Palakrishnan Madhavan (1 January 1928 – 6 December 2003) was an Indian film director and producer in

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in the 1960s and 1970s. Madhavan has directed 49 films and produced 39 films under the banner ''Arun Prasad Movies''.

Career

Madhavan started his career as an assistant to director T. R. Ragunath. He also worked as an associate director to

C. V. Sridhar Chitthamoor Vijayaraghavalu Sridhar (22 July 1933 – 20 October 2008) was an Indian screenwriter and film director. He has directed nearly 60 films in Tamil language, Tamil, Hindi language, Hindi and Telugu language, Telugu Languages. Ea ...

before becoming a full-fledged director. His notable films include ''

Dheiva Thaai ''Deiva Thai'' () is a 1964 Indian Tamil-language film, produced and co-written by R. M. Veerappan, directed by P. Madhavan and starring M. G. Ramachandran. It was released on 18 July 1964 and became one of the most successful Tamil films of t ...

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Vietnam Veedu ''Vietnam Veedu'' () is a 1970 Indian Tamil-language drama film, directed by P. Madhavan and written by Sundaram. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and Padmini, with Nagesh, K. A. Thangavelu, Srikanth, M. Bhanumathi and Rama Prabha in support ...

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Thanga Pathakkam ''Thangappathakkam'' () is a 1974 Indian Tamil-language action drama film, directed by P. Madhavan and written by Mahendran. Based on Mahendran's play of the same name, the film stars Sivaji Ganesan, K. R. Vijaya, Srikanth and Prameela. It ...

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Kanne Pappa ''Kanne Pappa'' is a 1969 Indian Tamil-language comedy film, directed by P. Madhavan. The film stars K. R. Vijaya, R. Muthuraman, Baby Rani and J. P. Chandrababu. The film was remade in Hindi by Madhavan as '' Aansoo Aur Muskan'' and also in ...

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Kuzhanthaikkaga ''Kuzhanthaikkaga'' () is a 1968 Indian Tamil-language crime drama film directed by P. Madhavan, produced by D. Ramanaidu and written by Thuraiyur K. Moorthi, with music by M. S. Viswanathan. The film stars Padmini, R. S. Manohar, Major Sundar ...

''. He was also the first chairman and managing director of the M.G.R Film City and the State Film Development Corporation. He has also served as a chairman of the

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Awards

* 1970 – ''

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National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil The Indian Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awa ...

* 1972 – ''

Pattikada Pattanama ''Pattikada Pattanama'' () is a 1972 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film produced and directed by P. Madhavan and written by Bala Murugan. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and Jayalalithaa. The film deals with Kalpana, an urban woman who ...

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*1970 – ''Nilave Nee Satchi'' –

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Partial filmography

Death

He died on 16 December 2003 at the age of 75 in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Madhavan, P. Film directors from Chennai Tamil film directors Tamil Nadu State Film Awards winners Filmfare Awards South winners 2003 deaths Place of birth missing 20th-century Indian film directors 1928 births Film producers from Chennai Tamil film producers