Dharani (director)

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{{short description|Indian film director}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| birth_name = V. C. Ramani
| yearsactive = 1999-present

| occupation = [[Film director]], [[screenwriter]]
}}

'''Dharani''' (born '''V. C. Ramani''') is an Indian [[film director]], who primarily directs [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] and [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] action films.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/mar-11-03/-dharani-16-03-11.html |title=Dharani is back |work=Behindwoods |access-date=2012-04-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719131127/http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/mar-11-03/-dharani-16-03-11.html |archive-date=19 July 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Sreedhar Pillai 9 May 2011, 12.00am IST |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-09/news-interviews/29522881_1_dabangg-simbu-tamil |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707213501/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-09/news-interviews/29522881_1_dabangg-simbu-tamil |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-07 |title=Dharani: Back with Da'bang'G |date=2011-05-09 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2012-08-05}}</ref> He is best known for directing super hit Tamil action films ''[[Dhill]]'', ''[[Dhool]]'' and ''[[Ghilli]]''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111101093639/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/showbiz/kollywood/osthe-impresses-k%E2%80%99town%E2%80%99s-top-stars-866]</ref>

==Career==
He first directed the film ''[[Ethirum Pudhirum]]'', loosely based on forest brigand [[Veerappan]] and his younger brother's death, starring [[Mammootty]]. Political controversies ensured its delayed release in 1999. It received critical acclaim and was awarded second place in the [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film]]. The film's producer T. Ajay kumar made Dharani the director of his next production, starring [[Vikram (actor)|Vikram]], ''[[Dhill]]''. The film was a box-office success and his next film ''[[Dhool]]'', produced by [[A. M. Rathnam]] in 2003, again with Vikram along with [[Jyothika]] and [[Reemma Sen]], was a box office success. He worked with [[A. M. Rathnam]] again for the film ''[[Ghilli]]'' starring [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]] and [[Trisha Krishnan|Trisha]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/tamil/interview.php?id=13465395&cid=2408 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040621194901/http://sify.com/movies/tamil/interview.php?id=13465395&cid=2408 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2004-06-21 |title=Welcome to |publisher=Sify.com |date=2007-01-20 |access-date=2012-08-05}}</ref> It was followed by [[Telugu language|Telugu]] film ''[[Bangaram (film)|Bangaram]]'', featuring Pawan Kalyan in the lead, that was a blockbuster movie and a come back movie in Vijay's career. In 2008, he directed ''[[Kuruvi]]'', rejoining the lead cast of ''Ghilli''. Unlike the previous success in ''Ghilli'', ''Kuruvi'' was an average hit at the box office and was panned by critics. In 2011, he remade the 2010 Hindi film ''[[Dabangg]]'' in Tamil as ''[[Osthe]]'', with [[Silambarasan Rajendar|Silambarasan]] in the lead role, which was again a critical and was declared an average hit.

Dharani announced that he would make a Telugu film titled ''Merupu'' with [[Ram Charan Teja]] and [[Kajal Aggarwal]] , and the film had an official launch in late April 2010. The film progressed slowly throughout 2010 and was later shelved by 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greatandhra.com/movies/movie-news/ramcharans-merupu-may-be-shelved-26141.html |title=Ramcharan's Merupu may be shelved|work=Greatandhra |access-date=2015-12-10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185506/http://www.greatandhra.com/movies/movie-news/ramcharans-merupu-may-be-shelved-26141.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |df=dmy }}</ref>

==Filmography==

*''All films are in [[Tamil language|Tamil]], unless otherwise noted.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Film
! colspan="2" | Credited as
! rowspan="2" | Notes
|-
! Director
! Writer
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Ethirum Pudhirum]]'' || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film|Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Third Best Film]]
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Dhill]]'' || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} ||
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Dhool]]'' || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}||
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Ghilli]]'' || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| ||
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Bangaram (film)|Bangaram]]'' || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || Telugu film
|-
| 2008 || ''[[Kuruvi]]'' || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Osthe]]'' || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} ||
|-
|}
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name |id=1359360|name=Dharani}}

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