Mani Ratnam's most iconic films to rewatch on his birthday

Dhwani Desai

June 2, 2023

Ponniyin Selvan: I & II (2022 & 2023)

Mani Ratnam's most recent work is about the rise of the Chola dynasty

Raavan (2010)

The retelling of the Ramayana is one of the ace filmmaker's most underrated films

Guru (2007)

The film is inspired by the life of the late industrialist Dhirubhai Ambani

Dil Se.. (1998)

The story of the film revolves around a journalist who falls for a mysterious woman

Iruvar (1997)

The political drama is inspired by the lives of M Karunanidhi, MGR, and J Jayalalithaa

Bombay (1995)

The film is an inter-religious love story set against the backdrop of the Mumbai riots

Roja (1992)

The film is about the lengths to which a woman goes to find her husband, who is kidnapped by militants in Jammu and Kashmir

Nayakan (1987)

The gangster drama is about what happens after a boy witnesses his father being murdered