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 | |
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![]() 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 |
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Years active | 2015–present |
Notable work | Kaithi, Master |
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]
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]
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Year | Film | Director | Writer | Notes |
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2017 | Maanagaram | ![]() | ![]() | |
2019 | Kaithi | ![]() | ![]() | |
2021 | Master | ![]() | ![]() | |
2022 | Vikram ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Completed [11] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2021 | Master | Prisoner | Cameo |
Year | Title | Notes |
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2018 | Vella Raja | Co-Writer |
Film | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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Maanagaram | 10th Vijay Awards | Best Debut Director | Won | [12] |
Best Screenplay | Nominated | |||
Kaithi | Zee Tamil Cine Awards | Favourite Director | Won | [13] |
Films directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj | |
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