K. Selva Bharathy

K. Selva Bharathy is an Indian film director and dialogue writer, who works in Tamil cinema. He was one time assistant of late director-actor Manivannan. He was also an erstwhile dialogue writer for director Sundar C. He has directed nine films in his illustrious career since making his directorial debut in 1998.

Career He made his directorial debut with the Tamil film Ninaithen Vandhai (1998) starring Vijay in the main lead role alongside Rambha and Devayani. Ninaithen Vandhai was a Tamil remake of the Telugu film Pelli Sandadi (1996) and became a successful venture at the Tamil Nadu box office. He had insisted that he opted to use body double of Rambha instead of casting Rambha herself in "Vannanilavae Vannanilavae" song sequence in Ninaithen Vandhai. Selva eventually wanted to shoot the song with both Vijay and Rambha, but Rambha during the meantime had given callsheet to a Telugu film and the director decided to not disturb Rambha due to her Telugu film commitments. It was without the knowledge of Rambha that director went ahead with the strategy of incorporating a body double option by roping in a dancer who could ideally fit in Rambha's mould in order to complete the shooting of the song.

Following the success of Ninaithen Vandhai, he collaborated with Vijay again in two more remakes; Priyamaanavale (2000) with Simran and Vaseegara (2003) with Sneha which were also well received by the audience. His other directorial ventures post Vaseegara, such as Anbe Vaa (2005), Pasupathy c/o Rasakkapalayam (2007), Murattu Kaalai (2012) and Kadhalai Thavira Verondrum Illai (2014) did not exactly live upto the expectations as they were considered predominantly as low profile releases and were deemed below average in the box office. He frequently collaborated with comedian Vivek in Anbe Vaa, Pasupathy c/o Rasakkapalayam and Murattu Kaalai whereas Vivek's comical hilarious performances had turned out to be the only saving graces in those films that kept the films somewhat engaging to a certain extent. Selva Bharathy cast in blind musician Comagan alongside other Raaga Priya orchestra members for the song "Uyir Thantha Thaye" for the emotional climax sequence in Pasupathy c/o Rasakkapalayam.

Filmography Director

Writer Year FilmCredited as Notes Writer1995 Murai Maman 1995 Murai Mappillai 1996 Ullathai Allitha 1996 Mettukudi 1997 Janakiraman 1997 V.I.P 1997 Adrasakkai Adrasakkai 1998 Moovendhar 1999 Azhagarsamy 2005 Thaka Thimi Tha 2008 Vambu Sandai 2019 Vantha Rajavathaan Varuven

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