Gopalaratnam Subramaniam, known professionally as Mani Ratnam, is an Indian film director, film producer and screenwriter who predominantly works in Tamil cinema and a few Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. From Wikipedia
Reuniting Kamal Haasan with Mani Ratnam after 38 years, the action film is now barred in Karnataka over the star’s remarks on the Kannada language.
