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A. Bhimsingh

Indian filmmaker, producer, editor, and writer

Summary

Indian filmmaker, producer, editor, and writer

Field	Value
name	A. Bhimsingh
image	A. Bhimsingh.jpg
birth_date
birth_place	Rayalacheruvu, Madras Presidency, British India
death_date
death_place	Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
occupation	editor, director, producer, writer
years_active	1949–1978
spouse	{{plainlist
children	B. Lenin
B. Kannan
relatives	Travancore family

B. Kannan

A. Bhimsingh or Bhim Singh (15 October 1924–16 January 1978) was an Indian filmmaker who worked predominantly in Tamil cinema. Apart from Tamil, he made films in other languages that include 18 films in Hindi, 8 in Telugu, 5 in Malayalam and 2 films in Kannada. Hailing from Andhra Pradesh, he started his film career as an assistant editor with the film-making duo Krishnan–Panju in the late 1940s. Later, he became an assistant director before evolving as an independent director. His films mainly dealt with family and relationships. He made a series of films all of which started with the Tamil syllable pa, mainly with Sivaji Ganesan.

Personal life

Bhimsingh married Sona, the sister of Krishnan, in 1949. He had eight children with her; one of their eight children, B. Lenin is a film editor, and another son, B. Kannan, is a cinematographer, who is known for his frequent collaborations with Bharathiraja. Later, Bhimsingh's eldest son Naren married Panju's daughter. Bhimsingh later married actress Sukumari in 1959 and has a son Suresh Bhimsingh.

