Visu

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

6.834

Gender

Male

Birthday

01-Jul-1945

Age

(79 years old)

Place of Birth

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Also Known As
  • M. R. Viswanathan
  • விசு
  • M.R. Viswanathan
  • MR. Viswanathan

Visu

Biography

Meenakshisundaram Ramasamy Viswanathan, best known by his stage name Visu, was an Indian writer, director, stage, film and television actor and talk-show host.


Credits

நாலு பேருக்கு நன்றி நாலு பேருக்கு நன்றி (1983) Character: N/A
Lakshmi, a fun-loving woman, challenges her friends that she will make Babu, the son of a rich businessman, fall in love with her.
En Vazhi Thani Vazhi En Vazhi Thani Vazhi (2015) Character: N/A
An intrepid encounter specialist takes on everyone who tries to rein him in and clashes with an international outcome.
நீங்க நல்லா இருக்கணும் நீங்க நல்லா இருக்கணும் (1992) Character: N/A
Neenga Nalla Irukkanum is a 1992 Tamil film written and directed by Visu. It stars Nizhalgal Ravi and Bhanupriya in the lead with Visu, Chandrasekhar and Manorama forming the supporting cast. Produced by G. Venkateswaran under his banner G. V.
புயல் கடந்த பூமி புயல் கடந்த பூமி (1984) Character: N/A
Three young men return to their village to take revenge against the leader who sent them to jail. However, after meeting their family, they change their minds and set out to save the village.
Vaimaye Vellum Vaimaye Vellum (1997) Character: N/A
Perumal (Rajan P. Dev), a corrupt police officer, is transferred to the same area after 20 years. In the past, Perumal's wife died during her delivery and Perumal felt that his newborn son brought him bad luck. Perumal later married Saraswathi (Vennira Aadai Nirmala). Despite being a clever student, Raja was hated by his father while his stepmother Saraswathi took care of him like her own son. One day, Raja witnessed his father Perumal taking bribe from a woman. He stole the bribe from his father and put it in a Hundi. To punish him, Perumal sent his innocent son to jail.
மன்னன் மன்னன் (1992) Character: Viswanathan
Circumstances force the union leader of a factory to marry his own boss, a rich and arrogant lady who has ulterior motives.
நன்றி மீண்டும் வருக நன்றி மீண்டும் வருக (1982) Character: N/A
Anand, a wealthy man, meets his dream girl, Janaki and they are happily engaged. However, Janaki's life turns tragic when Anand dies in an accident and she slips into amnesia.
அரவிந்தன் அரவிந்தன் (1997) Character: N/A
Aravindh is heartbroken when his friend gets killed for beheading an evil landlord who caused the death of many innocent villagers. He then decides to fight for the rights of the poor villagers.
தாய்க்கு ஒரு தாலாட்டு தாய்க்கு ஒரு தாலாட்டு (1986) Character: N/A
A father does not hold a very good opinion about his son, Kannan, who works at his factory. Things take a turn for the worse when Pakkiri creates misunderstanding between the father and son duo.
Aval Sumangalithan Aval Sumangalithan (1985) Character: N/A
Drama from India in the mid 1980s. Arumugam (Visu), a poor father, looks for a bridegroom for his daughter Uma (Ilavarasi). For Arumugam, the perfect bridegroom seems to be Bhaskaran (Karthik). Bhaskaran gets married with Uma. Bhaskaran understands his in-laws' financial problems and helps them. Bhaskaran suffers from brain tumor and he will die soon.
திருமதி ஒரு வெகுமதி திருமதி ஒரு வெகுமதி (1987) Character: N/A
Uma and her husband make many sacrifices, including not having children, to raise Uma's younger brothers. However, with time, the brothers get immersed in their lives and stop caring for their sister.
மகா நடிகன் மகா நடிகன் (2004) Character: N/A
Starting as an extra, Sathya shrewdly paves his way up to stardom as a leading hero. His ever-increasing popularity also leads him to joining an upcoming political party.
குடும்பம் ஒரு கதம்பம் குடும்பம் ஒரு கதம்பம் (1981) Character: Srinivasa Raghavan
Three middle-class families living in Chennai face several difficulties in their everyday lives and tackle the challenges that come their way.
வரவு நல்ல உறவு வரவு நல்ல உறவு (1990) Character: Ambalavanan
Two friends, Ambalavanan and Chandrashekar, have very different perspectives on life. While one thrives amidst his loving family, the other believes that everything revolves around money.
கண்மணி பூங்கா கண்மணி பூங்கா (1982) Character: N/A
Ramkumar and Uma, a happily married couple, suddenly face the wrath of Ramkumar's mother when Uma fails to bear a child and suggests another marriage for her son.
