R K Selvamani

R.K. Selvamani is a well known Tamil director. He is known to make many movies of the police or whodunit genre.

Career
R.K. Selvamani made his debut with the thriller Pulan Visaranai; based on an allegation by Auto Shankar that he had kidnapped many girls at the behest of some political bigwigs. This movie starring Vijaykanth was the biggest hit of 1990 in Tamil. It also fetched a state award for Sarath Kumar for his portrayal of the villain character.

He also made two movies based on assassination of Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. The latter (based on Rajiv's assassination) got embroiled into controversies with the Indian Film Censor Board and was cleared only recently (fourteen years after its completion). He also made Captain Prabhakaran starring Vijaykanth in 1991 which is both the director's and Vijaykanth's biggest hit....