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{{short description|Indian film director}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = R. V. Udayakumar
| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[Mettupalayam, Coimbatore|Mollepalayam]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| years_active = 1988–1996<br />2005<br />2012–present
| spouse = Sujatha<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2012/08/08201957/rv-udhayakumar-direct-in-ejam.html|title=Tamil Cinema news - Tamil Movies - Cinema seithigal|work=maalaimalar.com}}</ref>
| children = Bhumikka Uthayakumar
| occupation = Director, film actor, lyricist
}}

'''R. V. Udayakumar''' is an Indian film director who worked predominantly in the [[Tamil cinema|Tamil film industry]] throughout the 1990s, making films including ''[[Yejaman]]'' and ''[[Chinna Gounder]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/10/22/stories/2007102250440200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219150300/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/10/22/stories/2007102250440200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-12-19|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2007-10-22|title=Archive News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/11/29/stories/2004112900130300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050125144035/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/11/29/stories/2004112900130300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2005|title=A director's take on movies|date=27 November 2004|pages=03|work=[[The Hindu]]|via=The Hindu (old)}}</ref> He has also directed some [[Telugu cinema|Telugu films]].

==Early life==
Udayakumar was born to an agricultural family in a village called Mothepalayam near [[Mettupalayam, Coimbatore|Mettupalayam]]. His father is Venkatasamy and mother is Kannammal. He graduated with P. U. C from govt Arts and science College and studied BSc in Coimbatore. He joined the [[Madras Film Institute]] to pursue a diploma in direction. During the course, Udayakumar directed various short films.<ref name="maalaimalar1">{{Cite web |url=http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/Cinema/CineHistory/2016/04/11224733/1004478/cinima-history.vpf |date=April 11, 2016 |website=Maalai Malar |title=சத்யா மூவிஸ் படத்தில் சிவாஜிகணேசனை டைரக்ட் செய்த உதயகுமார் |trans-title=Udayakumar directed Sivaji Ganesan for Sathya Movies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503034254/http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/Cinema/CineHistory/2016/04/11224733/1004478/cinima-history.vpf |archive-date=3 May 2016}}</ref>

==Career==
He worked as an associate director for films like ''Neram Vandhachu'', ''Janani'' and ''[[Oomai Vizhigal]]''. He made his directorial debut with ''[[Urimai Geetham]]'' starring [[Prabhu Ganesan]] and [[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]]. The film became successful and RM Veerappan provided him an opportunity to direct his second film ''[[Puthiya Vaanam]]'', remake of Hindi film ''Hukumat''. The film starred [[Sivaji Ganesan]] and [[Sathyaraj]].<ref name="maalaimalar1"/> He then directed ''Uruthimozhi''. His fourth film ''[[Kizhakku Vasal]]'' became successful at the box office, the shooting of this film was plagued with various problems. The set which was built for the film was burnt, M. S. Madhu, storywriter of this film suffered from fits after witnessing the fire. Actress [[Sulakshana (actress)|Sulakshana]] was admitted to hospital due to nose bleeding. RV Udayakumar was hospitalised due to car accident and he went into coma for one month. After recovery, Udayakumar completed the climax of the film.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/Cinema/CineHistory/2016/04/13222456/1004852/cinima-history-uthayakumar.vpf |title=கிழக்கு வாசல் படப்பிடிப்பின்போது விபத்தில் சிக்கிய உதயகுமார் |trans-title=Udayakumar met with accident during the shoot of 'Kizhakku Vaasal' |date=April 13, 2016 |website=Maalai Malar |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430072337/http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/Cinema/CineHistory/2016/04/13222456/1004852/cinima-history-uthayakumar.vpf |archive-date=30 April 2016}}</ref> His next venture ''[[Chinna Gounder]]'' featured [[Vijayakanth]] as a soft-spoken village chieftain which was radically different from larger than life action roles which he was used to play, it was another successful film for both actor and director. He then directed ''[[Singaravelan (1992 film)|Singaravelan]]'' with [[Kamal Haasan]] which also became successful.

