R. T. Neason

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{{short description|Indian film director}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = R. T. Neason
| image = Rtneason1.jpg
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://tamilfilmdirectorsassociation.com/profile.php?sno=387|title=R.T Neason|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140302104407/http://tamilfilmdirectorsassociation.com/profile.php?sno=387|archivedate=2 March 2014}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Bodinayakkanur]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| spouse = Lakshmi
| children = 2
| occupation = Film director
| years_active = 1998–2014
}}

'''R. T. Neason''' is an Indian [[film director]], he earlier worked as assistant director in film like ''[[Iraniyan (film)|Iraniyan]]'', ''[[Prematho Raa]]'', ''[[Thavasi]]'', ''[[Ondagona Baa]]'' and also with Director [[Bhagyaraj]] as a screenplay writer. Neason also assisted in story and screenplay of ''[[Velayudham]]''.<ref name="enjoy">{{cite web|last1=Venkat|last2=Kaushik L M|title="Come to Jilla blank and you will enjoy" - R. T. Neason|url=http://behindwoods.com/tamil-director/r-t-nesan/r-t-nesan-interview.html|website=Behindwoods|accessdate=11 October 2016}}</ref>

==Personal life==
R. T. Neason born in [[Bodinayakkanur]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. He did his schooling in Sainik School [[Amaravathinagar]], Tamil Nadu, India. He is married to Lakshmi. They have two Daughters Adithi and Akshara. He completed his [[Bachelor of Commerce]] from [[Madras University]], studied in [[M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute|Film and Television Institute of Madras]] with direction and screenplay specialization.<ref name="star">{{cite news|last1=S. R. Ashok|first1=Kumar|title=Audio beat: Jilla - Big stars and some great music|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/audio-beat-jilla-big-stars-and-some-great-music/article5511967.ece|accessdate=11 October 2016|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=28 December 2013|location=[[Chennai]]}}</ref><ref name="play">{{cite news|last1=Nikhil|first1=Raghavan|title=Power play|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/power-play/article5553518.ece|accessdate=11 October 2016|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=8 January 2014|location=[[Chennai]]}}</ref>

He worked as assistant director with [[Vincent Selva]] and [[Director Udayasankar|Udayasankar]] for films like ''[[Iraniyan (film)|Iraniyan]]'', ''[[Prematho Raa]]'', ''[[Thavasi]]'', ''[[Ondagona Baa]]''.{{citation needed|date= November 2022}}

==Film career==
Neason started his directorial career with ''[[Muruga (film)]]'' in 2007, starring [[Ashok Kumar (Tamil actor)|Ashok]], [[Shruti Sharma]], [[Sameksha|Samiksha]], [[Vadivelu]] and others. The film had music by [[Karthik Raja]] released to positive reviews on 7 March 2007 and was an average film.{{citation needed|date= November 2022}}

His second release ''[[Jilla]]'' features [[Mohanlal]], [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]], [[Kajal Aggarwal]] in the lead roles while [[Niveda Thomas]] portraying supporting roles. The film was released on 10 January 2014, coinciding with Pongal and clashing with [[Ajith Kumar]]'s ''[[Veeram (2014 film)|Veeram]]''.

Neason has two films to his arsenal as of date and has not worked on any films since ''Jilla''.{{citation needed|date= November 2022}}

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width:35px;"| Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| Film
! colspan="2" style="width:195px;"| Credited as
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; width:80px;"| Language
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; width:250px;" class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
! style="width:65px;" | Director
! width=65 | Writer
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Muruga (film)|Muruga]]''|| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} ||style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} ||Tamil ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Velayudham]]'' || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} ||style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} ||Tamil ||
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Jilla]]''|| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} ||style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || Tamil ||
|-

|}

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[[Category:Tamil film directors]]
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[[Category:Screenwriters from Tamil Nadu]]
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[[Category:Film directors from Tamil Nadu]]
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