Mathivanan Rajendran

Mathivanan Rajendran
Mathivanan at the 2020 International Film Festival Rotterdam
Born
Pudukkottai, India
Alma materVirginia Tech
Occupations
  • Film producer
  • Actor
  • Stage Director
Years active2011-present
Websitehttp://www.strayfactory.com

Mathivanan Rajendran (born 12 January) is an Indian actor and film producer.

Career

He produces films under his production company, Stray Factory which produces independent Indian films. Most recent productions include Nirvana Inn (2019) and Nasir (2020).[1]

Nirvana Inn premiered at the Busan International Film Festival in 2019 and Nasir premiered at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam 2020 winning the NETPAC award at the festival.[2]

He is also the co-founder of Rascalas an online platform for South Indian content.[3] In 2016 he produced one of South India's first web series Black Sheep.[4] His plays have been performed at festivals across the globe including National Arts Festival and Hollywood Fringe Festival.

In 2022, he was named as a BAFTA Breakthrough Talent from India.[5]

Filmography

As producer

Year Title Language Director Notes
2016 Black Sheep English/Tamil Naveen Kumar Web Series
2016 Stray Stories English/Tamil Kiran Naig Web Series
2019 Nirvana Inn Hindi Vijay Jayapal Selection Asian Project Market 2018

Winner Asian Cinema Fund 2019

24th Busan International Film Festival 2019

2020 Nasir Tamil Arun Karthick Selection NFDC Film Bazaar Co-production Market 2017

Hubert Bals Script & Development Fund

HBF + NFF Coproduction Grant

Winner NETPAC Award International Film Festival of Rotterdam

2020 B.Selvi & Daughters Tamil Drishya
2020 Freddies Piano English Aakash
2020 The Tremor Tamil Balaji Vembu Chelli Festival du nouveau cinéma
2022 Aasaimugam Tamil Arun Karthick

As actor

Year Film Role Language
2011 Mayakkam Enna Shankar Tamil
2016 Sawaari Mathi Tamil
2018 Andhra Mess Ritchie Tamil
2019 Freddies Piano English
2020 The Discreet Charm of the Savarnas English

As voice actor

Year Film Role Language Notes
2013 Vishwaroopam Deepak Chatterjee
 Tamil

References

  1. ^ Ge, Krupa (23 October 2019). "Mathivanan Rajendran On How Adil Hussain Starrer 'Nirvana Inn' Raised Funds Without Compromising On The Maker's Vision". Silverscreen.in. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Rotterdam Film Festival 2020 winners revealed". Screen. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Meet, drink, make merry at the community table - The Hindu". The Hindu. 30 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Rascalas' new web series Black Sheep offers a slice-of-life urban story - The Hindu". The Hindu. 23 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Mathivanan Rajendran | Producer". www.bafta.org. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.


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