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Vetrimaaran

Vetrimaaran stands as a towering figure in the of Indian cinema, celebrated for his multifaceted contributions as a film director, producer, and screenwriter, primarily within the vibrant tapestry of Tamil cinema. As of 2021, his illustrious career has been adorned with accolades, boasting five National Film Awards, eight Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards, and two Filmfare South Awards.

Born in 1975 in the culturally rich city of Cuddalore, Vetrimaaran inherited a legacy of academia. His father, Dr. V. Chitravel, a distinguished veterinary scientist, and his mother, Megala Chitravel, a respected novelist, provided the backdrop for his early years. The seeds of his cinematic journey were sown during his tenure at Loyola College, where a course on television presentation ignited his passion for the art of filmmaking.

The pivotal juncture in Vetrimaaran’s career came through his association with veteran filmmaker Balu Mahendra. Serving as one of Mahendra’s lead assistants, Vetrimaaran gleaned invaluable insights into the nuances of filmmaking. Faced with the perennial dilemma of choosing between academia and the allure of cinema, Vetrimaaran chose the latter, forsaking his academic pursuits at Loyola to chart a course into the world of films.

His directorial debut, “Polladhavan” in 2007, was a cinematic endeavor inspired by the quest for a lost bike. The film garnered acclaim, with Vetrimaaran’s directorial style drawing favorable comparisons to Balu Mahendra’s illustrious approach. The subsequent venture, “Aadukalam” (2011), delved into the intense world of cockfighting in Madurai and earned Vetrimaaran six National Film Awards, solidifying his status as a formidable directorial force.

In an expansion of his cinematic footprint, Vetrimaaran founded the Grass Root Film Company, a production house that would serve as a vehicle for his creative endeavors. “Visaranai” (2015), a film exploring the brutal hardships faced by Tamil laborers at the hands of the police, emerged as India’s official entry to the Academy Awards, shedding light on societal injustices.

The ensuing years witnessed Vetrimaaran’s continued ascendancy. Collaborations with actor Dhanush in films such as “Vada Chennai” (2018) and “Asuran” (2019) not only garnered critical acclaim but also tasted success at the box office. “Vada Chennai,” in particular, distinguished itself by portraying the narrative of a skilled carrom player ensnared in a gripping gang war. In his role as a producer, Vetrimaaran championed several noteworthy films, including “Poriyaalan” (2014) and the critically acclaimed “Kaaka Muttai” (2015). Both his directorial ventures and productions consistently received accolades, establishing him as a revered figure within the film industry.

Vetrimaaran’s creative prowess extended to the anthology “Paava Kadhaigal” (2020), where his segment, “Oor Iravu,” delved into the sensitive issue of honor killings. The segment, marked by its powerful storytelling and deft direction, earned acclaim from audiences and critics alike.

Throughout his illustrious career, Vetrimaaran’s films have been a canvas for exploring diverse themes, seamlessly blending realism with commercial elements. His ability to capture the essence of societal issues and present them cinematically has bestowed upon him the status of one of the preeminent directors in the panorama of Indian cinema.

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Name	Vetrimaaran
Also Known as	Vetrimaaran
Date of Birth	04/09/1975
Current Residence	Chennai
Religion	Hindhu
Nationality	Indian
Hobbies	reading, writing
Father	Dr. V. Chitravel
Mother	Megala Chitravel
Spouse	Aarthi
Children	Poonthendral, Kathiravan
Educational Qualification	Graduation
College (s)	Loyola College

Debut Movies
Language	Movie Name
Tamil	Polladhavan

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Awards List
Year	Award	Category	Movie Name
2007	Vijay Award for Best Director		Polladhavan
2011	National Film Award for Best Director		Aadukalam
2011	National Film Award for Best Screenplay		Aadukalam
2011	Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Director		Aadukalam
2019	National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil		Asuran
2016	National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil		Visaranai
2015	National Film Award for Best Children's Film		Kaaka Muttai

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Tamil filmmaker Vetrimaaran belongs to one of those breeds of director whose tight scripts, apt casting, and realistic treatment of storyline has made fundamental changes to the very nature of mainstream filmmaking. His films are made for a multi-cultural audience and backed by the strength of their storytelling and sculpted dialogue, which has reinvigorated the art of popular cinema with a breath of fresh air.

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Each of the films is imbued with a powerful, coherent aesthetic that guides viewers through a dark matrix. At its best, it augments a captivating narrative and sinks viewers into a world of social realism of rural Tamil Nadu. Even urban reality is being depicted showcasing more fallible and life-like characters. The cinema of the carnivalesque with its larger-than-life characters, melodramatic orientation and highly romanticized canvas is something that does not whet his appetite for creativity.

With a filmography of five features and one short film as a director, he has earned his reputation as the most one of the most accessible filmmakers of the last decade. His style involves artistically thriving with a soothing pace lending itself to an atmospheric work filled with oneiric undertones. Some viewers may find his films brutal and gut wrenching as it gets; yet, despite its ruthless depiction, it’s also surprisingly heartwarming.

5. Polladhavan (2007)

Vetrimaaran’s debut feature film opens up with a gruesome and brutal fighting sequence and then using the device of flashback, the filmmaker takes us into the dynamic world of contemporary Chennai, where an educated young man, Prabhu ( Dhanush ) fight injustice and in the process is forced to unleash the animal within him.

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The protagonist of the film is an uneducated youth who due to turn of events confronts his father (Murali) and an argument regarding the responsibilities of parents towards their offspring ensues. As a result of this conflict, Prabhu gets a hefty amount from his father and he uses the money to purchase a Bajaj Pulsar bike. This appears to be a wise investment because owning the vehicle enables him to get a job and earn respect in society. But the situation takes a drastic turn when a gang of anti-socials steals his bike. Thereafter the film presents the viewers with the transformation of resilience into power and its hold over the life of an individual’s struggle to maintain his position in the harsh reality of everyday life.

The plot of the film has similarities with Wang Xiaoshuai’s Bejing Bicycle (2001). But the well worked out mise-en-scenes of Polladhavan makes it an entertaining tale of a casual urban carefree person’s conversion into a person of genuine worth and true dignity. Polladhavan was remade in Kannada as Punda, in Telugu as Kurradu starring Varun Sandesh, in Sinhala as Pravegeya, in Bengali as Borbaad (2014) and in Hindi as Guns of Banaras (2020). But none of them could achieve the excellence earned by the original version.

