A. Jagannathan

A. Jagannathan

Born	26 Nov 1935 Tiruppur^[1]
Died	October 7, 2012(2012-10-07) (aged 76)^[1] Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Residence	Kodambakkam, Chennai
Occupation	film director
Years active	1973-2012
Spouse(s)	Rajamani
Children	Usha Devi Pavithra Devi Arun Kumar

A. Jagannathan was an Indian film director who worked in the Tamil, Telugu, Kannada an Hindi film industry. He directed nearly 50 films in Tamil.^[2]

Film career

He made his debut as director in Manipayal in 1973 after working as an assistant to T. Prakash Rao and P. Neelakantan for almost 15 films, most of them being MGR movies.^[3] He directed the MGR film Idhayakkani, and some television serials.^[4]

He directed Sivaji Ganesan's Vellai Roja which won awards including the Filmfare Award.^[1] Another successful venture in his career was Moondru Mugam.

Partial Filmography

Year	Film	Language	Writer	Notes
1973	Manipayal	Tamil	debut as a director
1974	Idhayam Parkiradhu	Tamil
1975	Idhayakkani	Tamil	Poovai Krishnan
1976	Kumaara Vijayam	Tamil	Komal Swaminathan
1976	Nalla Penmani	Tamil
1976	Athirshtam Azhaikkirathu	Tamil
1977	Nantha En Nila	Tamil
1978	Ival Oru Seethai	Tamil
1979	Jaya Nee Jayuchutte	Tamil
1979	Mugathil Mugan Paarkalaam	Tamil
1979	Muthal Iravu	Tamil
1980	Aayiram Vaasal Idhayam	Tamil
1981	Pennmanum Pesugiradhu	Tamil
1981	Sorgathin Thirappu Vizha	Tamil
1982	Krodham	Tamil	Prem Menon
1983	Moondru Mugam	Tamil	P. Selvakumar
1983	Manaivi Illatha Neram	Tamil
1983	Thanga Magan	Tamil	Sathya Movies story department
1983	Vellai Roja	Tamil	Pavithran	Remake of Malayalam film Postmortem Filmfare Award for Best Director – Tamil
1984	Komberi Mookan	Tamil
1984	Naalai Unathu Naal	Tamil	Prithvi Brothers
1984	Oh Maane Maane	Tamil	Pamman	Remake of Malayalam film Chattakari
1985	Karpoora Deepam	Tamil
1985	Meendum Parasakthi	Tamil
1985	Rahasya Hanthakudu	Telugu
1987	Khaidi	Telugu
1987	Kadhal Parisu	Tamil	R. M. Veerappan
1987	Muthukkal Moondru	Tamil	Suryakos Ranga
1988	Dharmathma	Kannada
1989	En Thangai	Tamil	Ramani
1989	Mamaku Yamudu	Telugu
1991	Mill Thozhilali	Tamil	L. S. N. Ravi
1993	Tahqiqaat	Hindi
1994	Watchman Vadivel	Tamil	Aaroordas
1994	Khaidi No. 1	Telugu	Remake of Khalnayak Dubbed in Tamil as Hero

Death

He suffered from breathing ailments and was hospitalized in Coimbatore for a fortnight.^[1] He died on 7 October 2012, and was cremated at Tiruppur. He was survived by his wife Rajamani, daughters Usha Devi and Pavithra Devi and son Arun Kumar.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 "Man who shored up MGR's film career is no more - The Hindu". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
1 2 "www.nowrunning.com". Director A. Jagannathan passes away. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
↑ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/audience-taste-keeps-changing/article1254340.ece
↑ "Veteran film director passes away". www.thehindu.com. Retrieved 3 January 2015.

External links

A. Jagannathan at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by A. Jagannathan

Manipayal (1973)
Idhayam Parkiradhu (1974)
Idhayakkani (1975)
Kumaara Vijayam (1976)
Nalla Penmani (1976)
Athirshtam Azhaikkirathu (1976)
Nantha En Nila (1977)
Eval Oru Seethai (1978)
Jaya Nee Jayuchutte (1979)
Mugathil Mugan Paarkalaam (1979)
Muthal Iravu (1979)
Aayiram Vaasal Idhayam (1980)
Pennmanum Pesugiradhu (1981)
Sorgathin Thirappu Vizha (1981)
Krodham (1982)
Moondru Mugam (1983)
Manaivi Illatha Neram (1983)
Thanga Magan (1983)
Vellai Roja (1983)
Komberi Mookan (1984)
Naalai Unathu Naal (1984)
Oh Maane Maane (1984)
Karpoora Deepam (1985)
Meendum Parasakthi (1985)
Rahasya Hanthakudu (1985)
Khaidi (1987)
Kadhal Parisu (1987)
Muthukkal Moondru (1987)
Dharmathma (1988)
En Thangai (1989)
Mamaku Yamudu (1989)
Mill Thozhilali (1991)
Tahqiqaat (1993)
Watchman Vadivel (1994)
Khaidi No. 1 (1994)

Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Director

1972–1990	P. Madhavan (1972) A. C. Tirulokchandar (1973) K. Balachander (1974) K. Balachander (1975) S. P. Muthuraman (1976) S. P. Muthuraman (1977) Bharathiraja (1978) J. Mahendran (1979) K. Balachander (1980) K. Balachander (1981) Balu Mahendra (1982) A. Jagannathan (1983) K. Balachander (1984) Fazil (1985) Mani Ratnam (1986) (1987) (1988) K. Balachander (1989) (1990)

1991–2000	Mani Ratnam (1991) K. Balachander (1992) Shankar (1993) Shankar (1994) Mani Ratnam (1995) Agathiyan (1996) Cheran (1997) Cheran (1998) Bala (1999) Rajiv Menon (2000) Cheran (2001) Mani Ratnam (2002) Bala (2003) Cheran (2004) Shankar (2005) Vasanthabalan (2006) Ameer Sultan (2007) M. Sasikumar (2008) Priyadarshan (2009) Vasanthabalan (2010)

2011–present	Vetrimaaran (2011) Balaji Sakthivel (2012) Bala (2013) AR Murugadoss (2014) Mohan Raja (2015)

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