Suresh Krissna

Suresh Krissna (born 25 June 1959) is an Indian film director who has directed Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi Language films. His first independent film as a Director was Sathya (1988), with Kamal Haasan.[1] He is well known for having directed Rajinikanth in four films which include, Annamalai (1992), Veera (1994), Baashha (1995) and Baba (2002).[2]

Suresh Krissna
Born25 June 1959 (1959-06-25) (age 62)
Mumbai, India
Occupation
Years active1988 – Present
Spouse(s)
Chandra
(m. 1989)
Parent(s)
  • R. Krishna
  • K. Sharada
RelativesShanthi Krishna
(sister)

Early life and career

Suresh was born to R. Krishna and K. Sharada in Bombay. He has two brothers, Sreeram and Satheesh, and one sister, actress Shanthi Krishna.

He spent his early career in Mumbai. After completing his graduation in economics he joined the Mumbai office of L. V. Prasad for accounts management. Later he became an executive assistant to L. V. Prasad and also took care of the Prasad Productions Mumbai office. When L. V. Prasad started production of Ek Duuje Ke Liye (1981), directed by K. Balachander, he assisted Prasad Productions on location. After completion of the film he went on to work for K. Balachander first assisting in Thaneer Thaneer (1981). Later he was elevated to associate director status in Achamillai Achamillai (1984).

Suresh first Independent directorial film was Sathya (1988) starring Kamal Haasan which was a remake of the Hindi movie Arjun starring Sunny Deol.[3] In 1989, he received the Nandi Award for Best Director for Prema.[4] Suresh Krissna became famous after he worked with Rajinikanth in the 1992 movie Annaamalai. The movie became successful at the box office with a 175-day run. In 1995, Rajnikanth and Suresh Krissna paired up once again for the movie Baashha, which received an appraisal and it broke Annaamalais record at the Box Office. The movie is considered as one of the breaking points in Rajnikanth’s career. In 2001, Suresh Krissna directed a Telugu movie, Daddy in which he worked with Chiranjeevi. In 2002, he began working on a film titled Vamana featuring Ajith Kumar, Reema Sen and Sneha. Despite the beginning production, the film was later stalled.[5]

Suresh Krissna has directed movies like Baba (2002), Rocky – The Rebel (2006), Ilaignan (2011) and Katari Veera Surasundarangi (2012). In 2012, Suresh Krissna published a book called ‘My Days with Baashha’, in which the director has penned down his memories of making super hit films with Rajnikanth.[6] Rajnikanth in an interview said that directors Suresh Krissna and Mani Ratnam are the ones who made him a Superstar.[7]

He has directed films in many languages starring leading heroes like Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Chiranjeevi, Venkatesh, Nagarjuna, Mohanlal, Vishnuvardhan and Salman Khan. Suresh Krissna, who has directed about 40 films so far, has also directed series on leading television channels like Sun TV and Vijay TV. He directed the Mahabharatham (2013) serial on Sun TV. Suresh Krissna is getting into the web series space with In the Name of God (2021), to be streamed in Telugu, which he has produced.[8]

As director

Films

YearTitleLanguageNotes
2012Katari Veera SurasundarangiKannadaNominated, SIIMA Award for Best Director
2011IlaignanTamil
2009ArumugamTamil
2009MestriTelugu
2007Parattai Engira Azhagu SundaramTamilRemake of Kannada film Jogi
2006Rocky – The RebelHindiRemake of Telugu film Raghavendra
2006AstramTeluguRemake of Hindi film Sarfarosh
2005JyeshtaKannadaRemake of Malayalam film Valliettan
2004GajendraTamilRemake of Telugu film Simhadri
2004Bhadradri RamuduTelugu
2003KadambaKannada
2003RaghavendraTelugu
2002Idi Maa Ashokgadi Love StoryTelugu
2002BabaTamil
2001DaddyTelugu
2001AalavandhanTamilSimultaneously made and released in Hindi in the title Abhay.
2000Rayalaseema Ramanna ChowdaryTelugu
1999SangamamTamil
1999OruvanTamil
1998Auto DriverTelugu
1998Aahaa..!TeluguRemake of Tamil film Aahaa..!
1997Aahaa..!Tamil
1997MasterTelugu
1996Dharma ChakramTelugu
1996SivasakthiTamilRemake of Hindi film Agneepath
1996The PrinceMalayalam
1995BaashhaTamil
1994VeeraTamilRemake of Telugu film Allari Mogudu
1993VedanTamil
1993Rojavai KillatheTamil
1992JaagrutiHindi
1992AnnamalaiTamilRemake of Hindi film Khudgarz
1992VasundharaTeluguNandi Award for Second Best Story Writer[9]
1991LoveHindi
1991AmmaTelugu
1990Raja Kaiya VachaTamil
1989Indrudu ChandruduTeluguDubbed in Tamil as Indran Chandran
Dubbed in Hindi as Mayor Saab
1988PremaTeluguDubbed in Tamil as Anbu Chinnam
Remade in Hindi as Love
1988SathyaTamilRemake of Hindi film Arjun

Television

Year(s)TitleNetworkLanguage Notes
2012AahaVijay TVTamil
2013MahabharathamSun TV[10]
2013–2014UnarvugalPuthuyugam TV
2014ArangetramPuthuyugam TV
2015–2017Lakshmi Vanthachu (producer only)Zee Tamil
2018–2019ChandrakumariSun TV
2019–2020Chocolate
2021–PresentEnte Kuttikalude AchanMazhavil ManoramaMalayalam
2021In the Name of GodAhaTeluguProducer only

References

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