P. Madhavan

Born

Palakrishnan Madhavan Naidu^[1]

1 January 1928^[2]

Walajapet, Madras presidency, British India

Died16 December 2003 (aged 75)

EducationB.A

OccupationsDirector
producer

P. Madhavan
Born	Palakrishnan Madhavan Naidu^[1] (1928-01-01)1 January 1928^[2] Walajapet, Madras presidency, British India
Died	16 December 2003(2003-12-16) (aged 75) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Education	B.A
Occupations	Director producer
Years active	1963–1992

Palakrishnan Madhavan (1 January 1928 – 16 December 2003) was an Indian film director and producer in Tamil cinema in the 1960s and 1970s.^[3] Madhavan has directed 49 films and produced 39 films under the banner Arun Prasad Movies.^[2]^[4]

Madhavan who came to Chennai to become an actor started his career as an assistant to director T. R. Ragunath. He also worked as an associate director to C. V. Sridhar before becoming a full-fledged director making his debut with Mani Osai which failed at box-office.^[2] However his second film Annai Illam became successful at box-office.^[1] His notable films include Dheiva Thaai, Vietnam Veedu, Thanga Pathakkam, Kanne Pappa, and Kuzhanthaikkaga. He was also the first chairman and managing director of the M.G.R Film City and the State Film Development Corporation.^[5] He has also served as a chairman of the National Film Awards.

Awards

1970 – Raman Ethanai Ramanadi – National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil
1972 – Pattikada Pattanama – National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil
1970 – Nilave Nee Satchi – Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Director

Filmography

Year	Film	Credited as		Language	Notes
Year	Film	Director	Producer	Language	Notes
1963	Mani Osai	Y		Tamil
1963	Annai Illam	Y		Tamil
1964	Dheiva Thaai	Y		Tamil
1965	Neela Vanam	Y		Tamil
1967	Penne Nee Vaazhga	Y	Y	Tamil
1967	Muhurtha Naal	Y	Y	Tamil
1968	Kuzhanthaikkaga	Y		Tamil	National Film Award for Best Child Artist by Baby Rani & National Film Award for Best Lyrics by Kannadasan
1968	Enga Oor Raja	Y	Y	Tamil
1969	Kanne Pappa	Y		Tamil
1970	Vietnam Veedu	Y		Tamil	Based on stage play of same name
1970	Raman Ethanai Ramanadi	Y	Y	Tamil	National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil
1970	Nilave Nee Satchi	Y		Tamil
1970	Aansoo Aur Muskan	Y		Hindi	Remake of Kanne Pappa
1971	Sabatham	Y		Tamil
1971	Thenum Paalum	Y		Tamil
1972	Pattikada Pattanama	Y	Y	Tamil	National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil^[6]
1972	Dil Ka Raja	Y		Hindi	Remake of Tamil film Enga Thanga Raja
1972	Gnana Oli	Y		Tamil	Filmfare Award for Best Director – Tamil^[7]
1973	Ponnukku Thanga Manasu		Y	Tamil
1973	Rajapart Rangadurai	Y		Tamil
1974	Maanikka Thottil	Y		Tamil
1974	Murugan Kattiya Vazhi	Y	Y	Tamil
1974	Thanga Pathakkam	Y		Tamil	Based on stage play of same name
1975	Kasthuri Vijayam	Y		Tamil
1975	Manithanum Deivamagalam	Y		Tamil	Remake of Telugu filmBuddhimanthudu
1975	Mannavan Vanthaanadi	Y		Tamil
1975	Paattum Bharathamum	Y	Y	Tamil	25th Film
1976	Chitra Pournami	Y		Tamil
1976	Paalooti Valartha Kili		Y	Tamil
1977	Deviyin Thirumanam	Y		Tamil
1978	En Kelvikku Enna Bathil	Y		Tamil
1978	Shankar Salim Simon	Y		Tamil	Inspired from Amar Akbar Anthony
1979	Enippadigal	Y		Tamil	Remake of Telugu film Seetamalakshmi
1979	Veettukku Veedu Vasappadi	Y	Y	Tamil	Remake of Telugu film Intinti Ramayanam
1980	Kurivikoodu	Y		Tamil
1980	Nan Nanedhan	Y		Tamil
1981	Aadugal Nanaigindrana	Y		Tamil
1982	Hitler Umanath	Y		Tamil
1984	Sathyam Neeye	Y		Tamil
1985	Karaiyai Thodadha Alaigal	Y	Y	Tamil
1985	Ram Tere Kitne Nam	Y		Hindi	Remake of Raman Ethanai Ramanadi
1987	Chinna Kuyil Paaduthu	Y		Tamil
1992	Agni Paarvai	Y		Tamil

