{{Short description|Indian film director}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}} {{Use Indian English|date=October 2016}} {{Infobox person | image = Producer Rufus Parker and the Director Padma Magan of the Tamil film ‘Ammuvagiya Naan' being introduced to the audience at IFFI 2007, Panaji, Goa on November 25,2007.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = Padmamagan (right), IFFI (2007) | name = Padmamagan | birth_date = | birth_place = Tamil Nadu, India | birth_name = | other_names = | occupation = Film director | spouse = Malathy | years_active = 2003–present | website = }}
'''Padmamagan''' is an Indian film director, who has directed Tamil films. After making his debut in 2003 with ''Pallavan'', he has gone on to make other ventures including ''Ammuvagiya Naan'' and ''Netru Indru''.
==Career== Padmamagan associated with producer Rufus Parker and the duo chose to make a commercial film to begin their film careers; ''Pallavan'' (2003) released with little publicity and did not perform well at the box office. With Parker, he then began work on ''Ammuvagiya Naan'' (2007), which told the story of a commercial sex worker transforming herself into a housewife. Starring Parthiban and Bharathi, the film opened to positive reviews with a critic noting "writer-director Padma Magan has come out with a movie that augers well for the future of Tamil Cinema".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/ammuvagiya-naan-review-tamil-14518996.html |title=Movie Review : Ammuvagiya Naan |website=Sify |access-date=9 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422183421/http://www.sify.com/movies/ammuvagiya-naan-review-tamil-14518996.html |archive-date=22 April 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The film was later screened at the 2007 International Film Festival of India in Goa, becoming the first Tamil venture since ''Nayakan'' (1987) to achieve such a feat.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/12/07/stories/2007120750020100.htm |title=The Hindu : Friday Review Chennai / Cinema : 'Ammu …' goes places |website=www.hindu.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209125047/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/12/07/stories/2007120750020100.htm |archive-date=9 December 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Despite the success of the film, Padmamagan failed to get producers for his next planned project, that revolving around the life of a seven-year-old child. He revealed that such failure to attract investors, made him give up a career in cinema and turned him into an alcoholic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/article1524593.ece%3Fservice%3Dprint+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk|title='Thriller' of a comeback film}}{{dead link|date=February 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
In 2012, he began work on his third film ''Netru Indru'', a multi-starrer featuring Vimal, Prasanna and Richard amongst other actors. He produced the venture himself, alongside his wife Malathy, and revealed that it would be a socially relevant movie. The film had a low-key release in 2014 after several delays.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.samachar.com/Interesting-fusion-negrLajiifc.html |title=Interesting fusion |work=Samachar |accessdate=2014-04-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407071826/http://www.samachar.com/Interesting-fusion-negrLajiifc.html |archivedate=7 April 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In 2015, he began work on a project titled ''Boomi''.{{citation needed|date= November 2022}}
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%;" ! rowspan="2" |Year ! rowspan="2" |Film ! colspan="2" |Credited as ! rowspan="2" |Notes |- ! Director !! Writer |- | 2002 || ''Style'' || {{No}} || {{partial|Dialogues}} || |- | 2003 || ''Pallavan'' || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || |- | 2007 || ''Ammuvagiya Naan'' || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || |- | 2014 || ''Netru Indru'' || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || |}
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|nm6176510}}
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