From Shankar To Mani Ratnam: 9 Tamil Directors With The Most Number Of Industry Hits

Kollywood, the cinema of Tamil has always been larger than life and close to reality. It played with these forms of filmmaking and delivered some monstrous blockbusters that became a huge part of shaping Indian cinema. Tamil cinema has offered two directors of international quality to Indian cinema, one is Mani Ratnam and the other is Shankar. And this generation of Tamil directors too is capable of giving monstrous blockbusters at the box office.

Today, we are going to take at the Tamil directors and the number of Industry hits they have given to Kollywood. Let’s find out who’s the top director of Tamil Nadu when it comes to the box office…

1. Shankar – 5 Industry Hits

– Kadhalan (1994)
– Indian (1996)
– Sivaji (2007)
– Enthiran (2010)
– 2.0 (2018)

2. S.P. Muthuraman – 3 Industry Hits

– Murattu Kaalai (1980)
– Sakalakala Vallavan (1982)
– Manithan (1987)





3. Mani Ratnam – 2 Industry Hits

– Nayakan (1987)
– Thalapathi (1991)

4. Ellis Dungan – 2 Industry Hits

– Sati Leelavati (1936)
– Ambikapathy (1937)





5. P. Vasu – 2 Industry Hits

– Chinna Thambi (1991)
– Chandramukhi (2005)

6. Suresh Krishna – 2 Industry Hits

– Annamalai (1992)
– Baasha (1995)




Some directors scored Industry hits in Tamil Cinema, which made Kollywood one of the strongest movie industries in India when it comes to revenue

7. K.S. Ravikumar – 1 Industry Hit

– Padaiyappa (1999)





8. Bharathan – 1 Industry Hit

– Thevar Megan (1992)






9. Singeetam Srinivasa Rao – 1 Industry Hit

– Apporva Sagodharargal (1989)

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