What is Hari (director)?
{{Infobox person | name = Harikrishnan | image = Director Hari 62nd Filmfare Awards South.jpg | caption = Hari at the 62nd Filmfare South Awards | birth_name = Harikrishnan | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|12|26|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Thoothukudi]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]] | death_place = | occupation = Movie director | spouse = [[Preetha Vijayakumar (Indian actress)|Preetha Vijayakumar]] | parents = | website = | imagesize = | othername = | yearsactive = 2002–present | children = 3 }} '''Hari''' (born 26 December 1968) is an Indian movie director, best known for his [[action movie|action]]-[[masala film|masala]] in [[Tamil cinema]]. He made his directional debut in the movie ''[[Thamizh (movie)|Thamizh]]'' (2002).After this breakthrough, he gave many commercial success movies such as ''[[Saamy (Tamil movie)|Saamy]]'' (2003), ''[[Kovil (Tamil movie)|Kovil]]'' (2004), ''[[Ayya (Tamil movie)|Ayya]]'' (2005), ''[[Thaamirabharani (Tamil movie)|Thaamirabharani]]'' (2007), ''[[Vel (2007 movie)|Vel]]'' (2007) and ''[[Singam (Tamil movie)|Singam]]'' (2010) movie. He has directed 15 movies. ==Background== Hari was born in the [[Thoothukudi District]] of Tamil Nadu, India. His father, Gopal, is a vessels merchant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/interviews/2003/june/06-06-03.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030804133445/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/interviews/2003/june/06-06-03.htm |archive-date=4 August 2003 |title=06-06-03 |date=4 August 2003 |access-date=10 March 2014}}</ref> Later, his family moved to Chennai, where Hari graduated with a degree in Commerce. ==Career== Hari first joined as an assistant, gaining experience by working with various directors; [[K. Natraj]] in '' [[Valli (film)|Valli]]'', Nassar in ''Avatharam'' and Alex Pandian. Later, he assisted [[K. Balachander]] in his film ''Kalki'' and worked as an associate director with [[Saran (director)|Saran]] in the films