Director

Lokesh Kanagaraj

Directing

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Directed movies: 9Directed series: 0All crew credits: 20

TMDB ID: 1592411

IMDb ID: nm7992231

Known for: Directing

Born: March 14, 1986

Age: 39

Place of birth: Kinathukadavu, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2016 - 2025

Years active: 10

Average TMDB rating: 6.9

Wikidata: Q63150092

Also known as

லோகேஷ் கனகராஜ் • Loki

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Biography

Lokesh Kanagaraj is an Indian film director who primarily works in Tamil cinema. He began his career in cinema by directing one of the four segments in the anthology film Aviyal (2016). Over time , Lokesh has carved a niche for himself in Indian cinema through a string of extremely successful action and crime thrillers including Maanagaram (2017), Kaithi (2019), Master (2021) , Vikram (2022) and Leo (2023). Lokesh's films are oriented around the hyperlink crime cinema subgenre where most of the story takes place during nighttime, with Lokesh citing Quentin Tarantino as a major inspiration for his style of filmmaking. His films are known for depicting the dark underbelly of metropolitan cities through multiple grey characters, with the nexus between the police force and organized crime syndicates being a key feature. Lokesh is also credited with the creation of LCU (Lokesh Cinematic Universe) where his films Kaithi (2019), Vikram (2022), and Leo (2023) share interrelated subplots, themes and characters.