Selvaraghavan

Biography

Selvaraghavan is an Indian film director, screenwriter and actor based primarily in Tamil cinema. Known for idiosyncratic genre films that subvert conventional character tropes and deal with dark themes, he is considered an important and influential figure in modern Tamil cinema. The elder brother of actor Dhanush, the two are frequent collaborators as he is credited with helping the actor to break into the industry in the early 2000s with the films Thulluvadho Ilamai (2002) and Kadhal Konden (2003). Selvaraghavan's early works largely dealt with themes of romance, sexuality, religion and youth culture; Pudhupettai (2006) was a stylistic departure into the gangster epic genre, and he later experimented with historical fiction and fantasy with the films Aayirathil Oruvan (2010) and Irandam Ulagam (2013), as well as horror with Nenjam Marappathillai (2021). Selvaraghavan's filmmaking style has been called "audacious" and "operatic", with an emphasis on breadth of detail, moral ambiguity, and recurring usage of dark humor.

Known For

Mark Antony

Bakasuran

Farhana

Naane Varuvean

Raayan

Saani Kaayidham

Beast

Sorgavaasal

Devil's Double Next Level

Aaryan

Filmography

2025 Devil's Double Next Level

as "Hitchcock" Iruthyaraj

2024 Sorgavaasal

as Siga

2024 Raayan

as Sekhar

2023 Mark Antony

as Chiranjeevi

2023 Farhana

as Dhayalan

2023 Bakasuran

as 'Beema Rasu' Rajasekaran

2022 Naane Varuvean

as Serial Killer (cameo)

2022 Saani Kaayidham

as Sangaiah

2022 Beast

as Althaf Hussain

---- Aaryan

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