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Mani Ratnam was born on 2 June 1956 in a Tamil Iyer family in Madurai, Tamil Nadu as the second child of a family that was closely associated with film production. [4][5][6] His father, S. Gopalaratnam, was a film distributor who worked for Venus Pictures, [7] while his uncle, "Venus" Krishnamurthy, was a film producer. His elder brother G. Venkateswaran (died 2003) would go on to produce some of his films. [7][8][9] His younger brother G. Srinivasan (died 2007), like G. Venkateswaran, would ... Some Lesser Known Facts About Mani Ratnam Does Mani Ratnam Smoke?: No Does Mani Ratna drinks Alcohol?: No Mani Ratnam had his alma mater from one of the prominent B-schools of India. He has completed his MBA (finance) from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), which is ranked among top 10 B-shools in India. India’s most exquisite filmmaker once said in his interview that during his childhood he was not allowed to watch movies and it was a ‘taboo’ in his parent’s ... A common man's struggles against a corrupt police force put him on the wrong side of the law. He becomes a don, who is loved and respected by many, but his growing power and influence exact a heavy toll. In an interview, Malayalam screenwriter Dennis Joseph recalled his collaboration with Mani Ratnam on the film Anjali and how he eventually had to leave the project midway.