Arun Kumar known mostly as Atlee, is a popular Indian film director and Screenwriter who makes and writes Tamil-language films. He started his career as an assistant director in the legendary actor, Rajinikanth‘s film, ‘Enthiran’ (2010). In a short span of his career, he has worked with the famous actors, like Rajinikanth, Aishwarya Rai, and Vijay. A former assistant director under S. Shankar on the films Enthiran and Nanban, he is best known for his directorial debut, Raja Rani, produced by Fox Star Studios, for which he was awarded the Vijay Award for Best Debut Director. He has also worked as a director, screenplay, and writer for Theri (2016), Mersal (2017), and Bigil (2019), all featured actor Vijay. In November 2019, he signed a three film deal with ‘Red Chillies Entertainment,’ Shah Rukh Khan’s film production company. He has received many awards for his various directorial films.