K. Subramanyam
{{Short description|Indian film director}}
{{for|other people named Krishnasamy|Krishnaswami}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = K. Subramaniyam
| image = Krishnaswami Subrahmanyam 2004 stamp of India.jpg
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| birthname = Krishnasamy Subramaniyam
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1904|04|20}}
| birth_place = Papanasam, Madras Presidency, British India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1971|4|7|1904|04|20}}
| death_place = Madras
| othername =
| yearsactive = 1931–1957
| spouse =
| parents =
| relatives =
| children = Padma Subrahmanyam
| awards =
| occupation = Film Director, film producer, and screenwriter
| footnotes =
}}
{{Indian name|Subramaniyam| Krishnasamy}}Krishnasamy Subramaniyam (20 April 1904 – 7 April 1971) was an Indian film director of the 1930s and 1940s. Dancer Padma Subrahmanyam is his daughter.{{cite news|title=A progressive film-maker|url=http://www.frontline.in/fl2114/stories/20040716001508200.htm|newspaper=Frontline|date=3 July 2004|location=India}}
Biography
Subramanyam was involved in the establishment of the Tamil film industry. He was born in a Brahmin family.{{Cite web|last=VISWANATHAN|first=S.|title=A progressive film-maker|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/article30223402.ece|access-date=2022-01-08|website=Frontline|date=15 July 2004 |language=en}} He started his film career as a scenarist and producer, working on P. K. Raja Sandow's silent films such as Peyum Pennum. He started Meenakshi Cineton with Alagappa Chettiar, directing his first film Pavalakkodi, in which the Tamil film star M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar debuted. He made a shift with the politically emphatic Balayogini, criticizing the caste system prevalent then.{{citation needed|date= November 2022}}
In 1938, he made Sevasadanam, advocating a better deal for women, the saint film Bhaktha Chetha, critiquing untouchability and the war effort film Maanasamrakshanam. His best-known work is Thyaga Bhoomi. Thyaga Bhoomi was a novel by Kalki Krishnamurthy, which was banned by the British government.{{cite web |url=http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Memories/98/fna/fnadirs1.htm |title=Film directors Who Made a Difference in Tamil Cinema World |website=Indolink.com |access-date=21 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924034538/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Memories/98/fna/fnadirs1.htm |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=usurped }} He also directed the Malayalam film Prahlada (1941), which was scripted by noted playwright N. P. Chellappan Nair. He was one of the founders of Nadigar Sangam in 1952.
Filmography
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- Pavalakkodi (1934)
- Naveena Sadaram (1935)
- Naveena Sarangadhara (1936)
- Kuchela (1936)
- Usha Kalyanam (1936)
- Balayogini (1937)
- Mr. Ammanchi (1937)
- Kowsalya Parinayam (1937)
- Sevasadanam (1938)
- Thyaga Bhoomi (1939)
- Bhaktha Chetha (1940)
- Prahlada (1941) (Malayalam)
- Ananthasayanam (1942)
- Barthruhari (1944)
- Maanasamrakshanam (1945)
- Vikatayogi (1946)
- Vichitra Vanitha (1947)
- Kapati Arakshakaya (1948) (Sinhalese)
- Gokuladasi (1948)
- Geetha Gandhi (1949)
References
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External links
- {{cite news|title=Salute to a stalwart|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/06/14/stories/2004061400110300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041118221746/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/06/14/stories/2004061400110300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 November 2004|date=14 June 2004|work=The Hindu|author=Gowri Ramnarayan}}
- {{youTube|EgAckr1PYXc|Naanunthan}} - A rare song sung by Subrahmanyam from the film Ananthasayanam (1942)
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Category:Film directors from Tamil Nadu
Category:Tamil-language film directors
Category:Malayalam film directors
Category:People from Thanjavur district