Lokesh Kanagaraj is an Indian film director who works primarily in the Tamil film industry who started his film career with the 2016 anthology film called Aviyal. He is best known for writing and directing the action-thriller films Maanagaram (2017), Kaithi (2019), Master (2021) and Vikram (2022). The Lokesh Cinematic Universe consists of the critically and commercially successful movies Kaithi (2019) and Vikram (2022).
