Top 10 South Indian Fan Boys Who Directed Their Favourite Stars

The 2002's Aadi marked VV Vinayak's debut as a filmmaker. It starred Jr. N.T.R. as the lead in an award-winning character. He then went on to direct Chennakesava Reddy with Balaya and Dil with Nithiin. Then, in 2003, he went on to direct Tagore, a fantastic blockbuster for his favourite star, Chiranjeevi. He once again demonstrated his passion for his idol through another blockbuster, Khaidi No. 150. Then the same combination came up again in 2017 and gave the industry a huge box office hit.

In the 1993 film Gentleman, Shankar makes his directorial debut. Since then, he has established a reputation for himself and delivered blockbusters in each of his films. He creates and directs blockbusters starring several Kollywood stars. However, Rajinikanth, the actual superstar, is his idol; he only waited for the proper time to give Superstar immense success. Then, in 2007, he gave Superstar a huge smash with Sivaji: The Boss, and in 2010 and 2018, he directed Enthiran, a sci-fi robotic movie, and 2.0, an advanced Indian film.

Although Prithvi Raj had demonstrated his acting talent in a number of performances, he longed to be as famous as his idol Mohanlal. He then directed Mohanlal's Lucifer in 2019, demonstrating his passion for Lalettan. Then again, in 2022, he shared a role with his idol in the movie Bro Daddy and served as its director. A much-anticipated fanboy movie once again created a name for itself.

Lokesh Kanagaraj didn't work as an assistant director for any renowned filmmakers; instead, he basically grew up watching Kamal Hasan films. With that knowledge, he decided to helm the 2016 independent anthology film Aviyal, and ever since then, he has been directing every movie with a masterful opening. He teamed up with his idol in 2022's Vikram to provide a major treat for Kollywood and Kamal Hasan after the tremendous box office successes of Maanagaram, Kaithi, and Master. Loki presented a saviour film of Kollywood, drew a lot of recognition in Indian cinema.

Through Bhadra, Boyapati Srinivas entered the stream of directors in 2005, after which he directed Tulasi. After both films did well at the box office, Simha, a huge blockbuster movie in the industry released in 2010, was directed by him and had his idol Nandamuri Balakrishna. The identical combination appeared between Legend and Akhanda, further demonstrating his ability to hit Balayya in a new dimension.

Atlee had previously worked as an assistant director for renowned director Shankar and then made his directorial debut in 2013 with Raja Rani, an enduring Kollywood feel-good film. . Following that, he teamed up with his idol brother Thalapathy Vijay to produce a string of blockbusters like Theri, Mersal, and Bigil. He exploits big-budget films to show off his affection for Vijay, and he is also the guy who changed the name Ilaya Thalapathy to Thalapathy in the film Mersal.

Both Harish Shankar's breakthrough film and the subsequent movie starring Ravi Teja were released in 2006 and 2011. Then, in 2012, he went on to direct Gabbar Singh, a remake movie for his favourite hero, "Pawan Kalyan," that was a huge box office success. The identical winning combination then reappeared in 2023's Ustaad Bhagat Singh, 11 years later.

The huge success of Gautham Vasudev Menon's 2001 film Minnale launched him into the movie business. In 2003, he collaborated on Kaakha Kaakha with Suriya. Then, in 2004, he directed his third Telugu movie, Gharshana, starring Venkatesh and Asin. Later, he remade the movie in Tamil, Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyadu, starring his idol Kamal Hasan. In the year 2006, Gautham gave his idol the best cop-thriller movie he had ever seen, a project he enjoyed directing next to an all-time favourite artist and which became an incredible success for the Kollywood industry.

After the great hit Chowka, which ran for 100 days in theatres and won the Filmfare Award for best director, he directed Roberrt, which was released in 2021 and starred his idol Dharshan, demonstrating his true devotion to the actor.

In 2012, Vijay Sethupathi and Karthik Subbaraj starred in the critically acclaimed film Pizza, which was praised for its storyline and climactic twist that forced the audience to take a second look at the director. Then Karthik produced hits that were well received, such as Jigarthanda and Iraivi. He directed Petta in 2019, featuring his favourite actor, Superstar Rajinikanth, and he declared that this film is going to be a pure fanboy film.