4. Visaranai (2016)

Based on the Tamil novel Lock Up by M. Chandrakumar, Vetrimaaran’s third outing in its first half has such brutal scenes of police torture that one could genuinely feel the bestial act of police torture. The viewers are compelled to cringe as well as empathize with the plight of four helpless souls. The narrative of the film can be divided into two sections-before and after the intermission. Four migrant workers are falsely accused in a burglary case that has taken place at a rich and affluent man’s bungalow. The police beat these four characters in black and blue and want them to confess. Not able to withstand the pain they agree to accept the charges. Once they are produced in the court the narrative of the film takes a twist and the viewers are presented with one shocking surprise after the other.

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The filmmaker displays superb craftsmanship and commitment to an engaging dramatic tale that ends in a tragedy. The film subtly depicts that the characters in the film become a victim because of the system that protected the criminal over the accuser. It is a deeply troubling film that is devoid of cathartic and healing moments. Vetrimaaran does not feel hesitant in constructing the brutal scene with ease and he is neither afraid to carve out its own unique style.

The film had its world premiere at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Amnesty International Italia Award. Back home it had won three National Film Awards- Best Feature Film in Tamil, Best Supporting Actor and Best Editing.

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3. asuran (2019).

What becomes the last resort for a farmer who goes on the run with his family as he is compelled to protect his son, who has murdered a wealthy upper-caste landlord in a fit of vengeance? The reply should be to fight with the oppressing forces and reclaim his identity. That is exactly what Sivasaami (Dhanush) does to break away from the uncomfortable social status he has inherited. Based on the novel Vekkai by Poomani, Vetrimaaran’s screen adaptation is so watertight that every occurrence in the screenplay feels alluring.

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With Asuran Vetrimaaran continues his excellent cinematic flair as a director enhancing his commendable grasp on the tropes of mainstream cinema. The film also benefits from technical polish – the cinematography, background score and editing are all top-notch. Asuran too has gut-wrenching violence and prepares the viewer for the edge-of-seat tension. The narrative follows a rhythm where the plot is revealed without wasting much of the screen time. The film belongs to the genre of revenge saga told from the perspective of a lower caste protagonist.

It’s one of those mainstream films that fulfill a social purpose, for it’s hard to imagine anyone viewing Asuran and not abhorring the evil practice of casteism in our country and how it voluntarily degrade human values and status. At the Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards, 2020, Vetrimaaran won the award for best director. The film had won two National Film Awards- Best Feature Film in Tamil and Best Actor.

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A tale of criminal activities narrated in a non-linear pattern over the span of more than a decade is the perfect recipe for a crime sage. Vetrimaaran’s narrative takes the viewers on a journey that lasts for nearly a hundred and sixty-four hours and introduces them to the world of guilt, regret and vital decisions leading to loyalty turned into betrayal. The protagonist of the film Anbu (Dhanush) is an expert carrom player but his life gets entwined into the world of crime. He gets pulled into the vortex so deeply that penitence alludes to him after a point in time.

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With a multiple cast the story of the film is set in the underbellies of North Chennai as the title of the film implies and the theme of the film is more nuanced than the conventional black-and-white morality tales where evil is punished by good at the end. The film blatantly showcases the graphic world of crime and violence, investigates the nature of friendship, the ethics of vigilantism, and the nature of unhappiness. Vetrimaaran delves deeply into the minds of his tortured characters and explores how the men and women he depicts grapple with moral codes and their emotions.

He further engages with many of the most basic questions about our humanity and how we relate to one another in a complex world. The stylistic elements in the film earn comparisons, bearing marked connections to several of Vetrimaaran’s other films. The film won the Best Film (People’s Choice Award) at the Pingyao International Film Festival, 2018. At the Filmfare Awards South, Dhanush won the trophy for the Best Actor.

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As the roosters combat in the arena with each other, it becomes a fight of the egos of the individuals who own the fowl. So, when Karuppu’s rooster emerges victorious he not only earns a lot of money but also the enmity of his boss Periyasamy (V. I. S. Jayapalan) and Rathnasamy (Naren). And from then onwards the life of our protagonist will be filled with one hurdle after the other as the tale of loyalty, self-esteem, deception, and honor unfolds.

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In his sophomore, Vetrimaaran presents a varied cultural pattern of rural Tamil Nadu and uses realism, tradition, and contemporaneity, soaked in local flavor within the narrative structure of his tightly structured screenplay. The conflicts introduced within the plot points create tension by employing smart conventions that are able to sustain the viewer’s anticipation. The editing pattern of the film creates a commendable pace and multi-layered visual design that heightens the impact of the film. Though the filmmaker has openly admitted that he was inspired by the dogfighting scene of Amores Perros (2000), Vetrimaaran has infused his own style and poise within the film, which is anything by blatant copy.

Despite having strong content and potential for box-office success, filmmakers from another region could not dare to remake the film until now. The reason being the milieu of the film is so rooted in the soil of Tamil Nadu and that makes it the best film in the oeuvre of Vetrimaaran’s impressive career. At the 58th National Film Awards, the film won five awards-Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Choreography and Special Jury Award for Acting.

Special Mention: Oor Iravu (2020)

Oor Iravu is a part of the Tamil anthology drama Paava Kadhaigal (2020). Owing to its shorter running time, I have included it in the category of special mention. On the surface level of its narrative, the film depicts the tale of a daughter Sumathi (Sai Pallavi) who had eloped from her village and now she has reunited with her father Janakiraman (Prakash Raj). But as the story of the film moves forward we discover the sensitivity and intricacies of the complex human psyche of individual characters within the film.

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Vetrimaaran treated the film with a style that is bold and innovative with the choice of a subject in which the form and content merge into one. The pacing is not fast like his other films rather it is a slow study of how Sumathi’s drastic decision had impacted the lives of various members of his family. Vetrimaaran did not deviate from his usual style of narrative exploration but he has brought an understated rhythm to the unfolding of the events.

