Atlee Kumar

Atlee Kumar is an Indian film director and

screenwriter who works primarily in
Tamil cinema.[1] He is best known for his
directorial debut Raja Rani (2013),
produced by Fox Star Studios, for which
he was awarded the Vijay Award for Best
Debut Director. He worked as an
assistant director with high budget
filmmaker S. Shankar for the films
Enthiran (2010) and Nanban (2012). After
a successful debut, the streak followed
with successive ventures, Theri and
Mersal as the latter was bankrolled by Sri
Thenandal Films.

Career
He began his career as an assistant
director in Enthiran (2010) under director
S. Shankar and he continued to work with
him in his next project Nanban (2012), a
remake of the Hindi film 3 Idiots. In 2013,
he made his directional debut through
Raja Rani. The film was produced by Fox
Star Studios and AR Murugadoss. It was
a romantic comedy featuring Arya, Jai,
Nayantara, Nazriya Nazim and Sathyaraj.
He was appreciated for pulling off a
stellar ensemble cast successfully in his
very first film. Raja Rani eventually
emerged a huge success after earning
over 500 million from the South Indian
box office within four weeks.[2] It also has
won him the Vijay Award for Best Debut
Director.[3] Atlee's next directorial film,
Theri, has become one of the highest
grossing Tamil films in 2016.

He started his own production house

called A for Apple Production and jointly
produced his first film with Fox Star
Studios named Sangili Bungili Kadhava
Thorae which is a horror comedy film
written and directed by Ike Radha and
starring Jiiva, Sridivya and Soori.
However the film performed poorly at the
box office.[4] His latest film was Mersal
which has Vijay, Nithya Menon, Kajal
Aggarwal, Samantha and S. J. Surya and
Sathyaraj in the leading role and music
by A. R. Rahman.Atlee's next movie will
be in Tamil, as he has a plan for a high
budget with Illayathalapathy Vijay which
will be produced by AGS Entertainment.

Filmography
 Credited as
Year Film Notes
Director Producer Writer

Nominated, SIIMA Awards For Best

Debut Director
2013 Raja Rani Yes No Yes
Won, Tamil Nadu State Film Award for
Best Dialogue Writer

Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best

Director – Tamil

Won, SIIMA Awards For Best Director

2016 Theri Yes No Yes
Won, IIFA Utsavam Award for Best
Director

Sangili Bungili
No Yes No
Kadhava Thorae
2017
Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best
Mersal Yes No Yes
Director – Tamil

2019 Vijay 63 (film) Yes No Yes

Personal life
After courting for about 10 years, Atlee
was engaged to actress Krishna Priya[5]
whom he married on 9 November 2014.[6]

References
1. "Atlee Kumar" . IMDb. Retrieved
2018-07-22.
2. "Raja Rani crosses 50 crore mark" . The
Times of India. Retrieved 16 February
2015.
3. "8th Annual Vijay Awards a grand
success" . The Times of India. Retrieved
2016-01-20.
4.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entert
ainment/tamil/movie-reviews/sangili-
bungili-kadhava-thorae/movie-
review/58751508.cms
5. "Director Atlee is engaged to his" .
Behindwoods. 20 January 2016.
6. "Atlee-Krishna Priya Wedding Reception
Photos" . International Business Times.
Retrieved 20 January 2016.

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