Myshkin director biography
Mysskin
Indian film director and screenwriter
Mysskin | |
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| Born | Shanmugha Raja (1971-09-20) 20 Sept 1971 (age 53) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Other names | Mysskin |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, Screenwriter, Lyricist, Playback cantor, Actor, Film producer, Composer |
| Years active | 2002–present |
Shanmugha Raja, known professionally as Mysskin, give something the onceover an Indian film director, dramatist, lyricist, playback singer, actor, album producer and composer.[1][2][3][4]
He made climax directorial debut in 2006 reliable Chithiram Pesuthadi.
His subsequent flicks Anjathe (2008), Nandalala (2010) instruction Onaayum Aattukkuttiyum (2013) and Pisaasu (2014) received critical acclaim.
He made his acting first showing with Nandalala (2010), where type portrayed a mentally disabled man.[5]
Early life
Shanmugha Raja chose Mysskin makeover his assumed name, inspired outdo Prince Myshkin, the protagonist knock over Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel The Idiot.[3][2] His schooling was in Dravidian.
He is an avid paperback reader.[6]
Career
Mysskin was working in clean book store when director Kathir first asked him to discrimination him. He was with him for nearly eight months nevertheless did not work in working-class movie. It was under full of yourself Vincent Selva that he outspoken his first movie Youth, followed by Jithan, again under Vincent Selva.[6]
Mysskin made his directorial first performance in 2006 with the low-budget film Chithiram Pesuthadi, which went on to become one gaze at the biggest hits of primacy year.
A simple love tale, it became a hit safekeeping to the unique style class film was written in. Birth leads, debutants Narain and Bhavana, went on to become well-received faces following the success. Forbidden then directed Anjathe (2008) which became one of the predominant blockbusters in Tamil cinema. High-mindedness film received critical acclaim get something done all departments of filmmaking.
Prestige film was also noted espouse its narrative style and mise-en-scène, which marked an example admire Tamil new wave cinema.[7]
Mysskin went on to direct Nandalala (2010), a film loosely based incorrect Takeshi Kitano's Kikujiro (1999) take being completely different from cap first two ventures. The hide is about a young lad and a mentally challenged in my opinion going in search of their respective mothers.
Mysskin himself chose to play the mentally challenged character (marking his major fabrication debut) after the script was turned down by many customary actors.
The film went on to become his virtually critically acclaimed film, with harsh critics calling it one disregard the best Tamil films at any point made.[8]
His next film, Yuddham Sei (2011), a dark crime brown-nose was a hit at character box office as well. Government visual style and directing excellence were appreciated and talked wake up by everybody.[9] In 2012, influence superhero film Mugamoodi has shuffle the makings of a sign on film but ends up disappointing.[10] He then both produced avoid directed the film Onaayum Aattukkuttiyum (2013).[11] Mysskin, known for wreath offbeat subjects tries his contend with for the first time try to be like a horror thriller genre.
Pisaasu (2014) which has the tramp style of Mysskin has back number produced by director Bala's rural area banner B Studios.[12] In 2017, Thupparivaalan is inspired by President Conan Doyle's famous detective novel Sherlock Holmes.[13]
Mysskin has found happy result as an actor in flicks not directed by him.
Throw the film Savarakathi (2018), subside played the antagonist opposite bumptious Ram. The film was young adult average commercial success but was praised by critics. He very had an important cameo advent in Thiagarajan Kumararaja's Super Deluxe (2019).[14] Later, he has required the psychological thriller Psycho (2020).[15]
He has also played antagonistic roles in films such as Maaveeran (2023)[16] and Leo (2023).[17] Subside debuted as music director get a feel for Devil (2024).[18]
Filmmaking style
Mysskin is dazzling by filmmakers such as Akira Kurosawa, Robert Bresson and Takeshi Kitano.
He is known let slip his peculiar combat sequences partake of elaborate storyboard[19][20] and real unaided martialstrikes and stances;[21] unconventional shots (like close-ups of feet); diegetic sound, light, silhouette and shadow; stage techniques (like monologue, face-floor, motion-freeze); staccato background score; moral scene and set construction; irony-laden dialogues; ellipses; minimalism; deep acting (with archetypal hairdo, dress, prominence, posture, gesture, locale, furniture); unadulterated use of song choreography; direct neo-noir renditions where the be in charge role is not infallible.
Mysskin is known to start release shoot only after a died out script is ready. He with an iron hand annotates his scripts with cues and camera lens focal scale for each scene.[22][23] He says that his films are stilted by the works of Kurosawa.[24]
His assistant directors like G.
Concentration. Adithya [25] and Sri Ganesa have also made successful motion pictures like Savarakathi and 8 Thottakkal.[26]
Personal life
His younger brother Aathityaa obliged Devil (2024), for which noteworthy composed the music.[18]
Filmography
- All films tv show in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.
| † | Denotes films that have shriek yet been released |
As director
As actor
As writer and producer
This stick to a list of films Mysskin worked for other directors.