# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/agathiyan
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:19:09.470Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/agathiyan"
name: "Agathiyan"
slug: "agathiyan"
description: "Agathiyan is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, lyricist, and actor. He was the first director in Tamil cinema to win the National Film Award for Best Direction for Kadhal Kottai (1996). For the film, he also won National Film Award for Best Screenplay and Filmfare Award for Best Director – Tamil."
tagline: "Tamil film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Agathiyan_at_the_%E2%80%98Kennedy_Club%E2%80%99_Audio_Launch.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1952-08-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.98
  momentum:             4.602089981816133
  historical:           6.738996
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0012892/"
    handle:    "nm0012892"
sources:
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%85%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%A5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "అగథియన్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "اجاثيان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agathiyan"
    title: "Agathiyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "آگاتیان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agathiyan"
    title: "Agathiyan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A8"
    title: "अगत्यन"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_(%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%9F_%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D)"
    title: "அகத்தியன் (திரைப்பட இயக்குநர்)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4691545"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/584865"
    title: "Agathiyan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump