Atlee Kumar, is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer working predominantly in Tamil cinema, born on September 21, 1986, in Thiruparankundram, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. Atlee started his career working as an assistant director to S. Shankar (Enthiran). He made his debut as a director with ‘Raja Rani’, a romantic comedy, in 2013, winning a Vijay Award for Best Debut Director. Atlee’s next was ‘Their’ in 2016, which became the second highest-grossing Tamil film of 2016. It starred Vijay and Samantha Ruth Prabhu in an emotional action thriller. In 2017, he directed another action thriller with Vijay, ‘Mersal’. The film was internationally successful. In 2019, he directed a sports action drama called ‘Bigil’, starring Vijay and Nayanthara and music by A.R. Rahman. The film was one of the highest-grossing Tamil films ever and the highest of 2019. In 2023, Atlee made his debut directing and co-writing in Bollywood with ‘Jawan’, starring Shah Rukh Khan in a dual role, and Vijay Sethupathi. The became the highest-grossing Hindi film of 2023. Atlee and his wife, Priya, stated a production house in 2017 named A for Apple Productions.Happy Birthday to Tanuja Mukherjee known simply as Tanuja, Indian actress, born on September 23, 1943, in Bombay, British India.