FILM DIRECTOR

Mani Ratnam

1956 - Today

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Gopalaratnam Subramaniam (born 2 June 1956), known professionally as Mani Ratnam, is an Indian film director, film producer and screenwriter who predominantly works in Tamil cinema and a few Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. He is known as one of the most prominent and greatest directors in the history of Indian cinema. He has won seven National Film Awards, four Filmfare Awards, seven Filmfare Awards South, and numerous awards at various film festivals across the world. In 2002, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri, acknowledging his contributions to film. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2024). Mani Ratnam is the 1,700th most popular film director (down from 1,662nd in 2024), the 1,020th most popular biography from India (down from 954th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Indian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Mani Ratnam ranks 1,700 out of 2,041. Before him are James Frawley, Jeffrey Lieber, Nimród Antal, Axel Braun, Rupert Sanders, and Malik Bendjelloul. After him are Yasuhiro Takemoto, Errol Morris, Hal Hartley, Claudia Llosa, Ken Hughes, and Dan Laustsen.

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Among people born in 1956, Mani Ratnam ranks 636. Before him are Anita Ward, Linda Haglund, György Nébald, Hipólito Ramos, Juan Torales, and Skipp Sudduth. After him are Roland Wieser, Shane Gould, Jerry Doyle, Álvaro Pino, Steve Denton, and Yordan Mitkov.

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In India

Among people born in India, Mani Ratnam ranks 1,020 out of 1,861. Before him are Nitin Gadkari (1957), Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (1944), N. Biren Singh (1961), B. Saroja Devi (1938), Raja Ramanna (1925), and Mahendra Kapoor (1934). After him are Shreya Ghoshal (1984), Anu Aggarwal (1969), Juliet Prowse (1936), Asaf Ali (1888), Kaifi Azmi (1919), and Dulquer Salmaan (1986).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, Mani Ratnam ranks 25. Before him are Deepak Tijori (1961), Tapan Sinha (1924), Tariq Anwar (1945), Aparna Sen (1945), S. J. Suryah (1968), and Nasir Hussain (1931). After him are Karan Johar (1972), Subhash Ghai (1945), Sooraj Barjatya (1965), Ebrahim Alkazi (1925), V. Shantaram (1901), and Imtiaz Ali (1971).

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