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	Mani Ratnam , Indian Movie Director
		Mani Ratnam has recently emerged as a strong voice in Tamil filmmaking, combining popular appeal and technical sophistication in his work.
		Ratnam`s movies are all noted for their brilliance in technical aspects like art direction, cinematography and background score.
		However, the innocent world of Roja is shattered when her husband is abducted and held for ransom by a group of militants who want an independent Kashmir, and the release of a terrorist held with the Indian military forces.
	www.indianetzone.com /2/mani_ratnam.htm (623 words)

	Mani Rathnam - telugu cinema director
		Mani Ratnam was born on 2nd June, 1956 in Madras.
		Mani Ratnam is the director who brought new perspective to South Indian cinema with his work.
		Mani Ratnam rekindled the hearts of movie lovers all over India with his film ‘Bombay’, which is set against 1993 Hindu – Muslim riots in Mumbai.
	www.idlebrain.com /news/2000march20/bday-maniratnam.html (559 words)

	TamilBeat.Com - Mani Ratnam keeps quiet!
		Everybody in the industry is curious about why Mani Ratnam kept quiet when his wife Suhasini was at the receiving end of the vicious campaign unleashed by the so called protectors of Tamil culture.
		Mani Ratnam who has made some of the finest movies with strong women characters, is keeping cool.
		Mani has shown a great amount of maturity by not getting involved in unnecessary slanging match with people who do not believe in basics of democracy and freedom of expression.
	www.tamilbeat.com /cinenews/10124.html (185 words)

	For Mani Ratnam Tamils are fighting for fighting sake - TamilCanadian
		Mani Ratnam with his productions like âBombayâ which ran to packed houses all over India in its Tamil and Hindi versions, is a figure to be reckoned with.
		The strength of Mani Ratnam, it will be interesting for non-Tamil Sri Lankan film fans to know, is not only his way of telling a story, but the stories he chooses to tell and the intelligent way he handles the political communication part.
		Mani Ratnam is known for the persuasive manner in which he portrays characters in his films.
	www.tamilcanadian.com /pageview.php?ID=1996 (1481 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Mani Ratnam
		Mani Ratnam, a leading movie maker of India, consistently chooses realistic contemporary themes and complex plots for his movies in an industry often accused of making commercial, fairy-tale formula movies also called Masala Movies.
		Known for his astute sense of camera, Mani Ratnam, works out a perfect recipe for all kinds of audience in India.
		Mani Ratnam approached the great South Indian director Balu Mahendra and requested him to be the cinematographer for the movie.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Mani_Ratnam (993 words)

	Indian FilmMakers - HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mani is always a man in demand and his films figure high on everybody’s wish list.
		Ratnam’s approach to his craft harks back to the days before escapist cinema overpowered Mumbai’s output, to the age when classic humanist tracts like Awara, Do Bigha Zamin and Pyaasa, to name only a few, were de rigueur.
		Ratnam’s ability to raise the mainstream narrative idiom to a higher cinematic plane is the USP that draws film lovers to his work.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/specials/indian-filmmaker/mani.shtml (769 words)

	Mani Ratnam - A Man in full - a profile by Anita Nair
		In his mid-teens, Mani Ratnam had a moment of realisation as he sat in a dark cinema theatre watching larger than life heroes and heroines cavorting, crying, laughing, leading larger than life lives….
		For almost a year, Mani Ratnam and a few friends dreamed, debated and grappled with a screenplay another friend was working on.
		Mani Ratnam might not be 'South Asia's greatest living director' as one of his fans makes him out to be.
	www.anitanair.net /profiles/profile-mani-ratnam.htm (2470 words)

	lazygeek.net \| Mani Ratnam's Writings of
		Mani Ratnam, the most acclaimed director of Kannathil Muthamittal is getting ready for a his next flick, supposedly a racy thriller called Ayutha Ezhuthu(Writings of Weapon).
		A chance in Mani Ratnam movie is certainly a career high for these guys and I am sure they will take it right.
		Mani started planning this after the movie with KamalHassan got dropped due to various issues.
	www.lazygeek.net /archives/2003/03/mani_ratnams_writings_of.html (486 words)

	The Bollywood Blog: Mani Ratnam and the fine art of commercial cinema ...
		For years Ratnam seems to be pushing against some traditional barriers, but his film still operates within a rather chaste set of Bollywood values.
		While Ratnam subtly exposes the underbelly of the corporate world in "Guru", "Anwar" starring Manisha Koirala and brother Siddharth, is based on communalism.
		Mani Ratnam’s Guru holds forte for the whole movie period and lets it off at the end.
	www.bollywood.com /archives/2007/01/mani_ratnam_and.html (1692 words)

