A.R. Murugadoss

A.R. Murugadoss

Birth : 1977-09-25, Kallakurichi, Tamil Nadu, India

History

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.

Profile

A.R. Murugadoss

Movies

Maamannan
The life of a powerful man who rules over a town is flipped upside down when a man gathers evidence proving the dirty politics he used to get where he is.
1947 August 16
Producer
Raangi
Story
Thaiyal Nayagi, a journalist from Chennai, happens to connect with a terrorist in Tunisia through a fake account in the name of her 16-year-old cousin, Sushmitha. Little she knew that this would put herself and her cousin in danger.
Darbar
Screenplay
Aaditya, the commissioner of Mumbai Police, sets out to catch Ajay, a drug peddler. However, he uncovers a deeper controversy linked to an international drug lord and must mete out justice.
Darbar
Story
Aaditya, the commissioner of Mumbai Police, sets out to catch Ajay, a drug peddler. However, he uncovers a deeper controversy linked to an international drug lord and must mete out justice.
Darbar
Director
Aaditya, the commissioner of Mumbai Police, sets out to catch Ajay, a drug peddler. However, he uncovers a deeper controversy linked to an international drug lord and must mete out justice.
Sarkar
Special Appearance in "Oru Viral Puratchi" Song
NRI corporate Sundar Ramasamy comes to India to vote, only to learn that his vote has already been cast. While he reclaims his right legally, it also sets in motion a chain of events that eventually lead to him entering the political fray, trying to change the system.
Sarkar
Screenplay
NRI corporate Sundar Ramasamy comes to India to vote, only to learn that his vote has already been cast. While he reclaims his right legally, it also sets in motion a chain of events that eventually lead to him entering the political fray, trying to change the system.
Sarkar
Story
NRI corporate Sundar Ramasamy comes to India to vote, only to learn that his vote has already been cast. While he reclaims his right legally, it also sets in motion a chain of events that eventually lead to him entering the political fray, trying to change the system.
Sarkar
Director
NRI corporate Sundar Ramasamy comes to India to vote, only to learn that his vote has already been cast. While he reclaims his right legally, it also sets in motion a chain of events that eventually lead to him entering the political fray, trying to change the system.
Nota
Sitting Chief Minister Vinodhan, who is facing imprisonment in an illegal assets case, makes his son, Varun the temporary CM until his return. The disinterested young man gradually wakes up to the sorry state of affairs and tries to bring in a change.
Spyder
Story
A surveillance expert who wants to help people comes across a foe who is the very definition of evil. Can he stop the man before he destroys everything?
Spyder
Director
A surveillance expert who wants to help people comes across a foe who is the very definition of evil. Can he stop the man before he destroys everything?
Rangoon
Producer
The life of three youngsters, who go to Rangoon to strike a business deal, witnesses several twists and turns, for which they pay heavy price.
Khaidi No. 150
Original Story
A convict who plans to escape the country unexpectedly switches his place with a good Samaritan who fights for the rights of poor farmers.
Akira
Screenplay
Akira Sharma is your average Jane from Jodhpur. Early in life she sees an atrocity committed on a neighbour and learns to defend herself. And, a spitfire is born.
Akira
Producer
Akira Sharma is your average Jane from Jodhpur. Early in life she sees an atrocity committed on a neighbour and learns to defend herself. And, a spitfire is born.
Akira
Director
Akira Sharma is your average Jane from Jodhpur. Early in life she sees an atrocity committed on a neighbour and learns to defend herself. And, a spitfire is born.
Tuntari
Original Story
A group of corporate employees go on a vacation to a beautiful hill station. There, they come across a holy saint who presents them a news paper which is four months in advance from that date. Upon reading the paper, the group find out that they along with a guy named Raju (Nara Rohit) win a boxing competition which is worth five crores. Elated with this, they start searching for Raju and finally nab him in Vizag. On the other hand, Raju is a carefree guy who is jobless and spends his life without any aim. Rest of the story is as to how this group convince Raju to learn boxing and win the prestigious competition.
10 Endrathukulla
Producer
A skilled car driver takes on an assignment to deliver a 'package' from Chennai to Uttarkhand. What he doesn't realize is that the young woman who is travelling along with him is the 'package'. What is the mystery around her?
Gabbar Is Back
Screenplay
A vigilante network taking out corrupt officials draws the notice of the authorities.
Gabbar Is Back
Original Story
A vigilante network taking out corrupt officials draws the notice of the authorities.
Isai
Himself (Cameo Appearance)
A once-successful veteran is envious of the success that his one-time assistant as a music director and plots to bring him down by ruining both his career and life.
Kaththi
Dialogue
