Anucharan Murugaiyan
Anucharan Murugaiyan is an Indian director, writer and editor who works in Tamil cinema. He made his directorial debut in Australia with the short film Infinity[1] (2011) released in Australia and got his breakthrough in feature films with Kirumi, which has critically acclaimed and featured in 19th Annual Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival.[2]
Early life[edit]
He did his bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering at Coimbatore Institute of Technology . He is a design engineer by profession and has done a job at TCS Kolkata for about 18 months. Then he travelled to Australia to pursue his master's degree in Animation Technology at Sydney. He joined Animation mentor course in Sydney the masters in the field of animation where he learned from renowned including people from Pixar and ILM.[3]
Film career[edit]
Anucharan, a director of several short films, 20 music videos and 10 television shows in Australia. He has reached to the semi – finals with his short film "Infinity" at the Trop Fest (World's largest short film festival) in Sydney. He had come to Chennai for his sister's wedding, when M. Manikandan, the director of Kaaka Muttai and a close friend of him, and composer G. V. Prakash Kumar, encouraged him to make a Tamil film, after hearing the script of Kirumi.[4] Manikandan introduced Anucharan to Jayaraman, a former assistant, who had worked with actor Rajinikanth for 24 years and who decided to produce the venture along with his friends Prithiviraj and Rajendran as he liked the script since it was "contemporary" and had a message for society.[5]
Filmography[edit]
 | This section of a biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. (December 2022) |
| Year | Film | Director | Writer | Editor | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Kirumi | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2016 | Kuttrame Thandanai | No | No | Yes | |
| 2016 | Aandavan Kattalai | No | Yes | Yes | |
| 2019 | Sigai | No | No | Yes[6] | Released on ZEE5[7] |
| 2019 | July Kaatril | No | No | Yes | |
| 2022 | Panni Kutty[8] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Project by Lyca Productions [9] |
Television
| Year | Name | Director | Writer | Editor | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Suzhal: The Vortex | Yes | No | No | Amazon Prime Web Series |
Short films
- Infinity - It reached semi-finals at TropFest, Sydney
- Watch Dog
Awards[edit]
- His debut movie "Kirumi" won the Best Film award in 13th Chennai International Film Festival
- Behindwoods Gold Medals (2017) - "Best Screenplay Writer" for the movie Aandavan Kattalai[10]
References[edit]
- ^ Infinity (2011) IMDB [unreliable source?]
- ^ "Kirumu movie international premiere on November 7 in Toronto, Canada by the 19th annual Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival". reelasian.com.
- ^ "An exclusive interview of Kirumi fame director Anucharan by Dilani Rabindran". www.behindwoods.com.
- ^ "I Aim to Make Simple Movies". The New Indian Express. 29 September 2014. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- ^ "Rajinikanth's 'super' advice to his former assistant". Deccanchronicle.com. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- ^ "Sigai -Full Cast & Crew". IMDb. [unreliable source?]
- ^ "'Sigai' movie review: A whodunit that over-emphasises its message". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ "Yogi Babu next film titled Panni Kutty". timeofindia.
- ^ "Lyca Productions project "Panni Kutty"". newstoday.net. 2 March 2019.
- ^ "Behindwoods Gold Medals Winner list -2017". Retrieved 3 March 2019.