A.R. Murugadoss

Murugadoss Arunasalam (born 25 September 1974), commonly known as AR Murugadoss, is an Indian director, producer, and screenwriter who predominantly works in the Tamil film industry. He is best known for directing action films mainly on social issues. In addition, he has worked in Telugu films and Hindi films. Murugadoss won the Filmfare Award for Best Director for his 2014 Tamil action drama Kaththi. Murugadoss' first break in the film industry was as an assistant director of Ratchagan (1997). He then worked with S. J. Surya for the film Kushi (2000) before directing his first film, the Ajith starred Dheena, in 2001. His first Bollywood film, Ghajini (2008), which was a Hindi remake of his Tamil same titled 2005 film, became the first ever Bollywood film to gross over ₹100 crore domestically. In 2012, he directed the action thriller Thuppakki, starring Vijay, which became the Third Tamil film to enter the 100 Crore Club after Enthiran (2010) and Sivaji: The Boss. He worked with Vijay again with the box office hits Kaththi and Sarkar (2018).