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The film, titled Kurumbu, featuring Allari Naresh, who played the same role in the original, alongside Nikita Thukral and Diya, did not do well at the box office.

Although he did not want his first film to be a remake, he accepted since he felt he shouldn't "ruin the chance". While working for The Terrorist, he expressed his desire to Sivan, that he would like to assist him, and Sivan accepted him as an apprentice and later as an associate.He worked for seven years as an assistant director to Sivan in Mumbai besides playing roles in his films Fiza, Malli and Asoka.Īfter Vishnuvardhan returned from Mumbai, Gemini Color Labs that had produced The Terrorist offered him to remake the Telugu comedy film Allari in Tamil. Watching them create magic on screen fascinated me and I wanted to learn filmmaking". Vishnuvardhan said "I was influenced and inspired by the works of Mani Ratnam and Santosh Sivan.

While in college, Santosh Sivan, cinematographer of Mani Ratnam's films, called Vishnuvardhan to act in his directorial The Terrorist. He later appeared in Sathriyan (as the young Vijayakanth) and Iruvar by Mani Ratnam again. When director Mani Ratnam was looking for children to cast in his film Anjali, his school suggested his name and he shot for a dance sequence in the film with his brother and other children. Vishnuvardhan and his brother used to participate in extra-curricular activities like dance and drama in school. Bede's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Chennai and studied visual communication at the Loyola College, Chennai. He has a younger brother Krishna Kulasekaran who is an actor in the Tamil film industry. His father is Kulasekaran, a businessman, who later became a producer of Tamil films. Vishnuvardhan was born and raised in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

He made his hindi film directorial debut with Shershaah (2021), for which he received positive reviews. However, his subsequent films, Arinthum Ariyamalum (2005), Pattiyal (2006), Billa (2007), Panjaa (2011) with Pawan kalyan as main lead and Arrambam (2013) went on to become highly successful ventures, turning him into a household name in Tamil Nadu. Vishnuvardhan is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter who predominantly works in the Tamil cinema.Ī one-time associate of Santosh Sivan, he made his directorial debut in 2003 with Kurumbu, which did not fare well at the box office.