Atlee

Indian film director

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2025 Atlee is planning a Tamil remake of 'Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo'
2025 Atlee is set to direct 'Lion' in both Hindi and Tamil languages
2024 Announced upcoming directorial film with Salman Khan and Rajinikanth, and produced Baby John, a Hindi remake of Theri starring Varun Dhawan.
2024 Atlee served as co-producer for the Hindi film 'Baby John', a remake of 'Theri'.
2023 Atlee appeared as a dancer in the Hindi film Jawan, performing in the song 'Zinda Banda'
2023 The film 'Jawan' presented the song 'Zinda Banda'.
September 7 2023 Atlee made his Hindi cinema debut with Jawan, which set a record for a Hindi film grossing ₹129 crores on its opening day and eventually grossed ₹1150 crores worldwide.
January 13 2023 Atlee's son was born.
2020 Directed the Tamil film Andhaghaaram
2020 Atlee directed the Tamil film 'Andhaghaaram'.
November 24 2020 Atlee and Priya produced their second film, Andhaghaaram, which was released directly on Netflix.
2019 Directs Bigil, also featuring Vijay, which continues his streak of commercial successes.
2019 Atlee directed the film 'Bigil', which garnered significant attention and acclaim.
2019 The film 'Bigil' included the song 'Singappenney'.
2019 Atlee directed Bigil, which became the highest-grossing Tamil film of 2019, collecting ₹305 crores upon its release.
2018 Atlee won the Edison Award for Best Director for his film 'Mersal'.
2018 Atlee won Best Director at the 7th SIIMA Awards for his film 'Mersal'.
2018 Atlee won Favourite Director at the 10th Vijay Awards for his work in 'Mersal'.
December 6 2018 Mersal was released in China by HGC Entertainment.
2017 Won 6th SIIMA Awards for Best Director – Tamil for the film Theri
2017 Won 2nd IIFA Utsavam Award for Best Director – Tamil for the film Theri
2017 Atlee directed the Tamil film Sangili Bungili Kadhava Thorae
2017 Atlee released 'Mersal', which was well-received and contributed to his growing reputation.
2017 Atlee and his wife, Priya Atlee, started their own production house, A for Apple Productions, and jointly produced their first film, Sangili Bungili Kadhava Thorae.
2017 Atlee directed Mersal, which grossed more than ₹260 crores worldwide, becoming one of the highest-grossing films in Tamil cinema and winning him the Best Director award at the SIIMA awards in 2018.
2016 Atlee won Best Director – Tamil at the 2nd IIFA Utsavam for his film 'Theri'.
2016 Atlee won Best Director – Tamil at the 6th SIIMA Awards for his film 'Theri'.
2016 Atlee directed the film 'Theri', further establishing his presence in the Tamil film industry.
2016 Atlee directed Theri, which grossed over ₹150 crores at the box office and became the second highest-grossing Tamil film of 2016.
November 9 2014 Atlee married actress Krishna Priya.
2013 Atlee won Best Debut Director at the 8th Vijay Awards for his work in 'Raja Rani'.
2013 Atlee won the award for Best Dialogue Writer at the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards for his work in the film 'Raja Rani'.
2013 Atlee received the Edison Award for Best Debut Director for his work in 'Raja Rani'.
2013 Atlee made his directorial debut with the film 'Raja Rani'.
2012 Continues as an assistant director under S. Shankar for the film Nanban.
2012 The film 'Nanban' featured the song 'Asku Laska'.
2011 Atlee's short film, Mugaputhagam, received a massive response from the public and across various media platforms.
2010 Begins working as an assistant director under S. Shankar for the film Enthiran.

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