v t e Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Director
1972–1990	P. Madhavan (1972) A. C. Tirulokchandar (1973) K. Balachander (1974) K. Balachander (1975) S. P. Muthuraman (1976) S. P. Muthuraman (1977) Bharathiraja (1978) Mahendran (1979) K. Balachander (1980) K. Balachander (1981) Balu Mahendra (1982) A. Jagannathan (1983) K. Balachander (1984) Fazil (1985) Mani Ratnam (1986) Bharathiraja (1987) Balu Mahendra (1988) K. Balachander (1989) Mani Ratnam (1990)
1991–2010	Mani Ratnam (1991) K. Balachander (1992) Shankar (1993) Shankar (1994) Mani Ratnam (1995) Agathiyan (1996) Cheran (1997) Cheran (1998) Bala (1999) Rajiv Menon (2000) Cheran (2001) Mani Ratnam (2002) Bala (2003) Cheran (2004) Shankar (2005) Vasanthabalan (2006) Ameer Sultan (2007) M. Sasikumar (2008) Priyadarshan (2009) Vasanthabalan (2010)
2011–present	Vetrimaaran (2011) Balaji Sakthivel (2012) Bala (2013) AR Murugadoss (2014) Mohan Raja (2015) Sudha Kongara (2016) Pushkar–Gayathri (2017) Ram Kumar (2018) Sudha Kongara (2020–2021) Mani Ratnam (2022) S. U. Arun Kumar (2023) PS Vinothraj and Rajkumar Periasamy (2024)

v t e Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Director
1967–1980	C. N. Shanmugam (1967) Krishnan–Panju (1968) P. Neelakantan (1969) P. Madhavan (1970) — (1971) — (1972) — (1973) — (1974) — (1975) — (1976) Bharathiraja (1977) Durai (1978) S. P. Muthuraman (1979) K. Balachander (1980)
1981–2000	Bharathiraja (1981) Muktha Srinivasan (1982) — (1983) — (1984) — (1985) — (1986) — (1987) P. R. Devaraj (1988) K. Balachander (1989) Vikraman (1990) P. Vasu (1991) Mani Ratnam (1992) Shankar (1993) K. S. Ravikumar (1994) Vasanth (1995) Agathiyan (1996) Vikraman & Cheran (1997) R. Parthiban (1998) Bala (1999) Vikraman (2000)
2001–2020	Susi Ganesan (2001) Mani Ratnam (2002) Karu Palaniappan (2003) Cheran (2004) Shankar (2005) Thirumurugan (2006) Thangar Bachan (2007) Radha Mohan (2008) Vasanthabalan (2009) Prabhu Solomon (2010) A. L. Vijay (2011) Balaji Sakthivel (2012) Ram (2013) N. Ragavan (2014) Sudha Kongara (2015) Lokesh Kanakaraj (2016) Pushkar-Gayathri (2017) Mari Selvaraj (2018) R. Parthiban (2019) Sudha Kongara (2020)
2021–present	T. J. Gnanavel (2021) Gautham Ramachandran (2022)

Awards

Filmography

Death

References

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