John Mahendran, credited as John, is an Indian film director and screenwriter who has worked on Tamil and Telugu and language films. John is the son of noted Tamil film maker Mahendran.[1]
John Mahendran | |
|---|---|
| Other names | John Roshan |
| Occupation | Director |
| Years active | 2002 - present |
| Parent | Mahendran |
Career
editJohn Mahendran directed two low-key Telugu films: Preminchedi Endukamma and Neetho.[2] He remade Neetho in Tamil as Sachein (2005) with Vijay, Genelia D'Souza and Bipasha Basu in the lead roles.[3][4] John later worked on the independent Tamil film Aanivaer (2006), which told the story of a doctor caught up in the Sri Lankan civil war. The film won positive reviews and had a limited release across regions with Tamil diaspora.[5]
In the early 2010s, John has worked on the script of Settai (2013) by helping director Kannan re-work the script of Hindi film Delhi Belly and on writing dialogues for Ambikapathy, the dubbed Tamil version of Raanjhanaa (2013) starring Dhanush and Sonam Kapoor directed by Aanand L. Rai.[6] He worked as a screenplay and dialogue writing teacher at the Bofta Film Institute based in Chennai.[citation needed] In 2022, he wrote for the Tamil movie Visithiran, the official remake of Malayalam movie Joseph directed by M. Padmakumar.[7]
Filmography
editDirector
edit| Year | Film | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Neetho | Telugu | |
| 2005 | Sachein | Tamil | |
| 2007 | Aanivaer | Tamil |
Actor
edit| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Raangi | Krishnamurthy |
| 2023 | Raththam |
Writer
edit- All films are in Tamil including dubs. He has translated other language films into Tamil.
| Year | Film | Screenplay | Dialogues | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Settai | Yes | Yes | |
| 2013 | Ambikapathy | No | Translated | |
| 2013 | Athiradi Vettai | No | Translated | |
| 2017 | Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva | No | Yes | |
| 2018 | Kashmora | No | Yes | |
| 2020 | Darbar | No | Yes | |
| 2021 | Kabadadaari | No | Yes | |
| 2022 | Visithiran | No | Yes | |
| 2022 | Vikrant Rona | No | Translated | |
| 2023 | Kondraal Paavam | No | Yes | |
| 2023 | Agent | No | Translated |
References
edit- ^ "John Roshan on director Mahendran's next". Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
- ^ "Idle Brain". Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
- ^ "9 Super Hit Telugu Films Remade By 'Beast' Actor Vijay In Tamil". The Times of India. 13 April 2022. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
- ^ "Bipasha is not there just for an item number". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ "Comedy, creativity mark cultural extravaganza". The Hindu. 8 September 2007.
- ^ IANS (21 June 2013). "Dhanush an effortless actor: John Mahendran". Business Standard India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
- ^ "RK Suresh to remake 'Joseph' in Tamil, Bala to produce". Sify. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019.