After the success of Chinna Gounder, Udayakumar was approached by various producers but he was in confusion in selecting hero for his next film and then he decided to have [[Rajinikanth]] as hero for his next film. Rajini agreed to act under the direction of Udayakumar and Udayakumar expressed his interest to make this film for [[AVM Productions]]. Initially different script was narrated but Udaykumar later opted to film other script as AVM Saravanan felt that it might go over budget. [[Meena (actress)|Meena]] was selected as heroine, Rajini was initially reluctant to have her as heroine as she appeared as child artist for his film ''[[Anbulla Rajinikanth]]'' and he felt that his fans might not accept this combination but eventually Rajini agreed to do so.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/Cinema/CineHistory/2016/04/14225154/1004982/cinima-history-uthayakumar.vpf |title=உதயகுமார் டைரக்ஷனில் ரஜினிகாந்த் |trans-title=Udayakumar directed Rajinikanth |date=April 14, 2016 |website=Maalai Malar |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430072830/http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/Cinema/CineHistory/2016/04/14225154/1004982/cinima-history-uthayakumar.vpf |archive-date=30 April 2016}}</ref> The success of ''[[Ejamaan]]'' meant that Udayakumar began a film titled ''Jilla Collecter'' with Rajinikanth, but the film was later cancelled. He again directed ''Ponnumani'' with Karthik which also became successful venture.

He then directed Prabhu's 100th film ''[[Rajakumaran (film)|Rajakumaran]]'' which became a flop but featured a successful soundtrack. His subsequent films ''[[Nandhavana Theru]]'' starring Karthik and ''[[Subash (film)|Subash]]'' starring Arjun became failure and average at box office respectively. He made his debut in Telugu with ''Tarakaramudu'' starring Srikanth and Soundarya, became a flop and was dubbed in Tamil as ''Velli Malare''. He then began an incomplete film titled ''Ulagai Vilai Pesava'' with Karthik and [[Malavika (actress)|Malavika]], before completing a project called ''Chinna Ramasamy Periya Ramasamy'' with himself and Jayaram in leading roles. In spite of the soundtrack being released, the film remains unreleased.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20041116232410/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/cinenews/14-09-99/sreeram.htm</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Oct/a-z/atoz-2.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-02-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128025921/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Oct/a-z/atoz-2.htm |archive-date=28 January 2015 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oocities.org/hollywood/lot/2330/gcnnov99.html|title=Gokul's Tamil Cinema News|work=oocities.org}}</ref> He was announced to direct Telugu remake of ''Nandha'' with Kalyanram which failed to proceed after launch.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions/muhurat-nanda.html |title= Muhurat Function - Production No.3 - Sri Mahaganapathy Films |website=Idlebrain |access-date=2019-06-28}}</ref> He then made a comeback with ''[[Karka Kasadara]]'' introducing actor [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]]'s cousin [[Vikranth]] in lead role. The film flopped at box office and Udayakumar opted against directing films and started portraying supporting roles as an actor.

==Filmography==
===As director===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Film !! Language !! Cast !! Music!! Verdict
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Urimai Geetham]]'' || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] || [[Prabhu Ganesan|Prabhu]], [[Karthik Muthuraman|Karthik]], Ranjani, Pallavi || Manoj-Gyan ||
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Puthiya Vaanam]]'' || Tamil || [[Sivaji Ganesan]], [[Satyaraj]], [[Rupini (actress)|Rupini]] || [[Hamsalekha]] ||
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Urudhi Mozhi]]'' || Tamil || Prabhu, [[Sivakumar]], [[Geetha (actress)|Geetha]] || [[Ilaiyaraaja]] ||
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Kizhakku Vasal]]'' || Tamil || Karthik, [[Revathi]], [[Khushbu]] || Ilaiyaraaja || [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film]] (Third prize)
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Chinna Gounder]]'' || Tamil ||[[Vijayakanth]], [[Sukanya (actress)|Sukanya]] || Ilaiyaraaja || [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film]] (Third prize)
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Singaravelan]]'' || Tamil || [[Kamal Haasan]], Kushboo || Ilaiyaraaja ||
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Ejamaan]]'' || Tamil ||[[Rajinikanth]], [[Meena (actress)|Meena]], [[Aishwarya (actress)|Aishwarya]] || Ilaiyaraaja ||
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Ponnumani]]'' || Tamil || Karthik, [[Soundarya]] || Ilaiyaraaja ||
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Rajakumaran (film)|Rajakumaran]]'' || Tamil || Prabhu, Meena, [[Nadhiya]] || Ilaiyaraaja ||
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Nandhavana Theru]]'' || Tamil || Karthik, Srinidhi || Ilaiyaraaja ||
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Subash (film)|Subash]]'' || Tamil ||[[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]], Revathi || [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]] ||
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Taraka Ramudu]]'' || [[Telugu language|Telugu]] ||[[Meka Srikanth|Srikanth]], [[Soundarya]] || [[Saluri Koteswara Rao|Koti]] ||
|-
| 2000 || ''Chinna Ramasamy Periya Ramasamy'' || Tamil ||[[Jayaram]], [[Udaya Bhanu (actress)|Udaya Bhanu]] || Ilaiyaraaja || Unreleased
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Karka Kasadara]]'' || Tamil ||[[Vikranth]], [[Lakshmi Rai]], [[Diya (actress)|Diya]] || Prayog ||
|-
|2011
|''Mr. Rascal''
|Telugu
| Paruchuri Ravindranath, Payal Ghosh, Nadisha Hemamalini
|John Peter
| (Remake of Thirttu Payale)
|}

