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AR Murugadoss (Murugadoss Arunasalam) was born on 25 September, 1974 in Kallakurichi, Tamil Nadu, India, is an Indian film director. Discover AR Murugadoss's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 49 years old?
Popular As |
Murugadoss Arunasalam |
Occupation |
Film director · film producer · screenwriter |
Age |
49 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Libra |
Born |
25 September, 1974 |
Birthday |
25 September |
Birthplace |
Kallakurichi, Tamil Nadu, India |
Nationality |
India
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AR Murugadoss Height, Weight & Measurements
At 49 years old, AR Murugadoss height not available right now. We will update AR Murugadoss's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Who Is AR Murugadoss's Wife?
His wife is Ramya (m. 2005)
Family |
Parents |
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Wife |
Ramya (m. 2005) |
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Children |
Aaditya |
AR Murugadoss Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is AR Murugadoss worth at the age of 49 years old? AR Murugadoss’s income source is mostly from being a successful Film director. He is from India. We have estimated AR Murugadoss's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Source of Income |
Film director |
AR Murugadoss Social Network
Timeline
Murugadas Arunachalam (born 25 September 1974), known professionally as AR Murugadas, is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter who predominantly works in the Tamil film industry.
He is best known for directing action films mainly on social issues.
In addition, he has worked in Telugu films and Hindi films.
Murugadoss' first break in the film industry was as an assistant director of Ratchagan (1997).
First he became an assistant writer of P. Kalaimani and wrote dialogues for the Tamil film Madurai Meenakshi. He became assistant director of Ratchagan (1997) for half of the film and continued as assistant script director for the Telugu film Kalusukundam Ra.
Murugadoss then worked with S. J. Surya for the film Kushi.
He then worked with S. J. Surya for the film Kushi (2000) before directing his first film, the Ajith starrer Dheena (2001).
The initials "AR" refer to his father's name Arunachalam and were added after Murugadoss signed his first film, Dheena, in 2001.
Murugadoss currently resides in Virugambakkam, Chennai.
Murugadoss had his schooling at the Government Higher Secondary School and studied BA in Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirapalli.
His brother, Dileepan made his acting debut with Vathikuchi, which is Murugadoss' production venture.
During his college days, Murugadoss was active in cultural events, particularly in mimicry and drawing.
He subsequently became a cinephile watching up to seven films a week in his hometown and started writing jokes as well.
After Ananda Vikatan published them, Murugadoss began to think of becoming a story writer.
At Bharathidasan University he started to write sketch comedies and acted in them.
After college he tried to join the Madras Film Institute, but was rejected.
Nevertheless, Murugadoss stayed in Chennai in multiple functions.
In 2003, he contemplated making a film titled Varathan with Vikram in the lead role for producer Oscar Ravichandran, but later moved on to other projects.
S. J. Suryah recommended Murugadoss to Ajith Kumar for directing his debut film, Dheena.
His next films were Ramana, Ghajini, and Stalin.
His fifth film was Ghajini, which was a Hindi remake of his same-titled 2005 film and marked his Bollywood debut.
His first Bollywood film was Ghajini (2008), a Hindi remake of his Tamil film of the same name.
It became the first Bollywood film to gross over inr 1000000000 domestically.
It released on 25 December 2008 and became the first Bollywood film to gross over ₹100 crore domestically.
He would then go on to direct ''7am Arivu in 2011, which would become the first non-Rajini 100cr grosser in Tamil cinema.
His next Tamil film 7aum Arivu, was released on Diwali 2011 and was more successful outside India than in Tamil Nadu.
Murugadoss signed a deal with Fox Star Studios to produce two Tamil films.
In 2012, he directed the action thriller Thuppakki'', starring Vijay, which became the third Tamil film to gross ₹100 crore at the domestic box office alone.
In 2012, he directed the action thriller Thuppakki, starring Vijay and produced by S. Dhanu released on Diwali 2012 to mostly positive reviews and became the fourth Tamil film to enter the ₹100 crore club after Enthiran.
Thuppakki collected over ₹180 crores as reported by producer.
He also directed the Hindi remake of the film, Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty.
Murugadoss won the Filmfare Award for Best Director for his 2014 Tamil action drama Kaththi.
In 2014, he was the writer and producer for the fantasy film Maan Karate starring Sivakarthikeyan which was directed by his former assistant Thirukumaran.
In 2014, he directed the action drama Kaththi starring Vijay and produced by Lyca Productions released on Diwali 2014 and emerged as one of the top-grossing films in Kollywood for 2014, collecting an estimated ₹131 crores.
It is a remake of Tamil film Mouna Guru.
He worked with Vijay again with the box office hits Kaththi and Sarkar (2018).
Murugadoss was born in Kallakurichi, Tamil Nadu.
He joined with Vijay once again for the movie Sarkar which is produced by Sun Pictures Kalanithi Maran which released on 6 November 2018 for the Diwali.