Mathivanan Rajendran

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Mathivanan Rajendran
Mathivanan at the 2020 International Film Festival Rotterdam
Born	Pudukkottai, India
Alma mater	Virginia Tech
Occupations	Film producer Actor Stage Director
Years active	2011-present
Website	http://www.strayfactory.com

Mathivanan Rajendran (born 12 January) is an Indian actor and film producer.

Career

He produces films under his production company, Stray Factory which produces independent Indian films. Most recent productions include Nirvana Inn (2019) and Nasir (2020).^[1]

Nirvana Inn premiered at the Busan International Film Festival in 2019 and Nasir premiered at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam 2020 winning the NETPAC award at the festival.^[2]

He is also the co-founder of Rascalas an online platform for South Indian content.^[3] In 2016 he produced one of South India's first web series Black Sheep.^[4] His plays have been performed at festivals across the globe including National Arts Festival and Hollywood Fringe Festival.

In 2022, he was named as a BAFTA Breakthrough Talent from India.^[5]

Filmography

As producer

Year	Title	Language	Director	Notes
2016	Black Sheep	English/Tamil	Naveen Kumar	Web Series
2016	Stray Stories	English/Tamil	Kiran Naig	Web Series
2019	Nirvana Inn	Hindi	Vijay Jayapal	Selection Asian Project Market 2018 Winner Asian Cinema Fund 2019 24th Busan International Film Festival 2019
2020	Nasir	Tamil	Arun Karthick	Selection NFDC Film Bazaar Co-production Market 2017 Hubert Bals Script & Development Fund HBF + NFF Coproduction Grant Winner NETPAC Award International Film Festival of Rotterdam
2020	B.Selvi & Daughters	Tamil	Drishya
2020	Freddies Piano	English	Aakash
2020	The Tremor	Tamil	Balaji Vembu Chelli	Festival du nouveau cinéma
2022	Aasaimugam	Tamil	Arun Karthick

As actor

Year	Film	Role	Language
2011	Mayakkam Enna	Shankar	Tamil
2016	Sawaari	Mathi	Tamil
2018	Andhra Mess	Ritchie	Tamil
2019	Freddies Piano		English
2020	The Discreet Charm of the Savarnas		English

As voice actor

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2013	Vishwaroopam	Deepak Chatterjee	Tamil

References

^ Ge, Krupa (23 October 2019). "Mathivanan Rajendran On How Adil Hussain Starrer 'Nirvana Inn' Raised Funds Without Compromising On The Maker's Vision". Silverscreen.in. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
^ "Rotterdam Film Festival 2020 winners revealed". Screen. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
^ "Meet, drink, make merry at the community table - The Hindu". The Hindu. 30 May 2016.
^ "Rascalas' new web series Black Sheep offers a slice-of-life urban story - The Hindu". The Hindu. 23 June 2016.
^ "Mathivanan Rajendran | Producer". www.bafta.org. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.

External links

Mathivanan Rajendran at IMDb

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