Arun Matheswaran

Before his debut as a director, Arun worked as an assistant director to Thiagarajan Kumararaja, and was the dialogue writer of Irudhi Suttru (2016).^[2] Arun made his directorial debut in with Rocky (2021) which received widespread acclaim from critics.^[3][4] His second film, Saani Kaayidham (2022), a crime drama featuring Keerthy Suresh and Selvaraghavan, premiered on Amazon Prime Video.^[1]

Arun's third directorial Captain Miller (2024), an action-adventure film set in the 1930s,^[5] has Dhanush playing the lead and is part of a multi-film franchise that includes a prequel and sequel.^[6][7] After Captain Miller, Arun was confirmed to be collaborating with Dhanush again for an untitled project, produced by Wunderbar Films,^[8][9] and a biopic of composer Ilaiyaraaja, co-writing the screenplay with Kamal Haasan.^[10] The status of the latter project became unknown after Arun started directing a separate film, titled DC,^[11] but it was later confirmed that he was still attached to the Ilaiyaraaja biopic, and that pre-production had been completed.^[12]

Arun's films revolve around the themes of revenge and contain "harsh realism" which he claims helps differentiate them from other Tamil films based on revenge. He has named Jim Jarmusch, Seijun Suzuki and Akira Kurosawa as some of the filmmakers who influence his films.^[13]

Arun Matheswaran was born on 25 February 1982. He is married to Ranjini.^[14][15]

• All films in Tamil unless otherwise noted.