Rajashekar (director)


Rajashekar, often credited in Movie title credits as "Rajashekar B.Sc." sans initials, was a notable Indian film director and producer of Kollywood during the 1980s. He also directed movies in Telugu, Kannada and Hindi.

Career

Rajashekar was born in Nattarasankottai in then Ramanathapuram district and was a Bachelor of Science graduate. He made his debut as director with the 1980 Kannada movie Hunnimeya Rathriyalli.He was a director of 1980s and his major works were with Rajnikanth and Kamal Haasan. Almost all of Rajnikanth's mid to late 80s films like Thambikku Entha Ooru, Padikkadavan, Maapillai and Dharma Dorai were directed by Rajasekhar. He was also the director of Kamal Haasan movies Vikram, the first Tamil film which crossed the budget of 1 crore and Kakki Chattai. He also directed Malaiyoor Mambattiyan and Maaveeran. He also directed Vijaykanth movie Eetti and Cooliekkaran.

Filmography

Death

Director Rajashekar died due to accident while returning home after the 100th day celebration of his last film Dharma Durai.