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| birth_place = [[Sirkazhi]], Tamil Nadu, India
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| occupation = Film director, film producer, screenwriter
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| homepage =http://www.arunfilmmaker.com
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'''Arun Vaidyanathan''' (born in [[Sirkazhi]], Tamil Nadu, [[India]]) is an [[Indian-American]] film director, producer and screenwriter of [[feature film]]s, [[short films]] and television [[drama films|dramas]]. He directed his first full-length feature film in [[Tamil language|Tamil]], ''[[Achchamundu! Achchamundu!]]'', which released in July 2009.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2082582/bio</ref> He produced a Tamil romantic-comedy film, ''[[Kalyana Samayal Saadham]]'' in 2013. In 2014, he directed [[Mohanlal]] in a [[Malayalam]] political satire film, ''[[Peruchazhi]]''.

==Early life and career==
Arun Vaidyanathan was born and raised in [[Sirkali]], a remote town in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]], India. He watched movies during his childhood as it served as his only entertainment. In school, he was very much interested in music and dance and held the talent of receiving an applauding audience. He also discovered a talent for [[mimicry]], which he pursued in college. This led to jobs in the television field. He wrote scripts, directed and performed in the leading television programs of South India aired on [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]] and [[Raj TV]]. On Raj TV, he worked on a program called ''Hollywood Special'' where reviews about [[American films]] were given in Tamil. He loved that job and learned of many Hollywood films he would not have otherwise been exposed to.

Ever the pragmatist, after completing his education in Computer Science, he joined a leading software company which allowed him to migrate to [[New Jersey]], United States. He then completed a [[New York Film Academy]] program and began directing short English films.]

In 2008, he began working on his debut Tamil feature film, ''[[Achchamundu! Achchamundu!]]''. Is a Tamil [[social thriller]] starring [[Prasanna (actor)|Prasanna]], [[Sneha (actress)|Sneha]] and [[Emmy Award]]-winning American film actor [[John Shea]]. The film was shot in New Jersey and New York during early 2008 and subsequently released in 2009. The film premiered in New Jersey's [[Garden State Film Festival]], and shared 'Best Homegrown Feature Film' award with Dorothy Lyman's ''Split Ends''
Ethaya Rajan along with Ananth Govindan produced an Indian Tamil romantic-comedy film written and directed by RS Prasanna, ''[[Kalyana Samayal Saadham]]''. It features [[Prasanna (actor)|Prasanna]] and [[Lekha Washington]] in lead roles, Krishnan Vasant and Arora as the cinematographer and music composer respectively. The film was covered as part of the TV series ''[[Born to Explore with Richard Wiese|Born to Explore with]]'' [[Born to Explore with Richard Wiese|Richard Wiese]]. Richard Wiese, who features in the show, in his interview with ''KSS'' director RS Prasanna, focused on two points – Indian weddings, their universal appeal, and the growing interest in stories and movies based in India<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.bollywoodlife.com/south-gossip/tamil-movie-kalyana-samayal-saadham-to-feature-in-us-tv-show/|title = Bollywood Life|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref>

He then made his Malayalam debut with the [[Mohanlal]]-starrer ''[[Peruchazhi]]''. The type of humour used in the film was inspired by Cho Ramaswamy's 1971 Tamil classic political-satire film ''[[Muhammad bin Tughluq (film)|Muhammad bin Tughluq]]'', but ''[[Peruchazhi]]'' has a pan Indian narrative. Besides [[Mohanlal]] in the lead, the film featured an ensemble cast with [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]], [[Ragini Nandwani]], [[Baburaj (actor)|Baburaj]], [[Aju Varghese]] and [[Vijay Babu]] among others. The cinematography was done by [[Arvind Krishna (cinematographer)|Arvind Krishna]]. The songs and background score for the movie was composed by Arrora (Naveen Iyer). [[Ajayan Venugopalan]] along with the director co-wrote the dialogues.

He then directed ''[[Nibunan]]'' starring [[Arjun Sarja]], [[Varalaxmi Sarathkumar|Varalakshmi Sarathkumar]], [[Prasanna (actor)|Prasanna]], [[Sruthi Hariharan]], [[Vaibhav Reddy]], [[Suhasini Maniratnam]] and [[Suman (actor)|Suman]], Along with Anand Raghav, he has penned the dialogues and screenplay for the film which is being produced by Passion Film Factory who also produced ''[[Kappal]]'' (2014).<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/Arun-Vaidyanathan-Gears-Up-for-a-Tamil-Thriller/2015/10/27/article3098577.ece|title = Vaidyanathan Cop Thriller|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Feature Films===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width:35px;"| Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:200px;"| Film
! colspan="3" style="width:195px;"| Credited as
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; width:50px;"| Language
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; width:420px;" class="unsortable"|Festivals
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; width:50px;" class="unsortable"|Notes
|-
! style="width:65px;" | Director
! width=65 | Writer
! width=65 | Producer
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Achchamundu! Achchamundu!]]'' || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
||[[Shanghai International Film Festival]]- Official Selection [[Garden State Film Festival]] - Best Homegrown Film [[Chennai International Film Festival]] - Best Film [[32nd Moscow International Film Festival]] - Official Selection 17th Minsk International Film Festival "Listapad" - Official Selection [[33rd Cairo International Film Festival]] - Official Selection [[International Film Festival of India]]- Official Selection [[Asia-Pacific Film Festival]] - Official Selection
|| Debut film
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Kalyana Samayal Saadham]]'' || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] || || Wrote Special Dialogues
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Peruchazhi]]'' || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{n}} || [[Malayalam]] || ||
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Nibunan|Nibunan / Vismaya]]'' || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] / Kannada || ||
|}

===Short Films===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Notes
|-
| rowspan="4"| 2005 || ''Stinking Cigar'' ||
|-
| ''Br(a)illiant'' ||
|-
| ''Thaniyoru Manidhanukku'' || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] language
|-
| ''As You Wish'' ||
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2006 || ''The Noose'' ||
|-
| ''The Seance'' ||
|-
| 2007 || ''One Soul '' ||
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
{{IMDb name|2082582}}

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