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{{short description|Indian film director and producer}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox person
| name = K. S. Adhiyaman
| image = "Photograph of KS Adhiyaman - 2016".jpg
| caption =
| imagesize =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1965|10|03}}
| birth_place = [[Paramakudi]], [[Madras State]], [[India]]
| yearsactive = 1992–present
| spouse =
| occupation = Director, screenwriter, lyricist
}}

'''K. S. Adhiyaman''' is an Indian film director, screenwriter and lyricist who works in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu films.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/quotbollywood-respects-directors-coming-from-the-southquot/article3045797.ece |title="Bollywood respects directors coming from the south" - the Hindu |website=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=8 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308182327/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/quotbollywood-respects-directors-coming-from-the-southquot/article3045797.ece |archive-date=8 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Career==
Adhiyaman apprenticed under director [[K. Vijayan]] for eight films in the late 1980s, before deciding to become a film maker.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/10/stories/2006111003570200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061202204858/http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/10/stories/2006111003570200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2006-12-02 |title=Archive News |date=2006-11-10|work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref> After beginning his directorial career with a relatively unnoticed film in ''Thoorathu Sondham'' (1992), Adhiyaman wrote the dialogues for Suresh Menon's well received films ''[[Pudhiya Mugam]]'' (1993) and ''[[Paasamalargal]]'' (1994) and subsequently bagged the opportunity to make another film. ''[[Thotta Chinungi]]'', a relationship drama featuring an ensemble cast of [[Raghuvaran]], [[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]], [[Revathi]], [[Devayani (actress)|Devayani]], [[Rohini (actress)|Rohini]] and [[Nagendra Prasad]], won critical acclaim and performed well at the box office. He then featured as an actor in ''Thalaimurai'' (1998) directed by Saravana Pandian and won acclaim for his performance, while making another family drama titled ''[[Swarnamukhi (film)|Swarnamukhi]]'' which had [[Parthiban]] and [[Prakash Raj]] in leading roles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Reviews/articles/Thalaimurai_141015.html |title=Thalaimurai: Movie Review |website=www.indolink.com |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000531090230/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Reviews/articles/Thalaimurai_141015.html |archive-date=2000-05-31}}</ref>

Adhiyaman then chose to direct his first Hindi film and began remaking ''Thotta Chinungi'' in Hindi as ''Aap Mere Hai Sanam'' in early 1998.<ref>{{cite web|first=Anupama|last=Chandra|date=2 March 1998|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-and-the-arts/films/story/19980302-after-successive-flops-and-press-obits-madhuri-dixit-returns-to-the-top-825804-1998-03-01 |title=After successive flops and press obits, Madhuri Dixit returns to the top |publisher=India Today |access-date=2016-12-01}}</ref> Notably, the film featured an ensemble cast of several leading actors including [[Salman Khan]], [[Shah Rukh Khan]] and [[Madhuri Dixit]] while several music composers also worked on the film. The film languished in [[development hell]] and was eventually released in 2002 as ''[[Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam]]'' earning mixed reviews and below average collections, with a critic noting Adhiyaman's "overly simplistic direction lacks both pace and creativity."<ref>{{cite web|author=Kuljinder Singh |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2002/05/31/hum_tumhare_hain_sanam_2002_review.shtml |title=Films - review - Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam |publisher=BBC |date=2002-05-31 |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/may/24hum.htm |title=Movies: The Rediff Review: Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam |work=rediff.com |date=2002-05-24 |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref> He then began making a project titled ''Mujhse Shaadi Karogi'' in 2002, a romantic drama starring [[Salman Khan]] and [[Shilpa Shetty]]. The project's title was changed to ''Dil Chura Ke Chal Diye'' and then to the eventual title ''[[Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar]]'' and the film was completed within a year, though the producers delayed the film's release indefinitely.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2002/may/21ad.htm |title=Movies: Adhiyaman's run |work=rediff.com |date=2002-05-21 |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/apr/07shilpa.htm |title=Shilpa Shetty bares her heart |work=Rediff.com |date= |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref> Delays meant that Adhiyaman chose to remake the film and release it swiftly in Tamil as ''[[Priyasakhi]]'' (2005) with [[R. Madhavan]] and [[Sadha]] playing lead roles. ''Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar'' was finally released in August 2006, with the films earning mixed reviews in both languages.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-review/Shaadi-Karke-Phas-Gaya-Yaar/movie-review/1855979.cms |title=Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar Movie Review, Trailer, & Show timings at Times of India |newspaper=The Times of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date= |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/priyasakhi-review-tamil-13901321.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030104446/http://www.sify.com/movies/priyasakhi-review-tamil-13901321.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-10-30 |title=Review |website=[[Sify]] |date=2005-07-22 |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/shaadi/20060804.htm |title=Salman and Shilpa don't arouse interest - Rediff.com Movies |work=Rediff.com |date=2006-08-04 |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref> In between the ventures, he also started a film titled ''Hot'' featuring [[Neha Dhupia]] and [[Parvin Dabbas]], but despite completing shoot has not released.<ref>{{cite web|author=ByBollywood Hungama |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/1220980/Diana-Hayden-is-Sahara-Sr-VP |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415054524/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/1220980/Diana-Hayden-is-Sahara-Sr-VP |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 April 2014 |title=Diana Hayden is Sahara Sr VP |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |date= 27 May 2004|accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref>

