Thirupathisamy

Thirupathisamy was an Indian film director, known for his works in Telugu cinema and Tamil cinema. After making his debut in 1998 with the successful Ganesh, he has gone on to make other box office hits including Azad and Narasimha. He died in a car accident in Chennai in June 2001 at the age of 32.

Early life Tirupathisami, hailed from an ordinary family in Vannarpet, Chennai. He graduated with master of law from the Ambethkar College. He began his career as a journalist with Ananda Vikatan.

Career Thirupathisamy started his film career assisting Suresh Krissna in films Veera (1994) and Baashha (1995). Due to the success of his previous two films and his work in Narasimha, the director was also signed up to direct Velan with Vijay and Priyanka Chopra in the lead roles, which would have been a remake of his Telugu film Azad. However the director died before the release of the film after being a part of a car crash while returning home from an editing session - the producers of Narasimha later dedicated the film to him. Actor Srikanth's character in the film Sadhurangam (2011) was named after Thirupathisamy, who was the director Karu Pazhaniappan's close friend. Similarly, AR Murugadoss noted that the story of his production Engaeyum Eppothum (2011) reminded him of the tragic incident of Thirupathisamy's death.

Filmography

As a director Year Film Language Notes 1998 Ganesh Telugu Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Bronze) 2000 Azad Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Silver)Nandi Award for Best Story Writer 2001 Narasimha Tamil Posthumous release

As an assistant director Year Film Language DirectorProducer Notes 1994 Veera Tamil Suresh KrishnaMeena Panchu Arunachalam 1995 Baashha R. M. Veerappan (presenter), V. Rajammal, V. Thamilazhagan