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About Mani Ratnam
Indian film director, producer and screenwriter
Mani Ratnam, born Gopalaratnam Subramaniam, is an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter known for his work in Tamil cinema, with films also made in Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada. He belongs to the modern era of Indian cinema and has 99 quotes on the site. He is widely recognized for shaping commercially successful and influential films across several Indian languages. His career is closely associated with Tamil cinema, though his work extends beyond it. The available facts do not specify particular themes in his words, only his standing as a major figure in Indian filmmaking.
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- “I liked Guru Dutt, the way he used songs and the way he shot songs. He was a class apart.”Mani Ratnam
- “Format is just the language. Content is the only thing that is important. Form is like handwriting. Whether y…”Mani Ratnam
- “If you look at any film fest, the setting gives it colour. Be it Goa, Cannes or even Berlin in the winter, th…”Mani Ratnam
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