Rathna Kumar

Rathna Kumar is an Indian film director and writer. He is known for directing Meyaadha Maan (2017).^[1][2]

Rathna Kumar
Born	R. M. Rathna Kumar
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Film director, Screenwriter
Notable work	Meyaadha Maan

Career

Kumar began his career with the low-budget film Madhu, which was included in an anthology film called Bench Talkies. He later turned the short film into a feature film titled Meyaadha Maan (2017).^[3][4] The film turned out to be a success and an important film in Vaibhav's career because the film was not a multistarrer and several of Vaibhav's successful films had only been multistarrers.^[5] He went on to direct Aadai (2019), starring Amala Paul. The film released to mixed reviews, but highlighted an important aspect of society.^[6][7][8] Kumar was signed as a co-writer to Lokesh Kanagaraj's Master. Regarding his decision of becoming a writer from a director, Kumar told The Times of India that Kanagaraj is his friend. Kumar started working with Lokesh again as a co-writer for Vijay's 67th film titled tentatively as Leo co-starring Trisha, Janany, Azeem and Sanjay Dutt as villain in the film.^[9][10]

Filmography

• All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.

As director and writer

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes	Ref.
2015	Bench Talkies	Yes	Yes	Segment: Madhu	[3]
2017	Meyaadha Maan	Yes	Yes	Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Debut Director Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Story, Screenplay Writer	[3]
2019	Aadai	Yes	Yes		[8]
2021	Master	No	Dialogues	Cameo appearance as Prisoner.	[11]
2022	Vikram	No	Dialogues
2022	Gulu Gulu	Yes	Yes		[12]
2023	Leo	No	Co-writer
2025	Coolie	No	Co-writer	Opted out after final script writing	[13]
	Karuppu	No	Co-writer
	Karathey Babu	No	Co-writer
TBA	Sardar 2	No	Co-writer