Peter Hein is a Stunt director, action director, action co-ordinator who did his job for many South Indian Motion Pictures. He was born in Chennai

Chennai

Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...

 to Vietnamese immigrants and settled down in Chennai

Chennai

Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...

. He started his career as Extra Stunt boy, Assistant fight master for many number of Telugu

Telugu language

Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...

 and Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 films. During initial days of his career he was working as assistant to action directors Vijayan

Vijayan (fight master)

Vijayan is an Indian film action choreographer, responsible for conceiving stunt and action sequences in films. He is also the president of the Film Employees' Federation of South India...

 and Kanal Kannan. Krishna Vamsi

Krishna Vamsi

Krishna Vamsi Pasupuleti is an award-winning Indian film director in Telugu Cinema.-Early life and background:...

 a noted Telugu

Telugu cinema

The Cinema of Andhra Pradesh, also referred to as Telugu Cinema or Tollywood, is the Telugu film industry in India. The Telugu language film industry is known for being one of the three largest in terms of no.of films produced yearly in India. The Prasads IMAX theatre in Hyderabad is one of the...

  film director(one-time assistant to Ram Gopal Varma

Ram Gopal Varma

Ram Gopal Varma is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer...

) recognised his sincerity, dedication towards his job and offered him to direct the Action sequences for the movie Murari which is also dubbed into Tamil. From then on he became a full length Action director, Action Co-ordinator, Stunt director for various Telugu

Telugu language

Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...

 and Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 films. He acquired well recognition from critics and media for his work in several movies like Anji

Anji (film)

Anji is a 2004 Telugu film produced by M. S. Arts with Chiranjeevi in the lead role. It was made over seven years with a budget of 25 crores, which was the most spent on any Telugu language film until then. The film was produced by Shyam Prasad Reddy...

, Run

Run (2002 film)

Run is a 2002 Tamil film directed by top director N. Linguswamy. The film stars R. Madhavan, Meera Jasmine, Vivek, Atul Kulkarni, Raghuvaran and Anuradha Hassan-Plot:...

, Kaakha Kaakha

Kaakha Kaakha

Kaakha Kaakha is a 2003 Tamil crime thriller film starring Surya, Jyothika and Jeevan in the lead roles. The film was written and directed by Gautham Menon and the music was composed by Harris Jayaraj...

 and he came into hall of fame for his work in movies like Varsham

Varsham

-Box-office performance:*The film had celebrated a 50-day run in 125 centres and a 100-day run in 68 centres.-Box-office performance:*The film had celebrated a 50-day run in 125 centres and a 100-day run in 68 centres.-Box-office performance:...

, Athadu

Athadu

- Awards :Nandi Awards* Best Actor - Mahesh Babu* Best Dialogue Writer - Trivikram SrinivasFilmfare Awards* Best Director - Trivikram SrinivasSantosham Film Awards* Best Film - M. Rammohan-Release:The film was released with 6 prints in U.S.A...

, Anniyan

Anniyan

Anniyan is a 2005 Tamil psychological thriller film directed by S. Shankar. The film stars Vikram, Sadha, Prakash Raj, and Vivek, while featuring background score and soundtrack composed by Harris Jayaraj. The film was released worldwide on 10 June 2005....

, Chatrapati

Chatrapati (film)

Chatrapathi is a 2005 Telugu film written and directed by S. S. Rajamouli. Prabhas plays the lead role and Shriya Saran, Bhanupriya, and Pradeep Rawat appear in other roles...

  etc.;.... Recently he once again drew the attention of critics and became famous entire South India overnight after the release of magnum opus Magadheera

Magadheera

Magadheera is a 2009 Telugu film. The film is a historical drama love tale, directed by S. S. Rajamouli and produced by Allu Aravind. The film stars Ram Charan Tej and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles, while actors Sri Hari Raghumundri and Dev Gill play other prominent roles. The film features an...

