Background
He born into a Tamil Brahmin family in Madurai. His father, Ratnam Iyer, was a film producer who worked under the banner of production company, Venus Pictures.Mani Ratham worked as a management consultant before becoming a filmmaker. Ratnam had two brothers—G. Venkateswaran and G. Srinivasan—both of them film producers. In 1988 Ratnam married Suhasini. Suhasini is a National Award-winning actress and a well-known filmmaker as well.[16] They have a son named Nandhan Maniratnam.