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Selvaraghavan is an Indian Film Director and Screenwriter who has directed Predominantly Tamil language films and also done remake of his movies in telugu.
Selvaraghavan was born in a Tamil family and the son of film director Kasthuri Raja,He subsequently went on to attain a BEng in Mechanical Engineering, his elder brother of actor Dhanush and has two sisters, who are both doctors. Afflicted with Retinoblastoma, a cancer of the retina, an eye had to be removed so the cancer wouldn’t spread and Selvaraghavan makes public appearances wearing glasses. he married actress Sonia Agarwal, with whom he had previously worked with on three films. After their two-year marriage Sonia Agarwal and Selvaraghavan filed for divorce with mutual consent in a Chennai family court . Selvaraghavan married Gitanjali Raman on 19 June 2011, daughter of former Advocate General of Tamil Nadu P. S. Raman She had worked as his assistant director in Mayakkam Enna.
His family faced financial pressures in the early 2000s with his father was out of work, and subsequently they decided to put their remaining earnings into a venture titled Thulluvadho Ilamai (2002), which Selvaraghavan had written. Featuring his brother Dhanush in his first role, alongside Sherin and Abhinay, the film told the coming-of-age story of six high school students and featured a hit soundtrack by Yuvan Shankar Raja. After taking a small opening, the film began to get teen audiences to cinema halls for its adolescent themes, while also being publicized in quarters as “soft porn” film. It subsequently went on to become a sleeper hit and won positive reviews from critics for breaking the stereotypes of Tamil films. Post-release, Selvaraghavan stated that he had also directed the film but was forced to credit his more established film-maker father Kasthuri Raja as the director, in order to help the project find a distributor.
After writing the script for his father’s directorial venture Thulluvadho Ilamai (2002), Selvaraghavan went on to make a series of romantic drama films with ‘Kadhal Kondein’ (2003) and ‘7G Rainbow Colony’ (2004) before also venturing to make coming-of-age films ‘Pudhupettai’ (2006) and ‘Mayakkam Enna’ (2011). He has also ventured into making science fiction and fantasy films, such as depicting a fantasy Chola kingdom in ‘Aayirathil Oruvan’ (2010) and a parallel universe in ‘Irandam Ulagam’ (2013).
his telugu remake was ‘Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule’ and rest were dubbed to Telugu.
his upcoming movie is ‘Nenjam Marappathillai’
