Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vetri Mahalingam

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The result was redirect to Vennila Veedu. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:58, 22 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Vetri Mahalingam[edit]

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Per Wikipedia:Notability_(people)#Creative_professionals #3:

The person has created or played a major role in co-creating a significant or well-known work or collective body of work. In addition, such work must have been the primary subject of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews, or of an independent and notable work (for example, a film)

Both the films have received independent reviews and are reliable, no doubt. But there is no reliable sources of the director other than passing mentions. This source has him talking to The Times of India about an unreleased film but not much can be found about his career that are non-passing mentions (like an interview with a newspaper). His third film had a low-key release but not many notable newspapers reviewed that film, so he only has two notable films. Is two a body of work? What about his short film titled Pencil? Based on this source, it received a "lot of accolades" which one other that the "Melbourne Tamil Sangam's Film Festival" (is that even notable)? When did the short film release. Original research should not have to be used.

Is his third film notable (reviewed by Maalai Malar)? If it was (had another reliable review) then maybe he would have been notable. Sadly Filmibeat.com (review here) is listed as unreliable at Wikipedia:WikiProject Film/Indian cinema task force.

I would propose a redirect to Vennila Veedu, his most notable work. DareshMohan (talk) 07:12, 15 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Actors and filmmakers and India. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 19:05, 15 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Vennila Veedu: His only notable film. Kailash29792 (talk) 04:40, 16 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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