Rajashekar (director)

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'''Rajashekar''', often credited as "Rajashekar B.Sc." sans initials, was a notable Indian film director and producer of [[Tamil cinema|Kollywood]] during the 1980s. He also directed movies in [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Kannada]] and [[Hindi]].

== Career ==
Rajashekar was born in [[Nattarasankottai]] in then [[Ramanathapuram district]] and was a Bachelor of Science graduate. He made his debut as director with the 1980 Kannada movie ''[[Hunnimeya Rathriyalli]]''.He was a director of 1980s and his major works were with [[Rajnikanth]] and [[Kamal Haasan]]. Almost all of [[Rajnikanth]]'s mid to late 80s films like ''[[Thambikku Entha Ooru]]'', ''[[Padikkadavan (1985 film)|Padikkadavan]]'', ''[[Mappillai (1989 film)|Maapillai]]'' and ''[[Dharma Dorai]]'' were directed by Rajasekhar. He was also the director of [[Kamal Haasan]] movies ''[[Vikram (1986 Tamil film)|Vikram]]'', the first Tamil film which crossed the budget of {{INR}}1 [[crore]] and ''[[Kakki Chattai]]''. He also directed ''[[Malaiyoor Mambattiyan]]'' and ''[[Maaveeran]]''. He also directed [[Vijaykanth]] movie ''[[Eetti (1985 film)|Eetti]]'' and ''[[Cooliekkaran]]''.

==Filmography==
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! Year !! Film !! Language !! class=unsortable|Notes
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| 1981-4 || ''[[Kanneer Pookkal]]''|| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]||
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| 1982-5 || ''Amma''|| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]||
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| 1983-6 || ''[[Malaiyoor Mambattiyan]]''|| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]|| Remade as ''[[Gangvaa]]'' and ''[[Mambattiyan]]''
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| 1984-7 || ''[[Thambikku Entha Ooru]]''|| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]|| Remade in Kannada as ''[[Anjada Gandu]]''
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| 1984-8 || ''[[Gangvaa]]''|| [[Hindi]]|| Remake of ''[[Malaiyoor Mambattiyan]]''
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| 1985-9 || ''[[Eetti (1985 film)|Eetti]]''|| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]||
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| 1985-10 || ''[[Padikkadavan (1985 film)|Padikkadavan]]''|| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]|| Remake of ''[[Khud-Daar]]''
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| 1985-11 || ''[[Kaakki Sattai]]''|| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]|| Inspiration for ''[[Guru (1989 film)|Guru]]''
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| 1986-12 || ''[[Vikram (1986 Tamil film)|Vikram]]''|| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]|| Based on novel of same name by [[Sujatha Rangarajan]]
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| 1986-13 || ''Kanmaniye Pesu''|| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]|| Remake of ''[[Baseraa]]''
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| 1986-14 || ''[[Murattuk Karangal]]''|| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]||
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| 1986-15 || ''Kalamellam Unn Madiyil''|| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]||
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| 1986-16 || ''[[Lakshmi Vandhachu]]''|| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]|| Remake of ''[[Khubsoorat]]''
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| 1986-17 || ''[[Maaveeran]]''|| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]|| Remake of ''[[Mard (1985 film)|Mard]]''
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| 1987-18 || ''[[Cooliekkaran]]''|| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]|| Remake of ''[[Kaalia]]''
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| 1988-19 || ''[[Kazhugumalai Kallan]]''|| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]||
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| 1988-20 || ''[[Paatti Sollai Thattathe]]''|| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]|| Remade as ''[[Bamma Maata Bangaru Baata]]''
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| 1989-21 || ''[[Bamma Maata Bangaru Baata]]''|| [[Telugu language|Telugu]]|| Remake of ''[[Paatti Sollai Thattathe]]''
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| 1989-22 || ''[[Mappillai (1989 film)|Mappillai]]''|| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]|| Remake of ''[[Attaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu]]''
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| 1989-23 || ''[[Karunguyil Kundram]]''|| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]||
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| 1990-24 || ''Pudhu Varisu''|| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]||
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==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|2158003|name=Rajashekar}}
* Remembering Rajasekhar... | The Auteur http://theauteur.in/remembering-rajasekhar/
* Rajasekhar - Andru Kanda Mugam (WordPress) https://antrukandamugam.wordpress.com/2016/08/07/rajasekhar-director/

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