. Ram Gopal Varma

Ram Gopal Varma

Ram Gopal Varma is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer...

 introduced him to Bollywood

Bollywood

Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

 with James

James (2005 film)

James is a 2005 Bollywood film starring Mohit Ahlawat and Nisha Kothari. It was directed by Rohit Jugraj.It is an action film that centers around James, who comes to Mumbai seeking a successful life, and ends up working as a bouncer at a club there, and fighting gangsters. He then encounters the...

 movie. He received Filmfare best action award for his work in the Hindi version of Ghajini

Ghajini (2008 film)

Ghajini is a 2008 Indian Hindi action film written and directed by A. R. Murugadoss and produced by Tagore Madhu and Madhu Mantena. It is a remake of Murugadoss's own 2005 Tamil film Ghajini starring Surya Sivakumar in the lead role. The film stars Aamir Khan, Asin Thottumkal and Jiah Khan in lead...

. Mani Ratnam

Mani Ratnam

Mani Ratnam is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter and producer. He made his directorial debut with the Kannada film Pallavi Anu Pallavi starring Anil Kapoor in 1983...

 was very much impressed with his work in movies like Athadu

Athadu

- Awards :Nandi Awards* Best Actor - Mahesh Babu* Best Dialogue Writer - Trivikram SrinivasFilmfare Awards* Best Director - Trivikram SrinivasSantosham Film Awards* Best Film - M. Rammohan-Release:The film was released with 6 prints in U.S.A...

, Anniyan

Anniyan

Anniyan is a 2005 Tamil psychological thriller film directed by S. Shankar. The film stars Vikram, Sadha, Prakash Raj, and Vivek, while featuring background score and soundtrack composed by Harris Jayaraj. The film was released worldwide on 10 June 2005....

 and Sivaji and enrolled him to direct the stunt sequences for the movie Raavan

Raavan

Raavan is a 2010 Hindi film directed, written and produced by Mani Ratnam. It stars Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and Vikram in the lead roles while Govinda, Ravi Kishan, Nikhil Dwivedi, Tejaswini Kolhapure and Priyamani feature in key supporting roles...

. However due to scheduling conflicts with Magadheera

Magadheera

Magadheera is a 2009 Telugu film. The film is a historical drama love tale, directed by S. S. Rajamouli and produced by Allu Aravind. The film stars Ram Charan Tej and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles, while actors Sri Hari Raghumundri and Dev Gill play other prominent roles. The film features an...

, Peter Hein has done limited work for Raavan

Raavan

Raavan is a 2010 Hindi film directed, written and produced by Mani Ratnam. It stars Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and Vikram in the lead roles while Govinda, Ravi Kishan, Nikhil Dwivedi, Tejaswini Kolhapure and Priyamani feature in key supporting roles...

.

He suffered as many as 18 fractures while doing a stunt around 20 days in 2009; he came back to work on a wheelchair, shooting for the Rajinikanth starrer Enthiran (also Robot

Robot

A robot is a mechanical or virtual intelligent agent that can perform tasks automatically or with guidance, typically by remote control. In practice a robot is usually an electro-mechanical machine that is guided by computer and electronic programming. Robots can be autonomous, semi-autonomous or...

 in Hindi

Hindi

Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

).

He became famous for his breathtaking action sequences in films like Enthiran and Raavanan to get international recognition. He has been nominated for the noted Taurus World Stunt Award amongst a whole galaxy of Hollywood biggies.

