Pa. Ranjith Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography, Facts & More

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Pa. Ranjith
Profession(s)	Producer, Director, Screenwriter,
Famous For	Directing and Writing Kala (released on 7 June 2018)
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 165 cm in meters- 1.65 m in feet inches- 5’ 5”
Weight (approx.)	in kilograms- 69 kg in pounds- 152 lbs
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Personal Life
Date of Birth	8 December 1982 (Wednesday)
Age (as of 2024)	42 Years
Birthplace	Karalapakkam, a village near Tiruninravur, north-west of Chennai
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Chennai, Tamil Nadu
School	Not Known
College/University	Government College of Arts, Chennai
Educational Qualification	Graduate
Debut	Film (Director, Story): Attakathi (2012)
Religion	Atheist
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Married
Family
Wife/Spouse	Anitha
Children	Son- None Daughter- 1
Money Factor
Net Worth (approx.)	₹75 Crore ($11 Million)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Pa. Ranjith

• Pa. Ranjith was initially not much interested in movies. In fact, according to him, he started watching movies after he entered college.

• It was after watching political movies that he developed an interest in cinema.

• Ranjith has a keen interest in politics and has been very open about his views on politics, caste and other social issues.

•  He was enamoured by how cinema could make him feel what the characters on screen were feeling and how he could identify with them, emotionally and politically even without knowing the language.

• Ranjith is an atheist now, but once in high school, he turned to Christianity.

• Explaining to why is he an atheist, he said that in his college time, he did a play called How To Kill God. He decided to be an atheist for a day just to see what happens. Nothing happened, and so, he stayed an atheist.

• Pa. Ranjith met his wife in college, and they got married. They also have a daughter. 

• Though Ranjith is an atheist, his wife is a devout Christian.

• Ranjith has been quite vocal about his Dalit identity as well as the caste politics he sees in the film industry and society at large.

• He bagged the SIIMA Award for Best Director- Tamil in 2015, for the film Masras (2014), which was his second film.

• Ranjith has directed 4 films; till now two of which were with the south superstar Rajinikanth. 

• The director still feels better directing the low budget films; as he claims that he does not get the desired freedom while directing a big movie where he has to make compromises like heroism and unrealistic sequences.