Nandha Periyasamy is an Indian film director, who has worked in Tamil cinema.During his period as an assistant director, Nandha Periyasamy shared was a room mate of director N. Lingusamy and the pair often narrated their scripts to one another.[2] In 2002, he was given the opportunity by producer S. S. Chakravarthy to make a police thriller film titled Mahaa with Ajith Kumar, Sneha and Kiran Rathod in the lead roles. Nandha Periyasamy managed to ensemble a renowned technical team including cinematographer Jeeva, composer Harris Jayaraj and lyricist Vairamuthu for the film.