# John Mahendran > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/John_Mahendran > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/John_Mahendran.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mahendran > Source revision: 1354619517 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Indian film director}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}} {{Use Indian English|date=October 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = John Mahendran | image = | image_size = 46 | birth_date = | birth_place = | occupation = Director | other_names = John Roshan | years_active = 2002 - present | spouse = | parents = [Mahendran](/source/Mahendran_(filmmaker)) }} '''John Mahendran''', credited as '''John''', is an [Indian](/source/Indian_people) film director and screenwriter who has worked on Tamil and Telugu and language films. John is the son of noted Tamil film maker [Mahendran](/source/Mahendran_(filmmaker)).{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}} ==Career== Reports in July 1997 suggested that John was set to direct a film under [Mani Ratnam](/source/Mani_Ratnam)'s production house with [Manoj Bharathiraja](/source/Manoj_Bharathiraja) in the lead role, though the project failed to materialize.{{cite web|url=http://www.oocities.org/hollywood/lot/2330/gcnjul.html|title=GOKUL'S HOME PAGE|publisher=}} John then made his directorial debut with the Telugu romantic drama, ''Premichedi Endukamma'' (1999){{cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-preminchedi.html|title=Premichedi Endukamma?|work=[Idlebrain.com](/source/Idlebrain.com)|last=jeevi}} and also directed ''[Neetho](/source/Neetho_(2002_film))'' (2002) starring newcomers [Prakash Kovelamudi](/source/Prakash_Kovelamudi) and [Mahek Chahal](/source/Mahek_Chahal), though the film performed poorly at the box office.{{cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/2002special/movielist.html|title=Telugu Cinema roundup in 2002 - list of straight movies released|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-neetho.html|title=Telugu Cinema — Review — Neetho — Surya Prakash, Mehek — Vidya sagar — John — Ramoji Rao|publisher=}} He later adapted and remade the latter film in Tamil as ''[Sachein](/source/Sachein)'' (2005) with [Vijay](/source/Vijay_(actor)), [Genelia D'Souza](/source/Genelia_D'Souza) and [Bipasha Basu](/source/Bipasha_Basu) in the lead roles.{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/apr/13john.htm|title='Bipasha is not there just for an item number'|publisher=}} John later worked on the independent Tamil film ''[Aanivaer](/source/Aanivaer)'' (2006), which told the story of a doctor caught up in the [Sri Lankan civil war](/source/Sri_Lankan_civil_war). The film won positive reviews and had a limited release across regions with Tamil diaspora.{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/comedy-creativity-mark-cultural-extravaganza/article1907383.ece|title=Comedy, creativity mark cultural extravaganza|date=8 September 2007|publisher=|via=The Hindu}} John subsequently began work and finished the first schedule for ''Urumi'', which starred [Sibiraj](/source/Sibiraj) and [Aparna Pillai](/source/Aparna_Pillai), but the film was later shelved.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}} He then began pre-production on a film starring [Vishal](/source/Vishal_(actor)) and also a project titled ''Saravedi'', starring [Jeevan](/source/Jeevan_(Tamil_actor)) but both the projects never materialized.{{cite web|url=http://www.mytamilmovie.com/descriphead.asp?idno%3D10235 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-09-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928022909/http://www.mytamilmovie.com/descriphead.asp?idno=10235 |archivedate=28 September 2015 }} John began work on a political comedy film titled ''Thallaippu Seidhigal'' in 2011 with [Nakul](/source/Nakul_(actor)) and [Aindrita Ray](/source/Aindrita_Ray) in the lead, and although the team had a photoshoot and later went through a title change, with a new title of ''Sadugudu'', the project was shelved.