Rajashekar

Subramanian (??? – 24 April 1991), known professionally as Rajasekhar was an Indian film director and screenwriter who was active mainly in Tamil cinema during the 1980s. He also directed films in Telugu, Kannada and Hindi.

Early life and career Rajasekhar was born as Subramanian in Nattarasankottai in the then Ramanathapuram district and was a Bachelor of Science graduate. Prior to his entry in films, he was working in government department and few people encouraged him to write scripts as they felt he had a creator in him he then left the job and he wrote story for the 1977 release Naam Pirandha Mann. It was Rajinikanth who gave Subramanian the name Rajasekhar. He worked as assistant director to M. A. Kaja and Rama Narayanan. He made his directorial debut with Hunnimeya Rathriyalli in Kannada based on their story while Kanneer Pookkal was his debut in Tamil.

Rajasekhar frequently collaborated with Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan. With the former he directed Gangvaa, Thambikku Entha Ooru, Padikkadavan, Maaveeran Maapillai and Dharma Durai; with the latter he directed Kaakki Sattai and Vikram. Rajasekhar's other major credits include Malaiyoor Mambattiyan, Eetti, Cooliekkaran, Paatti Sollai Thattathe and its Telugu remake Baamma Maata Bangaru Baata.

Filmography Films directed Year Film Language 1980 Hunnimeya Rathriyalli Kannada 1981 Punnami Naagu Telugu 1981 Kanneer Pookkal Tamil 1981 Jeene Ki Arzoo Hindi 1982 Amma Tamil 1983 Malaiyoor Mambattiyan Tamil 1984 Thambikku Entha Ooru Tamil 1984 Gangvaa Hindi 1985 Eetti Tamil 1985 Padikkadavan Tamil 1985 Kaakki Sattai Tamil 1986 Vikram Tamil 1986 Kanmaniye Pesu Tamil 1986 Murattu Karangal Tamil 1986 Kalamellam Unn Madiyil Tamil 1986 Lakshmi Vandhachu Tamil 1986 Maaveeran Tamil 1987 Cooliekkaran Tamil 1988 Kazhugumalai Kallan Tamil 1988 Paatti Sollai Thattathe Tamil 1989 Baamma Maata Bangaru Baata Telugu 1989 Karunguyil Kundram Tamil 1989 Mappillai Tamil 1990 Pudhu Varisu Tamil 1991 Dharma Durai Tamil

Written only Naam Pirandha Mann (1977) (story) Meenakshi Kungumam (1978) (dialogues) Velum Mayilum Thunai (1979) (dialogues) Oru Vidukadhai Oru Thodarkadhai (1979) (dialogues)

Personal life Rajasekhar was married, and has a daughter and a son. Rajasekhar died in 1991, shortly after the release of his last film Dharma Durai at the age of 43.