Kathiresan aka Kaththi, a criminal, escapes from the Kolkata prison and comes to Chennai, where he comes across his doppelganger Jeevanandham, fighting for his life after being shot at by unknown men. Kathir decides to pass off as Jeeva and make away with a lump sum amount but once he realizes who Jeeva really is, Kathir turns a crusader.
Kaththi
Screenplay
Kathiresan aka Kaththi, a criminal, escapes from the Kolkata prison and comes to Chennai, where he comes across his doppelganger Jeevanandham, fighting for his life after being shot at by unknown men. Kathir decides to pass off as Jeeva and make away with a lump sum amount but once he realizes who Jeeva really is, Kathir turns a crusader.
Kaththi
Story
Kathiresan aka Kaththi, a criminal, escapes from the Kolkata prison and comes to Chennai, where he comes across his doppelganger Jeevanandham, fighting for his life after being shot at by unknown men. Kathir decides to pass off as Jeeva and make away with a lump sum amount but once he realizes who Jeeva really is, Kathir turns a crusader.
Kaththi
Director
Kathiresan aka Kaththi, a criminal, escapes from the Kolkata prison and comes to Chennai, where he comes across his doppelganger Jeevanandham, fighting for his life after being shot at by unknown men. Kathir decides to pass off as Jeeva and make away with a lump sum amount but once he realizes who Jeeva really is, Kathir turns a crusader.
Holiday
Story
A soldier on vacation finds himself hunting down a terrorist. A military officer attempts to hunt down a terrorist, destroy a terrorist gang and deactivate the sleeper cells under its command.
Holiday
Director
A soldier on vacation finds himself hunting down a terrorist. A military officer attempts to hunt down a terrorist, destroy a terrorist gang and deactivate the sleeper cells under its command.
Game
Story
An army man and secret DIA agent must eradicate sleeper cells that are out to bomb and terrorise Kolkata across 12 prominent localities. He returns to Kolkata on vacation. He has a loving family who wish to get him married to Trisha (Subhashree) a girl.
Game
Screenstory
An army man and secret DIA agent must eradicate sleeper cells that are out to bomb and terrorise Kolkata across 12 prominent localities. He returns to Kolkata on vacation. He has a loving family who wish to get him married to Trisha (Subhashree) a girl.
Maan Karate
Producer
Five friends meet a mystic in a forest who grants their wish — a newspaper from the future. They decide to get rich by using their knowledge of the future. They focus their efforts on Peter, a carefree youth from Royapuram, who is predicted by the newspaper to win a boxing match and present the prize money of Rs. 2 crores to the five friends. However, they are perplexed when they discover that Peter has absolutely no knowledge of boxing.
Maan Karate
Special appearance
Five friends meet a mystic in a forest who grants their wish — a newspaper from the future. They decide to get rich by using their knowledge of the future. They focus their efforts on Peter, a carefree youth from Royapuram, who is predicted by the newspaper to win a boxing match and present the prize money of Rs. 2 crores to the five friends. However, they are perplexed when they discover that Peter has absolutely no knowledge of boxing.
Maan Karate
Story
Five friends meet a mystic in a forest who grants their wish — a newspaper from the future. They decide to get rich by using their knowledge of the future. They focus their efforts on Peter, a carefree youth from Royapuram, who is predicted by the newspaper to win a boxing match and present the prize money of Rs. 2 crores to the five friends. However, they are perplexed when they discover that Peter has absolutely no knowledge of boxing.
Ninaithathu Yaaro
Special Appearance
A director changes the perception of love for a group of youngsters by narrating how he reclaimed his life because of his now-married lover and her understanding husband.
Jai Ho
Original Story
An upright ex-army man, Jai fights a solitary war against corruption and injustice. With a simple mantra to pay forward, he starts off by helping one person and forms an ever growing circle of people helping each other.
Jai Ho
Story
An upright ex-army man, Jai fights a solitary war against corruption and injustice. With a simple mantra to pay forward, he starts off by helping one person and forms an ever growing circle of people helping each other.
Raja Rani
Producer
John (Arya) and Regina (Nayanthara) are forced into wedlock against their wishes. Both undergo a rough patch initially in their marriage as they are not able to get over their past romances. Prior to their marriage, Regina was in love with Surya (Jai), while John romanced Keerthana (Nazriya). What leads to the Arya-Nayanthara wedding? How they forget their romantic past and finally come together forms the rest of the story.
Vatthikuchi
Producer
A share auto-driver gets entangled in a plot where 3 criminals want him dead.
Thuppakki
Writer
An army captain is on a mission to track down and destroy a terrorist gang and deactivate the sleeper cells under its command.
Thuppakki
Director
An army captain is on a mission to track down and destroy a terrorist gang and deactivate the sleeper cells under its command.
7Aum Arivu
Story
A genetic engineering student tries to bring back the skills of a legend of the past and use his skills to save India from a deadly virus attack by China.
7Aum Arivu
Screenplay