There is a kind of freshness in his approach and courage displayed in choosing to build a film around the brutal concept of associating the honor of the family with the sanctity of a woman. The film ends on a depressing note as we realize that such evil things are a reality and will continue to happen unless and until the evils of casteism are not obliterated from our society.

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Dipankar Sarkar is a freelance writer on various topics related to cinema. His articles have appeared in Scroll, The Hindu, Livemint, The Quint, The Tribune, Chandigarh, Upperstall, and vaguevisages.com amongst others.

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Vetrimaaran: ‘More than Oscar, making others accept our local mainstream films is real development’

Vetrimaaran explains why south indian film industries are creating pan-indian content while other industries are failing to catch up..

Vetrimaaran was part of the second edition of the CII Daksin Summit, the largest media and entertainment summit in South India. The National Award-winning director spoke about the reason why South Indian films are transcending borders. “They say art doesn’t need language and border, but art has its own language and culture,” he began.

The Polladavan director cited the pandemic and the lockdown as the reason for the shift in the way people started consuming films. “We have been talking about the so-called Pan-Indian film; the films that are made for a wider audience. But what I really respect about the films that became nationwide success is that they were not made to appease or manipulate the larger audiences who are beyond the place of origin of the films. Be it KGF or RRR or Kantara… if it is a Kannada film, it was not made with a Kannada hero, Tamil comedian, and a father or mother from the North.”

He added, “Earlier, there was a generic approach in films like if there’s a wedding, it was very generic so it can be relatable to all kinds of audience. However, now, these filmmakers are making films for their audience, about their culture, and in their style. That’s why it becomes a hit universally. We should tell our stories, but emotions become universal. Earlier, we tried to tell larger stories and universal themes, which we failed in a way. In these recent years, that’s the change that has come out.”

“More than getting an Oscar, I think taking our mainstream films that are made for our people… taking those films and making it a success across the world is the real development and evolution. South Indian films have created an impact in terms of revenue generation because we are telling our stories, for our people, with our people. Other industries are not able to do that because they are trying to cater to everybody,” he said.

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Director Vetrimaran Wiki, Biography, Age, Gallery, Spouse and more By Parthiban, Ram Krish S, Sarath

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Name
Real Name	Vetrimaran
Name	Vetrimaran
Career
Major Profession	Director
Other Professions	Director, Producer, Story Writer, Screenplay Writer
Debut	Polladhavan
Height & Weight
Height (in centimeters)	170 cm, 1.7 m, 5 ft 6 inch
Weight (in kilograms)	68 kg
Personal Details
DOB	4th September, 1975
Age	48
Native Place	Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu
Current Place	Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Nationality	Indian
Religion	Hindu
Hobbies	Reading
Relationship Status	Married
Horoscope / Zodiac / Sun Sign	Virgo
Education Details
Education	Graduate
College	Loyala College, Chennai.
Family
Parents	: Dr. V. Chitravel : Megala Chitravel
Siblings	Unknown
Spouse	Aarthi Vetrimaaran
Children	2
Awards
Vijay Award for Best Director in 2007 - Polladhavan National Film Award for Best Director in 2011 - Aadukalam National Film Award for Best Screenplay in 2011 - Aadukalam Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Director in 2011 - Aadukalam SIIMA Award for Best Director in 2011 - Aadukalam Vijay Award for Best Director in 2011 - Aadukalam National Film Award for Best Children's Film in 2015 - Kaaka Muttai Filmfare Award for Best Film - Tamil in 2015 - Kaaka Muttai Edison Award for Best Producer in 2015 - Kaaka Muttai National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil in 2016 - Visaranai Vikatan Award for Best Director in 2016 - Visaranai.
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Why Vetrimaaran is the most interesting director in Tamil films today

Vetrimaaran is arguably among the most interesting filmmaker working in the tamil film industry. here’s documenting his rise and what it takes to be a talent like him..

His production house’s name, Grass Root Film Company, is a clear pointer to Vetrimaaran’s worldview. This Deepavali’s biggest release in Tamil Nadu is, arguably, Kodi (Flag), a political thriller he has produced that stars Dhanush in his first double role, as twin brothers. The twins may be identical but their natures are mutually exclusive. Refreshingly, Kodi casts Trisha as a feisty woman politico, giving Dhanush’s eponymous hero a run for his money.

“For a hero movie, it’s pretty decently written,” pronounces Baradwaj Rangan, film critic and associate editor at The Hindu. “There’s a conflict, there are surprises and even within a commercial film, it’s properly written and directed. It’s not some random moments strung together to get people whistling.”

The film’s premise is how politics and political interests shape communities and the quality of their life. In this case, it involves skullduggery surrounding a factory emitting toxic effluents. It could be happening not too far away from our backyards.

At the Oscars

Vetrimaaran himself, however, was conspicuous by his absence during Kodi’s promos. He has a bigger task on hand. Visaaranai (Interrogation), the part-docudrama, part-crime thriller he directed, is India’s official entry to the 89th Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category. So he is in the US persuading jurors take note of his film, which has some truly hairy torture scenes. The last Tamil film that made it to the Oscars was 16 years back: Hey Ram starring Kamal Haasan.

Usually, the choice of any film to represent the country at the Oscars polarises critics, but Visaaranai remains largely unchallenged. Rangan agrees. “Visaaranai was a fantastic film.”

It tells the story of innocent migrant labourers picked up and tortured by the police to extract a false confession for a fatal robbery at an influential man’s house. How the film, shot in 42 days on a Rs 2-crore budget and eventually wining three National Film Awards, got made is interesting. After his Aadukalam in 2011, Vetrimaaran had busied himself with his production ventures, Udhayam NH4, Poriyaalan and Kaaka Muttai. When he was prepared to shoot his next, the script he picked was Soodhadi, a story on gambling, proposing Dhanush in the lead role. However, the actor had to take time off to work in Balki’s Shamitabh, being shot in Mumbai.

Vetrimaaran was mooting a book adaptation when director Balu Mahendra’s assistant serendipitously presented him with Lock Up, a riveting, partly autobiographical book written by M Chandrakumar, a former autorickshaw driver. The book, which took five years to write and another four to publish, narrates his harrowing experience while in jail in (then) Andhra Pradesh.

