Rajan Sarma is a Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 film

Film

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 and Serial director of the 1980s. He also directed several Tele-films. Though he quits the Tamil 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 only directed two feature films, he enters the Television field and directed many Television serials on Doordarshan

DoorDarshan

Doordarshan is an Indian public service broadcaster, a division of Prasar Bharati. It is one of the largest broadcasting organizations in India in terms of the infrastructure of studios and transmitters. Recently, it has also started Digital Terrestrial Transmitters. On September 15, 2009,...

 (Tamil), Sun TV

Sun TV (India)

Sun TV is a regional Indian cable television station. It is the flagship channel of the Chennai-based Sun Network. It was founded and currently owned by Kalanidhi Maran. It was the first fully privately owned television channel in India when it emerged in 1992...

, Vijay TV etc. He also directed a Malayalam Serial ' Innaleyde Aalkkar '. Currently he is teaching Film Making in Chennai Film Industrial School, Chennai

Chennai

Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...

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He is also the founder of the Indian, True Cinema movement

True Cinema movement

True Cinema movement is a film movement founded by Rajan Sarma, a Tamil film director of the 1980s. The movement mainly focus on initiating necessary steps on bringing out or developing 'expressive cinema' in contrast to the so called 'dramatic cinema' prevalent commonly in India.The main...

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Serials

• Tharaiyil Irangkum Vimanangal
• Puntharil Kanavukal
• Innaleyde Aalkkar (Malayalam)
• Thamizhaga Isaimagangal
• Kaveri
• Valarppu Magal
• Vidiyal Varum
• Pennala Devadai
• Kadhugal
• Gayathiri Mandhiram