காவலன் அவன் கோவலன் காவலன் அவன் கோவலன் (1987) Character: N/A
Pachiappan loves Anjala but cannot marry her till he makes a name for himself. He finds an opportunity when he meets Chakravorthy, his lookalike and a popular director.
பட்டுக்கோட்டை பெரியப்பா பட்டுக்கோட்டை பெரியப்பா (1994) Character: Pattukottai Periyappa
Pichumani and Uma are about to get married when the wedding is stopped due to certain circumstances, creating a rift between the families. However, Pichumani's uncle decides to help them get married.
வா மகளே வா வா மகளே வா (1994) Character: Viswanathan
Lawyer Uma takes up the case of Raman, a mechanic who has been framed for murder. She soon learns that the prime suspect is her own father, Vishwanath, whom she has always held in high esteem.
ఇల్లు ఇల్లాలు పిల్లలు ఇల్లు ఇల్లాలు పిల్లలు (1988) Character: N/A
A middle-class family struggles to survive in an extremely demanding society and earn enough to live a comfortable life.
ஊருக்கு உபதேசம் ஊருக்கு உபதேசம் (1984) Character: Sankaran
Janaki tries to prove her innocence when her brother-in-law accuses her of being a sex worker. Meanwhile, Janaki's uncle discovers that she has a lookalike.
Oru Kai Pappoam Oru Kai Pappoam (1983) Character: N/A
Jayaraman, a petty thief, changes his ways when he meets a rich lady who is mentally ill and decides to work as her bodyguard.
Chinna Mapillai Chinna Mapillai (1993) Character: Broker Ambalavanan
Prabhu is a kind-hearted poor man who works as a coolie in bus stand. Visu, a marriage broker wants him to pose as a rich man from Singapore and marry Sukanya to break the arrogance and her money-minded father (Radha Ravi).
வாங்க பார்ட்னர் வாங்க வாங்க பார்ட்னர் வாங்க (1994) Character: Ganapathi
Three villagers go to Chennai to become rich and promise Lord Ganapathi a quarter of their profit if he becomes their partner. However, when the time comes for them to pay him, they refuse to do so.
Adimai Changili Adimai Changili (1997) Character: N/A
Adimai Changili is a 1997 Tamil language film directed by R. K. Selvamani. The film features Arjun and Roja in lead roles whilst Rambha, Anandaraj and M. N. Nambiar play supporting roles. The film fared poorly at the box office after it opened in September 1997
வாய் சொல்லில் வீரனடி வாய் சொல்லில் வீரனடி (1984) Character: N/A
Lakshmi decides to abstain from physical intimacy for three years when her husband kills a snake that is relevant to her religion. Soon, her decision brings about some unexpected challenges.
நேசம் நேசம் (1997) Character: N/A
A young boy has to go beyond being a normal romantic lover to impress the girl he loves.
புதிய சகாப்தம் புதிய சகாப்தம் (1985) Character: N/A
Vijay, a college student, falls in love with Uma, who works in the library of the same college. But, soon, his dreams shatter when he finds that Uma is a widow.
Ji Ji (2005) Character: Raghavan
Vasu (Ajith), a final year college student is happy go lucky. But he is forced to contest elections in the college after being persuaded by his friends (Venkat Prabhu and Arun). He, however, incurs the wrath of the local MLA Varadharajan (Charanraj), whose son is studying in the college, contests the elections too. In the course of events, the MLA's gang attacks Vasu and his friends. It's here that Vasu's father (Vijayakumar) advises the students to take a plunge in politics and teach the bad apples like Varadharajan a lesson
நெற்றிக்கண் நெற்றிக்கண் (1981) Character: N/A
The story revolves around Chakravarthy (Older Rajini) who is a successful textile businessman in Coimbatore. He is a great womaniser (perhaps his only weakness) and picks up any women he wants. He has wife Meenakshi (Lakshmi), his son Santosh (also Rajini) and his daughter Sangeetha (Vijayashanthi). It doesn't take long for Santosh to find his father's provocative behavior and tries to mend his father's ways. Radha (Saritha) gets introduced as a candidate for PRO (Public Relations Officer) interview and eventually gets selected and is sent to Hong Kong for training. Chakravarthy unable to tolerate his son's growing menace also sets off to Hong Kong for a vacation. Here he meets Radha and at one point ends up raping her. Chakravarthy flies back to India where he is met with a number of changes which all points out to the new General Manager.
சீனா தானா 001 சீனா தானா 001 (2007) Character: N/A
