Hari (born 26 December 1968) is an Indian movie director, best known for his action-masala in Tamil cinema. He made his directional debut in the movie Thamizh (2002).After this breakthrough, he gave many commercial success movies such as Saamy (2003), Kovil (2004), Ayya (2005), Thaamirabharani (2007), Vel (2007) and Singam (2010) movie. He has directed 15 movies.
Background
Hari was born in the Thoothukudi District of Tamil Nadu, India. His father, Gopal, is a vessels merchant.[1] Later, his family moved to Chennai, where Hari graduated with a degree in Commerce.
His first film, in 2002, was Thamizh, with Prashanth and Simran. Film critic Balaji commented that it was "one of the few movies in recent times where a lot of importance seems to have been attached to the script. In spite of the flimsy story and routine screenplay where a youth grows to be a "dada", the dialogs elevate the quality of the movie and make it very enjoyable".[6] His second film Saamy, under the Kavithaalaya banner, starred Vikram. It was named the year's biggest hit,[7] grossing ₹160 million.[8] Its success led to remakes; in Telugu (Lakshmi Narasimha),[9] Kannada (Ayya)[10] and Hindi languages (Policegiri).[11] His next two films Kovil, with Silambarasan and Arul also starred Vikram. In 2005, he made Ayya, starring Sarathkumar, which introduced Nayantara to Tamil cinema. His next film was Aaru, with Suriya in 2005. In 2007, he directed two films, Thaamirabharani with Vishal and Vel, with Suriya. In 2008, he directed Seval, with Bharath. Ayyappa Prasad from Nowrunning.com stated that Hari "panders to the taste of his rural audience all the way, but the movie is bound to disappoint city-dwellers, since neither the story nor its treatment appeal to anyone with high IQ .[12]
In 2010 Hari directed his tenth film Singam, with Suriya, marking their third collaboration.[13] although reviewers identified it as a standard masala entertainer.[14][15]
↑D Govardan, TNN 26 August 2003, 01.52am IST (26 August 2003). "Tamil films enter hit zone in 2003 – Economic Times". Articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
