Suseenthiran

30 Nov, 1977 | Pazhani, Tamil Nadu

Director/Producer/Actor

Biography

Suseenthiran is an Indian film director and screenwriter. He rose to fame with the film Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu, which marks his directorial debut. Susindran, who originally hails from a small village in Pazhani,  was always "crazy about films" like his father and his uncle, who had made a film years ago, that never got released. Though his family didn't want him to become a director and "waste" his life on films, he was sure that he would be a filmmaker one day.  To achieve his dream, he came to Chennai, when he was 18 years old and needed 12 years to make his first film. Susindran had worked as assistant director to prominent filmmakers as S. D. Sabha and Ezhil,  before turning an independent director. His maiden venture, titled Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu, was released in 2009, receiving rave accolades. According to Susindran, the film is based on real life incidents as his father was a kabadi player and Susindran got to know about the insults and pains the player went through, which he wanted to showcase in a film. Also he was said to be inspired from success of the 2002 Bollywood film Lagaan, which was based on cricket. He is now working on his second feature film, which is said to star Karthi in the lead role.