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T. R. Sundaram

Indian actor and director (1907–1963)

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name	T. R. Sundaram
image	TR Sundaram 2013 stamp of India.jpg
caption	2013 stamp of India
birth_name	Tiruchengodu Ramalingam Mudaliar Sundaram
birth_date
birth_place	Tiruchengode, Salem district, Madras Presidency,
British India
(now in Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu, India)
death_date
occupation	Actor, director, producer, textile merchant

British India (now in Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu, India)

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

Early life

Sundaram was born in 1907 from Sengunthar Kaikola Mudaliar Community in Tiruchengode (in present-day Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu) to a wealthy textile merchant V.V.C.Ramalingam Mudaliar.

He 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. Sundaram was instrumental in giving M. G. Ramachandran his first major solo box office hit in Manthiri Kumari. They followed it up with Sarvadhikari.

Sundaram served as the president of the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce (SIFCC) at Madras (Now Chennai).

Filmography

Sathi Ahalya (1937)
Balan (1938)
Arundathi (1944)
Sulochana (1947)
Manthiri Kumari (1950)
Sarvadhikari (1951)

Awards

;National Film Awards

1961: Certificate of Merit for Second Best Feature Film in Malayalam – Kandam Becha Kottu

References

(14 January 2000). "A legend in his time". The Hindu.
(8 August 2008). "Stickler for discipline". The Hindu.
(29 June 2014). "Leeds, love and Modern Theatres". The Hindu.
(15 April 1944). "100th Day of "Arundathi" in Madura". [[The Indian Express]].
"9th National Film Awards". [[International Film Festival of India]].

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