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{{short description|Indian film director}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{infobox person
|name =Agathiyan
| image = Agathiyan at the ‘Kennedy Club’ Audio Launch.jpg
| caption = Agathiyan at the "Kennedy Club" film Audio Launch
|occupation =writer, director, actor
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1952|08|18}}
|children = Kani Thiru (b.1980) [[Vijayalakshmi Agathiyan]] (b.1983) [[Niranjani Ahathian]] (b.1990)
|spouse =Radha (m.1978-2016) (deceased)<ref name = ra>http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-16/director-agathiyans-wife-radha-passes-away.html</ref>
|years_active =1991- Present
}}
'''Agathiyan''' ({{audio|Ta-அகத்தியன்.ogg|pronunciation}}) is an Indian film director.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/34799.html|title=IndiaGlitz — Agathiyan on the move — Tamil Movie News|work=IndiaGlitz.com|access-date=8 March 2017}}</ref> He is credited to be the first director of Tamil cinema to win the [[National Film Award for Best Direction]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dhananjayan|first=G.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e07vBwAAQBAJ&q=kadhal+kottai+boxoffice&pg=PA358|title=PRIDE OF TAMIL CINEMA: 1931 TO 2013: Tamil Films that have earned National and International Recognition|date=2014-11-03|publisher=Blue Ocean Publishers|pages=358|language=en}}</ref> He was also awarded [[National Film Award for Best Screenplay]] in 1996 for the Tamil film ''[[Kadhal Kottai]]''.

==Personal life==
He was born and brought up in [[Peravurani]]. He married Radha in 1978.<ref name = ra/> His elder daughter Kani, host of Makkal TV, is married to [[Thiru (director)|Thiru]], director of ''[[Theeratha Vilaiyattu Pillai]]'' and ''[[Samar]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/feb-09-03/vishal-18-02-09.html|title=Thoranai, Vishal and Thiru — Behindwoods.com — Tamil Movies News — Thoranai Vishal Agathiyan|work=Behindwoods.com|access-date=8 March 2017}}</ref> Kani Thiru is a winner of Vijay TV's Cook With Comali Season 2.
His second daughter [[Vijayalakshmi Agathiyan]] made her acting debut in the Tamil film ''[[Chennai 600028]]'' (2007) is married to Feroz, director of [[Pandigai]] movie. His younger daughter [[Niranjani Ahathian]] is a costume designer and actress who worked in [[Kabali]] and [[Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal]] and is married to [[Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal]] director [[Desingh Periyasamy ]]

==Career==
Agathiyan, a director in his late forties entered films a decade back and struggled as an assistant to various directors. Hailing from a agriculturist family, he spent a happy-go-lucky time in college, and when he decided to pack his bags and come to Chennai to try his luck in films as a director, he lost his family's support. Struggling with no money, he did odd jobs in film companies and became an assistant to anyone who offered him food and shelter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tamilstar.com/profile/director/ahathiyan/ |title=Tamil Star — Profile |date=22 December 2001 |work=Archive.org |access-date=8 March 2017 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011222190129/http://www.tamilstar.com/profile/director/ahathiyan/ |archive-date=22 December 2001 }}</ref>

He initially directed movie in 1991 and was credited as Ravi Thasan but it was unsuccessful. [[Anbalaya Films|Anbalaya Prabhakaran]], who acted in that movie and also produces small budgeted films with new directors, gave Ahahtian his second break as a director with ''Madhumathi'', a teenage love story with new faces. The film was a big hit. He was back to where he started, but again fate had bigger things in store for him. [[Sivasakthi Movie Makers|Sivasakthi Pandian]], a film distributor turned producer, produced ''[[Vaanmathi]]'' with Ajith and Swathi. The film was a hit. Next came ''[[Kadhal Kottai]]'' from the same banner and Ahahtian became the toast of the industry. Offers poured in for films.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/tamil/profile.php?id=16006345&cid=2409|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012180542/http://www.sify.com/movies/tamil/profile.php?id=16006345&cid=2409|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2014|title=Welcome To Sify.com|work=Sify.com|access-date=8 March 2017}}</ref>

In late 2014, he began work on an untitled project produced by [[Bharathiraja]] featuring Santhosh Prathap, [[Oviya]], [[Vijayalakshmi (Tamil actress)|Vijayalakshmi]] and [[Manoj Bharathiraja]] in the lead roles, but the film was later shelved.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://properties.chennaionline.com/movies/cine-buzz/20140803020847/Agathiyan-to-direct-Bharathiraajas-film.col|title=Agathiyan to direct Bharathiraaja's film|date=25 September 2015|work=ChennaiOnline.com|access-date=8 March 2017}}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

He have served as jury member at [[57th National Film Awards]].<ref>{{Cite journal|title=57th National Film Awards|url=http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/45_57thNfacatalogue%20-%20.pdf|pages=32}}</ref>