	DesiParty.com \| Content \| Big B hosts the music launch event of Mani Ratnam's 'Guru'
		Mani Ratnam’s ‘Guru’ is one of the biggest and the most awaited movie of 2006, and the creative filmmaker didn’t leave any stone unturned to launch the music of his forthcoming movie in style at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Mumbai.
		Abhishek and Mani are joining hands foo the second time, the first time was for ‘Yuva’, which didn’t do too well at the box-office, but the movie will always be regarded as first powerful footprint of Abhishek in Bollywood as he astounded the audiences with his matured performance.
		Finally, the man behind all the action Mani Ratnam shared on how he had came up with the script of the movie, which was just in a brief period of four months.
	www.desiparty.com /CheckArticle.aspx?ArticleID=378&Page=DP (631 words)

	Mani Ratnam's magic and mystery - Galatta.com, India - November 01, 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mani Ratnam, the Steven Speilberg of Indian cinema, owes his success to his ability to set new trends in filmmaking, plot lines and direction.
		Mani Ratnam has done what most directors find it difficult to do — showcase typical South Indian mentality to the world, through his use of wicked wit and ribaldry, which is so part of being a Tamil.
		Mani Ratnam is both an artist and an entertainer and his critics will have to accept that he will mix both these elements in his movies.
	tamil.galatta.com /articles/maniratnam.asp (1352 words)

	Being Mani: The man behind Guru : bollywood, Mani Ratnam, being, bombay, guru : IBNLive.com : CNN-IBN
		Mani Ratnam: I wouldn’t say the other way around, I don’t say that as life is happening, you are looking at it as an input.
		Mani Ratnam: There is a sequence in Yuva where Ajay Devgan is in the lock up and he is still talking physics.
		Mani Ratnam: No. But a filmmaker is no different from what a journalist is or a lawyer is. He reacts to things that are happening around him.
	www.ibnlive.com /news/being-mani-the-man-behind-guru/31135-8-single.html (2295 words)

	Bollywood - News - Vivek Oberoi in Mani Ratnam´s next ? (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Vivek Oberoi recently worked with Mani Ratnam in Shaad Ali´s ´Saathiya", which was a remake of Mani Ratnam´s own "Alai Payuthe".
		Mani Ratnam did the story and screenplay for "Saathiya".
		There were also rumours heard a while ago about Mani Ratnam casting Madhavan in his next venture and the movie was said to be a multi-starrer.
	www.planetbollywood.com /News/n030703-101821.php (125 words)

	Mani Ratnam
		Mani Ratnam is certainly the biggest director in South India today and a much-respected one all over India as well.
		Every frame in a Mani Ratnam film is perfectly composed and beautifully backlit even if this style involves total violation of tonal, focal and colour continuity.
		Ratnam's debut film in Kannada Pallavi Anu Pallavi (1983) starring Anil Kapoor, Lakshmi and Kiran Vairale hardly caused any ripples though one song in the film shot stylishly in an auditorium gives a good hint of the Mani Ratnam to come in later years.
	www.upperstall.com /people/maniratnam.html (915 words)

	Desicritics.org: Music Review: Mani Ratnam and A R Rahman's Guru (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mani Ratnam's winter release Guru, with Abhishek Bachchan at the helm, is this year's most awaited film.
		Mani Ratnam and A R Rahman have always been a winning combo, since their Roja days.
		Mani Ratnam has pulled off a casting coup of sorts, with Aishwarya Rai, Madhavan, Vidya Balan and Mithun Chakraborty sharing stage with Abhishek.
	desicritics.org /2006/11/18/123522.php (1469 words)

	Mani Ratnam Information
		Mani Ratnam (born June 2, 1956, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India) is a leading movie maker (screen writer, director and producer) of the Indian film industry.
		Mani Ratnam consistently chooses realistic, contemporary themes and complex plots for his movies in an industry often accused of making commercial, fairy-tale-like, formulaic movies.
		Mani married to actress Suhasini, niece of Kamal Haasan and they have a 12-year son Nandan.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Mani_Ratnam (397 words)

	Mani Ratnam Filmography
		I think this was the movie in which Mani and PC Sriram teamed up and it was the first movie of Mani which had great cinematography.
		I think Mani is the only director on earth who would give a hit with a subject like that.
		Mani was making this string of slighly serious movies that i was wondering what happened tot he fun-loving Mani I knew so well.
	members.tripod.com /~dilse/maniratnam.html (804 words)

	Maddy in Mani Ratnam's Guru : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mani Ratnam has finally roped in blue eyed boy R Madhavan for a parallel lead in his Hindi film Guru, starring Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai in key roles.
		Ratnam has ultimately gone to his old favourite Madhavan to play the desperately vacant parallel part.
		Mani Ratnam has roped in blue eyed boy R Madhavan for a parallel lead in his Hindi film Guru, starring Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai in key roles.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1711541,001100030003.htm (405 words)

	Mani Ratnam - Photo Gallery, News, Movies - MSN India (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mani Ratnam (June 2, 1956 -) is an Indian film director, writer and producer.
		Mani Ratnam is certainly the biggest director in South India today and a much-respected one all...
		Mani Ratnam says a filmmaker is no different to a journalist when it comes to reacting to things...
	server1.msn.co.in /profile/ManiRatnam.asp (349 words)