“When I pitched the story to Dhanush, who later produced the film, I said I can only guarantee you a three-day weekend run at the box office. But it’s a low-budget venture; you’ll get your investment back,” Vetrimaaran laughs. “Dhanush was amused, but agreed to fund the project. [I thought] it’s the kind of film that would not bring in repeat audiences. I was proved wrong and it got a good three-week run.”

The author, Chandrakumar, was incarcerated for a fortnight way back in 1983. “Yet his experiences are relevant even today,” points out Vetrimaaran. “Visaaranai reflects a stark reality from which you cannot shut yourself out: that is its success. It was challenging to find the right kind of actors and locations. We employed real stuntmen who could exercise restraint while beating up the actors.”

“What was unique was that there were a lot of first-time actors in the film; that added rawness to it,” says K Hariharan, filmmaker and critic. “Actors like Samuthirakkani and Kishore were entirely on the sidelines. That made it an interesting watch.”

Astutely, the team decided to send it to international film fests right away, confident it would work with foreign audiences. Visaaranai premiered at the Orrizonti section of the 72nd Venice Film Festival, a first for a Tamil film, and won the Amnesty International Italia Award. Crucially, the European audience was exposed to a hitherto unexplored form of Tamil cinema that dealt with grim reality in a non-dramatic but powerful way.

“Europeans have a different policing system. They found my narrative a bit harsh, though they were moved,” explains Vetrimaaran.

A rooted voice

It is Vetrimaaran’s preoccupation with sometimes gritty, sometimes heartwarming reality that makes this 41-year-old one of the best filmmakers of our times.

“The best thing about the regional filmmakers is that they bring in a very ‘native’ feel,” says Rangan. “Like if I watch Nagraj Manjule’s Sairat for instance, I find [elements] that remind me of Vetrimaaran. But that’s more because these filmmakers do these ‘rooted’ things very well. They give you the sense of the atmosphere, the rhythms of life in that particular environment, they take care to bring them alive.”

His critically acclaimed debut venture, Polladhavan (Ruthless Man) in 2007, followed a lower middle-class young man’s search for his stolen bike, an exercise that takes him through the seamy underworld. Four years later came Aadukalam (Arena), a Pongal release that raked in six National Film Awards. The cockfight arena was where love, ego, honour, friendship and betrayal were played out in the rustic backdrop of Madurai.

Says Manimaran, long-time friend and assistant, “Vetri used to like watching cockfights in the neighbourhood in our hometown. So he thought we could develop a story around them.”

There was no doubt about who would play the lead. “I wrote Aadukalam keeping Dhanush in mind,” says Vetrimaaran. “As an actor, he delivers exactly what I need and sometimes more. As a producer, he offers me complete freedom and does not interfere at all. He trusts me completely.”

Rangan explains the Vetrimaaran touch, “There is a world of difference in the way he uses the song and dance elements in Polladhavan and Aadukalam. They have become more organic and rooted; they’re not fantasy elements.”

“I personally prefer Aadukalam to Visaaranai, but it’s like comparing apples and oranges,” says Hariharan. “Aadukalam had a certain kind of warmth and spontaneity. Visaaranai, to me, looked rather staged.”

He explains, “Visaaranai’s [appeal across the world] is that for the first time in Tamil cinema, you see this kind of brute reality without the director taking recourse to a love story or family drama. It’s also interesting that a country like India allowed such a strongly critical film on the system. There’s no doubt that Vetrimaaran is a bold filmmaker.”

Vetrimaaran’s productive chemistry with Dhanush has paid rich dividends. The two went on to produce Kaaka Muttai (Crow’s Egg) in 2015, a subversive film poking fun at what is regarded as cool - pizzas, in this case. This little gem, premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival, tracks two brothers from a Chennai slum dying to taste a pizza. Directed by M Manikandan with wit, not once is the children’s dignity compromised. Their family struggles in a heartless and corrupt city and soon we find ourselves cheering for our little heroes. Kaaka Muttai pocketed two National Film Awards.

“There is a stamp of quality that people have begun to associate with Vetrimaaran, because even the films he produces are pretty decent,” says Rangan, adding that he looks for, and gets, that certain quality.

Vetrimaaran’s genius lies in shining a light on people we would not even glance at in our rat race. His films show us that ordinary people often lead extraordinary lives if only we stop to talk to them.

Smitten by cinema

Born in Cuddalore near Puducherry and raised in Ranipet, a suburban town in Vellore district, two and a half hours from Chennai, Vetrimaaran was smitten by cinema even as a child. His mother, a writer, ran a school in the area, while his father was a veterinarian. Friends remember him as a film buff who watched every movie that came to town.

“He would bunk classes and watch them, each three or four times. Then he would come to the school ground where we used to hang out until 7:30 in the evening and would retell the whole story to us. My friends and I have actually walked out of the theatre at times because the film was nowhere as good as his narration. He still has that quality,” says Manimaran, his assistant.

Vetrimaaran was in his second year of Masters in English Literature in 1999 when the now-deceased filmmaker Balu Mahendra was invited to judge a short film contest at the Loyola College, Chennai. Shortly afterwards, he attended a seminar conducted by the director and was inspired enough to assist him in Julie Ganapathy, Athu Oru Kanaa Kaalam and the television series Kadhai Neram.

Athu Oru Kanaa Kaalam cemented his friendship with the lead actor, Dhanush, whom he describes as his best friend. While still assisting Balu Mahendra, Vetrimaaran pitched the story of Desiya Nedunchalai, and the actor readily agreed to play the lead.

Recalls Manimaran, “Producers were not hard to come by because we had Dhanush. But a few had misgivings about how Vetri would handle the project as a newcomer. So we tossed aside that script, which I later made into Udhayam NH4.”

The initial years proved to be rough. “I was pitching different scripts to different people for three years and it was the sixth producer who okayed Polladhavan,” says Vetrimaaran on his directorial debut.

Adds Manimaran, who assisted him in the project, “After the film was edited, we were really scared to show it to the producer. We kept stalling the screening telling him it may not have come out as he expected. Finally, when he saw it, he was satisfied. We were relieved and gradually grew confident.”

