Selvaraghavan

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1977-03-05 (47 years old)

Place of Birth Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Also Known As Selvaraghavan Kasthuri Raja, K. Selvaraghavan, Sri Raghava

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

Director

Pudhupettai 2

as Director

2025
2025
Mental Manadhil

as Director

2022
Naane Varuvean

as Director

2021
2019
NGK

as Director

2013
Irandam Ulagam

as Director

2011
Mayakkam Enna

as Director

2010
Aayirathil Oruvan

as Director

2006
Pudhupettai

as Director

2004
7G Rainbow Colony

as Director

2003
Kadhal Konden

as Director

Writer

Aayirathil Oruvan 2

as Screenplay

Pudhupettai 2

as Writer

2025
2025
Mental Manadhil

as Writer

2022
Naane Varuvean

as Screenplay

2021
Nenjam Marappathillai

as Screenplay

2021
2019
NGK

as Story

2019
NGK

as Dialogue

2019
NGK

as Lyricist

2019
NGK

as Screenplay

2019
Malaal

as Original Story

2016
2016
2013
2012
100% Love

as Writer

2011
Mayakkam Enna

as Story

2011
Mayakkam Enna

as Screenplay

2010
Aayirathil Oruvan

as Screenplay

2010
2010
Kutty

as Lyricist

2009
Prem Amar

as Story

2009
Gilli

as Original Story

2008
2006
Pudhupettai

as Story

2006
Pudhupettai

as Screenplay

2004
2004
7G Rainbow Colony

as Screenplay

2003
Kadhal Konden

as Screenplay

2003
Kadhal Konden

as Dialogue

2003
Kadhal Konden

as Story

2002
Thulluvadho Ilamai

as Dialogue

2002
Thulluvadho Ilamai

as Screenplay

2002
Thulluvadho Ilamai

as Lyricist

Actor

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