A. Venkatesh

A Venkatesh is a Tamil film director born in Tuticorin Tamil Nadu Initially he worked as an assistant to director K Rajeshwar in Nyaya Tharasu 1989 and Idhaya Thamarai 1990 He assisted Pavithran in Vasanthakala Paravai 1991 and Suriyan 1992 then he was an associate director to director Shankar in Gentleman 1993 and Kadhalan 1994 During the shooting of the film Kadhalan producer G K Reddy approached him to direct a film In 1996 he made his directional debut through Mahaprabhu starring R Sarathkumar Sukanya and Vineetha He is known for directing films in short spans of times He has also acted in various Tamil movies Angadi Theru being one among them He also appeared in Vijay TVs special program celebrating the film Nanbans success and was seen sharing his experiences working as an associate with Director Shankar