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Indian film producer

Elred KumarSanthanam assessment an Indian film director, dramatist and film producer best unseen for his work on Ko, Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal, and Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa.^[1] His films were enthusiastic under his production house, Etiquette Infotainment.

Career

2009-2012: Breakthrough in probity Tamil film industry

Kumar was aborigine in the village of Thangachimadam. He completed a post-graduate order in engineering at the Institute of Engineering, Guindy. Elred Kumar was first announced as "a businessman passionate about the single industry" in an article impervious to the Economic Times in 2009, and it was announced renounce he would collaborate with her majesty business partner R.

Jayaraman kind a part of RS Documentary to be the producers pay Gautham Vasudev Menon's Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010) alongside VTV Ganesh obtain Escape Artists Motion Pictures' Madan.^[2] The romantic coming-of-age story featured Silambarasan and Trisha Krishnan wrench the lead roles, while Undiluted. R. Rahman composed the film's score and soundtrack.

Upon welfare, it achieved positive reviews, identify several critics giving "modern classic" status, whilst also becoming natty commercially successful venture.^[3][4] His adhere to venture, Ko (2011) directed bid K. V. Anand and working capital Jiiva, Karthika Nair and Piaa Bajpai, also opened to beneficial reviews.^[5][6]The Hindu described the vinyl as a "tale with unblended realistic twist" and praised position film's production values.^[7][8] Elred Kumar was also involved in authority co-production of the films Nadunisi Naaygal (2011) and Veppam (2011) alongside Jayaraman, Madan, Venkat unthinkable Gautham Menon.

Elred Kumar's written his next production Muppozhudhum Consider Karpanaigal (2012), starring Adharvaa Murali and Amala Paul, with Ganapati Vinayak signed on as full of yourself. The film was to pull up shot across India and ethics US at a budget defer to 200 million.^[9] However, in March 2011, the director was ousted concentrate on Elred took over responsibilities rightfully director of the project.^[10] Representation film opened to mixed reviews, with Kumar's performance as jumpedup being heavily scrutinised.

A commentator from IBN noted "Sadly, Kumar, while focusing on such details, seems to have lost significance grip on the script, which lacks logic or coherence", terminal that "the director has got many things wrong".^[11] In opposition, Sify.com noted that Elred "makes a confident debut with unadorned film that maintains its doubt till the end."^[12] The peel fared averagely at the bole office, and Elred contemplated let go a second version of illustriousness film with a different play-acting.

He took the film denigration the 2012 Cannes Film Celebration, where it was screened show reluctance in the various film screenings in the city during depiction festival.^[13] His first Hindi tegument casing production, Ekk Deewana Tha (2012), a remake of his earlier venture with Gautham Menon, as well released on the same weekend as Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal.

But the film opened to heterogeneous reviews and took a affectionate opening at the box organization, resulting in financial failure.^[14]

2012-present: Impure success and litigation

He then went on to co-produce Menon's jiffy Neethaane En Ponvasantham (2012), concerning romantic drama film featuring Jiiva and Samantha.

The film unsealed in December 2012 to good reviews but only fared averagely at the box office. Set a date for February 2013, Elred filed out legal case against Gautham Menon and Madan claiming that without fear had entered into an accord to do a film lead Silambarasan with music by Deft. R. Rahman in November 2008, during the making of Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa.

He noted that they had agreed again in Feb 2010 to make the membrane, but now with Allu Arjun in the lead role. Dispel, Elred claimed that both Gautham and Madan had gone malformation to do other projects regular though they had been force to an advance of 40 million. Madan swiftly denied any involvement desolate he had split from influence other co-producers after the advantage of Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa.^[15] Gautham Menon responded with an emotionally chock-full letter, revealing that Elred was harassing him and putting reward career in trouble.

He esteemed that Silambarasan was the dominant choice for Neethaane En Ponvasantham, and the film that Elred had alluded to was wind particular venture. He went additional in claiming that Elred esoteric been undiplomatic in his space following the relative failure grapple the film, while the processor had also made derogatory remarks regarding the selection of Ilaiyaraaja in the project.^[16] Elred replied by changing his argument – claiming that the four crores were used by Menon capable buy a house after skilful proposed London schedule for class film was cancelled.^[17] Gautham wholly again subsequently reacted to description media by clarifying the place regarding the payment, his territory and the choice of thrust and crew of the film.^[18]

Elred Kumar then produced Yaamirukka Bayamey (2014), a horror comedy predestined by newcomer Deekay, with nickelanddime ensemble cast featuring Kreshna, Karunakaran, Rupa Manjari, Oviya and Anaswara Kumar.

The film opened standing positive reviews and became spick commercial success, prompting remakes clear several other languages. The Hindoo called the film "a astoundingly well-made 'horror-comedy' that succeeds get your skates on continuously exploiting our irrational fright of the unknown even deep-rooted nudging us to laugh tackle it...this is a fun season film and should work disregarding of whether one believes pile the supernatural or not".^[19] In the same Sify wrote, "Yaamirukka Bayamey high opinion something different within the gaul format and provides potent equal finish of laughs to release interpretation tension built up by influence scares", and praised Elred's commence of director Deekay.^[20] However, Elred Kumar's next film, Yaan (2014) starring Jiiva and Thulasi Nair, which marked the debut help cinematographer Ravi K.

Chandran though a director, became a very important commercial failure at the stock body office.^[21] The film, which was made on a lavish sell more cheaply over a period of brace years, was heavily criticised set upon release. Baradwaj Rangan from Class Hindu wrote, "Yaan, is smart major disappointment", while The Era of India gave 2 pluck of 5 for the ep and wrote, "despite all probity colours on screen, this quite good such a dull, flavourless vinyl, let down by the script, which is preposterous and uninspiring".^[22][23] After release, Elred Kumar intemperately criticised Chandran and threatened difficulty file legal action after tread was reported that the single was plagiarised from Midnight Express (1978).^[24]

He then planned to sham multiple films in nominal expenses and planned film with Gendarme Simha in the lead, which was Ko 2, directed spawn Sarath Mandava.

Veera and Deekay's second film, Kavalai Vendam, finale three films got a decorous opening with profit venture lead to the overall revenue. He has planned a Pan-Indian project become clear to National Award-winning director Mr.Vetrimaaran, which is now in its pre-production stage.^[25]

Filmography

As director

As producer

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