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Sundar Rao Nadkarni was an Indian film actor, editor, cinematographer, producer and director. He was the director of the first hit film for AVM productions Bhookails in Telugu in the year 1940, and later the record-creating Tamil film '' Haridas''.


Early life

Sundar Rao Nadkarni was born in
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in a Konkani speaking family. He started his career in
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as an actor in silent films produced by Surya Films. Later, he moved to
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where he took to film direction and editing. Nadkarni caught the eye of film producer Avichi Meiyappa Chettiar who, after the success of '' Sabhapathy'', was looking to make another comedy film. Thereon, he moved to Coimbatore and finally Madras, where he settled down permanently. In 1942, Nadkarni directed the Tamil film '' En Manaivi'' which was a hit. Following this success, Nadkarni also made other successful Tamil films. But his greatest hit was the 1944 film ''Haridas'' which set a record by becoming the first Tamil film to run for 110 weeks at a single theatre. He directed all the top Tamil actors during his active years, notably M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar and T. R. Rajakumari in ''Haridas'' (1944), Narsimha Bharathi in ''Krishna Vijayam'' (1950), and MGR and Savitri in ''Mahadevi'' (1957).


Filmography


As director


References

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