Rajasekhar (director)

Rajasekhar (died 1991), often credited as Rajasekhar B.Sc., was an Indian film director and producer of Kollywood during the 1980s. He also directed films in Telugu, Kannada and Hindi.

Not to be confused with S. Rajasekar.

Rajasekhar
Born
Nattarasankottai
Occupation(s)Director, screenwriter
Years active1978–1991

Career

Rajasekhar was born in Nattarasankottai in then Ramanathapuram district and was a Bachelor of Science graduate. He made his debut as director with the 1980 Kannada movie Hunnimeya Rathriyalli.He was a director of 1980s and his major works were with Rajnikanth and Kamal Haasan. Almost all of Rajnikanth's mid to late 80s films like Thambikku Entha Ooru, Padikkadavan, Maapillai and Dharma Dorai were directed by Rajasekhar. He was also the director of Kamal Haasan movies Vikram, the first Tamil film which crossed the budget of ₹1 crore and Kakki Chattai. He also directed Malaiyoor Mambattiyan and Maaveeran. He also directed Vijaykanth movie Eetti and Cooliekkaran.

Filmography
YearFilmLanguage
1980Hunnimeya RathriyalliKannada
1981Punnami NaaguTelugu
1981Kanneer PookkalTamil
1981Jeene Ki ArzooHindi
1982AmmaTamil
1983Malaiyur MambattiyanTamil
1984Thambikku Entha OoruTamil
1984GangvaaHindi
1985EettiTamil
1985PadikkadavanTamil
1985Kaakki SattaiTamil
1986VikramTamil
1986Kanmaniye PesuTamil
1986Murattu KarangalTamil
1986Kalamellam Unn MadiyilTamil
1986Lakshmi VandhachuTamil
1986MaaveeranTamil
1987CooliekkaranTamil
1988Kazhugumalai KallanTamil
1988Paatti Sollai ThattatheTamil
1989Bamma Maata Bangaru BaataTelugu
1989MappillaiTamil
1989Karunguyil KundramTamil
1990Pudhu VarisuTamil
1991Dharma DuraiTamil

Death

Rajasekhar died in 1991 in a car accident, shortly after the release off his last film Dharma Durai.[1][2]

References
  1. "Remembering Rajasekhar…". The Auteur. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  2. "அவர் ஒரு பொன்மாலைப் பொழுது" [He is a golden twilight time]. Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). 13 September 2019. Archived from the original on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
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