Pushing for excellence

When Manimaran himself forayed into direction with Udhayam NH4 in 2013, Vetrimaaran returned the favour by stepping in as producer under his banner, Grass Root Film Company. As he puts it, “I want my production house to be a platform for good, interesting ideas. I can find a producer for my films, but others, who may be first-time filmmakers, might have innovative scripts that mainstream producers might not understand. Like Kaaka Muttai for instance.

“I produce films in partnership as I may not be able to afford the entire budget. Dhanush ends up co-producing some of them as our tastes are similar. None of my producers ever ask me for the budget. I always make sure it is within their means and I can give the desired returns.”

For someone who has been successful both commercially as critically, Vetrimaaran has directed only three films in nine years. “For me, every film is a learning process. After each, I take time to unlearn. Then I find new content, learn it completely and then execute it.”

Manimaran describes his working process thus, “Many directors make changes to the script on the spot. But Vetrimaaran is different because he pays attention to detail. He puts in a lot of effort, so there may be last-minute adjustments with lighting and locations. Unlike working with other directors, you need to be available 24 hours.”

Outside of work, the father of two, who met his wife Aarthi while at college, likes to race pigeons, pretty much like the characters he portrays. His rootedness has also led him to voice the germ of an idea: setting up an organic farm eventually.

Rangan describes grit as the definitive quality of Vetrimaaran’s films, and praises his skill in animating the atmosphere in terms of the integrity of the characters, the plot, and the texture. “The way he shapes the characters and writes them, you feel that these are not [just] individual people; you get a sense of where they come from, where they belong. [They’re] not just some random characters floating around.”

His fans are already talking about his fourth film, Vada Chennai (North Chennai), an ambitious gangster trilogy he has been planning since 2003. After undergoing several changes of scripts and stars, Dhanush, Vijay Sethupathi, Amala Paul and Samuthirakkani are among those confirmed on the project that is currently under way. Slated for release next year, Vada Chennai is also bound to have the by-now classic Vetrimaaran stamp.

(Published in arrangement with GRIST Media.)

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Vetrimaaran is an Indian Movie Director, Show display Creator, and a Movie Producer who works primarily throughout the Tamil Movie Commerce. As of 2016, Vetrimaaran has obtained 4 Nationwide awards and one film fare award. He made his directional debut by means of the movie “ Polladhavan ” which was critically acclaimed. The movie obtained launched throughout the yr 2007 and since then Vetrimaran has given many good motion pictures for the Kollywood Commerce. Check out beneath for Vetrimaaran Wiki, Biography, Age, Movies, Images and completely different particulars

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Vetrimaran was born at Cuddalore after which moved to Ranipet. He was born on  4 September 1975 to V. Chitravel who’s a Veterinary Doctor and Megala who’s a well-known novelist. He studied at Ranipet until his 10th grade. He then moved to Loyola College in Chennai to pursue a graduation throughout the space of English Literature throughout the yr 1994. Vetrimaran discontinued his Grasp’s diploma to pursue his occupation throughout the space of filmmaking.

Initially, Vetrimaran labored as an assistant to director Balu Mahendra . Vetrimaran used to be taught 40 to 50 novels each week and help Balu Mahendra to resolve on few fascinating scenes. After working arduous, he was able to relate a story to Dhanush and he named the story as Desiya Nedunchaalai 47 nonetheless there have been a great deal of factors taking place on this movie. Later they chose the movie “Polladavan” which was a industrial hit and was able to build up higher than Vijay’s Alagiya Thamizh Magan and Suriya’s Vel .

Except for being a worthwhile film writer and director, he is moreover a worthwhile producer. The flicks he has produced has obtained many awards. His second movie “ Aadukalam ” was a masterpiece and he obtained his first nationwide award for this movie. His third movie as a director was “ Visaaranai ” which has obtained many awards and moreover it’s nominated for the academy awards as properly. Vetrimaran has as soon as extra joined hand with Dhanush to make a film named “ Vada Chennai “. The movie is in progress.

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Name	Vetrimaaran
Real Name	Vetrimaaran
Nickname	Vetri
Profession	Indian film director, screenwriter, and film producer
Date of Birth	4 September 1975
Age	47
Father Name	V. Chitravel
Mother Name	Megala
Prime	Yet to be updated
Weight	Yet to be updated
Religion	Hindu
Educational Qualification	English literature, Masters in Television Presentation
School	Yet to be updated
College	Loyola College, Chennai
Hobbies	story writing
Hometown	Cuddalore, India
Nationality	Indian
Married	Positive
Partner Name	Aarthi
Current City	Chennai, India

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2007	Polladhavan	Director	Vijay Award for Best Director
2011	Aadukalam	Director	Nationwide Movie Award for Best Director Nationwide Movie Award for Best Screenplay Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Director SIIMA Award for Best Director Vijay Award for Best Director
2013	Udhayam NH4	Producer	Action thriller Tamil film
	Naan Rajavaga Pogiren	Producer	As dialogue writer
2014	Poriyaalan	Producer	Thriller Tamil film
2015	Kaakka Muttai	Producer	Nationwide Movie Award for Best Youngsters’s Movie Filmfare Award for Best Movie – Tamil Edison Award for Best Producer
2016	Visaaranai	Director	Nationwide Movie Award for Best Operate Movie in Tamil Vikatan Award for Best Director
	Kodi	Producer	Political Action Tamil Film
2017	Lens	Producer	Malayalam and Tamil Film
2018	Vada Chennai	Director	Ananda Vikatan Cinema Award for Best Screenplay
	Annanukku Jai	Producer	Political satire Tamil film
2019	Asuran	Director	National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil Zee Cine Award Tamil for Best Director Behindwoods Gold Medal for Best Director Ananda Vikatan Cinema Award for Best Director
	Miga Miga Avasaram	Producer	Action Tamil Film
2020	Paava Kadhaigal	Director	Anthology Film; segment: Oor Iravu
2021	Sangathalaivan	Director	Tamil Film
2022	Viduthalai	Director and Producer	Filming
	Anel Meley Pani Thuli	Producer	Filming
	Iraivan Miga Periyavan	Director	Pre-production

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A House Republican leader is planning for an oversight hearing with the U.S. Secret Service after President Donald Trump was shot in the ear at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday evening.