Adhiyaman made another family drama film titled ''[[Thoondil]]'' starring [[Shaam_(actor)|Shaam]], [[Sandhya (actress)|Sandhya]] and [[Divya Spandana]]. Extensively shot in London, Thoondil began shoot in mid 2006 and progressed slowly before releasing to average reviews in February 2008, with reviewers calling it "melodramatic" and noting that it "starts promisingly and turns unsatisfying".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/sep/05ss.htm |title=Surya-Jyothika wedding will be low key |work=Rediff.com |date=2004-12-31 |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-reviews/reviews-1/thoondil-review.html |title=THOONDIL MOVIE REVIEW - Behindwoods SHAAM SANDHYA DIVYA Director Adhiyaman Vivek Actress Gallery Tamil Movie Pictures Tamil Movie Stills Thoondil Movie Stills |publisher=Behindwoods.com |date=2007-12-05 |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref> Adhiyaman initially planned to remake ''Thoondil'' in Hindi with [[Vivek Oberoi]] and [[Bipasha Basu]], as well revealing he was set to remake the 2004 Tamil film ''[[Ghilli]]'' in Hindi with [[Harman Baweja]] and [[Deepika Padukone]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/carnaticmusic/season2003/fullstory.php?id=14817875 |title=Sify.com |website=[[Sify]] |date= |accessdate=2016-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924101717/http://www.sify.com/carnaticmusic/season2003/fullstory.php?id=14817875 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
He then announced that he was set to remake the Malayalam film ''[[Chinthamani Kolacase]]'' with [[Sunny Deol]] in Hindi as ''Judgement'' and would incorporate real life events of the death of journalist [[Shivani Bhatnagar]] into the script.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/boxoffice.php?id=14658264&cid=13151866 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428083858/http://www.sify.com/movies/boxoffice.php?id=14658264&cid=13151866 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-04-28 |title=Sify Movies | Bollywood, Kollywood, Track Kabali News, Reviews |website=[[Sify]] |date= |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref> Neither of the three films eventually materialised. In early 2010, he began a comedy film titled ''Amali Thumali'' featuring [[Nakkhul]], [[Shanthanu Bhagyaraj]], [[Santhanam (actor)|Santhanam]], [[Swathi Reddy]] and [[Nikesha Patel]] in lead roles. The film was initially titled ''Nanba'' and had a tagline of ''2 Idiots'', and thus the media mistook this film for [[S. Shankar|Shankar]]'s ''[[Nanban (2012 film)|Nanban]]'', the remake of the 2009 Hindi film ''[[3 Idiots]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/feb-11-03/nanba-%E2%80%93-2-idiots-shantanu-17-02-11.html |title=Shantanu & Nakul: 2 Idiots |publisher=Behindwoods.com |date=2011-02-17 |accessdate=2011-08-07| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110720230748/http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/feb-11-03/nanba-%E2%80%93-2-idiots-shantanu-17-02-11.html| archivedate= 20 July 2011 | url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/rp/2011/02/20/stories/2011022050010100.htm |title=Retail Plus Chennai |work=The Hindu |date=2011-02-20 |accessdate=2011-08-07 |archive-date=10 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110101722/http://www.hindu.com/rp/2011/02/20/stories/2011022050010100.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The film was later renamed ''Amali Thumali''. The film title was based on the [[Ko (soundtrack)#Track listing|song of the same name]] from ''[[Ko (film)|Ko]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/71652.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003231336/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/71652.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 October 2011|title = Tamil Cinema News | Tamil Movie Reviews | Tamil Movie Trailers - IndiaGlitz Tamil}}</ref> Despite filming scenes in locations including [[Fiji]] in 2012, the film is yet to be complete and have a theatrical release.