Lokesh Kanagaraj

Lokesh Kanagaraj ( born 14 March 1986) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Tamil films. He started his career with a short film in the 2016 anthology Aviyal. He later directed his first feature film Maanagaram (2017). He created the Lokesh Cinematic Universe franchise owing to the commercial success of Kaithi (2019), making it the franchise's first installment. He directed Master (2021) featuring Vijay which emerged a commercial success followed by Vikram (2022) as the second installment in his LCU, with Kamal Haasan in the lead role, which emerged as one of the highest grossing Indian films. And then he worked on Leo (2023), a commercially successful project collaborating with Vijay again and serving it as the third installment in the Lokesh Cinematic Universe franchise.