Kollywood producer-turned-filmmaker R. Madhesh is best known for directing the 2004 Vijay starrer Madhurey, which was a box office hit. He started out in Tamil cinema by bankrolling Shankar`s Mudhalvan (1999), which turned out to be a blockbuster and was subsequently remade into Bollywood under the title Nayak (2001).

Since his directorial debut with Madhurey (2004), Madhesh has helmed a handful of movies, notable among which are the crime thriller Arasangam (2008) and the action comedy Mirattal (2012). Besides these, he has also written and directed the 2016 Marathi movie Friends. In 2018, Madhesh directed the Tamil horror thriller Mohini, which starred Trisha Krishnan in the lead role.