John Mahendran


John Mahendran is an Indian film director and screenwriter who has worked on Tamil and Telugu and language films. John is the son of noted Tamil film maker J. Mahendran.

Career

John Mahendran made the film in Tamil as Sachein with Vijay, Genelia D'Souza and Bipasha Basu in the lead roles. John later worked on the independent Tamil film Aanivaer https://www.wikizeroo.org/index.php?q=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5oaW5kdS5jb20vZnIvMjAwNy8wOC8xNy9zdG9yaWVzLzIwMDcwODE3NTEzOTAzMDAuaHRt, which told the story of a doctor caught up in the Sri Lankan civil war. The film won positive reviews and had a limited release across regions with Tamil diaspora.
In the early 2010s, John has worked on the script of Settai by helping director Kannan re-work the script of Hindi film Delhi Belly and on writing dialogues for Ambikapathy, the dubbed Tamil version of Raanjhanaa starring Dhanush and Sonam kapoor Directed by Anand.L.Rai.. Subsequently he worked as a writer on film including Kaashmora starring Karthi and Nayanthara Directed by https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5980232/. and Motta Siva Ketta Siva, while working as a screenplay and dialogue writing teacher at the Bofta Film Institute based in Chennai. Currently writing for Tamil movie Visithiran, Tamil official remake of Malayalam movie Joseph, Directed by M.Padmakumar.https://www.sify.com/movies/rk-suresh-to-remake-joseph-in-tamil-bala-to-produce-news-malayalam-tjsqHjidedaga.html

Filmography

Director

Writer