Thangar Bachchan

Thangar Bachan
Born	Thangaraj 1961 Pathirakottai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation	Cinematographer, film director, actor, film producer, novelist
Years active	1990–2016

Thangar Bachan (born 1962) is an Indian film director and actor, cinematographer and novelist. He was born in Pathrakottai, a village near Panruti.

Thankar Bachan was born in Pathirakottai, a village near Panruti.

Thankar Bachan was known for his contribution in portraying North Tamil Nadu villages which was not depicted in Tamil cinema properly.His story plots were set mostly at Panruti and surrounding villages. After Bharathiraja villages were best portrayed in Thangar Bachan movies. Bharathiraja himself declared that after him Bachan directs the best village films.

Thankar Bachan has often faced criticism for his public speeches and notably had to face the wrath of actresses including Khushboo for saying that "women who acted mainly for money are akin to prostitutes". He later had to apologise. During the audio launch of Aridhu Aridhu, Thangar Bachan criticised some of the filmmakers in Kollywood for unnecessarily wasting more money on songs at foreign locations and technical extravaganzas in films that blatantly lacks a good concept.

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