Rathna Kumar

Rathna Kumar
Rathna Kumar
Born	R. M. Rathna Kumar
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Film director, Screenwriter
Notable work	Meyaadha Maan
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Rathna Kumar is an Indian film director and writer. He is known for directing Meyaadha Maan (2017).^[1]^[2]

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

References

^ Suganth, M (22 June 2018). "Meyaadha Maan Movie Review {3.5/5}". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 July 2020. Many scenes go on far longer than they should and make us wish they had been tightly written and edited
^ Srivatsan (19 October 2018). "Meyaadha Maan movie review: Vaibhav's film is Royapuram Ga Na Land". India Today.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Small film steps, and then a giant leap to tinsel town". The Times of India. 30 January 2018.
^ "Meyaadha Maan director Rathna Kumar: I wouldn't call releasing a film along with Mersal a gamble". Hindustan Times. 1 November 2017.
^ Cr, Sharanya. "People who thought I was good only in multistarrers have accepted me as a solo lead: Vaibhav". The Times of India.
^ "Aadai Movie Review {3.5/5}: Critic Review of Aadai by Times of India". The Times of India.
^ Kumar, Pradeep (20 July 2019). "'Aadai' review: Amala Paul elevates a weakly-scripted film". The Hindu.
^ ^a ^b Lakshmi, V. "Amala Paul's character is a metaphor that relates to the society: Rathna Kumar". The Times of India.
^ "Bigg Boss Tamil 6 fame Janany as Vijay's romantic interest and Azeem as Villain makes movie debut in Thalapathy 67". The Times of India. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
^ "'Aadai' director Rathna Kumar joins Thalapathy 64". The Times of India. 4 October 2019.
^ "Vijay sir's attitude in 'Master' is like nothing you have seen in his other films: Rathna Kumar". New Indian Express. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
^ "Director Rathnakumar's film with Santhanam titled 'Gulu Gulu'". DT Next. 16 March 2022. Archived from the original on 17 March 2022.
^ https://twitter.com/rameshlaus/status/1736078477521219977. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

Rathna Kumar at IMDb
Rathna Kumar on Instagram

[1] Suganth, M (22 June 2018). "Meyaadha Maan Movie Review {3.5/5}". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 July 2020. Many scenes go on far longer than they should and make us wish they had been tightly written and edited

[2] Srivatsan (19 October 2018). "Meyaadha Maan movie review: Vaibhav's film is Royapuram Ga Na Land". India Today.

[TOI-3] "Small film steps, and then a giant leap to tinsel town". The Times of India. 30 January 2018.

[4] "Meyaadha Maan director Rathna Kumar: I wouldn't call releasing a film along with Mersal a gamble". Hindustan Times. 1 November 2017.

[5] Cr, Sharanya. "People who thought I was good only in multistarrers have accepted me as a solo lead: Vaibhav". The Times of India.

[6] "Aadai Movie Review {3.5/5}: Critic Review of Aadai by Times of India". The Times of India.

[7] Kumar, Pradeep (20 July 2019). "'Aadai' review: Amala Paul elevates a weakly-scripted film". The Hindu.

[TOI2-8] Lakshmi, V. "Amala Paul's character is a metaphor that relates to the society: Rathna Kumar". The Times of India.

[9] "Bigg Boss Tamil 6 fame Janany as Vijay's romantic interest and Azeem as Villain makes movie debut in Thalapathy 67". The Times of India. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2023.

[TOI3-10] "'Aadai' director Rathna Kumar joins Thalapathy 64". The Times of India. 4 October 2019.

[11] "Vijay sir's attitude in 'Master' is like nothing you have seen in his other films: Rathna Kumar". New Indian Express. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.

[12] "Director Rathnakumar's film with Santhanam titled 'Gulu Gulu'". DT Next. 16 March 2022. Archived from the original on 17 March 2022.

[13] ttps://twitter.com/rameshlaus/status/1736078477521219977. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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