Gaurav Narayanan

Gaurav Narayanan is an Indian film maker, who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. He started his career as an assistant cinematographer to Rajarajan. He worked as co-director for his Guru, director K. S. Ravikumar. He made his debut with the movie Thoonga Nagaram. He was awarded as "Best Debutant Director" by Emirates Tamilians Association, EMITAA 2011. His movie bagged "Best Film - Highlighting Tamil Culture" award from Norwary Tamil Film Festival, NTFF 2012 and also was officially screened in Chennai International Film Festival. He also has played in his movie "Sigaram Thodu".This is the first South Indian movie to be nominated for screening and selected for the best film competition in Seattle International Film Festival and has won a "Best Film - Social Awareness" award in Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards, NTFF 2015. He made his block buster hit on the silver screen Ippadai Vellum with Lyca Productions starring Udayanidhi Stalin and Manjima Mohan, making him a "Hat Trick Director" with three successful box office numbers continuously.

Born in: Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India