The name spells magic nowadays. You immediately associate it to his films, technically brilliant, excellent music, a tremendous script based on stories which are very close to reality (Nayagan, Roja, Bombay and Iruvar). So folks, here is Mani Ratnam for you. He has revolutionised the Tamil Film Industry with technically strong films that are beautifully photographed with well picturised songs. Every frame in a Mani Ratnam film is perfectly composed and beautifully backlit even if this style involves total violation of tonal, focal and colour continuity. Probably he is the only person who has become a director without ever working as an assistant director! The string of successes made Mani Ratnam a hero and the audience was lapping it all up!. He believes a director has to be fully involved in the production right up to the eleventh hour arrangements including design of posters and works in all the areas of his films.

Out of the film's directed by Mani Ratnam in regional languages, the following were remade in Hindi other languages:

• Mouna Ragam was remade in Hindi as Kasak and in Kannada.

• Nayagan was remade in Hindi as; Dayavan by Director Feroz Khan and was also dubbed as Velu Nayagan.

• Agni Nakshatiram was remade in Hindi as; Vansh by Director Pappu Varma, and now being remade in Kannada too.

• Geetanjali was remade in Hindi as; Yaad Rakhegi Duniya by Director Deepak Anand.

• Alai Payuthey was remade in Hindi as; Saathiya by Director Shaad Ali (Mani Ratnam's assistant).

Most of his other films were dubbed in Telugu and Hindi. Some of the other movies produced by Mani Ratnam are: Some were produced in the name, AALAYAM PRODUCTIONS and the rest in the name, MADRAS TALKIES.