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 has won seven National Film Awards, four Filmfare Awards, six 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. Despite being born into a film family, Mani Ratnam did not develop any interest in films when he was young. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mani Ratnam is the 1,681st most popular film director (down from 1,661st in 2019), the 1,019th 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 1,681 out of 2,041. Before him are William Beaudine, James Frawley, Jeffrey Lieber, Nimród Antal, 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 1,019 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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