Mani Ratnam was born as Gopala Ratnam Subramaniam in Madurai, Madras Presidency, the present day Tamil Nadu His father, Ratnam Iyer, was a film producer who worked under the banner of production company, Venus Pictures.

Geethanjali was critically acclaimed and won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment in 1990 and fetched the Nandi Award for Best Story Writer for Ratnam.

The venture was successful, earning Ratnam various awards.

With his idea of combining art and commercial elements, Ratnam was referred for bringing new dimension to the South Asian film industry.

In 2010, Ratnam was honoured with Jaeger-Lecoultre Glory to the Filmmaker at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.

Ravi Shankar, colloquially known as Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, was born Ravi Shankar Ratnam on 13 May 1956.

Vishalakshi Ratnam and R. S. Venkat Ratnam, who was then active in the automobile business.

Mohanlal's first non-Malayalam movie was the Tamil biopic Iruvar directed by Mani Ratnam in which he starred opposite debutant Aishwarya Rai.

It was dedicated to Vadrevu Venkata Ratnam of Pithapuram.

In 1998, Varma was an executive producer for Dil Se .., directed by Mani Ratnam and starring Shahrukh Khan, Manisha Koirala and Preity Zinta.

The film was critically acclaimed along with the director Mani Ratnam and Shamili.

Ratnam claimed that it was an old practice among local-born Indian men to marry brides born from their native country.

Ratnam was born in Chullipuram, Jaffna, Sri Lanka in 1928 to parents of Sri Lankan Tamil descent.

During his early years, Ratnam was greatly influenced by his mother, who taught Ratnam the Tamil language as well as the Ramayana ( Tamil scriptures ).

In the interview, Ratnam confessed that he never tried to say " no ", and in the case of saying " no ", he would always find time to analyze to see what he had done was the right thing and whether he could have avoided saying " no ".

It was headed by Prof. S Shan Ratnam until his retirement in 1995, after which leadership passed to his nephew, Dr. Anandakumar.

He was introduced as an actor by Mani Ratnam in the drama film Thalapathi ( 1990 ) and subsequently went on to play the lead role again in Ratnam's Roja ( 1992 ) and Bombay ( 1994 ).

In Tamil movies, Aayutha Ezhuthu, directed by Mani Ratnam and starring Suriya, R. Madhavan, and Siddharth in the lead roles, is also an anthology film.

Ratnam is also known for his " Terrorism trilogy " consisting of Roja ( 1992 ), Bombay ( 1995 ) and Dil Se .. ( 1998 ).

Ratnam is also well recognized outside India with a retrospective of his films held at various film festivals around the world such as Toronto International Film Festival, Pusan International Film Festival, Tokyo Filmex and Birmingham International Film Festival.

He also established an Indian film company with Ram Gopal Verma and Mani Ratnam, though the group has thus far produced only one film, Dil Se .. ( 1998 ), starring Shahrukh Khan and Manisha Koirala.

Ratnam also witnessed the death of his youngest sibling, then four years old, from tuberculous meningitis during the Japanese occupation.

Ratnam also had three other siblings with his parents, which included an older sister.

Ratnam also greatly contributed to gynaecology in terms of his paper works.

It is a remake of the Tamil film, Alaipayuthey directed by Mani Ratnam which also had its music by A. R. Rahman.

Mani Ratnam also co-wrote the screenplay for the film.

Nayagan, also known as Nayakan, is a 1987 Tamil biopic, written and directed by Mani Ratnam and starring Kamal Haasan.

Mood Indigo has also nourished some of the country's best creative minds like Mani Ratnam, Nagesh Kukunoor, Amjad Khan, Ayushmann Khurrana bands like Parikrama, Zero and Pentagram, who have participated in Mood Indigo in the previous years.

Ratnam served as the secretary general of the Asia and Oceania Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology for seventeen years, and member of the executive board of the International Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology from 1969 to 1982, president-elect from 1982 to 1985, and president from 1985 to 1988.

* The South Indian Director and Producer A. M. Ratnam hails from Buchireddipalem.

Mani Ratnam ( born Gopala Ratnam Subramaniam on 2 June 1956 ) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, predominantly working in Tamil cinema, based in Chennai, India.

Born into a Tamil Brahmin family in Madurai, Ratnam worked as a management consultant before entering into the film industry.

Ratnam came into prominence after Mouna Ragam ( 1986 ), a film about the friction between a newly – wed couple.

Ratnam is widely credited with having revolutionised the Tamil film industry and altering the profile of Indian cinema.

Ratnam is married to actress Suhasini.

Ratnam has won several film awards, including six National Film Awards.

Mani Ratnam with his wife Suhasini.

Ratnam grew up in Chennai, doing his schooling there completed his graduation with a degree in commerce at Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College which is affiliated with Madras University, Chennai and then obtained an MBA from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, after which he worked as a management consultant before becoming a filmmaker.

Ratnam had two brothers — G.

In 1988 Ratnam married Suhasini, the niece of Kamal Haasan and daughter of Charuhasan.

Ratnam lives in Alwarpet, Chennai, where he runs Madras Talkies, his production company.

Unlike many film-makers, Ratnam neither assisted in film-making nor worked as a cinematographer before making a name for himself in the industry.

Ratnam persuaded acclaimed director and cinematographer Balu Mahendra to serve as his cinematographer.

In 1986, Ratnam directed the Tamil romantic drama Mouna Ragam, which starred Revathi and Mohan.

Ratnam won his first Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Director for the film.

In 1987, Ratnam directed Nayagan starring Kamal Haasan, and the film became a huge success and brought him recognition at the national level.

Following these two commercial successes, Ratnam wrote and directed Agni Natchathiram in 1988.

In 1989 Ratnam opted to make his next project, Geethanjali, his maiden venture in Telugu.