Full Name Thangaraj Years active 1990–present | Name Thangar Bachan Role Film director | |
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Born 1962 (age 60), Pathirakottai, Tamil Nadu, India Movies Similar People Shanthanu Bhagyaraj, Agathiyan, R Parthiepan, Iniya, Sathyaraj |
Khushboo thinks tamils are fools insensitive thangar bachan
Thangar Bachan (born 1962) is an Indian film director and actor, Cinematographer and novelist. He was born in Pathrakottai, a village near Panruti.
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- Khushboo thinks tamils are fools insensitive thangar bachan
- Director thangar bachan music director bharathwaj in star junction 19 10 2014
- Early life
- Career
- Controversy
- As Cinematographer only
- Awards
- References

Director thangar bachan music director bharathwaj in star junction 19 10 2014
Early life
Thankar Bachan was born in Pathirakottai, a village near Panruti.
Career

Thankar Bachan was known for his contribution in portraying North Tamil Nadu villages which was not depicted in Tamil cinema properly.His story plots were set mostly at Panruti and surrounding villages. After Bharathiraja villages were best portrayed in Thangar Bachan movies. Bharathiraja himself declared that after him Bachan directs the best village films.
Controversy

Thankar Bachan has often faced criticism for his public speeches and notably had to face the wrath of actresses including Khushboo for saying that "women who acted mainly for money are akin to prostitutes". He later had to apologise. During the audio launch of Aridhu Aridhu, Thangar Bachan criticised some of the filmmakers in Kollywood for unnecessarily wasting more money on songs at foreign locations and technical extravaganzas in films that blatantly lacks a good concept.