Murugadas Arunachalam (born 25 September 1974), known professionally as AR Murugadas,[1][2] is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter who predominantly works in the Tamil film industry.[3][4] He is best known for directing action films mainly on social issues. In addition, he has worked in Telugu films and Hindi films. Murugadoss won the Filmfare Award for Best Director for his 2014 Tamil action drama Kaththi.
Murugadoss' first break in the film industry was as an assistant director of Ratchagan (1997). He then worked with S. J. Surya for the film Kushi (2000) before directing his first film, the Ajith starrer Dheena (2001). His first Bollywood film was Ghajini (2008), a Hindi remake of his Tamil film of the same name. It became the first Bollywood film to gross over ₹100 crore (US$13 million) domestically.[5] In 2012, he directed the action thriller Thuppakki, starring Vijay, which became the second Tamil film to gross ₹100 crore at the domestic box office alone.[6] He worked with Vijay again with the box office hits Kaththi and Sarkar (2018).
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(2018). Murugadoss was born in Kallakurichi, Tamil Nadu. The initials "AR" refer to his father's name Arunachalam and were added after Murugadoss signed...
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across the globe and has achieved over 400 million views on YouTube. A.R. Murugadoss signed him to compose music for Kaththi (2014) starring Vijay, which...
across the globe and has achieved over 400 million views on YouTube. A.R. Murugadoss signed him to compose music for Kaththi (2014) starring Vijay, which...
success. The following year, he collaborated with debutant director ARMurugadoss on the action film Dheena. The film was successful in establishing his...
Sai Dharam Tej for the first time. In early July 2016, she signed to ARMurugadoss' bilingual film opposite to Mahesh Babu, titled Spyder. In September...
directed by Krish Thirukumaran. The film was written and co-produced by ARMurugadoss and produced by P. Madhan under banner of Escape Artists Motion Pictures...
to collaborate with Ayngaran International to produce and signed on ARMurugadoss and Vijay to be a part of their debut project. A social drama tackling...
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and produced by A. R. Murugadoss in association with Fox Star Studios. The film stars Dileepan, the younger brother of Murugadoss, in his acting debut...
Tamil-language science fiction martial arts film written and directed by A. R. Murugadoss, featuring Suriya in dual roles, Shruti Haasan and Johnny Trí Nguyễn....
Khanna. He also appeared in the Mahesh Babu starrer Spyder, directed by ARMurugadoss. "100 Greatest Performances of the Decade". Film Companion. Archived...
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