Arunasalam Murugadoss, commonly known with his stage name initials AR Murugadoss, is an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He’s best known for his action Tamil films and Telugu films and for remaking them in Hindi cinema. This includes the Suriya-starrer Ghajini (2005) and its Hindi remake Ghajini (2008) starring Aamir Khan, along with the Vijay-starrer Thuppakki (2012) and its Hindi remake Holiday (2014) starring Akshay Kumar. His 2002 Tamil film Ramanaa was remade in Hindi by director Krish as Gabbar Is Back (2015) starring Akshay Kumar as well. Murugadoss won the Filmfare Award for Best Director for his 2014 Tamil action-drama film Kaththi.
