Rajasekhar (director)


Subramanian, known professionally as Rajasekhar was an Indian film director and screenwriter who was active mainly in Tamil cinema during the 1980s. He also directed films in Telugu, Kannada and Hindi.

Early life and career

Rajasekhar was born as Subramanian in Nattarasankottai in the then Ramanathapuram district and was a Bachelor of Science graduate. Prior to his entry in films, he was working in government department and few people encouraged him to write scripts as they felt he had a creator in him he then left the job and he wrote story for the 1977 release Naam Pirandha Mann. It was Rajinikanth who gave Subramanian the name Rajasekhar. He worked as assistant director to M. A. Kaja and Rama Narayanan. He made his directorial debut with Hunnimeya Rathriyalli in Kannada based on their story while Kanneer Pookkal was his debut in Tamil.
Rajasekhar frequently collaborated with Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan. With the former he directed Gangvaa, Thambikku Entha Ooru, Padikkadavan, Maaveeran ''Maapillai and Dharma Durai; with the latter he directed Kaakki Sattai and Vikram. Rajasekhar's other major credits include Malaiyoor Mambattiyan, Eetti, Cooliekkaran, Paatti Sollai Thattathe and its Telugu remake Baamma Maata Bangaru Baata''.

Filmography

;Films directed
YearFilmLanguage
1980Hunnimeya RathriyalliKannada
1981Punnami NaaguTelugu
1981Kanneer PookkalTamil
1981Jeene Ki ArzooHindi
1982AmmaTamil
1983Malaiyoor MambattiyanTamil
1984Thambikku Entha OoruTamil
1984GangvaaHindi
1985EettiTamil
1985PadikkadavanTamil
1985Kaakki SattaiTamil
1986VikramTamil
1986Kanmaniye PesuTamil
1986Murattu KarangalTamil
1986Kalamellam Unn MadiyilTamil
1986Lakshmi VandhachuTamil
1986MaaveeranTamil
1987CooliekkaranTamil
1988Kazhugumalai KallanTamil
1988Paatti Sollai ThattatheTamil
1989Baamma Maata Bangaru BaataTelugu
1989Karunguyil KundramTamil
1989MappillaiTamil
1990Pudhu VarisuTamil
1991Dharma DuraiTamil

;Written only

Personal life

Rajasekhar was married, and has a daughter and a son. Rajasekhar died in 1991, shortly after the release of his last film Dharma Durai at the age of 43.