Filmography

Year	Film	Language	Notes
1997	Hitler Hitler (1997 film) Hitler is a 1997 Tollywood film. This film stars Chiranjeevi, Rajendra Prasad, Rambha, Prakash Raj, & Dasari Narayana Rao. This film was directed by Muthyala Subbayya...	Telugu	Extra Stunt boy
1999	Padayappa Padayappa Padayappa is a 1999 Tamil drama film written and directed by K. S. Ravikumar. The film features Rajinikanth, Soundarya and Ramya Krishnan playing lead roles, whilst Sivaji Ganesan, Lakshmi and Nassar play pivotal supporting roles. With soundtrack composed by A. R...	Tamil	Assistant & Extra stunt boy
	Mudhalvan Mudhalvan Mudhalvan is a 1999 Tamil political thriller film co-written and directed by S. Shankar. The film features Arjun, Manisha Koirala and Raghuvaran in the lead roles with Manivannan, Vijayakumar and Hanifa portraying other significant roles. The film featured an award-winning soundtrack composed by...	Tamil	Assistant & Extra Stunt boy
2001	Murari	Telugu	First movie as full-time Action Director
	Minnale Minnale Minnale is a 2001 Tamil film written and directed by Gautham Menon. The film featured Madhavan, Abbas and Reemma Sen, with Vivek and Nagesh also appearing in pivotal roles. The film's soundtrack was composed by debutant Harris Jayaraj, which became successful prior to release, helping the film...	Tamil
2002	Santosham	Telugu
	Alaudin Alaudin -Plot:Alaudin is a slum guy with a golden-heart, an orphan who fights against the injustice faced by his fellow slum dwellers. The people of Alli Kuppam bring him up. To fulfill the day to day needs of the poor, Alaudin decides to steal from rich people.His main enemy is the scheming, powerful...	Tamil
	Run Run (2002 film) Run is a 2002 Tamil film directed by top director N. Linguswamy. The film stars R. Madhavan, Meera Jasmine, Vivek, Atul Kulkarni, Raghuvaran and Anuradha Hassan-Plot:...	Tamil
	Punnagai Poove Punnagai Poove Not in the soundtrackOther music featured in the film include:# "Idhu Innaisaiya" - sung by Hema Sardesai & Yuvan Shankar Raja, composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja...	Tamil
	April Maadhathil	Tamil
2003	Pudhiya Geethai Pudhiya Geethai The songs were composed by his younger brother Yuvan Shankar Raja. The audio cd containing songs released on 29 March 2003 and features 6 tracks, the lyrics were penned by 'Kavignar' Vaali, Pa. Vijay, Yugabharathi and Vijay Sagar...	Tamil
	Arasu	Tamil
	Kaakha Kaakha Kaakha Kaakha Kaakha Kaakha is a 2003 Tamil crime thriller film starring Surya, Jyothika and Jeevan in the lead roles. The film was written and directed by Gautham Menon and the music was composed by Harris Jayaraj...	Tamil
	Arasatchi Arasatchi Arasatchi is a Tamil language film released in 2004. The film was directed by then debutante, N Maharajan. The film starred Arjun, Lara Dutta and Raghuvaran in the lead roles. Vivek as the comedian, Lakshmi and Manivannan all play in other roles. The film's music was composed by Harris Jayaraj...	Tamil
	Ottran	Tamil
	Thirumalai Thirumalai Thirumalai is a Tamil film which released on 24 October 2003 and was directed by Ramana. This film has Joseph Vijay in the main lead, with Jyothika. Lawrence Raghavendra and Kiran Rathod make special appearances in the film.-Plot:...	Tamil
2004	Anji Anji (film) Anji is a 2004 Telugu film produced by M. S. Arts with Chiranjeevi in the lead role. It was made over seven years with a budget of 25 crores, which was the most spent on any Telugu language film until then. The film was produced by Shyam Prasad Reddy...	Telugu
	Adavi Ramudu Adavi Ramudu Adavi Ramudu is a Telugu Drama film which released on 28 April 1977 and was directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. Dr. NTR, Jayaprada, and Jayasudha played important roles....	Telugu
	Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan is a 2004 Indian Tamil film, written and directed by S. S. Stanley, starring Dhanush and newcomer Aparna Pillai in lead roles. The music, scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja, was the major highlight of the film. After this film Dhanush was called as the Indian Bruce Lee...	Tamil
	Varsham Varsham -Box-office performance:*The film had celebrated a 50-day run in 125 centres and a 100-day run in 68 centres.-Box-office performance:*The film had celebrated a 50-day run in 125 centres and a 100-day run in 68 centres.-Box-office performance:...	Telugu