A genetic engineering student tries to bring back the skills of a legend of the past and use his skills to save India from a deadly virus attack by China.
7Aum Arivu
Director
A genetic engineering student tries to bring back the skills of a legend of the past and use his skills to save India from a deadly virus attack by China.
Engeyum Eppodhum
Producer
Amudha, a village girl visiting Chennai for the first time, falls in love with Gautham, a stranger, who shows her around the city. Kathiresan, a metal worker, is infatuated by Manimegalai, a nurse.
Ghajini
Screenplay
A man suffering from anterograde amnesia as a result of a violent attack in the past sets out to avenge his girlfriend's death with the aid of photographs, notes and tattoos all over his body.
Ghajini
Story
A man suffering from anterograde amnesia as a result of a violent attack in the past sets out to avenge his girlfriend's death with the aid of photographs, notes and tattoos all over his body.
Ghajini
Director
A man suffering from anterograde amnesia as a result of a violent attack in the past sets out to avenge his girlfriend's death with the aid of photographs, notes and tattoos all over his body.
Stalin
Director
Stalin is deeply moved by the suicide of a girl with physical disabilities. As a result, he devises a formula of extending unconditional help to those who need it to establish peace. But things turn complicated in his life with the entry of Home Minister Muddu Krishnayya.
Stalin
Writer
Stalin is deeply moved by the suicide of a girl with physical disabilities. As a result, he devises a formula of extending unconditional help to those who need it to establish peace. But things turn complicated in his life with the entry of Home Minister Muddu Krishnayya.
Ghajini
Screenplay
After being hit by an iron rod, Sanjay Ramaswamy, a business tycoon, suffers from anterograde amnesia. He is unable to remember anything beyond fifteen minutes. Under such circumstances, he sets out on a quest to find the people who were responsible for his lover Kalpana's murder.
Ghajini
Story
After being hit by an iron rod, Sanjay Ramaswamy, a business tycoon, suffers from anterograde amnesia. He is unable to remember anything beyond fifteen minutes. Under such circumstances, he sets out on a quest to find the people who were responsible for his lover Kalpana's murder.
Ghajini
Director
After being hit by an iron rod, Sanjay Ramaswamy, a business tycoon, suffers from anterograde amnesia. He is unable to remember anything beyond fifteen minutes. Under such circumstances, he sets out on a quest to find the people who were responsible for his lover Kalpana's murder.
Tagore
Writer
Tagore (Chiranjeevi) creates his own vigilante military network called the Anti-Corruption Force (ACF) that eliminates the most corrupt individuals, from all walks of life, in a systematic manner. As pressure builds on Police and Government to track down the Man who masterminds these killings, Balbir Singh (Puneet Issar), is specially summoned to head the task. He is aided by Suryam (Prakash Raj) who, though being just a constable in the mammoth Police force, is compelled by his instincts to see through the underlying design. Together they unravel the mystery and unveil the phenomenon called Tagore, but not before Badrinaryana (Sayaji Shinde), the human face of evil, finds out that his revelry in the belief of Tagore’s death was a mistake he can never make amends for.
Ramanaa
Dialogue
Ramana decides to abolish corruption once for all with the help of his students who are now working in various government offices.
Ramanaa
Screenplay
Ramana decides to abolish corruption once for all with the help of his students who are now working in various government offices.
Ramanaa
Story
Ramana decides to abolish corruption once for all with the help of his students who are now working in various government offices.
Ramanaa
Director
Ramana decides to abolish corruption once for all with the help of his students who are now working in various government offices.
Deva
Writer
Childhood friends Devdas and Parvati hail from different backgrounds. Devdas falls in love with Parvati, but the norms of the society do not let them be together.
Dheena
Dialogue
A local gangster and his adopted brother rule over a town together. However, their relationship turns sour after the man's sister dies due to the gangster's mistake.
Dheena
Story
A local gangster and his adopted brother rule over a town together. However, their relationship turns sour after the man's sister dies due to the gangster's mistake.
Dheena
Screenplay
A local gangster and his adopted brother rule over a town together. However, their relationship turns sour after the man's sister dies due to the gangster's mistake.
Dheena
Director
A local gangster and his adopted brother rule over a town together. However, their relationship turns sour after the man's sister dies due to the gangster's mistake.
Poochudava
Dialogue
Nandini's father, a judge, does not approve of Kannan, her lover. When they elope, Kannan is arrested, leading her to believe that he has deserted her. This leaves her embittered against him forever.
Poochudava
Nandini's father, a judge, does not approve of Kannan, her lover. When they elope, Kannan is arrested, leading her to believe that he has deserted her. This leaves her embittered against him forever.