Born on 2 June 1956 into a Tamil Iyer family in Madurai, Mani Ratnam grew up in a household linked to film distribution and production, yet he only began watching movies during his school years. After completing a commerce degree and an MBA in finance, he worked as a management consultant before entering cinema with the 1983 Kannada project Pallavi Anu Pallavi. Early setbacks in Telugu and Malayal…
