Director

A. R. Murugadoss

Directing

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Directed movies: 15Directed series: 0All crew credits: 31

TMDB ID: 81085

IMDb ID: nm1436693

Known for: Directing

Born: September 25, 1977

Age: 48

Place of birth: Kallakurichi, Tamil Nadu, India

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1999 - 2025

Years active: 27

Average TMDB rating: 6.21

Wikidata: Q1282992

Also known as

Arunachalam Murugadoss • Murugadoss • A. R. Murugadoss • AR Murugadoss

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Director (14)Assistant Director (1)Producer (6)Story (4)Original Story (3)Writer (3)

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Biography

A. R. Murugadoss is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. A .R. Murugadoss began to think of becoming a story writer. At Bharathidasan University he started to write sketch comedies and acted in them. After college he tried to join the Madras Film Institute, but was rejected. Nevertheless, Murugadoss stayed in Chennai in multiple functions. First he became an assistant writer of P. Kalaimani and wrote dialogues for the Tamil film Madurai Meenakshi. He became assistant director of Ratchagan (1997) for half of the film and continued as assistant script director for the Telugu film Kalusukundam Ra. Murugadoss then worked with S. J. Surya for the film Kushi. S. J. Suryah recommended Murugadoss to Ajith Kumar for directing his debut film, Dheena.

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