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{{Infobox person<br />
|name = Guru Dhanapal<br />
|image = Guru Dhanapal.jpg<br />
|caption = <br />
|birth_name = <br />
|birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1959|3|2}}<br />
|birth_place = <br />
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2014|4|18|1959|3|3}}<br />
|death_place = [[Coimbatore]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]<br />
|occupation = [[Film director]], [[screenwriter]]<br />
|yearsactive = 1991–2007<br />
}}<br />
'''Guru Dhanapal''' (2 March 1959 – 18 April 2014) was an Indian [[film director]], who worked in [[Tamil cinema]] mostly with actor [[Sathyaraj]]. His wife is Suja and they have two children (Varun and Akash)<br />
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==Career==<br />
Guru Dhanapal made his directorial debut with ''[[Unna Nenachen Pattu Padichen]]'' (1992) starring [[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]], [[Rajani (actress)|Sasikala]], and [[Monisha Unni|Monisha]] in leading roles. In the 1990s, the director made a series of film starring [[Sathyaraj]] in the lead role, achieving box office success with ''[[Thai Maaman]]'' (1994) after which he made ''[[Maaman Magal (1995 film)|Maaman Magal]]'' (1995) and ''[[Periya Manushan]]'' (1997). The three films were described as "routine comedy masala ventures" and were filmed in very quick schedules.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Nov/deepavali/deepavali1.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=18 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100817104937/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Nov/deepavali/deepavali1.htm |archive-date=17 August 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In between he collaborated with Jayaram twice in ''[[Periya Idathu Mappillai]]'' (1997) and ''Raja Magal'', which did not release, as well as directing a portion of ''[[Suyamvaram]]'' (1999), which featured an ensemble cast of actors from the Tamil film industry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Oct/a-z/atoz-4.htm |title=A-Z (Iv) |publisher=Indolink.com |date= |accessdate=2014-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927193804/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Oct/a-z/atoz-4.htm |archive-date=27 September 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A further project titled ''Vanthanga Jeyichanga'' launched in 1998 with [[Sathyaraj]] and [[Meena (actress)|Meena]], failed to materialise.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.ws/gokima/cinjan.html |title=Gokul'S Home Page |publisher=Geocities.ws |date= |accessdate=2019-11-23}}</ref> Likewise, he began working on ''Yen Vizhiyil Nee Irunthaal'' featuring Karthik and [[Suvaluxmi]] in 2000, but the film was later shelved.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20041103100644/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/cinenews/16-08-00/jothiga.htm</ref><br />
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His final venture was the much-delayed [[Sathyaraj]] starrer ''[[Suyetchai MLA]]'' in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Oct/a-z/atoz-5.htm |title=A-Z (V) |publisher=Indolink.com |date= |accessdate=2014-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424003725/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Oct/a-z/atoz-5.htm |archive-date=24 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"<br />
!Year!! Title !! Notes<br />
|-<br />
| 1992 || ''[[Unna Nenachen Pattu Padichen]]'' ||<br />
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| 1994 || ''[[Thai Maaman]]'' ||<br />
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| 1995 || ''[[Maaman Magal (1995 film)|Maaman Magal]]'' ||<br />
|-<br />
| 1997 || ''[[Periya Idathu Mappillai]]'' || Remake of Malayalam hit ''[[Aniyan Bava Chetan Bava]]''<br />
|-<br />
| 1997 || ''[[Periya Manushan]]'' || <br />
|-<br />
| 1999 || ''[[Suyamvaram]]'' ||<br />
|-<br />
| 2006 || ''[[Suyetchai MLA]]'' ||<br />
|}<br />
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== Death ==<br />
Guru Dhanapal died on 18 April 2014 at the age of 55 in Coimbatore after being admitted to hospital complaining of chest pains.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/tamil-film-director-guru-dhanapal-passes-away-114041800760_1.html |title=Tamil film director Guru Dhanapal passes away |publisher=Business Standard |date= |accessdate=2014-04-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/regional/tamil-film-director-guru-dhanapal-passes-away_153785.html |title=Tamil film director Guru Dhanapal passes away |publisher=Zeenews.india.com |date=2013-10-15 |accessdate=2014-04-19}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Tamil film directors]]<br />
[[Category:Film directors from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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