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Vasudevan Peethambharan, known professionally as P. Vasu, is an Indian director, writer and actor who works in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam films. In a career spanning three decades, Vasu has directed over 60 films.
Vasu joined director C. V. Sridhar as an assistant. Vasu started his career with Santhana Bharathi as a co-director and made films such as Panneer Pushpangal, Madhu Malar, Mella Pesungal, Sahasame Jeevitham and Needhiyin Nizhal. "We compromised on certain things as we had different approaches to the subject. That's the reason why some of our other movies failed to make a big impression in the box office, prompting us to take our own paths," he says.
The director went through a career slump in the mid-1990s after a series of failures in 1995, through the Prabhu-starrers Kattumarakaran and Mr. Madras, while his high budget romantic musical Love Birds also received average reviews and collections.
Vasu also acts in other films. He usually portrays a supporting role or an antagonistic role. He has directed more than 60 movies in several languages such as Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi, including Apthamithra and Chandramukhi. His Apthamithra went on to cross the one-year mark, while legendary Chandramukhi has had a record run of 800 days and more.
In June 2013, P. Vasu revealed that he was set to direct an English film titled Curry in Love, with an apparent star cast of Sonam Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Vijay, Eddie Murphy and Jon Voight. However, the supposed cast denied the reports as baseless and P. Vasu postponed the film, citing a delay in production. Later in April 2017, Vasu revealed that he still had intentions of making the film if he found a producer to help finance the project. Similarly in early 2014, P. Vasu released an official statement claiming that his next film would be an animatronics venture titled Aishwaryavum Aayiram Kaakkavum and that Aishwarya Rai would feature in the leading role. Aishwarya Rai's team later denied claims citing that such allegations of an agreement were premature. In 2018, Vasu announced intentions of making a live action film featuring an animated version of M. G. Ramachandran.
Ponmana Selvan is a 1989 Indian Tamil-language drama film, directed by P. Vasu. The film features Vijayakanth, Shobana, Vidhyashree, Gemini Ganesan and B. Saroja Devi. The film's score was composed by Ilaiyaraaja and was released on 15 August 1989. The film was one of super hits of the year. It was also dubbed in Telegu as Gharana Raja. The film was a remake of Kannada film Karunamayi for which Vasu had written the screenplay.
Sethupathi IPS is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film starring Vijayakanth, Meena, and Nambiar. The movie deals the story of a police officer who fights against terrorism. The movie was shot in 180 days and entirely in Chennai. It is one of the blockbusters of Vijayakanth's during 1990s.[citation needed] It was dubbed in Telugu as Raghupathi IPS. |