Some lesser known facts about Mani Ratnam
- Mani Ratnam’s movie ‘Nayagan’ which star kamala Hasan in the lead role was selected as one among the 100 best films in the world by Time Magazine.
- Mani Ratnam movie Roja was the only Indian movie to get selected to be featured on the TIME Magazine’s 10 Best Sound Tracks of all-time list.
- Mani Ratnam has a strange habit and that is he never prefers wearing a watch on his wrist, but one would see him carrying a watch in his pocket to check.
- Till date, the movie, ’16 Vayathinile’, is Mani Ratnam favourite movie. As feels that the movie perfectly blends the aspects of a good story with a notion of mass entertainment, which made it a grand success.
- Pushpa behind the scenes from Iruvar❤️
- Mani Ratnam hails from Tamil Nadu but surprisingly he did not make his debut in Tamil cinema. In fact, he made his directorial debut with a Kannada movie called ‘Pallavi Anupallavi’. This film has Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor and Lakshmi in the lead roles. Late director and cinematographer Balu Mahendra was the DOP for this movie.
- Kandukondain Kandukondain is one movie which many people felt like Maniratnam movie but actually directed by Rajiv MenoN