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Mani Ratnam

Mani Ratnam


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Mani Ratnam - what members say


  • Dil Se
  • Dil Se review by A customer from London
    Rated - 5.0 stars anti-bollywood movie 12 May 2006
    ...lywood', but they can get tiresome at times. Dil se, directed by Tamil director Mani Ratnam, turns this all on its head. Here is an obsessive hero, Shah Rukh Khan willfull...   Read customer review
  • Yuva
  • Yuva review by from London, England
    Rated - 3.0 stars The story of 3 youths.. 28 July 2004
    ...A film direted by Mani Ratnam who is famous for making Bombay a few years back. He is a director with a difference and I enjoy his plots. Unfortunately the plot in Yuva lo...   Read customer review

Mani Ratnam - filmography


  • Kadal (2013)
    Starring: Gautham Karthik,  Thulasi Nair,  Arjun
    Director: Mani Ratnam
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Tamil drama following a catholic priest who takes on the responsibility of running a dilapidated church in a small fishing village. Although Father Sam (Arvind Swamy) has trouble gaining the trust of the locals upon his arrival, it isn't long before they begin to appreciate him and his work in the ..read more »
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  • Raavan on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Abhishek Bachchan,  Aishwarya Rai,  Chiyaan' Vikram
    Director: Mani Ratnam
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Dev falls for Ragini, a spunky classical dancer who is as unconventional as him. They get married and he takes up his new post in Lal Maati, a small town in northern India. A town where the world of law is not the police but Beera, a tribal who has, over the years, shifted the power equation of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 94 members
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  • Yuva on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Ajay Devgan,  Vivek Oberoi,  Abhishek Bachchan
    Director: Mani Ratnam
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    3 Young men. From 3 stratas of society. With 3 entirely different points of view towards life... ... Their paths cross over the Hoogly Bridge on a Thursday morning. Their lives change irreversibly.
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 942 members
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  • Kannathil Muthamittal (2003)
    Starring: Madhavan,  Prakash Raj,  Chakri
    Director: Mani Ratnam
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Thiruchelvan (R Madhavan), an engineer by profession, has a flair for writing. While in Rameswaram, Thiruchelvan had written a short story on a child abandoned at the Red Cross. With the consent of his wife-to-be, Indira (Simran), the couple adopts the babygirl and christens her as Amudha (P S ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 59 members
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  • Dil Se on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Manisha Koirala,  Shahrukh Khan,  Preity Zinta
    Director: Mani Ratnam
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Mani Rathnam, who has proven with films like Bombay (1995) and Iruvar (1998) that it was possible in India to make quality films that could also be box-office hits, chose the 50th anniversary celebrations of Indian Independence as the backdrop for this film about the clash between love and ideology...read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,234 member
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  • Bombay on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Arvind Swami,  Manisha Koralia
    Director: Mani Ratnam
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on a true story - A Hindu man and a Muslim woman fall in love in a small village and move to Mumbai, where the have two children and are very happy. However, growing religious tensions and erupting riots threaten to destroy their family unit.
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 930 members
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  • Roja on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Arvind Swamy,  Madhu,  Pankaj Kapoor
    Director: Mani Ratnam
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A Bollywood movie directed by Mani Ratnam. Set in Kashmir, this is the story of a man kidnapped by terrorists, and his wife's single handed battle to save him.
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 246 members
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  • Velu Nayakan on DVD
    Starring: Janagaraj,  Kamal Hasan,  Naseer
    Director: Mani Ratnam
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Mani Ratnam's crime drama stars Kamal Hassan as a young man who grows up with a desire to avenge his father's murder, but instead falls into a life of crime, becoming a powerful, ruthless gangster. But when his violent work has a devastating effect on his family, he begins to realize the error of ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 52 members
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  • Dal-Pati on DVD
    Starring: Rajnikant,  Mamooty,  Arvind Swamy
    Director: Mani Ratnam
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Kalyani gives birth to a son when she is hardly fifteen years old. Not knowing what to do she places him in an empty goods train and hopes for the best.Fate carries this child to another place where he is brought up by a poor family.The child grows into a bitter righteous young man
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 26 members
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Mani Ratnam facts

5 most recent films

Kadal - 3 stars
Raavan - 3.0 stars
Guru - 3.5 stars
Yuva - 3.0 stars
Kannathil Muthamittal - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Kannathil Muthamittal - 3.5 stars
Bombay - 3.5 stars
Velu Nayakan - 3.5 stars
Guru - 3.5 stars
Roja - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Kadal - 3 stars
Dal-Pati - 3.0 stars
Raavan - 3.0 stars
Yuva - 3.0 stars
Dil Se - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Arvind Swamy - 5 times - show films
Singampuli - 3 times - show films
Thulasi Nair - 3 times - show films
Ponvannan - 3 times - show films
Arjun - 3 times - show films