S. M. Sriramulu Naidu

Subbarayalu Munuswami Sriramulu Naidu (1910-1976), also known as Sreeramulu Naidu, was an Indian businessman and movie producer from Coimbatore who founded the Pakshiraja Studios in 1945. He was responsible for the early development of the Tamil film industry in Coimbatore and was called the "Coimbatore movie mogul". He has directed and produced films predominantly in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam languages, while also having made one Kannada film. In 1944, he was implicated as one of the accused in the Lakshmikanthan Murder Case and served his sentence till 1945 when he was discharged due to lack of evidence.

Early life[]

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Sriramulu Naidu was born in Tiruchi in the year 1910. His father Munuswami Naidu was as a station master in the South Indian Railway Limited.

On retirement, Munuswami Naidu opened a bakery by name Davey & Co which Sriramulu Naidu inherited after his death. Soon, however, Naidu got interested in films and became a partner in Central Studios in Coimbatore. Later he would establish Pakshiraja Studios in Coimbatore and was also the founder of Chamundeshwari Studios in Bengaluru .

Selected filmography[]

• Malaikkallan (1954)
• Sabarimala Ayyappan (1961)

Awards[]

National Film Awards

• 1954: President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Tamil^[1] - Malaikkallan
• 1961: Certificate of Merit for Third Best Feature Film in Malayalam - Sabarimala Ayyappan^[2]

See also[]

• Central Studios
• Pakshiraja Studios
• Pakshiraja Films

References[]

Sources

• Baker-turned filmmaker - The Hindu article
• Naidu: Hits & Misses - The Hindu (Randoor Guy)
• Reel-time nostalgia
• The Cinema Resource Centre (TCRC)

Notes