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Lokesh Kanagaraj is an Indian film director who works in the Tamil film industry who started his film career with the 2016 anthology film called Aviyal.

Lokesh Kanagaraj
Lokesh at Zee Cine Awards Tamil in 2020
Born	Kinathukadavu, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India[1]
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	PSG College of Arts and Science [2]
Occupation	Film director screenwriter
Years active	2015–present
Notable work	Kaithi, Master

Early life

Lokesh Kanagaraj was born in Kinathukadavu, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. He did his schooling in Palaniammal Higher Secondary School. In PSG College of Arts and Science, he majored in Fashion Technology before pursuing his MBA.[3] He is an ex-bank employee. He pursued his passion towards film making by participating in a corporate short film competition. The judge of the competition was director Karthik Subbaraj. He then encouraged Lokesh to continue making films.[4]

Career

In 2016, his short film Kaalam was included in the anthology film Aviyal produced by Karthick Subbaraj.[5] In 2017, he made his directorial feature debut with the action-thriller Maanagaram starring Sundeep Kishan, Sri, Regina Cassandra, Madhusudhan Rao, and Charle.[6] In late 2018, he began working on a film for Dream Warrior Pictures, the same production company behind Maanagaram.[7] With Karthi in the lead role, the action-thriller was titled Kaithi.[8]

He completed an action-thriller film Master which stars Vijay and Vijay Sethupathi.[9] Which was released on 13 January 2021, a day before the Pongal festival. It received positive reviews. It ran successfully in theatres.

In 2020, he announced his next directorial venture produced by and starring Kamal Haasan, Vijay Sethupathi, and Fahadh Faasil. The title of the film was revealed in a teaser as Vikram on 7 November 2020.[10]

Filmography

Director

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Director	Writer	Notes
2017	Maanagaram
2019	Kaithi
2021	Master
2022	Vikram			Completed [11]

Actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2021	Master	Prisoner	Cameo

Television

Year	Title	Notes
2018	Vella Raja	Co-Writer

Accolades

Film	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
Maanagaram	10th Vijay Awards	Best Debut Director	Won	[12]
		Best Screenplay	Nominated
Kaithi	Zee Tamil Cine Awards	Favourite Director	Won	[13]

References

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