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/3-idiots-v-s-2-idiots-news-tamil-lcungOciije.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110223001436/http://www.sify.com/movies/3-idiots-v-s-2-idiots-news-tamil-lcungOciije.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-02-23 |title=3 Idiots v/s 2 Idiots! |website=[[Sify]] |date= |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/article323060.ece?service=print |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416121650/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/article323060.ece?service=print |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 April 2014 |title=Romancing Fiji Islands |publisher=The New Indian Express |date= |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref> In 2014, it was reported that the director was considering directing a Tamil project featuring [[Nivin Pauly]], [[Amala Paul]] and [[Nazriya Nazim]] in lead roles.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cineulagam.com/tamil/newsen/celebrities/20140106101080/ |title=Nazariya Nazim to share screen with Amala Paul - Tamil - Cinema & Celebrities - Tamil Cinema News in English - Cineulagam.com, Anytime Cinema! |access-date=14 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415135948/http://www.cineulagam.com/tamil/newsen/celebrities/20140106101080/ |archive-date=15 April 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In August 2018, Adhiyaman began production on a horror film titled ''Angel'' starring [[Udhayanidhi Stalin]], [[Payal Rajput]] and [[Anandhi (actress)|Anandhi]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2018/sep/21/udhayanidhi-ks-adhiyaman-film-titled-angel-7985.html|title = Udhayanidhi-KS Adhiyaman film titled Angel| website=[[Cinema Express]] }}</ref> After eighty percent of the shoot was finished, the film became delayed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Udhayanidhi Stalin subsequently announced his retirement from films to focus on his full-time politics, citing that ''[[Maamannan]]'' (2023) would be his final release and refused to cooperate with the producers to complete the project.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 June 2023 |title=Restrain 'Maamannan' release until Udhayanidhi Stalin completes 'Angel': Producer moves court |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/law/high-courts/story/hold-maamannan-release-till-you-complete-angel-shoot-madras-high-court-tells-udhayanidhi-stalin-2396898-2023-06-23 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
===As a film director===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! rowspan="2" |Year
! rowspan="2" |Film
! rowspan="2" |Language
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-

|-
| 1992 || ''Thoorathu Sondham'' || rowspan="3" | Tamil ||
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Thotta Chinungi]]'' || [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Dialogue Writer]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1998 || ''[[Swarnamukhi (film)|Swarnamukhi]]'' ||
|-
| ''Bobbili Vamsam'' || Telugu || Remake of ''Thalaimurai''
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam]]'' || Hindi ||
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Priyasakhi]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar]]'' || Hindi ||
|-
| 2008 || ''[[Thoondil]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 2010 || ''Tumse Milkar'' || Hindi ||
|}

=== Other crew positions ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Film
! Credited as
! Notes
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Pudhiya Mugam]]'' || rowspan="2"|Dialogue writer ||
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Paasamalargal]]'' ||
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Thalaimurai]]'' || Actor
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb Name|nm1147756}}
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