Revathy S. Varmha

Revathy S Varmha is an Indian director.

Career Advertisements Varmha began to write scripts for commercials at age 16. Living in New Delhi, she began directing commercials in the 1990s when she took over for the director of a Rexona spot and by 2005 had directed more than 480 commercials, including spots for Cadbury, Parker Pens, Nakshatra Jewellery and the Hyundai Santro. Around 60 novelettes in English, Hindi and Tamil is to her credit.

Film career In 2005 Varmha began directing movies. The film stars Jyothika in the title role which was her 25th Tamil film along with the supporting cast Khushbu Sundar, Saritha and Biju Menon.The film was initially scheduled for release in June 2005 but was later pushed back to release in the Diwali season of 2005 so the film could be promoted more heavily. The film was also caught up when Kushboo's films were temporarily banned after her comments on pre-marital sex angered Indian political parties.

After the release of June R, she began to direct two more films, the Bollywood remake of June R entitled Aap Ke Liye Hum, and the Sri Lankan film Yasoda Kanna, which was criticized for its political stance.The film Aap Ke Liye Hum had the Bollywood star cast Jaya Bachchan, Mithun Chakraborty, Manisha Koirala, Raveena Tandon, Ayesha Takia Azmi and Ranvir Shorey in the lead roles.

In 2012 she directed Maad Dad, her first Malayalam film, with a second Malayalam film in pre-production in December 2012. It also had ensemble cast including Lal, Nazriya Nazim, Meghana Raj, Lalu Alex, Padmapriya and Pooja Gandhi.

In 2014 She started pre-production works for the legend Olympian's biopic The Golden Girl, P T Usha,

This Pandemic descending time she started a quick Malayalam movie e Valayam addressing a subject having a contemporary value.

Filmography

Year Title Director Screenwriter language Notes Ref. 2006 June R Tamil 2012Maad Dad Malayalam 2025 E Valayam Malayalam TBAAap Ke Liye Hum Hindi