===As actor===
* ''[[Chinna Gounder]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Ponnumani]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Ejamaan]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Rajakumaran (film)|Rajakumaran]]'' (1994)
* ''Chinna Ramasamy Periya Ramasamy'' (2000) – Unreleased
* ''Iru Nadhigal'' (2008)
* ''Sooriya Nagaram'' (2012)
* ''[[Pasanga 2]]'' (2015)
* ''[[Anjala (film)|Anjala]]'' (2016)
* ''[[Thodari]]'' (2016)
* ''[[Devi (2016 film)|Devi]]'' (2016 - Multilingual)
* ''[[Paambhu Sattai]]'' (2017)
* ''Kelambitangaya Kelambitangaya'' (2018)
* ''[[100% Kadhal]]'' (2019)

===As lyricist===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Film name !! Song name !! Music!! Notes
|-
|1988||''[[Urimai Geetham]]''||all songs||Manoj-Gyan||
|-
|1990 ||''[[Urudhi Mozhi]]'' ||All songs ||[[Ilaiyaraaja]] ||
|-
|1990 ||''[[Kizhakku Vasal]]'' ||Paadi Parandha, Pachaimalai Poo, Vandhadhe, Thalukki ||Ilaiyaraaja ||
|-
|1992 ||''[[Singaravelan]]'' ||Innum Ennai || Ilaiyaraaja ||
|-
|1992 ||''[[Chinna Gounder]]'' ||all songs ||Ilaiyaraaja||
|-
|1993 ||''[[Ponnumani]]'' ||all songs ||Ilaiyaraaja||
|-
|1993 ||''[[Ejamaan]]'' ||Yejaman Kaaladi, Nilave Mugam, Aalapol, Idiye Aanalum, Oru Naalum, Thookuchattiya, Urakka Kattura ||[[Ilaiyaraaja]]||
|-
|1993 ||''[[Dharmaseelan]]'' || Kinnaram || [[Ilaiyaraaja]]||
|-
|1994 ||''[[Rajakumaran (film)|Rajakumaran]]'' ||all songs ||Ilaiyaraaja||
|-
|1995 ||''[[Nandhavana Theru]]'' ||all songs ||[[Ilaiyaraaja]]||
|-
|1995||''[[Periya Kudumbam]]'' ||Muchathu Maadapura, Thathi Thathi||Ilaiyaraaja||
|-
|1996 ||''[[Subash (film)|Subash]]'' ||all songs ||[[Vidyasagar (composer)|Vidyasagar]] ||
|-
|1997 ||''[[Dharma Chakkaram]]'' ||all songs ||[[Deva (composer)|Deva]] ||
|-
|1998||''[[Velai]]''||Oivedu Nilave||[[Yuvan Shankar Raja]] ||
|-
|1998||''[[Guru Paarvai]]''||Vekkali Amman||Deva||
|-
|2000 || ''[[Kakkai Siraginilae]]'' || all songs ||[[Ilaiyaraaja]]||
|-
|2002 ||''[[Shree (2002 film)|Shree]]'' || || T. S. Muralidharan ||
|-
|2003 ||''[[Chokka Thangam]]''|| Enna Nenacha || Deva ||
|-
|2005 ||''[[Karka Kasadara]]'' || all songs || Prayog ||
|}

==References==
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