Pon Kumaran

Pon Kumaran
Born Chennai, India
Other names P. Kumar
Occupation Writer, Director
Years active 2011 - present

Pon Kumaran (also credited as P. Kumar) is an Indian film writer and director working predominantly in Kannada and Tamil films.[1] He made his directorial debut with the blockbuster Kannada film Vishnuvardhana (2011) which got rave reviews and earned him many awards including a nomination at the Filmfare Awards.[2] He has also penned the story and dialogues for the Rajinikanth starrer Lingaa (2015). [3][4]

Personal life

Kumaran is a Chennai based filmmaker and writer who worked as an assistant to many leading directors before making his own stint as an independent director.


Filmography

Year Title Starring Language Notes
2011 Vishnuvardhana Sudeep, Bhavana, Priyamani Kannada Credited as P. Kumar
Winner - Best Debut director at the South Indian International Movie Awards
Winner - Best Debut Director & Best Screenplay writer at the Sandalwood Star Awards
Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Director - Kannada
Reported to be based on South Korean movie Handphone[5]
2012 Chaarulatha Priyamani, Skanda Kannada
Tamil
Telugu 		Remake of Thai film Alone
2013 Bachchan Jeet, Aindrita Ray Bengali Credited as original story writer of this Bengali movie which was remake of his debut directorial Kannada movie Vishnuvardhana
2014 Jai Lalitha Sharan, Disha Pandey Kannada Remake of Malayalam film Mayamohini
2014 Tirupathi Express Sumanth Shailendra, Kriti Kharbanda Kannada Remake of Telugu film Venkatadri Express
2014 Lingaa Rajinikanth, Anushka Shetty, Sonakshi Sinha Tamil Story and Dialogues only
2015 Raja Rajendra Sharan, Ishita Dutta, Vimala Raman Kannada Reported to be based on 1990 Malayalam comedy His Highness Abdullah[6]

References

  1. ↑ Director Pon Kumaran interview
  2. ↑ Vishnuvardhana - Awards - IMDb
  3. ↑ 'Linga' story is by Pon Kumaran
  4. ↑ ‘Rajini was hooked by the time I finished narrating Lingaa script’
  5. ↑ http://www.bangaloremirror.com/entertainment/south-masala/Bypassing-copycats-Sandalwood-style/articleshow/21434657.cms
  6. ↑ http://www.kannadaprabha.com/cinema/review/kannada-film-raja-rajendra-review/246316.html



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