Selvaraghavan

Selvaraghavan

1977-03-05 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India 34 Credits

Biography

Selvaraghavan is an Indian film director, screenwriter and actor based primarily in Tamil cinema. Known for idiosyncratic genre films that subvert conventional character tropes and deal with dark themes, he is considered an important and influential figure in modern Tamil cinema. The elder brother of actor Dhanush, the two are frequent collaborators as he is credited with helping the actor to break into the industry in the early 2000s with the films Thulluvadho Ilamai (2002) and Kadhal Konden (2...

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7G Rainbow Colony 2

7G Rainbow Colony 2

2025

Writer, Director

Writing Directing

Nearly 10 years post the tragic death of Anitha, Kathir's ailing mother makes desperate attempts to get him settled after sensing his attraction to th...

Mental Manadhil

Mental Manadhil

2025

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

Upcoming Musical Romance Directed by Selvaraghavan

Devil's Double Next Level

Devil's Double Next Level

2025

as "Hitchcock" Iruthyaraj

6.6
Acting

A well-known movie critic is invited by a strange person to watch a special horror film. But once the movie starts, he finds himself trapped inside it...

Sorgavaasal

Sorgavaasal

2024

as Siga

6.8
Acting

A common man imprisoned in a corrupt system questions whether jails truly rehabilitate or push individuals deeper into crime's abyss.

Raayan

Raayan

2024

as Sekhar

6.3
Acting

Raayan, a simpleton patriarch has to protect his family when they inadvertently get muddled in a violent world with whirlpool of murder, debauchery, f...

Mark Antony

Mark Antony

2023

as Chiranjeevi

6.1
Acting

Set in 1995, Mark, a skilled mechanic and the son of a former gangster, stumbles upon a phone that has the ability to connect with the past, tries to ...

Farhana

Farhana

2023

as Dhayalan

5.4
Acting

Farhana, a devout Muslim woman and mother in a middle class family, with her family's consent, takes a call center job . Although the job gives Farhan...

Bakasuran

Bakasuran

2023

as 'Beema Rasu' Rajasekaran

4.6
Acting

A street performer is on a killing spree and a retired army man turned YouTuber tracks an online sex racket parallely. How do their lives connect and ...

Naane Varuvean

Naane Varuvean

2022

as Serial Killer (cameo)

6.0
Acting

A father finds out that his teenager daughter is possessed, and the only way he can save her is by doing the ghost's bidding, which will mean an encou...

Naane Varuvean

Naane Varuvean

2022

Director, Screenplay

6.0
Directing Writing

A father finds out that his teenager daughter is possessed, and the only way he can save her is by doing the ghost's bidding, which will mean an encou...

Saani Kaayidham

Saani Kaayidham

2022

as Sangaiah

6.5
Acting

A police constable from an oppressed caste and her half-brother go after the dominant caste men who raped her and burned her husband and kid alive.

Beast

Beast

2022

as Althaf Hussain

5.4
Acting

A former RAW officer, who is among the hostages in a mall taken over by terrorists, has to foil their plans and prevent the government from releasing ...

Nenjam Marappathillai

Nenjam Marappathillai

2021

Director, Lyricist, Screenplay

6.1
Directing Writing

A god-fearing young woman who takes up the job of a caretaker in a rich household tries to take revenge on her lustful employer.

Malaal

Malaal

2019

Original Story

5.0
Writing

When a rowdy Shiva’s world collides with that of a demure Aastha’s, whose family has just moved into the chawl he resides in, sparks fly between them....

NGK

NGK

2019

Director, Story, Screenplay

4.8
Directing Writing

An educated do-gooder is forced to enter politics in order to serve the society. But, will the old guard make way and allow him to do that?

Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam

Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam

2016

Dialogue, Screenplay, Story

4.9
Writing

Manoja marries Prabhu for her mother's sake, but dislikes her husband. Gradually, she warms up to his dogged attempts at sparking a romance, but Prabh...

Irandam Ulagam

Irandam Ulagam

2013

Director, Story

4.7
Directing Writing

A young man's lover dies in a freak accident, saddened by this he tries to kill himself by driving his car over a hilltop. A portal opens through an a...

100% Love

100% Love

2012

Writer

5.5
Writing

Rahul, who hails from a middle-class family, comes across Anuradha, immediately falls in love with her and travels to Australia. However, his father d...

Mayakkam Enna

Mayakkam Enna

2011

Director, Story, Screenplay

6.6
Directing Writing

Karthik splits his time between aimlessly hanging around his friends and dreams of being an assistant to his role model, an arrogant yet world renowne...

Mon Amar Sudhu Tomar

Mon Amar Sudhu Tomar

2010

Story

Writing

Good-for-nothing Shanu is in love with Pari who is set to marry Badshah. Now that Shanu's obsession for Pari is stifling, will he conquer the love of ...

Aayirathil Oruvan

Aayirathil Oruvan

2010

Director, Screenplay, Story

6.6
Directing Writing

Anitha, a government official, embarks on a journey to find Chandramouli, an archaeologist, who went to Vietnam to search for any existence of the pri...

Kutty

Kutty

2010

Lyricist

5.4

Kutty, a kind young man, falls in love with Geeta, but she does not reciprocate his love. He continues to love her even after learning that she is in ...

Gilli

Gilli

2009

Original Story

Writing

Guru a.k.a. Gilli is a young underachiever who frequently vents his frustrations through public outbursts. When Anitha, whose family has fallen on har...

Prem Amar

Prem Amar

2009

Story

6.0
Writing

A young man's quest for the love of his new neighbor is doomed.

Yaaradi Nee Mohini

Yaaradi Nee Mohini

2008

Writer

7.0
Writing

Vasu falls in love with Keerthi, but when he expresses his feelings to her, she turns him down and says that her marriage has already been arranged. H...

Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule

Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule

2007

Director, Story, Screenplay

6.9
Directing Writing

Ganesh, an unemployed man, lands up in a company where Keerthi, the girl he loves, works but who is already engaged to someone else. Sudden incidents ...

Pudhupettai

Pudhupettai

2006

Director, Screenplay, Story

7.8
Directing Writing

After running away from home, a young man from the slums falls in with a gang and slowly rises through the ranks of the criminal underworld, transform...

7G Rainbow Colony

7G Rainbow Colony

2004

Director, Story, Screenplay

6.7
Directing Writing

Kathir is a young underachiever who frequently vents his frustrations through public outbursts. When Anitha, a North Indian girl whose family has fall...

Kadhal Konden

Kadhal Konden

2003

Director, Screenplay, Dialogue

7.7
Directing Writing

A genius-yet-introverted orphan, raised by a church priest, is sent to college where he turns out to be a social outcast. Although he is shunned by th...

Thulluvadho Ilamai

Thulluvadho Ilamai

2002

Screenplay, Dialogue, Lyricist

7.0
Writing

Six high-school classmates, three boys and three girls, coming from different strata of society, who have each their own problems in their respective ...

Aaryan

Aaryan

N/A

Acting

Upcoming VV movie

VYOM Production No.1

N/A

Acting

Trip (2021), Thookudurai (2024) fame Dennis Manjunath's next film starring Selvaraghavan, Kushee Ravi & Kausalya. .

Pudhupettai 2

Pudhupettai 2

N/A

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

Story of Kokki Kumar's son who grew up unaware of the identity of his biological father.

Aayirathil Oruvan 2

Aayirathil Oruvan 2

N/A

Story, Screenplay, Director

Writing Directing