Sunday morning the FBI identified Thomas Matthew Crooks as the gunman who opened fire at Trump's rally . The Secret Service reported that the shooter and one rally attendee are dead. Two spectators are critically injured following the shooting.

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer, R-Kentucky, made the request for a briefing with the Secret Service and said he would call Kimberly Cheatle, the agency's director, to testify at a hearing.

"My prayers are with President Trump and the victims of the assassination attempt at today’s rally in Pennsylvania. I thank the brave Secret Service members who put their lives at risk to protect President Trump and for the American patriots in the audience who helped innocent victims," Comer said in a news release Saturday. "Political violence in all forms is unamerican and unacceptable. There are many questions and Americans demand answers. I have already contacted the Secret Service for a briefing and am also calling on Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to appear for a hearing. The Oversight Committee will send a formal invitation soon.”

So who is Kimberly Cheatle?

Who is in charge of the Secret Service?

Kimberly Cheatle was sworn in as the 27th director of the U.S. Secret Service in September 2022. She was selected by President Joe Biden in August 2022.

Cheatle has served more than 25 years with distinction for the United States Secret Service across a number of leadership roles. She worked on the Vice Presidential Protective Division, and in 2021, Biden awarded Cheatle with a Presidential Rank Award.

What does the director of the Secret Service do?

In Cheatle's role as director of the U.S. Secret Service, she is in charge of executing protection and investigations for the agency.

The workforce is composed of multiple divisions within the Secret Service including Special Agents, Uniformed Division Officers, Technical Law Enforcement Officers and Administrative, Professional and Technical personnel, according to the Secret Service's website .

What did Kimberly Cheatle do before the Secret Service?

Prior to becoming the Secret Service director, Cheatle worked for PepsiCo as the senior director in Global Security, according to her biography with the Secret Service . There, Cheatle oversaw and directed security protocols for the company's facilities in North America.

Cheatle was the agency's assistant director of the Office of Protective Details, prior to joining PepsiCo. She also served as the Special Agent in Charge of the Secret Service's Atlanta Field Office. In that position, she provided oversight for all missions related to investigation, protective intelligence and protective visits in the state of Georgia.

When will the director of the Secret Service testify?

The hearing is expected to take place July 22, 2024, according to a letter from the Committee on Oversight and Accountability.

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Established in 1865, the U.S. Secret Service is one of the country's oldest federal law enforcement agencies. The U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division protects the White House Complex and Naval Observatory, according to the Secret Service's website .

One of the newest expansions of the Secret Service's protective missions includes the issuance of Presidential Decision Directives. This established the agency as the lead for coordinating the development and implementation of security plans for National Special Security Events. This covers presidential inaugurations, State of the Union Addresses and other events of national significance.

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Man arrested, accused of threatening FBI Director Christopher Wray online

WASHINGTON — A Georgia man has been indicted on accusations he threatened FBI Director Christopher Wray on 4chan, an internet forum that is popular on the far-right.

John Woodbury, 34, of Roswell, Georgia, was arrested Thursday after a federal grand jury indicted him this month on one count of threats by interstate commerce and another count of threat to a federal law enforcement officer, according to the indictment. After his arrest, Woodbury was arraigned before U.S. Magistrate Judge Catherine M. Salinas.

"Let’s show them what a f---ing ‘Nazi’... looks like," Woodbury allegedly wrote in a post on 4chan on June 7. "It’s time to burn these mother f---ers down and hang them from trees. Hit them where it f---ing hurts. Hit Chris at his home. Make his family fear stepping one foot outside their god damn door."

Ryan K. Buchanan, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, said in a news release Thursday that threatening physical harm to a public official to "thwart the administration of justice" is a criminal offense.

"Director Wray and other law enforcement officials work tirelessly to safeguard our freedoms and to protect our citizens from harm," Buchanan said. "Threats against such public servants, who have dedicated themselves to enforcing our criminal laws, is especially heinous. Our office will remain steadfast in helping to ensure that public officials are able to carry out their duties free from fear or intimidation."

Court records do not yet indicate whether Woodbury entered a plea, but criminal defendants almost always initially enter not guilty pleas. It was not clear Thursday whether Woodbury had an attorney.

Ryan J. Reilly is a justice reporter for NBC News.

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Director Roland Emmerich admits that he was a bit nervous before he started working with Anthony Hopkins on his new Peacock series Those About To Die .

Granted, Hopkins is a two-time Oscar winner but still, hearing that sort of humbling revelation from a director of Emmerich’s stature is surprising. Emmerich, after all has directed several blockbuster films over the course of his stellar 40-year career—and with some pretty big stars, to boot.

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However, when the filmmaker said when he first met with Hopkins to discuss Those About to Die, it brought his nervousness to a whole new level.

“I was more nervous meeting him than when I met Mel Gibson,” Emmerich told me in a recent Zoom conversation. “I have such respect for him. But he was a total darling and very cooperative and super easy to deal with.”

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“He’s a consummate actor who has played so many different parts, like Hannibal Lecter [in Silence of the Lambs ]. He was so frightening because he wasn’t blinking or anything,” Emmerich said. “He became the part like he plays the part of Vespasian.”

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“That was exactly what was interesting to me, how I could take more time to develop a character and do it more gradually,” Emmerich said.

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Vetrimaaran

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BIRTHDAY	4 September,1975 (Thursday)
BIRTH PLACE	Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu
COUNTRY	India
AGE (in 2024)	48 Years Old
BIRTH SIGN	Virgo
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National Award Winner, Ace Tamil Film Director, Vetrimaaran was born on 4th September 1975 in a small town called Cuddalore in Tamilnadu, India. The Grim Movie maker has made India proud with his Film Visaranai becoming the official entry at Oscars in Foreign Film Category.

Other Name:	Vetri Maaran
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He was born to Dr. V. Chitravel and Megala Chitravel . Vetrimaaran is married to Aarthi who is working as a General Manager in a Multinational company. The couple is blessed with 2 children including a daughter named Poonthendral .

