Atlee
Indian Director, Producer and Scriptwriter · India · On the map · Directors · Born 1983 · age 43
Arun Kumar, known professionally as Atlee, is an Indian filmmaker who primarily works in Tamil films. He made his directorial debut with the film Raja Rani (2013); for which he was awarded Best Debut Director by the Vijay Award and the Tamil Nadu State Award for best dialogue writer.
Atlee is read about 1,383 times a day, in 16 languages.
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C. Joseph Vijay Atlee directed Mersal, Bigil and Theri
Nayanthara Atlee directed Jawan, Bigil and Raja Rani
Samantha Ruth Prabhu Atlee directed Mersal and Theri
Yogi Babu Atlee directed Bigil (2019)
Manobala Atlee directed Bigil (2019)
Rajendran Atlee directed Theri (2016)
Devadarshini Atlee directed Bigil (2019)
Priyamani Atlee directed Jawan (2023)
Sathyaraj Atlee directed Mersal (2017)
Jackie Shroff Atlee directed Bigil (2019)
Sanya Malhotra Atlee directed Jawan (2023)
Vijay Sethupathi Atlee directed Jawan (2023)
Raadhika Sarathkumar Atlee directed Theri (2016)
Amritha Aiyer Atlee directed Bigil (2019)
Kovai Sarala Atlee directed Mersal (2017)
Shah Rukh Khan Atlee directed Jawan (2023)
Kajal Aggarwal Atlee directed Mersal (2017)
Nithya Menen Atlee directed Mersal (2017)
Vivek Atlee directed Bigil (2019)
Arjan Bajwa Atlee directed Bigil (2019)
Vadivelu Atlee directed Mersal (2017)
Prabhu Ganesan Atlee directed Theri (2016)
Varsha Bollamma Atlee directed Bigil (2019)
G. V. P. Prakash Kumar Atlee directed Raja Rani (2013)
Known for
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Mersal 2017
Raja Rani 2013
Nanban 2012
Jawan 2023
Theri 2016
Filmography 14
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Television 1
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About this person
Atlee wrote and directed Theri, Mersal, and Bigil, all featuring Vijay. He made his debut in Hindi cinema with Jawan (2023), which is among the highest grossing Indian films.
