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A. M. Rathnam

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A. M. Rathnam
Born
Arani Muni Ratnam

Occupations
  • Producer
  • lyricist
  • screenwriter
  • director
ChildrenJyothi Krishna
Ravi Krishna
AwardsFilmfare Awards South
HonoursKalaimamani 2018

A. M. Rathnam is an Indian film producer, lyricist, screenwriter, and director known for his works in Telugu and Tamil cinema.[1][2] Under Sri Surya Movies Entertainment, a movie production house he owns in Hyderabad, he has produced blockbusters in Telugu such as Karthavyam (1990), Peddarikam (1992), Sneham Kosam (1999), and Kushi (2001).[3] He ventured into Tamil cinema in 1996 with the blockbuster Indian, which was India's Official Entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards. He then produced films such as Kushi, Run, Boys, Enakku 20 Unakku 18, Dhool, Ghilli, 7G Rainbow Colony, Arrambam, Yennai Arindhaal and Vedalam.[4]

Personal life

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Rathnam was born in Buchireddypalem of Nellore district in Andhra Pradesh. Rathnam has two sons, director and actor Jyothi Krishna and actor Ravi Krishna. Jyothi Krishna's directorial debut Enakku 20 Unakku 18 and its Telugu version, as well as Ravi Krishna's first four films, that also include Jyothi Krishna's second directorial venture Kedi, were all produced by Rathnam himself.[citation needed][5]

In 2012, he built a temple for Shirdi Sai Baba at his office in Valasaravakkam.[1][6]

Career

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Ratnam started his career as a make-up man for superstar actress Vijayashanti. Being the Executive Producer for the actress, he produced his first film Karthavyam, in 1990. Vijayashanti won the National Award for the Best Actress for this film. He made films with Kamal Haasan, Vijay, Ajith Kumar, Chiranjeevi, Vikram and many other actors. He later began producing films in Tamil and Hindi as well, dubbing and releasing several films in other languages. He went on to finance Shankar's Indian, which earned him the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil and was later submitted by India for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Nayak: The Real Hero and Sneham Kosam starring Chiranjeevi.

Rathnam produced the Tamil romance film Kushi, starring Vijay and its same-titled Telugu remake the following year, starring Pawan Kalyan, both of which were directed by S. J. Surya and became highly successful.[7] Later, he produced two more films, Ghilli and Sivakasi starring Vijay. Both Ghilli and Sivakasi were highly successful at the box office. During the early 1990s, he directed two films Peddarikam and Sankalpam in Telugu.[7] He has also written the screenplay for the film Naaga.[8] Later, he changed the name of his production company from Sri Surya Movies Entertainment to Shri Sai Raam Creations, which is now headed by S. Aishwarya. He had done three films with Ajith Kumar such as Arrambam, Yennai Arindhaal and Vedalam, all of which were huge successes.

Awards

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Filmfare Awards South

Tamil Nadu State Film Awards

Others

Filmography

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Producer
Year Film Language Notes Production Company
1990 Karthavyam Telugu Filmfare Award for Best Film - Telugu Sri Surya Movies
1992 Peddarikam Also Screenplay & Direction; Remake of Godfather
1993 Aasayam
1994 Tejasvini Hindi Chandra-Surya Movies Pvt. Ltd
1995 Sankalpam Telugu Also Screenplay & Direction; Remake of Mithunam Surya Chitra
1996 Indian Tamil Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil
Cinema Express Award for Best Film – Tamil
Dubbed into Telugu as Bharateeyudu
Sri Surya Movies
1998 Natpukkaga Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil
Ellame En Pondattithaan
1999 Sneham Kosam Telugu Remake of Natpukkaga
Kadhalar Dhinam Tamil Dubbed into Hindi as Dil Hi Dil Mein and Telugu as Premikula Roju
2000 Kushi
2001 Khushi Telugu Remake of Kushi
Nayak: The Real Hero Hindi Remake of Mudhalvan
2002 Run Tamil Dubbed into Telugu with the same title
2003 Dhool
Naaga Telugu Also Screenplay
Boys Tamil Dubbed into Telugu as same title
Enakku 20 Unakku 18
Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu
Tamil
Telugu
2004 Kovil Tamil
Ghilli Remake of Okkadu
7G Rainbow Colony Bilingual in Telugu as 7G Brundavan Colony[11]
2005 Ponniyin Selvan
Sivakasi
2006 Bangaram Telugu
Kedi Tamil 25th Film
Dharmapuri
2008 Bheemaa
2013 Arrambam Sri Sathya Sai Movies
2015 Yennai Arindhaal Sri Sai Raam Creations
Vedalam
2017 Karuppan
Oxygen Telugu Also screenplay
2025 Hari Hara Veera Mallu Telugu Mega Surya Production
Distributor
Lyricist
  • Jeans - Telugu version
  • Boys - Telugu version
  • Naaga - Entha Chinna Muddu, Macarina, Oka Konte, Megham Karigenu

References

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  1. ^ a b V Lakshmi (5 May 2012). "A M Rathnam builds temple". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  2. ^ palPalani (29 September 2011). "Ajith-Vishnuvardhan-A.M Rathnam project confirmed". Southdreamz.com. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  3. ^ "A.m. Rathnam photos, videos, latest news, A.m. Rathnam wallpapers". ApunKaChoice.com. Archived from the original on 26 June 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  4. ^ S. R. Ashok Kumar (20 July 2012). "Arts / Cinema : Showbitz: Lean and mean". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  5. ^ "Video : Producer A.M.Rathnam Speaks About Ajith Kumar". Star Ajith. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  6. ^ "Ajith at Ratnam's Sai Baba temple". Sify. 7 May 2012. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  7. ^ a b "Telugu Cinema Etc". Idlebrain.com. 12 June 2001. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  8. ^ "Telugu Cinema – Review – Naaga – NTR, Sadaf, Jennifer, Raghuvaran, Rajan P Dev, Rambha – AM Ratnam". Idlebrain.com. 10 January 2003. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  9. ^ http:// Refer Filmfare Magazine August 1991, 38th filmfare awards south
  10. ^ "Kamal wins 17th Film fare award for role in Indian". The Economic Times. 9 July 1997. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011.
  11. ^ "'7-G Rainbow Colony is my story'". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
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