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Kasthuri Raja
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<div>{{short description|Indian director}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2016}}<br />
{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Kasthuri Raja<br />
| image =<br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_name = R. Krishnamoorthy<ref>http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/hc-quashes-maintenance-case-filed-against-dhanush/article18179600.ece</ref><br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|8|7|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = Theni, Tamil Nadu<br />
| death_date = <br />
| death_place = <br />
| occupation = [[Film Director]], [[Film Producer|Producer]], [[Music Director]]<br />
| children = {{Unbulleted list|K. Vimala Geetha|Karthika Devi|[[Selvaraghavan]]|[[Dhanush]]}}<br />
| website = <br />
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| othername =<br />
| yearsactive = 1991–2006, 2018-present<br />
| spouse = Vijayalakshmi<br />
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}}<br />
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'''Kasthuri Raja''' is an Indian film director. He is the father of director [[Selvaraghavan]] and actor [[Dhanush]]. He worked as an assistant director with Director K.S.G. Most of the films he directed were either village based or infatuation of youngsters. He also worked with Director [[Visu]] on more than 16 films. Prior to entering the film industry, he ran away from home to Chennai and worked in a mill.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZZPIzT1T2I</ref><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
! Year<br />
! Film<br />
!class=unsortable| Notes<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan="3"| 1991 || ''[[En Rasavin Manasile]]'' <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| ''[[Aatha Un Koyilile]]'' <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| ''[[Thoodhu Po Chellakiliye]]'' <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan="2"| 1992 || ''[[Solaiyamma]]'' <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| ''[[Mouna Mozhi]]'' <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 1994 || ''[[Thaai Manasu]]'' <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 1996||''[[Nattupura Pattu]]'' <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan="2"| 1997 || ''[[Vasuki (film)|Vasuki]]'' <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| ''[[Ettupatti Rasa]]'' <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan="3"| 1998 || ''[[Veera Thalattu]]'' <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| ''[[En Aasai Rasave]]'' <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| ''[[Veeram Vilanja Mannu]]'' <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 1999 || ''[[Kummi Paattu]]'' <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 2000 || ''[[Karisakattu Poove]]'' <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 2002 || ''[[Thulluvadho Ilamai]]'' <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 2004 || ''[[Dreams (2004 film)|Dreams]]'' <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 2006 || ''[[Idhu Kadhal Varum Paruvam]]'' <br />
| Also music director<br />
|-<br />
| 2019 || ''[[Paandi Muni]]'' ||Filming<br />
|-<br />
| TBA || ''[[Kaasu Panam Thuttu]]'' ||Delayed<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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;As an actor<br />
*''[[Aval Sumangalithan]]'' (1985)<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb name|1011997|Kasthuri Raja}}<br />
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[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:People from Theni district]]<br />
[[Category:Film directors from Chennai]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian film directors]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil film directors]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian film directors]]<br />
[[Category:Film producers from Chennai]]<br />
[[Category:1952 births]]<br />
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