==Filmography==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width:35px;"| Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| Film
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; width:80px;"| Language
! colspan="4" style="width:195px;"| Credited as
! rowspan="2" style="width:80px;"| Role
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; width:350px;" class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
! width=65 | Director
! width=65 | Writer
! width=65 | Producer
! width=65 | Actor
|-
|1989
|''[[Manasukketha Maharasa]]''
|Tamil
|style="text-align:center;"| {{n}}
|style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|style="text-align:center;"| {{n}}
|style="text-align:center;"| {{n}}
|
|Credited as Karunanidhi Santharam in the film
|-
|1991
|''Mangalyam Thanthunane''
|Tamil
|style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}
|style="text-align:center;"| {{n}}
|style="text-align:center;"| {{n}}
|
|Credited as Ravi Thasan in the film
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Pondatti Rajyam]]'' || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}||style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}}|| ||
|-
| 1993 || ''Madhumathi'' || Tamil || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}|| style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} ||style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || ||
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Vaanmathi]]'' || Tamil ||style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} ||style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}}||style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || ||
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Kadhal Kottai]]'' || Tamil || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} ||style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} ||style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}|| Cameo ||[[National Film Award for Best Direction]] [[National Film Award for Best Screenplay]] [[Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Director]] [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film]] (Third prize) Remade in Kannada as ''[[Yaare Neenu Cheluve]]'' Remade in Hindi as ''[[Sirf Tum]]'' Dubbed in Telugu as ''Premalekha''
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Gokulathil Seethai (film)|Gokulathil Seethai]]'' || Tamil ||style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} ||style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}}||style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}|| Cameo || Remade in Hindi as ''[[Hum Ho Gaye Aapke]]'' Remade in Kannada as ''Krishna Leele''
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Vidukathai (film)|Vidukathai]]'' || Tamil ||style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} ||style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || |||| ||
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Santhosham (1998 film)|Santhosham]]'' || Tamil || ||style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} ||style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} ||style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || ||
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Kaadhal Kavithai]]'' || Tamil ||style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}}|| style="text-align:center;"| {{n}}|| ||
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Sirf Tum]]'' || [[Hindi language|Hindi]] ||style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} ||style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}}|| style="text-align:center;"| {{n}}|| ||
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Hum Ho Gaye Aapke]]'' || Hindi || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} ||style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}}|| ||
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Poovellam Kettuppar]]'' || Tamil || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}}||style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}|| Himself||
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Vinnukkum Mannukkum]]'' || Tamil || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}}|| style="text-align:center;"| {{n}}|| style="text-align:center;"| {{n}}|| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}|| Cameo||
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Kadhal Samrajyam]]'' || Tamil || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} ||style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}}|| style="text-align:center;"| {{n}}|| ||Unreleased film
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Ramakrishna (film)|Ramakrishna]]'' || Tamil ||style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}}||style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || ||
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Ee Abbai Chala Manchodu]]'' || [[Telugu language|Telugu]] ||style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} ||style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} ||style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} ||style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || ||
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Selvam (2005 film)|Selvam]]'' || Tamil ||style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} ||style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}}|| ||
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Agaram (film)|Agaram]]'' || Tamil ||style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}}||style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}|| Thiru's father||
|-
| 2008 || ''[[Nenjathai Killadhe (2008 film)|Nenjathai Killadhe]]'' || Tamil ||style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} ||style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}}|| ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Avargalum Ivargalum]]'' || Tamil || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}}|| style="text-align:center;"| {{n}}|| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}|| ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Maithanam]]'' || Tamil || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} ||style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}}|| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}|| ||
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Mr. Chandramouli]]'' || Tamil || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} ||style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}}|| style="text-align:center;"| {{y}}|| ||
|-
|}
;As lyricist
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Film
! Song(s)
! Notes
|-
|1996 ||''Kadhal Kottai'' ||All songs ||
|-
|1996||''Gokulathil Seethai'' ||All songs||
|-
|1997||''Vidukathai''||Idhayam Idhayam, Meenakshi Kaiyil, Kidaichuruchu||
|-
|1998 ||''Santhosham'' ||All songs ||
|-
|2002 ||''Kadhal Samrajyam'' ||All songs ||
|-
|2004||''Ramakrishna'' ||all songs||
|-
|2005 ||''Selvam'' ||All songs ||
|-
|2008||''Nenjathai Killathe'' ||all songs||
|-
|2020||''Meendum Oru Mariyadhai'' ||Kozhandhan Peru||
|-
|}

==Awards==
;[[National Film Awards]]
* 1997 – [[National Film Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]] – ''[[Kadhal Kottai]]''
* 1997 – [[National Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] – ''[[Kadhal Kottai]]''
* 1997 – [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil]] – ''[[Kadhal Kottai]]''

;[[Filmfare Awards South]]
* 1997 – [[Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Director|Best Director]] – ''[[Kadhal Kottai]]''

;[[Tamil Nadu State Film Awards]]
* 1996 – [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Director|Best Director]] – ''[[Kadhal Kottai]]''

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0012892}}

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