	Gharshana Gharshana -References:*http://subsplanet.com/gharshana-2004-telugu-movie-subtitle.html*http://movies.sulekha.com/telugu/gharshana/pictures/6.htm*http://www.bollywhat-forum.com/index.php?topic=13692.0...	Telugu
	Bose Bose (film) Bose is a 2004 Indian Tamil action film written and directed by Senthil Kumar. It stars Srikanth and Sneha in lead and Kalabhavan Mani, Nagesh, 'Thalaivaasal' Vijay and Manicka Vinayagam in supporting roles. It did reasonable business at the box-office. Upon release, the film was dubbed into Telugu...	Tamil
	7G Rainbow Colony 7G Rainbow Colony 7G Rainbow Colony is a 2004 Tamil drama film written and directed by Selvaraghavan, starring Ravi Krishna, who debuted in this film, and Sonia Agarwal in lead roles, with music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja and cinematography handled by Arvind Krishna. The film, released on 15 October 2004, met with...	Tamil
	Gowri Gowri (film) Gowri is a 2004 Telugu film that was directed by B.V. Ramana. The action/drama film stars Sumanth and Charmme Kaur. It was produced by Sravanti Ravi Kishore. The film is a remake of a Tamil film, Thirumalai. Gowri was a hit at the box office collecting close to 11 crore Rs...	Telugu
	Aparichithan Aparichithan Aparichithan is a 2004 suspense thriller Malayalam film directed by Sanjeev Sivan. Mammootty plays the lead role Raghuram. The theme of the film is Ouija board and spiritualism...	Malayalam
2005	Ponniyin Selvan Ponniyin Selvan (film) Ponniyin Selvan is a 2005 Indian Tamil drama film written and directed by Radha Mohan. Produced by A. M. Ratnam, it stars his son Ravi Krishna, along with Gopika and Revathi in the lead roles, while Vidyasagar had composed the music for the film...	Tamil
	James James (2005 film) James is a 2005 Bollywood film starring Mohit Ahlawat and Nisha Kothari. It was directed by Rohit Jugraj.It is an action film that centers around James, who comes to Mumbai seeking a successful life, and ends up working as a bouncer at a club there, and fighting gangsters. He then encounters the...	Hindi
	Mazhai Mazhai Mazhai is a Tamil film directed by S.Rajkumar. It is a remake of the multi award-winning Telugu film Varsham starring Prabhas, Trisha and Gopichand. The remake stars Jayam Ravi, Shriya, Vadivelu, Kalabhavan Mani, Venkat Prabhu and Rahul Dev...	Tamil
	Anniyan Anniyan Anniyan is a 2005 Tamil psychological thriller film directed by S. Shankar. The film stars Vikram, Sadha, Prakash Raj, and Vivek, while featuring background score and soundtrack composed by Harris Jayaraj. The film was released worldwide on 10 June 2005....	Tamil	Filmfare Best Action Director Award (South) Filmfare Best Action Director Award (South) The Filmfare Best South Action Director Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for South Indian films.The award was first given in 2005. Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won....
	Athadu Athadu - Awards :Nandi Awards* Best Actor - Mahesh Babu* Best Dialogue Writer - Trivikram SrinivasFilmfare Awards* Best Director - Trivikram SrinivasSantosham Film Awards* Best Film - M. Rammohan-Release:The film was released with 6 prints in U.S.A...	Telugu
	Chatrapati Chatrapati (film) Chatrapathi is a 2005 Telugu film written and directed by S. S. Rajamouli. Prabhas plays the lead role and Shriya Saran, Bhanupriya, and Pradeep Rawat appear in other roles...	Telugu
2006	Veerabhadra	Telugu
	Family: Ties of Blood	Hindi
	Bommarillu Bommarillu Bommarillu is a 2006 Telugu romantic comedy film directed and co-written by Bhaskar, and produced by Dil Raju. The two leading roles were played by Siddharth Narayan and Genelia D'Souza. The other two significant parts, the parents of one of the leading characters, were played by Prakash Raj and...	Telugu
	Aadhi Aadhi Aadhi is a 2006 Tamil action film directed by Ramana and produced by S. A. Chandrasekhar and Shoba Chandrasekhar, starring their son Vijay and Trisha Krishnan in lead roles. Prakash Raj, Sai Kumar and Vivek play supporting roles. The film's score and soundtrack was composed by Vidyasagar...	Tamil
	Pournami Pournami Pournami is a 2006 Telugu language film directed by choreographer-turned director Prabhu Deva. It stars Trisha Krishnan, Prabhas, Charmy Kaur, Rahul Dev, and Sindhu Tolani. The movie was released with a lot of hype because of Prabhas and Krishnan's earlier hit, Varsham. However, despite the huge...	Telugu
