K. Subramanyam

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K. Subramaniyam
Born	Krishnasamy Subramaniyam (1904-04-20)20 April 1904 Papanasam, Madras Presidency, British India
Died	7 April 1971(1971-04-07) (aged 66) Madras
Occupation	Film Director, Film Producer, Screenwriter
Years active	1931–1957
Spouse(s)	Meenakshi, S. D. Subbulakshmi
Children	Lalitha Balakrishnan Bama Neelayadakshi S. V. Ramanan S. Krishnaswamy Padma Subrahmanyam Shan Chandrasekhar 'Abaswaram' S. Ramjhi
Parent(s)	Father : Krishnasamy Iyer Mother : Venkadalakshmi
Relatives	K. Viswanathan (Young Brother)

K. Subramaniyam (20 April 1904 – 7 April 1971) born Krishnasamy Subramaniyam, was an Indian film director of the 1930s and 1940s. Popular Indian danseuse Padma Subrahmanyam is his daughter.^[1]

Biography[]

K. Subramanyam was a key figure behind the establishment of the Tamil film industry. He started his film career as a scenarist and producer, working on P. K. Raja Sandow's silent films such as . He started Meenakshi Cineton with R. M. Alagappa Chettiar, directing his first film Pavalakkodi, in which the Tamil film star M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar debuted. He made a remarkable shift with the politically emphatic Balayogini, criticizing the caste system prevalent then.

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 the strident nationalistic reformist film Thyagabhoomi. Thyagabhoomi was a novel by Kalki Krishnamurthy, which was banned by the British government.^[2] He also directed the Malayalam film Prahlada (1941), which was scripted by noted playwright N. P. Chellappan Nair. He is one of the founders of Nadigar Sangam in 1952.

Family life[]

K. Subrahmanyam married Meenakshi and had children Lalitha, Balakrishnan, Bama, Neela, S. V. Ramanan, Krishnaswami, Shan Chandrasekar and Dr. Padma Subramanyam. He married S. D. Subbulakshmi with consent of his first wife Meenakshi and was blessed with Abaswaram Ramji. He kept both the families together and managed them without any discrimination. Among his children, only S. V. Ramanan, S. Krishnaswamy and Dr. Padma Subramanyam are associated with cinema and dance. His first grandson and son of Bama Sundaram, S.Raghuram followed his footsteps became a very famous legendary dance choreographer in the Indian film industry and directed five films and choreographed over 1600 films, achieving many awards. His great-granddaughter and daughter of S. Raghuram; Gayathri Raguram and Suja Manoj are well known as actresses and choreographers in the Tamil film industry. Anirudh Ravichander his great grandson and grandson of S.V. Ramanan, well known music director, started at a very young age. Hrishikesh, also great grandson and grandson of S.V. Ramanan is a new budding actor in VIP, and acted as Danush's brother.

Filmography[]

• Pavalakkodi (1934)
• Naveena Sadaram (1935)
• Naveena Sarangadhara (1936)
• Kuchela (1936)
• Usha Kalyanam (1936)
• Balayogini (1937)
• Mr. Ammanchi (1937)
• Kowsalya Parinayam (1937)
• Sevasadanam (1938)
• Thyagabhoomi (1939)
• Bhaktha Chetha (1940)
• Prahlada (1941) (Malayalam)
• Ananthasayanam (1942)
• Bharthruhari (1944)
• Maanasamrakshanam (1945)
• Vikatayogi (1946)
• Vichitra Vanitha (1947)
• Kapati Arakshakaya (1948) (Sinhalese)
• Gokuladasi (1948)
• Geetha Gandhi (1949)

References[]

External links[]

• Gowri Ramnarayan (14 June 2004). "Salute to a stalwart". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 18 November 2004.
• Naanunthan on YouTube - A rare song sung by Subrahmanyam from the film Ananthasayanam (1942)