R. Madhesh

Ramana Madhesh (born 23 December 1971), known as R. Madhesh, is an Indian director, producer and writer in Tamil cinema. He is mainly known for his debut film Madhurey (2004) and Vijayakanth's 150th film Arasangam (2008).^[1]

R. Madhesh
Madhesh in 2014
Born	(1971-12-23) 23 December 1971 (age 53)
Occupation(s)	director, producer, Screenwriter
Years active	1993-present

Career

Madhesh works in Tamil cinema as a director, producer and writer. He worked as an assistant director for S. Shankar for Gentleman (1993), Kaadhalan (1994), Indian (1996), Jeans (1998) and Mudhalvan (1999). He has distributed many movies including Thulluvadho Ilamai (2002) and Villain (2002).^[2] He began his career by financing Shankar's Mudhalvan.^[2]

After initially being signed as the director for Jai, he made his directorial debut with Vijay in Madhurey (2004).^[3] Madhesh has directed other movies including the crime thriller Arasangam (2008) and the action comedy Mirattal (2012). He has also co-written and directed the 2016 Marathi movie Friends.^[4] In 2018, Madhesh directed the Tamil horror thriller Mohini, which starred Trisha in the lead role.^[5]

Filmography

As film director

Year	Film	Notes
2004	Madhurey	Also producer
2008	Arasangam
2012	Mirattal	[Note 1]
2016	Friends	Marathi film; also producer[Note 1]
2018	Mohini

Other crew positions

Year	Film	Writer	Producer	Notes
1999	Mudhalvan	No	Yes
2001	Chocolate	Story	Yes
2002	Thulluvadho Ilamai	No	Distributor
	Villain	No	Distributor

Notes

1. Although the film is a remake, the original story writer was not credited.