What is J. Mahendran?
[[File:J Mahendran at Veena S Balachander Felicitation.jpg|thumb|250px|Mahendran in April 2016]] '''J. Mahendran''' ({{Lang-ta|ஜே. மகேந்திரன்}}; 25 July 1939 – 2 April 2019) was an [[India]]n [[movie director]], [[screenwriter]] and actor. He was active in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] [[cinema]]. He was best known directing and writing the movies ''[[Mullum Malarum]]'' (1978), ''[[Uthiripookkal]]'' (1979) and ''[[Nenjathai Killathe]]'' (1980). ''Nenjathai Killathe'' won the 1980 [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil]]. Mahendran was born in [[Ilaiyangudi]], [[Madras Presidency]]. His son, [[John Mahendran]], is a movie director and screenwriter in Tamil and [[Telugu]] cinema. Mahendran died on 2 April 2019, at the age of 79.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/j-mahendran-reluctant-filmmaker-what-man-who-gave-us-rajinikanth-was-99339|title=J Mahendran, the reluctant filmmaker: What the man who gave us Rajinikanth was like|work=The News Minute|date=2 April 2019|access-date=2 April 2019|author=Muralidharan, Kavitha}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|0536820}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mahendran, J.}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Indian movie actors]] [[Category:Indian movie directors]] [[Category:Indian writers]] [[Category:Actors from Tamil Nadu]] [[Category:Tamil actors]] [[Category:Tamil directors]] {{Actor-stub}}