Lokesh Kanagaraj

Directing

Born: Kinathukadavu, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

Birthday: March 14, 1986 (age 40)

Departments: Directing, Writing, Crew, Production

Lokesh Kanagaraj is an Indian film director who primarily works in Tamil cinema. He began his career in cinema by directing one of the four segments in the anthology film Aviyal (2016). Over time , Lokesh has carved a niche for himself in Indian cinema through a string of extremely successful action and crime thrillers including Maanagaram (2017), Kaithi (2019), Master (2021) , Vikram (2022) and Leo (2023). Lokesh's films are oriented around the hyperlink crime cinema subgenre where most of the story takes place during nighttime, with Lokesh citing Quentin Tarantino as a major inspiration for…

Lokesh Kanagaraj

Acting

Crew