Tamizharasu, who aspires to become a police officer, discovers a terrorist's ploy to assassinate the governor. On learning that some policemen are involved, he takes matters into his own hands.
சங்கர் குரு சங்கர் குரு (1987) Character: N/A
Shankar Guru is a 1987 Indian Tamil film, directed by Raja and produced by M. Saravanan and M. Balasubramanian. The film stars Arjun, Seetha, Sasikala and Baby Shalini in lead roles. The film had musical score by Chandra Bose.
Meendum Savithri Meendum Savithri (1996) Character: Narayana Moorthy
Manju is an outspoken woman. She lives with her father, who tries to socially reform people. Belonging to a middle class family, she cannot provide a dowry for potential grooms. One day, Manju comes across an innovative advertisement where a groom is looking for a bride without any dowry. His family shocks Manju's father, but she is determined to make a life with them. Will she succeed?
மாப்பிள்ளை சார் மாப்பிள்ளை சார் (1988) Character: Varadarajan
Vardarajan's wife gets extremely arrogant when she inherits her ancestral property. However, a humble Vardarajan gets an opportunity to teach her a lesson when their daughter's marriage gets fixed.
வேடிக்கை என் வாடிக்கை வேடிக்கை என் வாடிக்கை (1990) Character: Kavisattai Kandhasamy
Vedikkai En Vadikkai (Tamil: வேடிக்கை என் வாடிக்கை, English: Fun is my routine) is a 1990 Indian Tamil film, directed by Visu. The film stars S. V. Shekhar, Rekha, Pallavi and Manorama in lead roles. The film had musical score by Sankar Ganesh.[1]
Sigamani Ramamani Sigamani Ramamani (2001) Character: Sundaramoorthy
Sigamani Ramamani (Tamil: சிகாமணி ரமாமணி) is a 2001 Indian Tamil film, directed by Visu. The film stars S. V. Shekhar, Urvashi, Manorama and Srividya in lead roles. The film had musical score by Chandrabose.
Sakalakala Sammandi Sakalakala Sammandi (1989) Character: N/A
Sakalakala Sammandi is a 1989 Indian Tamil film, directed by Visu and produced by K.R.G. The film stars Visu, Saranya, Delhi Ganesh and Manorama in lead roles. The film had musical score by Sankar Ganesh.
வனஜா கிரிஜா வனஜா கிரிஜா (1994) Character: Ramanathan
Anand, a veterinarian, and Raja, a doctor, are brothers. Their father, Ramanathan, is a rich retired businessman. Vanaja and Girija lives with their mother, their father Shankar escaped when they were young because of Ramanathan. Vanaja and Girija decide to take revenge on Ramanathan by charming their sons.
உழைப்பாளி உழைப்பாளி (1993) Character: Lawyer
Rajini is working as a coolie in a factory. He is asked by three brothers to act as a foreign-returned rich man the heir of a property. Rajini acts but always escapes as he doesn't want to face consequences. But then he comes to know that he is the heir to the property, his father was killed by three brothers to take away the property and mother became a mental patient. He avenges the death of his father by killing the villains. At last, he says he doesn't want to be an heir to money and always remains as a coolie.
இரட்டை ரோஜா இரட்டை ரோஜா (1996) Character: Cameo
Uma marries Balu, an honest civil engineer. Uma thinks that he is rich and receives lot of bribes but turns out Balu is from the middle-class like her. Uma is a miser and dreams to become rich. After few years, they have two children. In the meantime, Priya, the daughter of Balu's boss Rajasekhar, falls in love with Balu and asks him to marry her unaware of Balu's marriage and his two children. Balu refuses to marry her as he was already married but she compels him. When Priya meets Uma, she offers her one crore rupees in exchange for marrying Balu. Uma immediately agrees and she starts forcing Balu for remarriage. Finally, Balu agrees with heavy heart as Uma threatens to commit suicide. Soon, Balu also starts falling in love with Priya. Uma slowly realizes her mistake and wants to get Balu back. The rest of the story is what happen to Balu, Uma and Priya.
சிதம்பர ரகசியம் சிதம்பர ரகசியம் (1985) Character: CID Beemarao
Chidambara Rahasiyam revolves around a simpleton Chidambaram, who is framed for murder. Here enters CID Beemarao who teams up with the local police and Arun to find the real culprits.
பெண்மணி அவள் கண்மணி பெண்மணி அவள் கண்மணி (1988) Character: Radio Mama
Parandhaman and his family are forced to shift to another house due to his father's habit of interfering in the neighbours' affairs. His father tries to solve people's problems by staging events.
டௌரி கல்யாணம் டௌரி கல்யாணம் (1983) Character: Ganeshan
