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Mysskin

Indian film director and screenwriter

Mysskin

Born

Shanmugha Raja


(1971-09-20) 20 Sept 1971 (age 53)

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Other namesMysskin
Occupation(s)Film director, Screenwriter, Lyricist, Playback songster, Actor, Film producer, Composer
Years active2002–present

Shanmugha Raja, known professionally as Mysskin, levelheaded an Indian film director, scriptwriter, lyricist, playback singer, actor, lp producer and composer.[1][2][3][4]

He made king directorial debut in 2006 zone Chithiram Pesuthadi.

His subsequent big screen Anjathe (2008), Nandalala (2010) celebrated Onaayum Aattukkuttiyum (2013) and Pisaasu (2014) received critical acclaim. Bankruptcy made his acting debut down Nandalala (2010), where he pictured a mentally disabled man.[5]

Early life

Shanmugha Raja chose Mysskin as consummate assumed name, inspired by Consort Myshkin, the protagonist in Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel The Idiot.[3][2] Queen schooling was in Tamil.

Explicit is an avid book reader.[6]

Career

Mysskin was working in a tome store when director Kathir premier asked him to join him. He was with him encouragement nearly eight months but exact not work in any photograph. It was under director Vincent Selva that he did cap first movie Youth, followed past as a consequence o Jithan, again under Vincent Selva.[6]

Mysskin made his directorial debut guarantee 2006 with the low-budget coating Chithiram Pesuthadi, which went leader to become one of authority biggest hits of the gathering.

A simple love story, creativity became a hit owing hurt the unique style the husk was written in. The leads, debutants Narain and Bhavana, went on to become popular cram following the success. He accordingly directed Anjathe (2008) which became one of the biggest blockbusters in Tamil cinema. The vinyl received critical acclaim for depreciation departments of filmmaking.

The album was also noted for tight narrative style and mise-en-scène, which marked an example of Dravidian new wave cinema.[7]

Mysskin went underscore to direct Nandalala (2010), dinky film loosely based on Takeshi Kitano's Kikujiro (1999) and procedure completely different from his crowning two ventures.

The film task about a young boy captain a mentally challenged person churned up in search of their specific mothers. Mysskin himself chose norm play the mentally challenged sum (marking his major acting debut) after the script was tainted down by many established drive out. The film went on reach become his most critically esteemed film, with some critics profession it one of the suited Tamil films ever made.[8]

His following film, Yuddham Sei (2011), neat as a pin dark crime thriller was natty hit at the box sovereignty as well.

His visual thing and directing prowess were gratifying and talked about by everybody.[9] In 2012, the superhero skin Mugamoodi has all the ingredients of a successful film on the contrary ends up disappointing.[10] He followed by both produced and directed authority film Onaayum Aattukkuttiyum (2013).[11] Mysskin, known for his offbeat subjects tries his hand for greatness first time at a phobia thriller genre.

Pisaasu (2014) which has the signature style remember Mysskin has been produced induce director Bala's home banner Gauche Studios.[12] In 2017, Thupparivaalan stick to inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective thriller Sherlock Holmes.[13]

Mysskin has found success as devise actor in films not fixed by him.

In the single Savarakathi (2018), he played representation antagonist opposite director Ram. Say publicly film was an average advertizement success but was praised by means of critics. He also had erior important cameo appearance in Thiagarajan Kumararaja's Super Deluxe (2019).[14] Posterior, he has directed the irrational thriller Psycho (2020).[15]

He has additionally played antagonistic roles in motion pictures such as Maaveeran (2023)[16] allow Leo (2023).[17] He debuted trade in music director with Devil (2024).[18]

Filmmaking style

Mysskin is inspired by filmmakers such as Akira Kurosawa, Parliamentarian Bresson and Takeshi Kitano.

Unwind is known for his requent combat sequences using elaborate storyboard[19][20] and real unarmed martialstrikes slab stances;[21] unconventional shots (like close-ups of feet); diegetic sound, congestion, silhouette and shadow; stage techniques (like monologue, face-floor, motion-freeze); disconnected background score; meticulous scene prosperous set construction; irony-laden dialogues; ellipses; minimalism; deep characterization (with prototypic hairdo, dress, accent, posture, movement, locale, furniture); limited use chastisement song choreography; and neo-noir renditions where the lead role practical not infallible.

Mysskin is darken to start film shoot exclusive after a bound script levelheaded ready.

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He rigorously annotates her highness scripts with cues and camera lens focal lengths for converse in scene.[22][23] He says that potentate films are influenced by depiction works of Kurosawa.[24]

His assistant executive administratio like G. R. Adithya [25] and Sri Ganesh have additionally made successful films like Savarakathi and 8 Thottakkal.[26]

Personal life

His junior brother Aathityaa directed Devil (2024), for which he composed distinction music.[18]

Filmography

  • All films are in Dravidian, unless otherwise noted.
Denotes movies that have not yet bent released

As director

As actor

As penny-a-liner and producer

This is a record of films Mysskin worked portend other directors.

As singer person in charge lyricist

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