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|name = Salangai Durai<br />
|birth_name = S. Duraisamy<br />
|birth_place = [[Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
|occupation = Film director, writer<br />
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|years active = 1994-present<br />
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'''Salangai Durai''' is an Indian film director and producer, who has directed [[Tamil language]] films. He became known for the rural drama ''[[Kathavarayan (2008 film)|Kathavarayan]]'' (2008), and has gone on to make feature films including ''[[Kandharvan]]'' (2014) and ''Kadathal'' (2023).<br />
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==Career==<br />
After working as a television director and a dialogue writer in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Salangai Durai made his directorial debut with ''[[Kathavarayan (2008 film)|Kathavarayan]]'' (2008) starring [[Karan (actor)|Karan]] and [[Vidisha (actress)|Vidisha]]. The film opened to negative reviews, with a critic noting "debutant director Salangai Durai may not have made a dream debut but this start is not disappointing."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/kathavarayan-review-tamil-14684996.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127173015/http://www.sify.com/movies/kathavarayan-review-tamil-14684996.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-11-27|work=Sify|title=Kathavarayan review}}</ref><br />
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In early 2009, Durai began work on ''[[Kantharvan]]'', a love story narrating the tale of a romance between a lorry driver and a college girl, starring Kathir - who had featured in a small role in ''Kathavarayan''- and [[Honey Rose]].<ref>https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/audio-beat-kantharvan/article3483047.ece</ref><ref>http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/mar-09-04/kandarvan-30-03-09.html</ref> The film had a delayed release in 2014.<ref>https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/kandharvan-team-interview/kandharvan-team-interview-personality.html</ref><ref>https://www.indiaglitz.com/one-more-soundarya-in-tamil-industry-kannada-news-49159</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20140324003448/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/shotcuts-in-the-top-10/article5814410.ece</ref><br />
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In 2019, Durai began work on a police procedural film titled ''EPCO 302'' starring [[Kasthuri (actress)|Kasthuri]] in the lead role, under his own production studio, South Indian Productions. The film eventually had a delayed release, owing to the coronavirus pandemic, in December 2021.<ref>https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2019/apr/24/kasthuri-turns-cop-for-epco302-11221.html</ref><ref>https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2019/apr/25/kasthuri-turns-cop-for-epco-302-1968541.html</ref> Despite a low-profile release, the film garnered critical acclaim.<ref>https://newstodaynet.com/2022/01/08/salangai-durais-epiko-302-wins-raise/</ref> His next release, ''Kadathal'', had a low-profile release in 2023.<br />
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Durai worked on a project titled ''Kandeepan Kanai'' in the early 2020s, starring newcomers, but the project did not have a theatrical release.<ref>https://www.directorsalangaidurai.com/</ref><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
===Films===<br />
;As director<br />
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! Year !! Film !! Notes<br />
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| 2008 || ''[[Kathavarayan (2008 film)|Kathavarayan]]'' ||<br />
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| 2014 || ''[[Kandharvan]]'' ||<br />
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| 2021 || ''EPCO 302'' ||<br />
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| 2023 || ''Kadathal'' ||<br />
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;As dialogue writer<br />
*''[[Ayudha Poojai]]'' (1995)<br />
*''Sutha''<br />
*''[[Suyamvaram]]'' (1999)<br />
*''[[Asoka (2001 film)|Samrat Asoka]]'' (2001; Tamil dialogues)<br />
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;As actor<br />
*''[[En Rajangam]]'' (1994) as a reporter<br />
*''[[Rettai Jadai Vayasu]]'' (1997) as a servant<br />
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===Television===<br />
;As director<br />
*''Veeran Maruthu Manickam'' (1998)<br />
*''Panchami'' (2000)<br />
*''Inai Kodugal''<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{imdb name|11962790}}<br />
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