Lokesh Kanagaraj

Biography

Lokesh Kanagaraj is an Indian film director who primarily works in Tamil cinema. He began his career in cinema by directing one of the four segments in the anthology film Aviyal (2016). Over time , Lokesh has carved a niche for himself in Indian cinema through a string of extremely successful action and crime thrillers including Maanagaram (2017), Kaithi (2019), Master (2021) , Vikram (2022) and Leo (2023). Lokesh's films are oriented around the hyperlink crime cinema subgenre where most of the story takes place during nighttime, with Lokesh citing Quentin Tarantino as a major inspiration for his style of filmmaking. His films are known for depicting the dark underbelly of metropolitan cities through multiple grey characters, with the nexus between the police force and organized crime syndicates being a key feature. Lokesh is also credited with the creation of LCU (Lokesh Cinematic Universe) where his films Kaithi (2019), Vikram (2022), and Leo (2023) share interrelated subplots, themes and characters.

Known For

Acting

2024

Singapore Saloon

as

Reality Show Special Guest

2021

Master

as

Prisoner

Jana Nayagan

as

DC

as

Devadas

Production

Benz

as

Mr. Bhaarath

as

29

as

Crew

2023

Michael

as

Directing

2023

Leo

as

Rolex

as

Dilli

as

Chapter Zero

as

2016

Aviyal

as

2017

Maanagaram

as

2025

Coolie

as

2019

Kaithi

as

2021

Master

as

2022

Vikram

as

Vikram 2

as

AA23

as