Director Bharathi Raja: As 1970’s rolled on another filmmaker came on the movie scene with a bang after many years of whimper struggle penury and hard work. This young man from the backwoods of Tamil Nadu, Chinnasami then Bharathi Raja hit the bull's eye with a thud.

After working as assistant director in many films he made a film on his own "Pathinaru Vayathinilay" which catapulted him to the sky. Starring Sridevi, Kamal Hasan and Rajinikanth this film with a rural background proved immensely popular and it brought to the screen the odour of the rural soil and earth.

Something new, the film world has not experienced before. Hailed as the new hope of Tamil cinema by crowds and critics, Bharathi Raja went on to make individualistic films strong in characterization, story content and cinematic presentation. As a good technician he store hard to invest his work with elements of Tamil films a task in which he has succeeded...[ More ]