Indian film director
Krishnasamy Subramaniyam (20 April 1904 – 7 April 1971) was an Indian film director of the 1930s and 1940s. Dancer Padma Subrahmanyam is his daughter.
Biography.
Subramanyam was involved in the establishment of the Tamil film industry. He was born in a Brahmin family. 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.
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. 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.
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