Hari (director)

Hari (born 26 December 1968) is an Indian movie director, best known for his action-masala in Tamil cinema. He made his directional debut in the movie "Thamizh" (2002).After this breakthrough, he gave many commercial success movies such as "Saamy" (2003), "Kovil" (2004), "Ayya" (2005), "Thaamirabharani" (2007), "Vel" (2007) and "Singam" (2010) movie. He has directed 15 movies.
Background.
Hari was born in the Thoothukudi District of Tamil Nadu, India. His father, Gopal, is a vessels merchant. Later, his family moved to Chennai, where Hari graduated with a degree in Commerce.
Career.
Hari first joined as an assistant, gaining experience by working with various directors; K. Natraj in " Valli", Nassar in "Avatharam" and Alex Pandian. Later, he assisted K. Balachander in his film "Kalki" and worked as an associate director with Saran in the films "Amarkalam", "Parthen Rasithen" and "Alli Arjuna".
His first film, in 2002, was "Thamizh", with Prashanth and Simran. Film critic Balaji commented that it was "one of the few movies in recent times where a lot of importance seems to have been attached to the script. In spite of the flimsy story and routine screenplay where a youth grows to be a "dada", the dialogs elevate the quality of the movie and make it very enjoyable". His second film "Saamy", under the Kavithaalaya banner, starred Vikram. It was named the year's biggest hit, grossing 160 million. Its success led to remakes; in Telugu ("Lakshmi Narasimha"), Kannada ("Ayya") and Hindi languages ("Policegiri"). His next two films "Kovil", with Silambarasan and "Arul" also starred Vikram. In 2005, he made "Ayya", starring Sarathkumar, which introduced Nayantara to Tamil cinema. His next film was "Aaru", with Suriya in 2005. In 2007, he directed two films, "Thaamirabharani" with Vishal and "Vel", with Suriya. In 2008, he directed "Seval", with Bharath. Ayyappa Prasad from Nowrunning.com stated that Hari "panders to the taste of his rural audience all the way, but the movie is bound to disappoint city-dwellers, since neither the story nor its treatment appeal to anyone with high IQ .
In 2010 Hari directed his tenth film "Singam", with Suriya, marking their third collaboration. although reviewers identified it as a standard masala entertainer.