Cheran

Cheran is an Indian film director known for his works in Tamil cinema He is a four time National Film Award winner for Vetri Kodi Kattu 2000 Autograph 2004 and Thavamai Thavamirundhu 2005 He has also won four Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and five South Filmfare Awards In the film Puriyaadha Pudhir he worked as an assistant director to Director K S Ravikumar He was promoted as an associate director from Cheran Pandiyan to Nattamai He also associated with Kamal Haasan in the movie Mahanadi as an associate director He made his directorial debut in Bharathi Kannamma a break to his film career through Producer Henry The film met many controversies In spite of it the film was a big box office hit and gave a break to the sinking career of actor Parthiban With Porkkaalam Pandavar Bhoomi and Vetri Kodi Kattu he gave a hat trick of successful films He turned actor in director Thangar Bachans film Solla Marandha Kadhai