	Mani Ratnam
		Mani Ratnam, the leading movie maker of South India, is one of the few movie makers of India who bother to choose contemporary or realistic themes.
		Known for his astute sense of camera, Mani Ratnam, works out perfect recipe for all audiences in India(and sometimes for abroad too).
		Dil Se - This time Mani moves to North-east infiltration problems.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ma/Mani_Ratnam.html (206 words)

	Mouna Ragam - Mani Ratnam - A Scene Analysis
		She meets him and the conversation that ensues between them is one of the classics of mani's cinema.
		Mani Ratnam uses the reflection on the mirror to show Revathi's numb face to the scolding she receives and the praises her family sings for the bridegroom.
		Mani ratnam shows the frustration and growing nervousness in Revathi as she plays with her bangles.
	manismagic.iespana.es /mouna.htm (637 words)

	kaveetaa kaul's Blog : Guru Review- Guru Bhai Mani Ratnam, kaveetaa kaul blogs on sulekha, Movies blogs, kaveetaa kaul ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mani Ratnam, is one emancipated male..deserved of a tribute..in more ways than just the maker of a technically brilliant film.
		Anyone who attempts to break away from the shackles of stereotypes and risks presenting a woman, otherwise conventional, in a passive aggressive stance, strong, determined, non flummoxed, is worthy of being lauded.
		To surmise, Mani Ratnam, allegedly inspired, has dealt out a hand that insiduously proves that he is one of the Gurus in our industry..a man who knows fully well the worth of his wares and has honed his skill at selling it adroitly.
	kaveetaakaul.sulekha.com /blog/post/2007/02/guru-review-guru-bhai-mani-ratnam.htm (1917 words)

	List of movies by Mani Ratnam featuring A R Rahman
		This is a list of movies made by the Indian director Mani Ratnam featuring the Indian music composer AR Rahman.
		Their partnership is widely regarded as having produced some of the best film music in Indian movies in the 1990's.
		Note: Many of Mani Ratnam's movies were released simultaneously or later in multiple languages, usually Tamil and Hindi.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/l/li/list_of_movies_by_mani_ratnam_featuring_a_r_rahman.html (234 words)

	Mani Ratnam's 'Guru' on January 12
		The release of director Mani Ratnam's eagerly awaited "Guru" in Hindi and Tamil has been delayed.
		Introduced by Mani Ratnam in "Alaipayuthae", the actor has a large number of films to his credit.
		Mani Ratnam as his mentor has helped him shape his career, he says.
	www.nowrunning.com /news/news.asp?it=8857 (364 words)

	Dailynews - Abhishek Bachchan stars in Mani Ratnam's Hollywood flick
		The sacrifices Abhishek did for starring in a Mani Ratnam film is expressive of the charisma his films have for Bollywood people.
		Many years back, 'Sholay' was such a super bumper hit that it ran for actually years.
		When all was finalized and he was to leave for shooting, Abhishek got the call from Mani Ratnam.
	www.cinesouth.com /masala/hotnews/new/17112005-4.shtml (265 words)

	Filmmaker Interviews - Bharathan Kandaswamy & Mani Ratnam
		Mani Rathnam has gone on to write and direct many other groundbreaking and chart breaking films including, Bombay, Dil Se (first Indian film to enter the UK Top 10), and his latest festival favorite, Kannathil Muthamittal aka A Peck on the Cheek.
		Because many times, the producer is like the owner of the company and he or she will not be on the day-to-day production.
		Mani Ratnam: As a kid when you watch films, one assumes that the lines belong to the artists who perform.
	www.filmmakerinterviews.com /articles/roja.htm (5394 words)

	Gurukanth audio launch - Telugu cinema function - Abhishek Bachchan & Aiswarya Rai
		Music launch of Gurukanth (Telugu version of Mani Ratnam’s latest Hindi film featuring Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai) was released at a function arranged in Taj Banjara on the night of 2 January 2007.
		D Rama Naidu, KL Narayana, ML Kumar Chowdary and Veturi attended the function as guests along with Mani Ratnam.
		Mani Ratnam always want to have quality lyrics even if it a dubbing film.
	www.idlebrain.com /news/functions/audio-gurukanth.html (185 words)

	Movie Club: Mani Ratnam's Guru - BollySpice.com
		While the Mumbai film industry is abuzz with Mani Ratnam's next film with Aamir Khan, the cat is more or less out of the bag that the movie moghul will first bankroll and direct a Hindi film tentatively called Guru, starring Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan and Vidya Balan.
		However director Mani Ratnam has got her nod to play in his next movie titled Guru which would be made in Hindi.
		As usual, Mani Ratnam will have A R Rehman scoring the music for the movie, Rajeev menon, who worked as cinematographer in his Bombay, almost a decade ago is back to work with him now.
	www.bollyspice.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=3833 (1287 words)

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