Rajashekar (director)

Not to be confused with S. Rajasekar.

Rajashekar
Born	Nattarasankottai
Occupation	Director, Screenwriter
Years active	1978 - 1991

Rajashekar, often credited as "Rajashekar B.Sc." sans initials, was a notable Indian film director and producer of Kollywood during the 1980s. He also directed movies in 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, Maapillai and Dharma Dorai were directed by Rajasekhar. He was also the director of Kamal Haasan movies Vikram, the first Tamil film which crossed the budget of ₹1 crore and Kakki Chattai. He also directed Malaiyoor Mambattiyan and Maaveeran. He also directed Vijaykanth movie Eetti and Cooliekkaran.

Filmography

Year	Film	Language	Notes
1981-4	Kanneer Pookkal	Tamil
1982-5	Amma	Tamil
1983-6	Malaiyoor Mambattiyan	Tamil	Remade as Gangvaa and Mambattiyan
1984-7	Thambikku Entha Ooru	Tamil	Remade in Kannada as Anjada Gandu
1984-8	Gangvaa	Hindi	Remake of Malaiyoor Mambattiyan
1985-9	Eetti	Tamil
1985-10	Padikkadavan	Tamil	Remake of Khud-Daar
1985-11	Kaakki Sattai	Tamil	Inspiration for Guru
1986-12	Vikram	Tamil	Based on novel of same name by Sujatha Rangarajan
1986-13	Kanmaniye Pesu	Tamil	Remake of Baseraa
1986-14	Murattuk Karangal	Tamil
1986-15	Kalamellam Unn Madiyil	Tamil
1986-16	Lakshmi Vandhachu	Tamil	Remake of Khubsoorat
1986-17	Maaveeran	Tamil	Remake of Mard
1987-18	Cooliekkaran	Tamil	Remake of Kaalia
1988-19	Kazhugumalai Kallan	Tamil
1988-20	Paatti Sollai Thattathe	Tamil	Remade as Bamma Maata Bangaru Baata
1989-21	Bamma Maata Bangaru Baata	Telugu	Remake of Paatti Sollai Thattathe
1989-22	Mappillai	Tamil	Remake of Attaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu
1989-23	Karunguyil Kundram	Tamil
1990-24	Pudhu Varisu	Tamil

External links

• Rajashekar on IMDb
• Remembering Rajasekhar... | The Auteur http://theauteur.in/remembering-rajasekhar/
• Rajasekhar - Andru Kanda Mugam (WordPress) https://antrukandamugam.wordpress.com/2016/08/07/rajasekhar-director/