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Chest Size	40
Biceps Size	13
Waist Size	32
Skin Colour	Dark
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black

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Home Town	Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu
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Religion	Hindu
Address	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
School	N/A
College	Loyola College, Chennai
Qualification	Graduate
Hobbies	Travelled and Reading Books
Marital Status	Married
Debut	As a director of Tamil films - Polladhavan (2007) As a Producer of Tamil films - Visaaranai (2016)
Best Movies	Polladhavan (2007), Aadukalam (2011), Visaaranai (2016), Vada Chennai (2018), and Asuran (2019)
Salary	N/A
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Official Website	N/A

Favorite Color	White
Favorite Sport	Cricket
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Favorite Food	South Indian Dishes

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• After Asuran, he will be shooting for a movie based on Kota Neelima's much acclaimed novel 'Shoes Of The Dead' . He announced this film in 2016 but is yet to start shooting.
• Vetrimaaran also launched his own production house called the Grass Root Film Company in the year 2012.
• He is someone who believes in quality rather than quantity as he has directed just 5 films thus far in his 12 years long career.

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Trump, Biden photos found on rally shooter’s phone, but motive unclear

Thomas Matthew Crooks had searched online for information about former president Donald Trump and President Biden, and had photos of both men saved on his phone.

The 20-year-old Pennsylvania man who tried to kill former president Donald Trump at a rally last weekend had searched online for information about Trump and President Biden and had photos of both men saved on his phone, according to lawmakers and others briefed on the investigation.

Thomas Matthew Crooks , who was working at a nursing home in Bethel Park, Pa., after growing up there and graduating this spring from a nearby community college, visited the site of Trump’s rally nearly a week in advance, the lawmakers and others said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss details that have not been made public by the FBI.

In addition to Trump and Biden, the shooter had photos of Attorney General Merrick Garland and a member of the British royal family saved on his phone, two people familiar with the probe said.

He had searched for information about major depressive disorder, the rally in Butler, Pa., and the Democratic National Convention scheduled for August.

Trump rally shooting

Crooks arrived at the rally site Saturday morning, hours before the event was to begin. He was spotted and flagged as suspicious an hour before the rally started, a senator who was part of a Wednesday briefing said afterward. And local police who were at the scene alerted the Secret Service and sent them a photo of Crooks 26 minutes before the young man opened fire from the roof of an industrial building.

“He had a range finder and a backpack,” Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) said after Wednesday’s briefing, in a statement that called for U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to step down.

Authorities say Crooks fired an AR-style rifle at Trump from a rooftop outside the rally security perimeter, killing one person in the crowd and critically injuring two others. He was then fatally shot by the Secret Service. Trump was injured. He has said a bullet “pierced” his ear and has been wearing a bandage at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, but his campaign has not offered any more details on his injury or treatment.

Despite a massive investigation launched after the shooting, and an avalanche of media attention, very little information has surfaced publicly about Crooks’s interests and beliefs, or what may have led him to attempt the assassination.

FBI agents used technology from Cellebrite, a company well known among law enforcement agencies for helping them access data on phones seized or recovered in criminal investigations, to quickly access a cellphone they found with Crooks’s body, people familiar with the investigation told The Washington Post this week.

Crooks’s home life and relationship with his parents are also of particular interest to investigators as they try to understand his thinking, according to two people familiar with the situation, who, like the others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.

Both of his parents have health issues, and while the young man lived with them, so far it does not appear to investigators that they were keeping close tabs on his activities or interests in the days and months leading up to the shooting, these people said.

Crooks, who graduated in May with an associate’s degree in engineering science from the Community College of Allegheny County in western Pennsylvania, had planned to enroll at Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh this fall.

A registered Republican, he did not have a significant online profile or known political activity. He was a strong math student in high school. His guidance counselor described him as quiet, well behaved and well spoken, with a small group of friends.

Erin Cox and Gregory S. Schneider contributed to this report.

The shooter: The FBI named Thomas Matthew Crooks , who is now dead, as the gunman who tried to kill Donald Trump at a rally . The 20-year-old Pennsylvania man had searched online for information about Trump and President Biden and had photos of both men saved on his phone, according to lawmakers and others briefed on the investigation.

Victims: The man killed at the rally was Corey Comperatore , a married father of two daughters who Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) said died trying to protect his family. The two rally attendees who were critically injured were identified as David Dutch and James Copenhaver.

Layout of shooting site: The Washington Post built a 3D model of the site of the attempted assassination at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania based on more than 40 videos and photos. The Post’s analysis found that two Secret Service countersniper teams may not have been able to see the shooter at first.

Secret Service: Growing evidence that law enforcement were made aware of the shooter before he opened fire has put the Secret Service under pressure to explain what analysts have described as a major security failure .

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BlackRock Removes Ad From 2022 That Included Images of Trump Gunman

The gunman appeared briefly in a television commercial that was filmed at Bethel Park High School, where he was a senior at the time.

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By Michael M. Grynbaum and Maureen Farrell

• July 14, 2024

The man who the authorities say tried to assassinate former President Donald J. Trump appeared briefly in a television ad for BlackRock, the global asset manager, that was filmed at the gunman’s Pennsylvania school in 2022.

BlackRock said on Sunday that it had removed from circulation the ad, which features scenes filmed in the classroom of an economics teacher at Bethel Park High School. The gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, was a senior at the school in 2022 and appears onscreen twice during the 30-second spot. He is seen sitting at a classroom desk, wearing a dark-colored hooded sweatshirt, and does not speak.

Mr. Crooks, 20, was killed by Secret Service agents on Saturday after he fired a semiautomatic rifle at Mr. Trump during an outdoor rally in Butler, Pa. One spectator was killed, and two others critically injured. The authorities have not yet determined a motive.

BlackRock confirmed in a statement on Sunday that its advertisement included images of Mr. Crooks.

“In 2022, we ran an ad featuring a teacher from Bethel Park High School, in which several unpaid students briefly appeared in the background, including Thomas Matthew Crooks,” the company said. “We will make all video footage available to the appropriate authorities, and we have removed the video from circulation out of respect for the victims.”

The company called the attempted assassination “abhorrent,” adding, “BlackRock strongly condemns political violence of any kind and will do our part to promote civility and unity in the country.”

