Anthony Minghella Jude Law, at Western Gardens, Ryde, Isle of Wight. Anthony Minghella Anthony Minghella, (6 January 195418 March 2008) was a British film director, playwright and screenwriter. He was chairman of the board of Governors at the British Film Institute between 2003 and 2007. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for "The English Patient" (1996). In addition, he received three more Academy Award nominations; he was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for both "The English Patient" (1996) and "The Talented Mr. Ripley" (1999), and was posthumously nominated for Best Picture for "The Reader" (2008), as a co-producer. Minghella was
Naan (2012 film) rated it average calling it a "decent psychological thriller." Upon release, it was noted that the film had been inspired from "The Talented Mr. Ripley". Following its success in the Tamil market, the film was dubbed in Telugu, to be released under the title "Nakili". It was remade in Bengali as "Amanush 2" which released in April 2015. A sequel to the movie was released in August 2014 by the name "Salim" (2013). In March 2014, it was reported that the film would be remade in Hindi with Prashanth in the lead role. Despite a production delay, Thiagarajan confirmed that