Vincent Selva

Vincent Selva
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1998-present

Vincent Selva is a noted film director and screenwriter associated with Tamil film industry. This director is best known for his debut flick, Priyamudan starring Vijay, Kausalya. Other directors such as Mysskin and S. P. Jananathan worked under him.

Career

Vincent Selva got associated with film scene in the 1990's.

He made his film debut as a director through the film Priyamudan. The romantic film released in 1998 was a major hit at box office and had been remade to Telugu, Kannada and Hindi. This is the first movie where Vijay played an anti-hero role, and it was one of his early major hits.

In 1999 he released his second film, Iraniyan, a fictional biography of freedom fighter "Vattakudi Iraniyan". The movie starred Murali and Meena in the lead roles and opened to mixed reviews.

In 2002 he directed a another film starring by Vijay in Youth, which was well received by critics and audience. The movie starred the Fair & Lovely girl, Shaheen Khan in the lead role with Vijay.

In 2005 he remade the Bollywood film, Gayab to Tamil titled, Jithan. The movie met with commercial success. After the film, he directed the same actor Jithan Ramesh in Madurai Veeran, but it was received negative reviews. Perumal, Thulli Vilayadu and Inga Enna Solluthu are other releases.

In 2016, he made a comeback with the sequel of Jithan and the movie titled Jithan 2 was a major setback. The talented and multiaward winning director Mysskin known for his off beat movies worked as an assistant under him. S. P. Jananathan has also worked under him as an assistant. He is currently working on the project Virumaandikkum Sivanaandikkum.

Filmography

Year	Film	Credited as		Language	Notes
Year	Film	Director	Writer	Language	Notes
1998	Priyamudan	Y	Y	Tamil	Remade as Preminche Manasu in Telugu; as Nata in Kannada and as Deewana Main Deewana in Hindi
1999	Iraniyan	Y	Y	Tamil
2002	Youth	Y	Y	Tamil	Remake of Telugu film Chiru Navvuto
2005	Jithan	Y	Y	Tamil	Remake of Hindi film Gayab
2007	Madurai Veeran	Y	Y	Tamil	Remake of Telugu film Nuvvu Nenu
2009	Perumal	Y	Y	Tamil
2013	Thulli Vilayadu	Y	Y	Tamil
2014	Inga Enna Solluthu	Y	N	Tamil
2016	Jithan 2	N	Y	Tamil
2016	Virumaandikkum Sivanaandikkum	Y	Y	Tamil

References

Filmography of Vincent Selva

Priyamudan (1998) Iraniyan (1999) Youth (2002) Jithan (2005) Madurai Veeran (2007) Perumal (2009) Thulli Vilayadu (2013) Inga Enna Solluthu (2014) Virumaandikum Sivanaandikum (2016)

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