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|name = Ameerjan<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1942|04|9}}<br />
|birth_place = [[Salem, Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2015|03|17|1942|04|9}}<br />
|death_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
|occupation = Film director<br />
|yearsactive = 1984–1991<br>2000<br />
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'''Ameerjan''' was an Indian film director, who has directed Tamil films. He was primarily active in the 1984-1991 and is most noted for his work on films featuring actors [[Murali (Tamil actor)|Murali]] and [[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-15/bw-quickies-333.html|title=Sivakarthikeyan and Ghibran...|work=behindwoods.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://silverscreen.in/news/director-ameerjan-passes-away/|title=Director Ameerjan Passes Away|work=Silverscreen.in|access-date=22 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722233751/http://silverscreen.in/news/director-ameerjan-passes-away/|archive-date=22 July 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Ameerjan began his career as a protégé to director [[K. Balachander]] and then won critical acclaim for his directorial debut in 1984 with ''[[Poovilangu]]'', which starred actors [[Murali (Tamil actor)|Murali]] and [[Kuyili (actress)|Kuyili]] in the lead roles. He went on to direct more than 20 feature films, both in Tamil and Telugu, often collaborating with actors Murali and [[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]]. Ameerjan also worked on a high-budget action film ''[[Siva (1989 Tamil film)|Siva]]'' (1989) featuring [[Rajinikanth]] as well as on socially relevant films such as ''[[Thulasi (1987 film)|Thulasi]]'' (1987). As opportunities declined, he began assisting K. Balachander when he started making television shows and also directed his own shows.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/filmmaker-ameerjan-dies/article7005132.ece|title=Filmmaker Ameerjan dies|author=Staff Reporter|work=The Hindu|date=18 March 2015}}</ref> In 2006, he also held the position of secretary in the Directors' Association of Tamil film makers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news/apr-06-02/10-04-06-directors.html|title=Tamil movies : SAC unanimously re-elected as President Of Directors' Association|work=behindwoods.com}}</ref><br />
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He suffered a cardiac arrest and died on 17 March 2015 in [[Saligramam]], leaving behind his wife Son and a daughter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/tamil-film-director-ameerjan-amirjaan-dies-73-photosvideo-626511|title=Tamil Film Director Ameerjan (Amirjaan) Dies at 73 [PHOTOS+VIDEO]|date=17 March 2015|work=International Business Times, India Edition}}</ref><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
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| 1984 || ''[[Poovilangu]]'' || Murali<br />
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| 1984 || ''[[Pudhiavan]]'' || Murali<br />
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| 1984 || ''[[Nenjathai Allitha]]'' ||Mohan, Naresh<br />
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| 1985 || ''[[Elan Kandru]]'' ||Murali<br />
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| 1986 || ''[[Odangal]]'' ||Sanjay<br />
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| 1986 || ''[[Natpu]]'' || Karthik<br />
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| 1986 || ''[[Dharma Pathini (1986 film)|Dharma Pathini]]'' || Karthik<br />
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| 1987 || ''[[Thulasi (1987 film)|Thulasi]]'' || Karthik<br />
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| 1987 || ''[[Vanna Kanavugal]]'' || Karthik, Murali<br />
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| 1988 || ''[[Uzhaithu Vaazha Vendum]]'' || Vijayakanth<br />
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| 1989 || ''[[Siva (1989 Tamil film)|Siva]]'' || Rajinikanth<br />
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| 1990 || ''[[Thai Maasam Poo Vaasam]]'' || Sathyanand<br />
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| 1990 || ''[[Unnai Solli Kutramillai]]'' || Karthik<br />
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| 1991 || ''[[Kurumbukkaran]]'' || Murali<br />
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| 1991 || ''[[Vanakkam Vathiyare]]'' ||Karthik<br />
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| 2000 || ''[[Chinna Chinna Kannile]]'' || Prakash Raj, Nassar, Thalaivasal Vijay<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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