Vincent Selva

Vincent Selva is an Indian film director and screenwriter associated with the Tamil film industry.

Career

Vincent Selva got associated with film scene in the 1990s. He made his film debut as a director through the romantic thriller film Priyamudan starring Vijay and Kausalya. It was a hit at box office and had been remade in various languages. In 1999, he released his second film, Iraniyan, starred Murali and Meena in lead roles.

In 2002, he directed Youth a film starring Vijay, which was well received by critics and audiences. He was signed on by producer Keyaar to make a film titled Enna Peyar Veikalaam featuring Karthik in the lead role. Despite travelling to Pollachi for the shoot, the actor refused to emerge from his hotel room, and following an extended period of confusion, the film was called off. He worked on Khakee, a police thriller with Sarathkumar in the lead role during 2006, but the film was shelved. Despite attempts to restart the venture in 2008, the film did not finish production. In 2005, he directed the Tamil version of the Hindi film, Gayab to Tamil titled, Jithan. The movie met with commercial success. After the film, he directed the same actor Jithan Ramesh in Madurai Veeran (2007), the remake of the Telugu film Nuvvu Nenu (2002), but it was received negative reviews. Perumal (2009), Thulli Vilayadu (2013) and Inga Enna Solluthu (2014) are other releases.

In 2016, he made a comeback with the sequel of Jithan as a writer and the movie titled Jithan 2 was a major setback. The next movie, Virumandikkum Sivanandikkum once again received mixed reviews.

Filmography Year Film Credited asLanguage Notes Director Writer 1998 Priyamudan Tamil 1999 Iraniyan 2002 Youth 2005 Jithan credited as R. K. Vincent Selva Remake films; original story writer not credited 2007 Madurai Veeran 2009 Perumal 2013 Thulli Vilayadu 2014 Inga Enna Solluthu credited as V. Selva 2016 Jithan 2 Virumandikkum Sivanandikkum 2024Kummattikali Malayalam credited as R. K. Vincent Selva