Gaurav Narayanan

Gaurav Narayanan (born 04 August 1980) is an Indian film director, writer and actor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. He made his debut with the movie Thoonga Nagaram.

Career He started his journey as an assistant cinematographer for Rajarajan. He joined the director, N. Maharajan, and later worked as a co-director for his guru, director K. S. Ravikumar.

His debut as director, writer, and actor through Thoonga Nagaram, a gangster-drama film, received positive responses. This movie had Vimal and Anjali in the lead, along with Gaurav himself. Gaurav was awarded "Best Debutant Director" by Emirates Tamilians Association, EMITAA 2011. His movie bagged the "Best Film - Highlighting Tamil Culture" award from the Norwary Tamil Film Festival, NTFF 2012 and was also officially screened in Chennai International Film Festival. This movie was dubbed and released as Naluguru Snehitula Katha in Telugu.

His next project, Sigaram Thodu, bagged commercial success and recognition, Along with Vikram Prabhu, Sathyaraj, and Sathish, Gaurav also played in this movie. This is the first South Indian movie to be nominated for screening and selected for the best film competition in the Seattle International Film Festival and has won a "Best Film - Social Awareness" award in the Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards, NTFF 2015.

Gaurav's next film, Ippadai Vellum with Lyca Productions, starring Udhayanidhi Stalin and Manjima Mohan, was released worldwide on 9 November 2017. The film was met with mixed and positive reviews.

Filmography

As director, writer and actor Year Film Credited as Notes Director Writer Actor Role 2011 Thoonga Nagaram Rajamani 2013 Naan Rajavaga Pogiren Ravi, Police 2014 Sigaram Thodu Shiva 2016 Aarathu Sinam Peter / Santhosh 2017 Ippadai Vellum Tamil, Police Inspector 2022 F. I. R. Sooraj, Head of Striking Force 2023 Pizza 3: The Mummy Premkumar, Inspector of Police Kottravai Maasi / Thalapathy