T. R. Sundaram

Tiruchengodu Ramalingam Sundaram Mudaliar (16 July 1907 – 30 August 1963)[1][2] was an Indian film actor, director, and producer. He was the founder of the Salem-based film production company Modern Theatres.

T. R. Sundaram
Born
Tiruchengodu Ramalingam Mudaliar Sundaram

(1907-07-16)16 July 1907
Salem,Tamil Nadu, India
Died23 August 1963(1963-08-23) (aged 56)
Salem
OccupationActor, director, producer, textile merchant

Early life

Sundaram was born in 1907 from Sengunthar Kaikola Mudaliar Community in Tiruchengodu in Salem district to a wealthy textile merchant V.V.C.Ramalingam Mudaliar and had his studies in India and in Leeds, England, where he graduated in textile engineering. On returning to India, he managed his family business. After the production of the first Tamil talkie Kalidas in 1931, the film industry emerged as a profitable means of investment. Sundaram set up Angel Pictures in Salem and produced movies along with S. S. Velayutham. He was brother of famous textile merchant V. V. C. R. Murugesa Mudaliar.

Film career

Sundaram split with Velayutham after a few years and set up his own production company The Modern Theatres Ltd. The first film produced under the banner of Modern Theatres was Sathi Ahalya in 1937. The next year, Sundaram produced the Malayalam film Balan (1938). His 1944 film Arundathi was a commercial success and completed 100 days at the theatres.[3] Sundaram was instrumental in giving M. G. Ramachandran his first major solo box office hit in Manthiri Kumari. It catapulted Ramachandran to greater fame. They followed it up with Sarvadhikari which became highest grosser of 1951.

Awards
Sundaram on a 2013 stamp of India
National Film Awards

References
  1. "Stickler for discipline". The Hindu. 8 August 2008. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 23 August 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  2. "Leeds, love and Modern Theatres". The Hindu. 29 June 2014. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  3. "100th Day of "Arundathi" in Madura". The Indian Express. 15 April 1944. p. 6. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  4. "9th National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
  • "TR Sundaram". Upperstall. Archived from the original on 26 December 2008.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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