Filmography

Year	Film	Banner	Language	Screenwriter	Notes
1954	Ammaiyappan	National Productions	Tamil	M. Karunanidhi	Directorial debut
1956	Raja Rani
1958	Pathi Bakthi	Budda Pictures	Valampuri Somanathan	screenplay, dialogues and editor credits
Thirumanam	Valampuri Pictures	M. S. Solamalai
1959	Ponnu Vilaiyum Bhoomi	Oriental Pictures
President Panchatcharam	Savitri Pictures	B. S. Ramaiah
Bhaaga Pirivinai	Saravana Films	M. S. Solamalai
Sahodhari	Carnatic Films	Murasoli Maran
1960	Aai Phirse Bahar		Hindi	M. Karunanidhi
Padikkadha Medhai	Bala Movies	Tamil	Asha Poorna Devi
Kalathur Kannamma	AVM Productions	Javar Seetharaman	Dubbed in Telugu as Mavoori Ammayi
Petra Manam	National Pictures	Mu. Varadarajan
1961	Pava Mannippu	Budhdha Pictures	M. S. Solamalai	National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film
Dubbed in Telugu as Papa Pariharam
Pasamalar	Rajamani Pictures	K. P. Kottarakkara
Paalum Pazhamum	Saravana Films	G. Balasubramaniam, Pasumani	Remade as Saathi
1962	Paarthaal Pasi Theerum	AVM Productions	A. C. Tirulokchandar
Padithaal Mattum Podhuma	Ranganathan Pictures	Tharashankar Bandopadhyay
Rakhi		Hindi		Remake of Pasamalar
Senthamarai	Madras Pictures	Tamil	Rama Arangannal
Bandha Pasam	Santhi Films	Valampuri Somanathan
Main Chup Rahungi	AVM Productions	Hindi		Remake of Kalathur Kannamma
1963	Paar Magaley Paar	Kasturi Films	Tamil	Pattu	Based on stage play Petralthan Pillaiya
1964	Pachchai Vilakku	Vel Pictures	G. K. Suriyam
Pooja Ke Phool	AVM Productions	Hindi	K. S. Gopalakrishnan	Remake of Kumudham, directed by Adurthi Subba Rao
1965	Pazhani	Bharatha Matha Pictures	Tamil	G. V. Iyer
Santhi	ALS Productions	M. S. Solaimalai
Khandan	Vasu Films	Hindi	Remake of Bhaaga Pirivinai
1966	Sadhu Mirandal	Sunbeam Productions	Tamil	Writer and producer
1967	Pattathu Rani	Tamil	Producer
Mehrban	AVM Productions	Hindi		Remake of Padikkadha Medhai
Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Director
Paaladai	Kamala Pictures	Tamil	Bilahari (T. Raman)
Aalayam	Sunbeam Productions		Writer and producer
1968	Gauri	Sivaji Films	Hindi		Remake of Santhi
Aadmi	PSV Pictures	Akhtar ul Iman
Kaushal Bharati
Ramarao
Shamanna	Remake of K. Shankar's Aalayamani
Sadhu Aur Shaitaan		Usilai Somanathan	Remake of Sadhu Mirandal
1969	Manishichina Maguva		Telugu
Bhai Bahen		Hindi
1970	Paadhukaappu	Sunbeam Productions	Tamil	Paasumani
Gopi		Hindi		Remake of B. R. Panthulu's Chinnada Gombe
Oke Kutumbham		Telugu
1972	Sub Ka Saathi		Hindi
Maalik
Maa Inti Jyothi		Telugu
Joroo Ka Ghulam		Hindi
1973	Loafer	Century Films	Jagdish Kanwal
1974	Paadha Poojai	Kasiram Pictures	Tamil
Naya Din Nai Raat		Hindi	A. P. Nagarajan	Remake of A. P. Nagarajan's Navarathiri
1975	Raagam	Jammu Films	Malayalam	S. L. Puram Sadanandan
Bhagyashalulu		Telugu
1976	Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal	ABS Productions	Tamil	Jayakanthan
Kanavan Manaivi	Sri Umachitra Combines	Kalaignanam	Remade as Haisiyat
Chiranjeevi		Kannada
Bangaru Manishi
1977	Yaaron Ka Yaar		Hindi
Nirakudum	Swapna Films	Malayalam	Surasu	Remake of Bhaaga Pirivinai
Sneham	JS Films	Sreekumaran Thampi
Nee Vazha Vendum	Fathima Amuda Combines	Tamil
Amaanat		Hindi
Evaru Devudu		Telugu
1978	Vamsha Jyothi	Sri Rama Enterprises	Kannada
Oru Nadigai Natakam Parkiral	Girnar Films	Tamil	Jayakanthan
Mishiha Charitram		Malayalam		Dubbed into Tamil and Telugu
Kai Pidithaaval	Ganeshanjali Productions	Tamil
Maattoly	Swapna Films	Malayalam	R. Balakrishnan
Iraivan Kodutha Varam	Raja Cine Arts	Tamil
Karunamayudu	Vijayachander
Rev. Louis F. Knoll
STBC	Telugu	Fr. Christopher Coelho, O.F.M.	Bhimsingh also acted as Judas Iscariot. Dubbed in Hindi as Daya Sagar, Tamil as Karunamoorthy and English as Ocean of Mercy.
Karunai Ullam	MSV Movies	Tamil

''Pa'' series

Many of Bhimsingh's films began with the syllable Pa, starred Sivaji Ganesan, had music by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy, and lyrics by Kannadasan. According to Ganesan, Bhimsingh hardly imagined that he would make a series of films that began with the letter Pa, implying that he "might have thought about it at first because his name starts with the same letter in Tamil. Later he might have decided to stay on with this letter for sentimental reasons."

