu as Premikula Roju
2000 Kushi
2001 Khushi Telugu
2001 Nayak: The Real Hero Hindi
2002 Run Tamil Dubbed into Telugu as same title
2003 Dhool
2003 Naaga Telugu Also Screenplay
2003 Boys Tamil Dubbed into Telugu as same title
2003 Enakku 20 Unakku 18
2003 Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu Telugu
2004 Kovil Tamil
2004 Ghilli
2004 7G Rainbow Colony Bilingual in Telugu as 7G Brundavan Colony[11]
2005 Sukran Only Distribution
2005 Ponniyin Selvan
2005 Sivakasi
2006 Bangaram Telugu
2006 Kedi Tamil 25th Film
2006 Dharmapuri
2008 Bheemaa
2013 Arrambam Sri Sathya Sai Movies
2015 Yennai Arindhaal Sri Sai Raam Creations
2015 Vedalam
2017 Karuppan
2017 Oxygen Telugu Also screenplay
2023 Hari Hara Veera Mallu Telugu Mega Surya Production
Distributor
Lyricist

References

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External links

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