M. Raja

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M. Raja, popularly known as Jayam Raja, is a famous and successful director in both Tollywood and Kollywood, the Indian based film industry. He has done four films, all under his home banner, Jayam Company. His father , Mohan, is a veteran producer who started his career in films as an Editor. He is hence popularly known as Editor Mohan. M. Raja's first film was 'Hanuman Junction' in Telugu starring Arjun, Jagapati Babu, Sneha, Laya and Venu. It was a super hit in Telugu. He then turned to Tamil and directed his brother Jayam Ravi in four films namely, Jayam, M. Kumaran Son of Mahalakshmi, Something Something Unnakum Ennakum and the recent Santhosh Subramaniyam, all of which are major hits. He is just four films old, but is already a name to reckon with, since Jayam Company and M. Raja have a track record of successive hits which strike a chord with both classes and the masses alike.Although all his films are remakes, they have all done well in the box-office. This is noteworthy since quite a few remake films haven't had many takers in the Kollywood box-office. A couple of examples are Thenkasi Pattanam (which was remade by the same director who filmed the original with the same name in Malayalam) and Aadhi, which had the inimitable Vijay playing the lead. Aadhi was the remake of the superhit Telugu film Athanokade.

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Film Language Year - Cast Original Film Year - Cast
Santosh Subramaniyam Tamil 2008 - Jayam Ravi, Genelia D'Souza Bommarillu (Telugu) 2006 - Siddarth, Genelia D'Souza Director -Bhaskar
Something Something Unakkum Enakkum Tamil 2006 - Jayam Ravi, Trisha Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana (Telugu) 2005 - Siddarth, Trisha Krishnan Director - Prabhu Deva
M. Kumaran son of Mahalakshmi Tamil 2004 - Jayam Ravi, Asin Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi(Telugu) 2003 - Ravi Teja, Asin Thottumkal Director - Puri Jagan
Jayam Tamil 2003 - Jayam Ravi, Sadha Jayam (2002 film) 2002 - Nitin Kumar Reddy,Sadha Director -Teja
Hanuman Junction Telugu 2001 - Arjun, Sneha Tenkasi Pattanam(Malayalam) 2000 - Suresh Gopi, Geethu Mohandas Director-Rafi & Mercatrin



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Films directed by M. Raja