2026Nominee
Best Director
Varavu
S. Saravanan
Director · Writer
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Biography
Shanmugam Saravanan is an Indian cinematographer and film director who works mainly in the Indian film industry. He is an alumni of Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu. He started his career with Poove Unakkaga, a Tamil romantic film starring Vijay and Sangita in the lead roles and was released in the year 1996. He debuted as a director by his directorial venture Silambattam. Saravanan is well known for his association with Directors Vikraman and Suresh Krissna. He has worked as a cinematographer in more than 25 films in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and 1 movie even in Sinhalese.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1995Nominee
Career Highlight
Stri
1998Nominee
Career Highlight
Auto Driver
Career Highlights
2002Highlight
Best Director
Pammal K. Sambandam
2008Highlight
Best Director
Silambattam