Kundrai Vaendan Karikalan (born August 21, 1956) is an Indian film director

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

 and producer

Film producer

A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...

, primarily working in the Chennai film industry

Tamil cinema

Tamil cinema is the film industry based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to the production of films in the Tamil language. It is based in Chennai's Kodambakkam district, where several South Indian film production companies are headquartered...

. He directed Mounam Kalaikirathu

Mounam Kalaikirathu

Mounam Kalaikirathu is a 1986 Tamil-language Indian feature film directed by Kundrai Vaendan Karikalan, starring Suresh, Jeevitha Rajasekhar, Anand Babu, Jayasree, Vijayakumar, Chinni Jayanth and S. S. Chandran...

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He worked as Associate for Directors like J. Mahendran

J. Mahendran

J. Mahendran is a film director in Tamil film industry, who is best known for his true narration of screenplay and making.Mahendran made an immediate impact with his first film Mullum Malarum . His next film Udhiri Pookal was based on a short story written by Pudumaipithan and firmly established...

, R. Pattabi Ramam, R. Sunderajan, Kiruba Shanker and K. S. Madhagan. He worked on films like Gayathri with Rajinikanth, Evargal Vithiyasamanavargal with Sivachandran, Poonagaram with Shoba and Sarath Babu

Sarath Babu

Sarath Babu is an Indian film actor, who has acted in almost all the major south Indian languages - Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. He has been in the industry for nearly 37 years and has acted in more than 200 movies, most of them in a supporting role. He has acted in 80 films each in...

 and films like Ennadi Meenachi, Golusu, Athavida Ragasiyam and Saranalayam.

Current Status

After a long Break, Kundrai Vaendan Karikalan, is making a come back to Chennai film industry

Tamil cinema

Tamil cinema is the film industry based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to the production of films in the Tamil language. It is based in Chennai's Kodambakkam district, where several South Indian film production companies are headquartered...

 by directing a film named as Thaaimaie. The film's shooting is expected to begin in April 2011.

External links

• "Karikalan" imdb* *http://www.jointscene.com/movies/Kollywood/Mounam_Kalaigirathu/12591