The advertisement, titled “AP and Honors Economics,” was part of a series of television and online ads, begun in the fall of 2022, that BlackRock hoped would explain the company’s work to the broader public.

The ad campaign was introduced after BlackRock faced criticism from Republican state officials for investing with environmental, social and governance, or E.S.G., goals in mind. Another commercial featured a firefighter in Florida.

The ad set at Bethel Park High School included an onscreen graphic promoting BlackRock’s oversight of retirement plan assets for public school teachers. It concluded with a slogan, “Invested in the Future of Americans.”

Michael M. Grynbaum writes about the intersection of media, politics and culture. He has been a media correspondent at The Times since 2016. More about Michael M. Grynbaum

Maureen Farrell writes about Wall Street, focusing on private equity, hedge funds and billionaires and how they influence the world of investing. More about Maureen Farrell

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Photo editor from major news outlet fears bleeding Trump images will be used as ‘propaganda’: report

A photo editor at major news outlet said media outlets should scale back on running the iconic image of former President Donald Trump pumping his fist after surviving an assassination attempt, calling it “free PR” for his reelection bid, according to a report

The unnamed journalist believes the historic photo — showing a bloodied Trump back on his feet moments after a bullet pierced his ear during a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday — could be a form of “photoganda” that could “further their agenda, despite the photographers’ intent of capturing a news event,” Axios reported.

Several photos snapped by Evan Vucci of the Associated Press, Anna Moneymaker of Getty and Doug Mills of the New York Times have gone viral.

“The amount that publications have been using” the dramatic images “is kind of free PR for Trump in a way,” said the unnamed editor, who works for media outlet that “gets millions of visitors everyday.

“I don’t think we discussed enough about what these photos could mean.” the journalist told Axios.

The photos taken by Vucci are particularly poignant since some of them show Trump pumping his fist with the American flag hoisted from a crane in the background.

The photo editor who spoke to Axios said that it was “dangerous for media organizations to keep sharing” the images “despite how good” they are.

The unnamed editor said that when the shooting took place, “no one was talking about how these photos could impact public perception in the rush to get it out.”

Another photographer who has worked on a freelance basis for several major publications told Axios that they were concerned the photos would be used in the service of a “propaganda machine” that would seek to paint Trump as a “martyr.”

Vucci and Moneymaker both shot photos of a bleeding Trump gesturing with his fist toward the crowd of supporters in Butler, Pa.

Doug Mills, a New York Times photographer, appeared to capture an image of a bullet streaking past Donald Trump’s head, a former FBI agent said. He took the photo while documenting the rally that turned into an attempt on a former president’s life. https://t.co/nhtORaXDZj pic.twitter.com/32UI1GDcoO

Mills is the photographer who captured the incredible image of the the bullet fired by gunman Matthew Thomas Crooks as it whizzed toward his head.

Mills said Monday he didn’t realize he captured the historic photo during the attempted assassination of Trump until after an editor spotted the apparent path of a bullet that was fired by Crooks from a nearby roof.

• Everything we know about Trump’s assassination attempt as authorities work to uncover sniper’s motive
• What we know about Thomas Matthew Crooks, gunman who tried to assassinate Trump at Pa. rally
• Grateful, defiant Trump recounts surviving ‘surreal’ assassination attempt at rally: ‘I’m supposed to be dead’
• Local counter-sniper team was inside building where Trump shooter climbed on the roof and opened fire: sources

Crooks, a 20-year-old loner, fired off eight shots, killing a 50-year-old volunteer firefighter and wounding two other men.

He was shot dead by police snipers.

The Post has sought comment from the Trump campaign.

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One of the more prolific directors of the Tamil film industry Vetrimaaran is known for some incredible cinema. But little did we know that the filmmaker likes his machines to be fast and powerful as well. The director, popular for films like Adukalam, Vada Chennai, Asuran, Polladhavan, among others, recently purchased the BMW R nineT Scrambler, images of which are now going viral on social media. The BMW R nineT Scrambler is the retro-styled offering from the Bavarian manufacturer and is priced at Rs. 16.75 lakh (ex-showroom, India).

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BMW R nineT Scrambler differentiates itself with a 19-inch front and a 17-inch rear wheel, high-mounted exhaust and a different colour scheme

The BMW R nineT Scrambler is the more ruggedly-packaged version based on the R nineT. The bike gets the atypical Scrambler look with the relaxed seating posture, brown-finished leather seat, and a high-mounted twin exhaust. Vertirmaaran's machine is finished in the Granite Grey Metallic shade, while you also have the option of Black storm metallic/Racing red, Cosmic blue metallic/Light white uni, and Kalamata metallic matt. The styling remains true to the standard R nineT with the boxer engine sticking out, making it an instantly recognisable motorcycle.

Director Vetrimaaran's BMW R nineT Scrambler is finished in the Granite Grey Metallic shade

In terms of power, the BMW R nineT Scrambler uses the 1170 cc twin-cylinder, air/oiled-cooled boxer engine that develops 108 bhp at 7,250 rpm and 116 Nm of peak torque at 6,000 rpm. The motor is paired with a 6-speed gearbox with a hydraulically actuated clutch and a shaft final drive. The top speed is rated at 200 kmph on the motorcycle while you get two rider modes - Rain and Road, cornering ABS, and traction control, as part of the electronics suite.

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The BMW R nineT Scrambler uses 43 mm telescopic forks upfront and a monoshock at the rear, while braking performance comes from 320 mm twin disc brakes at the front and a 265 mm single disc at the rear.  Compared to the standard R nineT, the Scrambler makes do with a 19-inch wheel at the front and a 17-inch wheel at the rear. The Scrambler promises to slush it out better where there's no tarmac and we do hope Vetrimaaran makes full use of his newest possession.

Director Vetrimaaran checks out his BMW R nineT Scrambler before delivery

On the work front, the five-time National Award-winning director has quite a bit lined up. He is currently busy with Viduthalai with actors Soori, Vijay Sethupathi, and Gautham Vasudev Menon in prominent roles. He will then helm Vaadivasal which is based on the ancient sport of Jallikattu. Vetrimaaran also has several web series in his kitty while he is also producing Adhigaaram with actor Raghava Lawrence in the lead role.

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