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}} In the early 2010s, John has worked on the script of ''[Settai](/source/Settai_(film))'' (2013) by helping director [Kannan](/source/R._Kannan) re-work the script of Hindi film ''[Delhi Belly](/source/Delhi_Belly_(film))'' and on writing dialogues for ''Ambikapathy'', the dubbed Tamil version of ''[Raanjhanaa](/source/Raanjhanaa)'' (2013).{{cite web|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/dhanush-an-effortless-actor-john-mahendran-113062100314_1.html|title=Dhanush an effortless actor: John Mahendran|first=|last=IANS|publisher=}} Subsequently he worked as a writer on film including ''[Kaashmora](/source/Kaashmora)'' (2016) and ''[Motta Siva Ketta Siva](/source/Motta_Siva_Ketta_Siva)'' (2017), while working as a screenplay and dialogue writing teacher at the Bofta Film Institute based in Chennai. In 2022, he wrote for the Tamil movie ''[Visithiran](/source/Visithiran)'', the official remake of Malayalam movie ''[Joseph](/source/Joseph_(2018_film))'' directed by [M. Padmakumar](/source/M._Padmakumar).{{cite web|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/rk-suresh-to-remake-joseph-in-tamil-bala-to-produce-news-malayalam-tjsqHjidedaga.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006045303/https://www.sify.com/movies/rk-suresh-to-remake-joseph-in-tamil-bala-to-produce-news-malayalam-tjsqHjidedaga.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 October 2019|title=RK Suresh to remake 'Joseph' in Tamil, Bala to produce|website=[Sify](/source/Sify) }} ==Filmography== ===Director=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="background:#f5f5f5;" |- style="background:#B0C4DE;" ! Year ! Film ! Language !class=unsortable| Notes |- | 1999 || ''Preminchedi Endukamma'' || Telugu || rowspan="4"|credited as John |- | 2002 || ''[Neetho](/source/Neetho_(2002_film))'' || Telugu |- | 2005 || ''[Sachein](/source/Sachein)'' || Tamil |- | 2007 || ''[Aanivaer](/source/Aanivaer)'' || Tamil |} ===Actor=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="background:#f5f5f5;" |- style="background:#B0C4DE;" ! Year ! Film !class=unsortable| Role |- |2022 || ''[Raangi](/source/Raangi)'' || Krishnamurthy |- |2023 ||''[Raththam](/source/Raththam)'' || Inspector Vimal Raj |} ===Writer=== *''All films are in Tamil including dubs. He has translated other language films into Tamil''. {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:100%;" Nee-Na |- ! width=35 | Year ! width=200 | Film ! width=50 | Screenplay ! width=50 | Dialogues ! width=50 | Notes |-align="center" |- | rowspan="3" | 2013 ||''[Settai](/source/Settai_(2013_film))'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || |- |''[Ambikapathy](/source/Raanjhanaa)'' || {{no}} || {{partial|Translated}} || |- |''[Athiradi Vettai](/source/Dookudu)'' || {{no}} || {{partial|Translated}} || |- | 2017 ||''[Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva](/source/Motta_Shiva_Ketta_Shiva)'' || {{no}} || {{yes}} || |- | 2018 ||''[Kashmora](/source/Kashmora)'' || {{no}}|| {{yes}} || |- | 2020 ||''[Darbar](/source/Darbar_(film))'' || {{no}} || {{yes}} || |- | 2021 ||''[Kabadadaari](/source/Kabadadaari)'' || {{no}} || {{yes}} || |- | rowspan="2" | 2022 ||''[Visithiran](/source/Visithiran)'' || {{no}}|| {{yes}} || |- |''[Vikrant Rona](/source/Vikrant_Rona)'' || {{no}} ||{{partial|Translated}} || |- | rowspan="2" |2023 |''[Kondraal Paavam](/source/Kondraal_Paavam)'' |{{No}} |{{Yes}} | |- |''[Agent](/source/Agent_(film))'' | {{no}} || {{partial|Translated}} || |- | 2025 || ''[Baby and Baby](/source/Baby_and_Baby)'' || {{no}} || {{no}} || Story discussion |} ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} ==External links== *{{IMDb name|1892316}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mahendran, John}} Category:Living people Category:Telugu film directors Category:Tamil film directors Category:Tamil screenwriters Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:21st-century Indian people --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [John Mahendran](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mahendran) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mahendran?action=history)). 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