Year	Film	Banner	Music	Actors
1958	Pathi Bakthi	Buddha Pictures	Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy	Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, Savithri, M. N. Rajam, T. S. Balaiah, J. P. Chandrababu, V. Nagayya, C. R. Vijayakumari
1959	Bhaaga Pirivinai	Saravana Films	Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy	Sivaji Ganesan, B. Saroja Devi, M. R. Radha, T. S. Balaiah, S. V. Subbaiah, M. N. Nambiar, M. V. Rajamma
1960	Padikkadha Medhai	Bala Movies	K. V. Mahadevan	Sivaji Ganesan, Sowcar Janaki, S. V. Ranga Rao, P. Kannamba, T. R. Ramachandran, R. Muthuraman, E. V. Saroja, V. Gopalakrishnan
1961	Pasamalar	Rajamani Pictures	Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy	Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, Savithri, M. N. Rajam, M. N. Nambiar, K. A. Thangavelu
1961	Palum Pazhamum	Saravana Films	Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy	Sivaji Ganesan, B. Saroja Devi, Sowcar Janaki, Prem Nazir, T. S. Balaiah, S. V. Subbaiah, V. Nagayya, Sriram, Manorama
1961	Paava Mannippu	Budhdha Pictures	Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy	Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, Savithri, Devika, V. Nagayya, M. R. Radha, T. S. Balaiah, S. V. Subbaiah, M. V. Rajamma
1962	Bandha Pasam	Santhi Films	Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy	Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, Savithri, Devika, S. V. Ranga Rao, M. V. Rajamma, J. P. Chandrababu
1962	Parthal Pasi Theerum	AVM	Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy	Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, Savithri, Sowcar Janaki, B. Saroja Devi, Kamal Haasan
1962	Padithal Mattum Podhuma	Ranganathan Pictures	Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy	Sivaji Ganesan, K. Balaji, Savithri, Rajasulochana, M. R. Radha, S. V. Ranga Rao, S. V. Sahasranamam, P. Kannamba, M. V. Rajamma, R. Muthuraman
1963	Paar Magaley Paar	Kasturi Films	Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy	Sivaji Ganesan, Sowcar Janaki, R. Muthuraman, A. V. M. Rajan, C. R. Vijayakumari, Pushpalatha, M. R. Radha, V. K. Ramasamy
1964	Pachhai Vilakku	Vel Pictures	Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy	Sivaji Ganesan, S. S. Rajendran, A. V. M. Rajan, Sowcar Janaki, C. R. Vijayakumari, Pushpalatha, V. Nagayya, Nagesh, S. V. Ranga Rao, Sriram
1965	Pazhani	Bharatha Matha Pictures	Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy	Sivaji Ganesan, Sriram, S. S. Rajendran, R. Muthuraman, Devika, Pushpalatha, T. S. Balaiah, M. R. Radha
1967	Paaladai	Kamala Pictures	K. V. Mahadevan	Sivaji Ganesan, Padmini. K. R. Vijaya, V. K. Ramasamy, Nagesh, V. Gopalakrishnan, Manorama
1970	Paadhukaappu	Sunbeam Productions	M. S. Viswanathan	Sivaji Ganesan, Jayalalithaa, T. S. Balaiah, Major Sundararajan, M. N. Nambiar, Nagesh, J. P. Chandrababu, Sowcar Janaki

As an actor

1975: Cinema Paithyam

Recurring collaborators

Bhimsingh frequently associated with the same crew members. These included the assistant director duo Thirumalai–Mahalingam (who later became proper directors on films produced and written by Bhimsingh), cinematographer G. Vittal Rao and editor A. Paul Duraisingam. Ganesan appeared in 18 films directed by Bhimsingh, starting with Raja Rani (1956).

Accolades

National Film Awards

1959: President's silver medal for Best Feature Film in Tamil – Bhaaga Pirivinai
1960: Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film in Tamil – Kalathur Kannamma
1961: All India Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film – Paava Mannippu
1961: Certificate of Merit for Second Best Feature Film in Tamil – Pasamalar
1964: Certificate of Merit for Second Best Feature Film in Tamil – Pazhani

References

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Raman, Mohan V. (1 November 2019). "Why 'Pa'". [[The Hindu]].
(2007). "Autobiography of an Actor: Sivaji Ganesan, October 1928 – July 2001". Sivaji Prabhu Charities Trust.
"காலமானார் பால் துரைசிங்கம்".
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