V._Priya
V. Priya
Indian film director
V. Priya is a Tamil film director. She worked as an assistant to director Mani Ratnam after learning her craft under Suhasini.[1]
Priya made her directorial debut with romantic-comedy Kanda Naal Mudhal (2005) starring Prasanna, Laila and Karthik Kumar. The film received positive critical acclaim during its release with critics praising "Priya deserves a pat on her back for weaving a gossamer romance like her mentor Mani Ratnam sir did in Mouna Ragam or Alai Payuthey. But the film has its own minor drawbacks mostly in narration and lags especially in the second half".[2] The film did well at box-office. However her second film Kannamoochi Yenada (2007) starring Prithviraj, Sandhya and Sathyaraj received mixed reviews from critics, but it was also commercially successful.[3][4] In 2008, she planned a third project titled Cheri starring Prithviraj and Bhavana, but the film did not materialise. She alongside her husband Bhushan Kalyan worked as creative director for television series Uyirmei which was telecasted in Zee Tamil.[5]
After a long gap, she made her comeback to film direction with Aadi Lakshmi Puraana (2018) which marks her debut in Kannada cinema.[6] In 2022, She is making a comeback in the Tamil series Anantham streaming on Zee5.[7] She is back, with yet another love triangle romance, starring Ashok Selvan, Vasanth Ravi and Aishwarya Lekshmi, titled Pon Ondru Kanden (2024).[8]
| Year | Film | Credited as | Language | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Writer | ||||
| 2002 | Mitr, My Friend |  N |  Y | English | |
| 2005 | Kanda Naal Mudhal | Y | Y | Tamil | |
| 2007 | Kannamoochi Yenada | Y | Y | Tamil | |
| 2008 | Herova? Zerova? | Y | N | Tamil | Docudrama |
| 2018 | Aadi Lakshmi Puraana | Y | N | Kannada | |
| 2022 | Anantham | Y | Y | Tamil | Zee5 Webseries |
| 2024 | Pon Ondru Kanden | Y | Y | Tamil | JioCinema Release[9] |
- As an actor
- Vikrant Rona (2022)
- "Kanda Naal Mudhal". Sify. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016.
- "Kannamoochi Yenada". Sify. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016.
- Sundar, Mrinalini (24 July 2014). "The good doctor". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
- "Radhika Pandit and Nirup Bhandari's film titled 'Aadi Lakshmi Purana'". 10 September 2018.
- "Director Priya V: Anantham was initially titled Navarasa". 27 April 2022.
- "Director V Priya: Pon Ondru Kanden is not Kadhal Desam". 15 April 2024.
- "Vasanth Ravi Interview: Pon Ondru Kanden will settle the debate if I can pull off light-hearted films". OTTPlay. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.