Rasu Madhuravan

'Rasu Madhuravan' (1969 – 9 July 2013) was a Tamil film director who is known for family dramas. Having started his career as an assistant director to Manivannan, he made his directorial debut with Poomagal Oorvalam. He died on 9 July 2013 due to throat cancer.

Early life and career

Rasu Madhuravan was born as Karupaiya in a village called Mettupatti near Dindigul. He did his schooling Usilampatti Government School. While studying Agriculture in college, he left studies citing lack of interest and went to Chennai in 1987.

He joined as an assistant director with Manivannan and started his debut "Manamagal Thevai" with Jayaram and Devayani, but the film was dropped after recording songs, he was supposed to direct Ajith in a project called "Namma Veettu Kalyanam but that too was dropped. RB Choudary gave him chance to direct Poomagal Oorvalam. The film starring Prashanth, Rambha released in 1999 to average reviews with a critic noting that "Watch it for comedy". After the release, Madhuravan could not get enough opportunities instead wrote comedy tracks for Vadivelu.

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