Vetrimaaran

Vetrimaaran is an Indian film director, screenwriter and film producer, who works in the Tamil film industry. As of 2016, he has won five National Film Awards and two Filmfare Award South.
Vetrimaaran made his directorial debut with the "Polladhavan" (2007). His second feature film "Aadukalam" (2011) won six National Film Awards. He produces films under his production company, Grass Root Film Company. His movie "Visaranai" (2016) was selected as India's official entry to the Academy Awards.On 22 March 2021 he added another feather in his cap as his film Asuran was named as the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil.
Personal life.
Vetrimaaran's father Dr. V. Chitravel was a veterinary scientist and his mother Megala Chitravel is a noted novelist. He was born in Cuddalore. He then moved to Ranipet.
Career.
2007-2015.
Vetrimaaran has since described that he had "ample time" for the production works of "Polladhavan" (2007) as "Dhanush had confidence in him". Production designer Durai helped him rope in G. V. Prakash Kumar to score the film's music, while Dhanush also recommended cinematographer Velraj to Vetrimaaran after the pair had worked together in "Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram" (2007). Vetrimaaran chose the Kannada language actor Kishore to make his Tamil film debut after his assistant gave him rave reviews of the actor's performance in the unfinished Prashanth-starrer "Petrol". The team held test shoots with both Kajal Aggarwal and Poonam Bajwa for the film and released the stills to the media, but Vetrimaaran was still unsatisfied and finished two schedules before finalising on Divya Spandana. The director revealed that there was initially an issue with the actress after she got offended by his words and did not come for the shoot for three days, before Durai intervened. The film's story was inspired partly by the lost bike of his friend Andrew and the variety of experiences he had tracking down his vehicle. Vetrimaaran revealed that when he wrote the script, he made many changes to suit the visual medium and for Dhanush on his physical attributes while playing an action hero. The film opened in November 2007 to rave reviews, with the critic from Sify.com stating that "Vetri has made his mentor proud, and his style of narration and takings are very similar to the ace director Balu Mahendra, labelling that the film had shades of Vittorio De Sica's 1948 Italian film, "Bicycle Thieves". When questioned about its relevance to "Bicycle Thieves", he stated that it "is a disgrace to "Bicycle Thieves" if it is compared with "Polladhavan"". The reviewer from The Hindu stated that "at no point does "Polladhavan" sag and that writer-director Vetrimaaran has slogged through his screenplay and the result shows." The film subsequently went on to win four Vijay Awards including Best Director for Vetrimaaran.
The film "Aadukalam" (2011) walked away with the maximum trophies, including Best Director award for Vetrimaaran. In 2012, Vetrimaaran also launched his own production house called the Grass Root Film Company and launched his maiden project, "Udhayam NH4" (2013) with Siddharth in the lead role and his associate Manimaran as director. He wrote the dialogues of "Naan Rajavaga Pogiren" (2013) directed by newcomer Prithvi Rajkumar. In 2014, the production "Poriyaalan" is a sort of sibling to Vetrimaaran’s first film, "Polladhavan". The Children film "Kaaka Muttai" (2015), is directed by Manikandan and jointly produced by Dhanush’s Wunderbar Films and Vetrimaaran’s Grassroot Film Company has won the Best Feature Film. 
2016-present.
The crime-thriller "Visaranai" (2016), produced by Dhanush's Wunderbar Productions, and based on M. Chandrakumar's novel "Lock Up", got a standing ovation at the 72nd Venice Film Festival. "Visaranai" was India's official entry in the Foreign Language film category at the Academy Awards 2017. The film, which highlights atrocities committed by the police, had earlier won three National Film awards - Best Feature film in Tamil, Best Supporting Actor for Samuthirakani and Best Editing for Kishore Te - in India. He also produced three films in a row with "Kodi" (2016), "Lens" (2017) and "Annanukku Jai" (2018). The director also revealed that his fourth venture would see him work with Dhanush yet again. "Vada Chennai" was released on 18 October 2018, opened to largely positive reviews. Vetrimaaran has made challenging films in the past like "Visaranai", which received critical acclaim nationally and internationally. With "Asuran" (2019), he proves he’s one of the finest directors in Indian cinema. The film scores high on emotions, aided by solid layered writing and has a lot of striking scenes. The director’s well-defined characters, definitive performances by actors, situations and conflicts lift "Asuran" to another level. The film "Miga Miga Avasaram" (2019) is produced by Suresh Kamatchi and Vetrimaaran.
In 27 september, 2020, Vetrimaaran was honored by a Special Award "Thirai Asuran" in a virtual conference appreciating his effort talking about long time issue Panchami Land in his last movie "Asuran". by Ambedkar Makkal Iyakkam Vetrimaaran has made a short film for the anthology "Paava Kadhaigal" (2020). Each of the films touches upon the issue of honour killing. Maaran has made "Oor Iravu".