Pavithran
Biography
Pavithran is an Indian film director, who has made many hit Tamil films. He was active primarily in the 1990s collaborating in ventures which often included Sarathkumar in pivotal roles. He was awarded the Tamil Nadu state Kalaimamani award for his works in the film industry.
He is known to have made his assistants huge stars in the film Industry. All his assistant film directors have gone to be huge like S. Shankar, A. Venkatesh, Balaji Sakthivel, Vincent Selva, Saravana Subbaiya, and many more. He has also introduced stars like Prabu Deva, and Devayani.
During the 1990s his movies with newcomers like Sarathkumar, Ajith Kumar, and Vijay made them stars and established actors in the industry. He also introduced comedians like Soori and Vimal in his movie Mattuthavani.
In 2000, he announced a project titled Pugazh again with Sarathkumar, Poonam Singar, and Sanghavi, but the project failed to proceed after initial schedules. The firm had been partially shot in Fiji with the story inspired by the 2000 Fijian coup d'état. He re-began work on the film in March 2004 with actor Jai and Sherin also brought in alongside Sarathkumar, but the film still failed to be completed.
Pavithran began work on a low-budget film titled Mattuthavani in 2007, though delays meant that the film only had a low-key release in 2012. In 2018, he released another small-budget film, Dharavi, shot in Mumbai.
