K.S Ravikumar Celebrates his Sashtiyabthapoorthy 60th Star Birthday Function

Veteran director K.S.Ravikumar and Karpagam Ravikumar celebrated their Sashtiyabthapoorthy function at the auspicious Thirukkadayoor temple May 27, 2017.

Today(May 27) is Ravikumars's 60th star birthday. Sahstyiyabthapoorthy is celebrated when a person completes 60 years of age according to Hindu tradition. The function was held as a close family affair where Ravikumar exchanged the garlands with his wife and also tied the Mangal Sutra as per the rituals.

The director who has given many blockbuster hits with the stalwarts of Tamil cinema is known to be a people's director as well as producer's director as he is famous for finishing the film within the agreed deadline and the budget. For close to three decades now, he has been directing films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi languages.

K. S. Ravikumar is an Indian film director and actor, primarily working in Tamil cinema. In a career spanning around 25 years, he has directed some of the most recognisable and well-known Tamil films of all time and is considered one of the most popular film makers in Tamil cinema. He has directed numerous films ranging from comedy and drama to action thrillers. He direct more than forty(40) films.

Ravikumar has often chose to work with established actors rather than newcomers, indicating that they are commercially more viable than newcomers, and are easier to handle them as they are more experienced. He has regularly worked on his scripts only after finalising the lead actor, adding changes in the original plot line in order to blend it into the actor's image. Describing his collaborations with Rajinikanth, Ravikumar noted he ensured that each scene was discussed with the actor during the making of Padayappa (1999) and that Rajinikanth decided exactly where to place punch dialogues in order to attract audiences. Referring to his work with Kamal Haasan, he noted that the actor would describe a detailed scene on how to make his core audience of "city-slickers" laugh during the making of Thenali(2000) and Panchathanthiram (2002), and then request Ravikumar to add a slapstick element to make it applicable to village audiences too. Ravikumar has also often collaborated with Sarath Kumar, who has since dedicated his success to the director's opportunities, with the pair working on several quickly shot village action films in the 1990s.

Ravikumar's temper with technicians has often been described to be "constantly on the edge", with assistant directors often remarking that Ravikumar yells regularly on set to ensure the production team work more efficiently.Director Cheran revealed that during his stint as an assistant director, he fell out with Ravikumar and was subsequently left out of the team of Purusha Lakshanam (1993) after irking the director.