In the past few years, the South Indian film industry started to flourish after the release of some iconic films like Baahubali, KGF, RRR, Ponniyin Selvan, and others. With the release of such blockbuster films, noteworthy works of many talented directors came to light. Following the same today we have bought you the list of some of the most popular and best South Indian film directors who rose to fame with their blockbuster films, check out!
Best South Films Directors
- SS Rajamouli
SS Rajamouli is a huge name in the Telugu film industry. In the past few years, the filmmaker has delivered several all-time blockbuster and iconic films like Baahubali: The Beginning (2015), Baahubali: The Conclusion (2017), RRR (2022), Eega (2012) among many others. Currently SS Rajamouli is considered as one of the most successful directors in the South industry with almost zero flop films.
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- Mani Ratnam
Filmmaker Mani Ratnam is highly acclaimed and one of the most popular filmmakers in the Tamil film industry. In recent years, the filmmaker delivered two of the all-time highest-grossing Tamil movies, Ponniyin Selvan 1 (2022) and Ponniyin Selvan 2 (2023). The filmmaker has previously delivered films like, Guru(2007) and Nayakan (1987) among others.
- Atlee Kumar
Atlee Kumar is yet another filmmaker who is known in the Tamil film industry for his work. Atlee is currently enjoying the success of his Pan-Indian film “Jawan” starring Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan. Previously the filmmaker delivered several blockbuster hits like Bigil, Mersal, and others.
- Lokesh Kanagaraj
Just Like SS Rajamouli, filmmaker Lokesh Kanagaraj is also a highly acclaimed filmmaker and is immensely popular in the Telugu Film industry. In recent years the filmmaker has delivered several blockbusters and hit films like Vikram, Bholaa and others. Lokesh Kanagraj is now gearing up for his upcoming film “Leo” starring Vijay Thalapathy.
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- Prashanth Neel
Meanwhile, in the Kannada film industry, filmmaker Prashanth Neel is name that’s widely known. Prashanth Neel has delivered some of the highest-grossing Kannada films of all time like, KGF (2018), KGF 2 (2022), and others. The filmmaker is now gearing up for his upcoming film, Salaar starring Prabhas.
Apart from them filmmakers like Trivikram Srinivas, Sukumar, Pa. Ranjith, Koratala Siva, Puri Jagannadh, and Bala among others are also some of the most popular filmmakers in the South film industry.
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