	Sainikudu Sainikudu The film has six songs composed by Harris Jayaraj. The music of the film was released simultaneously in 10 chosen venues from five different countries – India, USA, Australia, Singapore and Dubai on the morning of 21 October 2006. The producer of the film, Ashwini Dutt, arranged the use of a...	Telugu
	2007	Munna	Telugu
		Aata AATA AATA may refer to:* Adam and the Ants, a British Rock Band.* American Art Therapy Association, the official United States organization for art therapists* Animal Transportation Association, an organization with a worldwide membership...	Telugu
Sivaji: The Boss		Tamil
2008	Ready	Telugu
	Tashan Tashan (film) Tashan is an Indian Bollywood film starring Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Anil Kapoor in the lead roles. Produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra of Yash Raj Films, it was released 25 April 2008, and marked the directorial debut of Vijay Krishna Acharya.- Plot :In the beginning,...	Hindi
	Heroes Heroes (2008 film) Heroes is a 2008 Hindi film directed by Samir Karnik and starring Salman Khan, Mithun Chakraborty, Sunny Deol, Preity Zinta, Bobby Deol, Sohail Khan, Dino Morea and Vatsal Sheth. The film was written by Aseem Arora. Although initially set to be released on 6 June 2008, it was pushed to 24 October...	Hindi
	Ghajini Ghajini (2008 film) Ghajini is a 2008 Indian Hindi action film written and directed by A. R. Murugadoss and produced by Tagore Madhu and Madhu Mantena. It is a remake of Murugadoss's own 2005 Tamil film Ghajini starring Surya Sivakumar in the lead role. The film stars Aamir Khan, Asin Thottumkal and Jiah Khan in lead...	Hindi	Received Filmfare Best Action Award Filmfare Best Action Award The Filmfare Best Action Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.Although the awards started in 1953, the best action category did not start until 1996.-Superlatives:Most Awards*Allan Amin - 3...
2009	Ek - The Power of One Ek - The Power of One Ek: The Power of One is a 2009 action film starring Bobby Deol in the lead. It's a Hindi remake of the Telugu film Athadu. Athadu was a super hit movie while EK flopped and received negative reviews.-Plot:...	Hindi
	Magadheera Magadheera Magadheera is a 2009 Telugu film. The film is a historical drama love tale, directed by S. S. Rajamouli and produced by Allu Aravind. The film stars Ram Charan Tej and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles, while actors Sri Hari Raghumundri and Dev Gill play other prominent roles. The film features an...	Telugu	Received NANDI STATE AWARD
2010	Darling Darling (2010 film) Darling is an Indian, Telugu-language film, directed by A. Karunakaran. The film stars Prabhas and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles while tamil actor Prabhu plays a key role. The music is composed by GV Prakash Kumar. The film was released on April 23, 2010 and has received positive reviews from...	Telugu
	Raavan Raavan Raavan is a 2010 Hindi film directed, written and produced by Mani Ratnam. It stars Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and Vikram in the lead roles while Govinda, Ravi Kishan, Nikhil Dwivedi, Tejaswini Kolhapure and Priyamani feature in key supporting roles...	Hindi
	Raavanan	Tamil
	Maryada Ramanna Maryada Ramanna Maryada Ramanna is a Telugu comedy thriller film directed by S.S. Rajamouli starring Sunil and Saloni in lead roles. This is the second film for Sunil as a hero. The film opened to favorable reviews by critics and turned out to become a super hit...	Telugu
	Enthiran	Tamil
	Khaleja	Telugu
	Brindaavanam	Telugu
	Ramaa: The Saviour	Hindi
	Orange	Telugu
2011	Ko Ko (film) Ko is a 2011 Indian Tamil political thriller film directed by K. V. Anand starring Jeeva, Ajmal Ameer, newcomer Karthika Nair and Piaa Bajpai. The film was released on 22 April 2011 to mostly positive reviews, and was dubbed into Telugu as Rangam as well. The film's plot outline is inspired by the...	Tamil	Guest Appearance
	Badrinath	Telugu
	D-17 D-17 D-17 is a 2008 Malayalam film. It features Bollywood actor Atul Kulkarni and Ajmal Ameer in the lead roles. Sandhya is the heroine.Peter Heins, the famous south Indian stunt master who was behind the action scenes of films such as Anniyan, Shivajiand Magadheera, is doing his second venture in...	Malayalam	Filming
	Sultan - The Warrior	Tamil	Filming
	7aum Arivu	Tamil