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'''Anucharan Murugaiyan''' is an Indian director, writer and editor who works in Tamil cinema. He made his directorial debut in Australia with the short film Infinity<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1817177/?ref_=nm_knf_t1 Infinity (2011)] IMDB {{unreliable?|date=July 2020}}</ref> (2011) released in Australia and got his breakthrough in feature films with [[Kirumi]], which has critically acclaimed and featured in 19th Annual Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reelasian.com/news/special-guests-in-attendance-at-reel-asian/|title=Kirumu movie international premiere on November 7 in Toronto, Canada by the 19th annual Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival.|publisher=reelasian.com}}</ref>

==Early life==
He did his bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering at [[Coimbatore Institute of Technology]] . He is a design engineer by profession and has done a job at TCS Kolkata for about 18 months. Then he travelled to Australia to pursue his master's degree in Animation Technology at Sydney. He joined Animation mentor course in Sydney the masters in the field of animation where he learned from renowned including people from Pixar and ILM.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-director/anucharan/an-exclusive-interview-of-kirumi-fame-director-anucharan-by-dilani-rabindran.html|title=An exclusive interview of Kirumi fame director Anucharan by Dilani Rabindran|website=www.behindwoods.com}}</ref>

==Film career==
Anucharan, a director of several short films, 20 music videos and 10 television shows in Australia.
He has reached to the semi – finals with his short film "Infinity" at the Trop Fest (World's largest short film festival) in Sydney. He had come to Chennai for his sister's wedding, when M. Manikandan, the director of ''[[Kaaka Muttai]]'' and a close friend of him, and composer [[G. V. Prakash Kumar]], encouraged him to make a Tamil film, after hearing the script of ''Kirumi''.<ref name = ie>{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/I-Aim-to-Make-Simple-Movies/2014/09/29/article2453724.ece |title=I Aim to Make Simple Movies |newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]] |date=2014-09-29 |accessdate=2016-12-19}}</ref> Manikandan introduced Anucharan to Jayaraman, a former assistant, who had worked with actor [[Rajinikanth]] for 24 years and who decided to produce the venture along with his friends Prithiviraj and Rajendran as he liked the script since it was "contemporary" and had a message for society.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/150915/entertainment-kollywood/article/rajinikanth%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98super%E2%80%99-advice-his-former-assistant |title=Rajinikanth's 'super' advice to his former assistant |website=Deccanchronicle.com |date= |accessdate=2016-12-19}}</ref>

==Filmography==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope=col| Year
! scope=col| Film
! scope=col| Director
! scope=col| Writer
! scope=col| Editor
! scope=col| Notes
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Kirumi]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Kuttrame Thandanai]]'' || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} ||
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Aandavan Kattalai (2016 film)|Aandavan Kattalai]]'' || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||
|-
| 2019 || ''[[Sigai]]'' || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7143554/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm|title=Sigai -Full Cast & Crew}} {{unreliable?|date=July 2020}}</ref> ||Released on [[ZEE5]]<ref>{{Cite web|title='Sigai' movie review: A whodunit that over-emphasises its message|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2019/jan/10/a-whodunit-that-over-emphasises-its-message-1922931.html|access-date=2021-04-16|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>
|-
| 2019 || ''[[July Kaatril]]'' || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} ||
|-
| 2019 || ''[[Panni Kutty]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/yogi-babus-film-titled-panni-kutty/articleshow/68216017.cms|title=Yogi Babu next film titled Panni Kutty|publisher=timeofindia}}</ref> || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || Project by Lyca Productions <ref>{{cite web|url=https://newstodaynet.com/index.php/2019/03/02/yogi-babus-next-is-panni-kutty/|title=Lyca Productions project "Panni Kutty"|publisher=newstoday.net}}</ref>
|}

'''Short films'''
* ''Infinity'' - It reached semi-finals at TropFest, Sydney
* ''Watch Dog''

==Awards==

* His debut movie "Kirumi" won the Best Film award in [[Chennai International Film Festival|13th Chennai International Film Festival]]
* Behindwoods Gold Medals (2017) - "Best Screenplay Writer" for the movie [[Aandavan Kattalai (2016 film)|Aandavan Kattalai]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/gold-medals-2017/gold-medals-winners/index.html|title=Behindwoods Gold Medals Winner list -2017|accessdate= 3 March 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=7633767|name=Anucharan}}

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