Friends Ganeshan and Ethiraj have a falling out due to a misunderstanding. However, when Ganeshan is close to losing all his wealth due to his sister's marriage, he is forced to reach out to Ethiraj.
எல்லாம் அவன் செயல் எல்லாம் அவன் செயல் (2008) Character: N/A
A lawyer, who defends criminals, wages vigilante justice against them in private. The movie deals with the murder of a girl who was ragged and brutally murdered by her classmates. The lawyer, through his own investigation arrives at the fact that she was brutally raped by college authorities and framed the students as culprits.
Thithikudhe Thithikudhe (2003) Character: N/A
Chinnu and Anuradha, two childhood friends who are in love with each other, are seperated at an early age. Years later, fate brings them together in an unexpected way.
மணல் கயிறு மணல் கயிறு (1982) Character: Naradar Naidu
A man refuses to get married until he finds a woman who can fulfil his eight conditions. His uncle lies to him and gets him married to a woman, but she fails to meet his expectations.
தில்லு முல்லு தில்லு முல்லு (1981) Character: N/A
Chandran lies to his boss that his mother is unwell to get a leave but gets caught. In order to save his job, he is forced to pretend to his boss that he has a good-for-nothing twin brother.
அலெக்ஸ் பாண்டியன் அலெக்ஸ் பாண்டியன் (2013) Character: Chief Minister
Alex Pandian (Tamil: அலெக்ஸ் பாண்டியன்) is a Tamil action-masala film directed by Suraj that features Karthi and Anushka Shetty in the lead roles, while Santhanam plays a pivotal supporting role. Devi Sri Prasad composed the music. The film will also be dubbed and simultaneously released in Telugu as Bad Boy.
மாயாபஜார் மாயாபஜார் (1995) Character: Vishwanathan
Suji is the only daughter of billionaire Vishwanathan who plays unsuspecting pranks on everyone and one such prank she does by conducting an interview for choosing personal secretary for her father in which she chooses Ram as the secretary. Vishwanathan's friend Moorthy, manager and Swarna wants to takeover the whole property of Vishwanathan so Moorthy set up a person Raja to get married to Suji. However Suji gets married to Ram. Vishwanathan suddenly dies of heart attack and Suji who goes to Ooty gets killed by Ram and Moorthy. Suji becomes a ghost and decides to take revenge. Suji witnesses Mayamma, a look-alike who works a fake exorcist and asks her to act as herself. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.
Nallavanukku Nallavan Nallavanukku Nallavan (1984) Character: N/A
Manickam, a youngster, gets reformed by Gangadharan, a kind man, who eventually appoints him in charge of his business. Irked by his father's actions, Gangadharan's son seeks revenge against Manickam.
மணல் கயிறு 2 மணல் கயிறு 2 (2016) Character: N/A
A doting father gives his nod to his daughter’s conditions for marriage and the confusions and struggle which the family faces following that…
மெல்லத் திறந்தது கதவு மெல்லத் திறந்தது கதவு (1986) Character: Tulasi's Father
A village girl loves her distant cousin, but he loves someone else and rejects her marriage proposal. When an accident kills the girl he loves, he is forced to reconsider his decision.
ஊமை விழிகள் ஊமை விழிகள் (1986) Character: Rathnasabapathy
P R K, who is on a killing spree, is aided by a local politician and a nefarious doctor. However, a policeman and a committed journalist join hands to nab him.
மிஸ்டர் பாரத் மிஸ்டர் பாரத் (1986) Character: Kumaresa Gounder
Businessman Gopinath abandons Shanti, his first love, to marry a rich heiress. Later, Bharath, Gopinath and Shanti's illegitimate son, seeks revenge from him for the injustice meted out to his mother.
சம்சாரம் அது மின்சாரம் சம்சாரம் அது மின்சாரம் (1986) Character: Ammaiyappan Mudaliar
Ammaiyappan Mudaliar fulfils every need of his four children. However, when the eldest son fights with him and leaves the house, Uma, the daughter-in-law, tries to solve their issues.
மிடில் கிளாஸ் மாதவன் மிடில் கிளாஸ் மாதவன் (2001) Character: Madhavan's boss
Madhavan, a lawyer and the breadwinner of his family, finds it difficult to enjoy his married life due to his family's issues.
வீடு மனைவி மக்கள் வீடு மனைவி மக்கள் (1988) Character: N/A
A middle-class family struggles to survive in an extremely demanding society and earn enough to live a comfortable life.
அருணாச்சலம் அருணாச்சலம் (1997) Character: Rangachari
Arunachalam, the son of a prominent village elder, discovers the truth about his past.



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