Thota Tharani

Thota Tharani

Thota Tharani
Born 16 December 1949
Chennai, India
Occupation Art director,
production designer
Children 1
Website
thotatharrani.com

Thota Tharani is an Indian film art director and production designer who has worked in Tamil cinema, Telugu cinema, Malayalam cinema and Bollywood. As of 2013, he has won two National Film Awards, two Filmfare Awards South and four Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. His work consists of paintings, murals, paper collages, wooden montages, and installations and so on.

Film career

Thota Tharani has been involved in the art of set design since he was just twelve when he helped his father. His work was very much appreciated in films such as Nayagan, Indian the two films fetched him a National Film Award. His recent works include Dasavathaaram, Kanthaswamy and Leader. He has worked in more than 100 feature films as a production designer, including three foreign productions: Pondichéry, Dernier Comptoir Des Indes (French), Hanuman (French) and Branchie (Italian). His expertise in magnificent and larger than life sets has been well appreciated and awarded. His realistic sets for Nayagan are awe inspiring and the grandeur of the sets he created for Thiruda Thiruda and Mudhalvan added to the flavour of the films.

In addition to being an art director, Thota Tharani has worked as a Production designer and in the art department in various films.

Background

Thota Tharrani completed his Graduate Diploma in Mural Painting in 1971 and subsequently was offered a Fellowship from the Government of France to study Print-making. Additionally, he completed print making courses from the Royal College of Arts, London and New Delhi.

Awards

Civilian honours
National Film Award for Best Art Direction
Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Art Director

Partial filmography

Year Film Language Notes
2013 Rani Rudrama Devi Tamil
Telugu 		Pre-production
2012 Adios Silent Short film
2012 Life is Beautiful Telugu
2009 Dam 999[2] English
2009 Leader Telugu
2009 Kanthaswamy Tamil Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Art Director
2009 Ananda Tandavam Tamil
2008 Kuselan Tamil
2008 Dhaam Dhoom Tamil
2008 Sathyam Tamil
2008 Dasavathaaram Vijay Award for Best Art Director
2007 Sivaji Tamil Filmfare Award for Best Art Director – South
Vijay Award for Best Art Director
Special appearances in Balleilakka Song
2007 Varalaru Tamil
2007 Ullam Ketkumae Tamil
2005 Chandramukhi Tamil
2005 Sachein Tamil
2005 Athadu Telugu
2004 Arjun Telugu
2004 Mass Telugu
2003 Jism Hindi
2002 Samurai Tamil
2002 Baba Tamil
2001 Mrugaraju Telugu
2001 Nayak: The Real Hero Hindi
2000 Kushi Tamil
1999 Mr. Romeo Tamil
1999 Mudhalvan Tamil
1999 Kadhalar Dhinam Tamil
1998 Choodalani Vundi Telugu Filmfare Award for Best Art Director – South
1998 Jeans Tamil
1996 Kadhal Desam Tamil
1996 Indian Tamil National Film Award for Best Art Direction
1995 Bombay Tamil
1994 Kadhalan Tamil
1993 May Madham Tamil
1993 Gentleman Tamil
1993 Valli Tamil
1993 I Love India Tamil
1993 Thiruda Thiruda Tamil
1991 Abhimanyu Malayalam
1991 Thalapathi Tamil
1990 Raja Kaiya Vacha Tamil
1990 Anjali Tamil
1989 Shiva Telugu
1989 Geethanjali Telugu
1988 Agni Natchathiram Tamil
1987 Nayagan Tamil National Film Award for Best Art Direction
1986 Mouna Ragam Tamil
1985 Anveshana Telugu
1983 Sagara Sangamam Telugu
1983 Nelavanka Telugu
1983 Pallavi Anu Pallavi Kannada
1982 Subhalekha Telugu
1981 Raja Paarvai Tamil
1978 Sommokadidhi Sokokadidhi Telugu

References

  1. ↑ "Thota Tharani's profile".
  2. ↑ "DAM 999 Official Website". Thotta Tharani in the crew list of DAM 999 Movie

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