Vincent Selva

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Vincent Selva
OccupationFilm director
Years active1998-2016

Vincent Selva is an Indian film director and screenwriter associated with the Tamil film industry. This director is best known for his debut flick, Priyamudan starring Vijay, Kausalya. Other directors such as Mysskin and S. P. Jananathan worked under him.

Career[edit]

Vincent Selva got associated with film scene in the 1990s.

He made his film debut as a director through the film Priyamudan. The romantic film released in 1998 was a major hit at box office and had been remade to Telugu, Kannada and Hindi. This is the first movie where Vijay played an anti-hero role.

In 1999 he released his second film, Iraniyan, a fictional biography of freedom fighter "Vattakudi Iraniyan". The movie starred Murali and Meena and opened to mixed reviews.

In 2002 he directed Youth a film starring Vijay, which was well received by critics and audiences. The movie starred the Fair & Lovely girl, Shaheen Khan in the lead role. In 2002, he was signed on by producer Keyaar to make a film titled Enna Peyar Veikalaam featuring Karthik in the lead role. Despite travelling to Pollachi for the shoot, the actor refused to emerge from his hotel room, and following an extended period of confusion, the film was called off.[1]

He worked on Khakee, a police thriller with Sarathkumar in the lead role during 2006, but the film was shelved. Despite attempts to restart the venture in 2008, the film did not finish production.[2]

In 2005 he remade the Bollywood film, Gayab to Tamil titled, Jithan. The movie met with commercial success. After the film, he directed the same actor Jithan Ramesh in Madurai Veeran, but it was received negative reviews. Perumal, Thulli Vilayadu and Inga Enna Solluthu are other releases.

In 2016, he made a comeback with the sequel of Jithan and the movie titled Jithan 2 was a major setback. The talented and multiaward winning director Mysskin known for his off beat movies worked as an assistant under him. S. P. Jananathan has also worked under him as an assistant.

Filmography[edit]

Year Film Credited as Notes
Director Writer
1998 Priyamudan Green tickY Green tickY
1999 Iraniyan Green tickY Green tickY
2002 Youth Green tickY Green tickY Remake of Telugu film Chiru Navvuto
2005 Jithan Green tickY Green tickY Remake of Hindi film Gayab
2007 Madurai Veeran Green tickY Green tickY Remake of Telugu film Nuvvu Nenu
2009 Perumal Green tickY Green tickY
2013 Thulli Vilayadu Green tickY Green tickY
2014 Inga Enna Solluthu Green tickY Red XN
2016 Jithan 2 Red XN Green tickY
2016 Virumandikum Sivanandikum Green tickY Green tickY

References[edit]

  1. "Archived copy". www.chennaionline.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2004. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Sarath Kumar revives Khaki". 31 March 2008.