Popular directors Bharathiraja and Ameer have been elected president and secretary of the Tamil Film Directors Association respectively. Filmmakers Cheran and Samuthirakani have been elected as vice- presidents.

Bharathiraja polled 1,003 votes while Ameer garnered 901 votes. S P Jananathan was elected unopposed as treasurer.

The elections for Tamil Film Directors Association happened on Sunday where filmmakers and assistant directors queued up in large numbers to exercise their franchise and to elect new office-bearers, who would take care of their interests in the coming years.

The election to Directors Association, popularly called as Iyakkunar Sangam, is contested once in every two years. One of the powerful bodies of Tamil film industry, it comprises of more than 2000 members.

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