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SP Jananathan passes away: Five lesser-known facts about the talented filmmaker

TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Last updated on - Mar 14, 2021, 12:00 IST
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SP Jananathan passes away: Five lesser-known facts about the talented filmmaker

Director SP Jananathan was one of the most successful directors in Tamil cinema. The talented director has freshly presented his lead actors and often shared important social messages with his movies. The untimely demise of SP Jananathan has left his fans shocked. Here's celebrating SP Jananathan with some lesser-known facts about the multifaceted life that he led.


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Worked as an associate with several directors

After choosing cinema as his career, SP Jananathan worked as an assistant with several filmmakers. The talented director developed his skills behind the camera as he worked as an assistant with famous directors B Lenin, Bharathan, Vincent Selva, and Keyar.


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National Award for his directorial debut

SP Jananathan marked his directorial debut with 'Iyarkai' which featured Arun Vijay, Shaam, and Kutty Raadhika in the lead roles. The romantic drama received an amazing response from the audience and the filmmaker bagged the National Award for Best Feature Film.


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Turned producer with 'Purampokku Engira Podhuvudamai'

After hitting hat trick with direction, SP Jananathan turned producer with his own directorial 'Purampokku Engira Podhuvudamai'. It marked his first collaboration with Vijay Sethupathi. The film also featured Arya and marked the return of his debut film hero Shaam.


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Penned dialogues for his associate

SP Jananathan enjoyed helping his colleagues. In a kind gesture, the filmmaker had penned the dialogues for his associate Kalyanakrishnan's debut directorial 'Bhooloham'. The film starred Jayam Ravi and its dialogues were an important reason for the film's success.


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Unfulfilled dream

Even though SP Jananathan has worked with several famous heroes in Tamil, his dream was to work with a leading Tamil actor. He had been developing a powerful story for his dream project. But his dream was not fulfilled, and he left us without delivering his last directorial 'Laabam' starring Vijay Sethupathi.


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